Contains 769 photos
View southwest to woman on dock with fishing boats in lagoon. Ghirardelli clock tower in background. Cannery, Standard Oil of California fuel storage tanks, Boicelli & Boss Machine Works 2909 Jones (Al Scoma Way), Marine Engine Repair, Hicks Marine Engines.
Fishermans Wharf
Bethlehem Steel Strike, shipyard workers assembled on 20th Street east of Illinois, 560 20th Street in the background
Central Waterfront
View east on unpaved and steep Union Street toward Calhoun Terrace. Children watch as Rickenbacker automobile 'Rickenbacker 4 Wheel Brakes' on tire cover demonstrates the effectiveness of its brakes. Embarcadero Piers and Yerba Buena Island in background
Telegraph Hill
View northwest toward Golden Gate Bridge across North Beach, Aquatic Park, Russian Hill, and Fort Mason (Black Point).
Telegraph Hill
View southeast from the corner of Front & Vallejo across the Southern Pacific Railyard to businesses on the first block of Broadway. Tower of the Ferry Building visible in the background. Kockos Bros. Wholesale Grocers (Broadway and Davis), Hotel Evans (89 Broadway), Swift & Co. meatpacking (Pacific & Davis), Albers, Coast Auto Works (33 Broadway), Wellman Coffee sign.
Northern Waterfront
[View of Exposition from Fort Winfield Scott Cal.] Panama-Pacific International Exposition. View east to fairgrounds from Lincoln Blvd in Presidio. Racetrack in foreground on future site of Crissy Field.
Presidio
Aerial view west over the Embarcadero, South of Market, and downtown San Francisco, Pacific Ocean in far distance. Ferry Building at lower right. [Looking Across San Francisco from Bay to Ocean S.P.2 Piggott Photo]
View northwest from boat on water. City skyline, Bay Bridge, Southern Pacific building (with S-P sign atop, installed March, 1954. Removed September, 1961), Matson Lines Building, Hills Brothers sign, Equitable Life Building.
View southeast to Coit Tower, Fisherman's Wharf taken from boat leaving fishing boat harbor. Fishing boat 'Quest' at far right.
View southwest over fishing boats towards Russian Hill and high-rise apartments. Rosario's Restaurant, Aquarium, and Chevron fuel tanks along Jefferson Street. [Fisherman's Wharf K 1603]
Fishermans Wharf
Parking lot at Pioneer Park. Taken from steps to Coit Tower. Embarcadero piers, SF Bay, Alcatraz, Angel Island, and Marin County in background. At left, gas holding tank (gasometer) at foot of Powell St. At far right, 290 Lombard, Art Moderne apartment building, Architect: H.C. Baumann, built 1940.
Telegraph Hill
View northeast from Jefferson Street between Jones and Taylor to Fishermen's Grotto, Alioto's Tarantino's restaurants.
Fishermans Wharf
View east on 18th Street overpass from Iowa Street, Municipal Railway MUNI 22-line streetcar #876 with zip stripe livery. The I-280 Freeway now passes through this site, and this bridge was replaced by the current overpass. The warehouses on both sides of the opposite end of the bridge were demolished in 2017.
Potrero Hill
View south from original Fisherman's Wharf north of the foot of Union to feluccas, traditional wooden sailing boats, Union Street Wharf, and R.D. Chandler coal bunker on Pier 15 beyond.
Northern Waterfront
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east From near Black Point toward Meiggs' Wharf and Yerba Buena Island beyond. [The Great Fire, S.F.; Oil Tanks Burning, North Beach]
SF Bay