Washington & Franklin
Queen Annes and Italianate. Queen Anne under construction in background. Residence of L.L. Baker (Baker & Hamilton)
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View From Pacific Heights
View Northeast over Cow Hollow, Fort Mason, Angel Island and Alcatraz. Fontana Warehouse at right, San Francisco Gas Works at left.
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View N from Pacific Hts
Part of Panorama, View northeast over Cow Hollow from about Broadway and Pierce. Gas House Cove, Fort Mason, Alcatraz, Angel Island in background. At center left, The Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Episcopal, built 1891, extant 2020) at southwest corner of Union and Steiner, with trees of Frank M. Pixley estate opposite. Pixley owned the entire forested block and his house was within. He also owned much nearby land and gave the land to St. Mary the Virgin on which they built their church. Pixley, 1825-1895, was a journalist, attorney, and politician.
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Cow Hollow
View northwest over Presidio Wetlands tidal slough, Marin Headlands, Presidio and Ferries Cable Car train with Dummy and Trailer.
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View NW from Pacific Heights
View northwest from Pacific Heights over Cow Hollow. Green Street not yet cut through, intersection at center is Pierce and Union. Large southwest corner mansion with tower and gardens front and back was built circa 1884 by wealthy attorney and landowner David Bixler. Four story windmill and water tank on Union west of Pierce. Chapel at left center was built in 1887 with funds provided by Stephen S. Smith, deacon of the Plymouth Congregational Church and publisher of the Pacific. In 1895, it became the Pierce Street Congregational Church. House at center with Mansard roof was home of Louis Schultz at 2426 Filbert. Presidio, Fort Point, northern shoreline with tidal slough, Marin Headlands in distance.
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Presidio
View northwest from Pacific Heights ridge to Tidal Marshes and Encampments
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Van Ness & Washington
Women and soldiers with flags. Washington-Jackson cable car and Ashe mansion behind.
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Pine & Buchanan
[CABN-Jan 99 NE Corner Pine & Bush Capt W. J. Bryan, Rousseau Arch] 1899 photograph of queen anne flats
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Laguna & Washington
View west on Washington toward Laguna, 2301 Laguna, Henry J. Crocker Mansion. Building torn down circa 1936. Alta Plaza visible in the distance.
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Washington & Buchanan
2360 Washington (former address 2340 Washington)
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Claus Spreckels House
View across Van Ness toward Claus Spreckels Mansion on west side of Van Ness Ave.between Clay and Sacramento. (Burned in 1906)
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View from Alta Plaza
View looking northeast from Alta Plaza towards Russian Hill. Intersection of Jackson and Steiner Streets at lower right.
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Van Ness near Clay
Parade of returning volunteer from Spanish-American War. Lookin south on Van Ness. St. Luke's Church on left. [The March of the First California Regiment to the Presidio Copyright 1899 by Taber] [F810 CB-018] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Divisadero near Jackson
View south from middle of Divisadero just south of Pacific. Jackson Street cable car and Divisadero streetcar meet at the intersection of Divisadero and Jackson. Garage with eyebrow-dormer roof at left still stands and is part of the Ellinwood House complex on the SE corner of Divisadero and Pacific. Buena Vista Park in distance. [Divisadero St]
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View NE from Pacific Heights
[San Francisco 1897 (sic)] Taken from near Broadway and Baker St.Alcatraz at left, gasworks at Gas House Cove, Fort Mason. 'Upper Prison' visible on Alcatraz, constructed 1900. [F810 V-126] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Presidio
[Presidio Reservation. San Francisco, Cal. W.C. Billington, Photographer.] View northwest from Pacific Heights. Tents and Letterman General Hospital buildings. View northwest to SF Bay. Mt. Tamalpais and Sausalito beyond
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Divisadero near Washington
View east across Divisadero between Washington and Jackson. 6 people posing in yard of then 2323 Devisadero. (Bauchou Family)
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Washington at Franklin
view northwest on Washington across Franklin. Cable Car tracks for the Washington-Jackson line. 2003 Franklin, at right, still stands
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Divisadero near Washington
View east across Divisadero between Washington and Jackson. 1 woman posing in yard of then 2323 Devisadero. (Bauchou Family)
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Divisadero near Jackson
View south from middle of Divisadero just south of Pacific. Jackson Street cable car and Divisadero streetcar meet at the intersection of Divisadero and Jackson. Garage with eyebrow-dormer roof at left still stands and is part of the Ellinwood House complex on the SE corner of Divisadero and Pacific. Buena Vista Park in distance.
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