Twin Peaks looking east
Market Street/ Russ Building/City Hall/U.S. Mint/Bay Bridge
DowntownFinancial District
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Ferry Building
View northwest from ferry slip to Bay side of building with Port of San Francisco sign. Ferryboat Eureka in slip.
Financial District
View E from Mark Hopkins
From the Top of The Mark to downtown, financial district, and Bay Bridge
Nob Hill
View from Top of the Mark
View east to California St. at left, Pine St. at center. Ferry Building, Southern Pacific Building (S-P sign atop added March 1954), Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop, Matson and PG&E Building in distance left. Standard Oil Building, Metropolitan Life Building (later Cogswell College, Ritz-Carlton Hotel) at bottom. On Montgomery St.: Financial Center Building, later Omni Hotel, Clunie Building, Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, demolished 1969), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Russ Building at center, Alexander and Hunter-Dulin Buildings to right, Bay Bridge in last stages of being painted in background. At far left center Home Insurance Company Building, completed 1951.
Nob Hill
California & Market
View northeast to Muni Cable Car #4, Santa Marina Building at left, Ferry Building, Terminal Hotel.
Financial District
Market near Spear
Shriners Parade, Governor Goodwin Knight and wife in automobile. Southern Pacific Building in background.
Financial District
California near Battery
National Carloading Corporation, Judson Sheldon Division building on California Street between Front & Battery Street showing Nino's Restaurant to the left [Calif St. - National Carloading Corporation - Lloyd Hanford Jr. Property Management Co.]
Financial District
1st & Market
View northeast across 1st Street toward Market. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) N-line Streetcar #93. Mobilgas sign in background.
Financial District
Ferry Building
View east across the Embarcadero to buses, taxis, and pedestrians coming form Ferry Building. [Morning Rush]
Financial District
Montgomery near Sutter
Elevated view of Equitable Life Building
Financial District
View from Shell Building
Elevated view east (possibly from the Shell Building) PG&E and Matson Buildings, Bay Bridge, Ferry Building. Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building. Construction in the foreground. Embarcadero Freeway not built yet. Southern Pacific Building with big S-P sign atop. Yerba Buena and Treasure Islands, East Bay Hills.
Financial District
Leidesdorff & California
Looking south to Standard Oil Building in distance. Merchants Exchange on right.
Financial District
Montgomery & Bush
Looking south; Equitable Building under construction; Bank Temple demolished
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Montgomery & Market
Elevated view north on Montgomery from Palace Hotel, Parade celebrating University of San Francisco's (USF) National Champion Basketball Team, Bill Russell in car. Crocker Building at left, Union Trust at right.
Financial District
California & Market
#15 cable car, Ferry Building in background.
Financial District
Market near Spear
Looking towards Ferry Building. Southern Pacific Building at right
Financial District
Kearny near California
View west across Kearny to eastern entrance to St. Mary's Square Garage, built 1953. Hotel Yolanda at right. Hertz car rental office. Flying A service station sign, St. Mary's Smoke Shop, Square Cafe. [St Mary Garage etc SF]
Financial District
Embarcadero near Market
View north to SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 14-line motor coach #0166 with wings livery. Stop near Ferry Building. Wellman Coffee in background left. [MC0166-14-01 SB on Embarcadero South of Market 1949]
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Pine & Front
View southwest to J.L. Stuart Manufacturing Company, Canvas Goods, on southwest corner. Tilden Sales Building at left. Shell Building in background. The building was sold in 1956, Shacklee Terraces built 1963. Shell Building in background.
Financial District
View from Ferry Building
View west from Ferry Building tower. Market Street at left, Sacramento Street at right, over current site of Embarcadero Center. [San Francisco looking west from the Ferry Building 1956]
Financial District