Buena Vista

Contains 456 photos

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Triumph of Light Statue

Triumph of Light Statue, Red Victorian Collection

1932 Buena Vista

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View from Buena Vista Park

[Ocean Entrance to Golden Gate] View past St. Ignatius church to Point Bonita Lighthouse. Star of the Sea Church, Public Health Hospital, San Francisco Nursery for Homeless Children. Duplicate of wnp37.01840

1932 Buena Vista

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View N from Mt. Olympus

View North, Developer W. H. Humphrey sign, poetically extolling the virtues of developing the hill top. Mt. Olympus sign Ashbury Street

1932 Buena Vista

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View N from Mt. Olympus

Looking north down Ashbury St towards Panhandle. St. Ignatius Church, Lone Mountain College for Women

1932 Buena Vista

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View NW from Mt. Olympus

Looking northwest to Golden Gate Park and Cole Valley. St Mary's Hospital beyond Panhandle at right.

1932 Buena Vista

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View NW from Mt. Olympus

View northwest to Cole Valley, Kezar Stadium, Golden Gate Park (with Strawberry Hill, de Young Museum, Conservatory of Flowers).

1932 Buena Vista

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View E from Mt. Olympus

Looking east to downtown, St. Joseph's Hospital (later converted to housing) Corona Heights and Clifford Street

1932 Buena Vista

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View SE from Mt. Olympus

View southeast with Bernal Heights in the distance. Kite Hill at right, intersection of 19th and Yukon

1932 Buena Vista

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Summit of Mt. Olympus

Triumph of Light Statue at the top of Mt. Olympus.

1932 Buena Vista

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Lone Mountain

View from Buena Vista Park toward Lone Mountain College for Women and Marin Headlands and Mt. Tamalpais in the background. Lowell High School in foreground.

1933 Buena Vista

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Haight & Baker

View northwest to eastbound Market Street Railway (MSRy) 17-line streetcar #137; Queen Anne houses in background with turrets / towers still stand in 2023.

1934 Buena Vista

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View from Buena Vista Park

View northwest from Buena Vista Park to Presidio, Golden Gate and Marin Headlands. Point Bonita Lighthouse. Star of the Sea Church, San Francisco Nursery for Homeless Children. Public Health Service Hospital at center. Panhandle, St. Ignatius Church, Haight-Ashbury in foreground. [Ocean Entrance To Golden Gate.]

1935 Buena Vista

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View E from Buena Vista Park

East Bay hills in distance, City Hall, Call Building, Pacific Telephone Building.

1935 Buena Vista

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15th & Roosevelt

View south from Park Hill Avenue toward the intersection of Roosevelt Way and 15th Street, Corona Heights at center. Houses on visible on the 2500-block of 15th Street. [15th & Roosevelt][dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA4744]

1936 Buena Vista

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Castro & Divisadero

View south from the intersection of Castro, Divisadero, and Waller. Street grading, retaining wall and sidewalk construction on Castro. [Castro south from Divisadero dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA5454]

1937 Buena Vista