Union & Taylor
Looking north to San Francisco Bay from around Union and Taylor streets. Probably the earliest photo of Alcatraz Island, mid 1852. Angel Island in background. Phoenix Bakery.
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View E from Russian Hill
Left side of panorama, two sections, see wnp26.2053. For more detailed view of right half, see wnp37.10119. Telegraph Hill on left. Taken between Broadway and Vallejo Streets before Broadway Cut was made through Telegraph Hill. T.E. Hecht copy.
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View SE from Russian Hill
Panorama view from near present Ina Coolbrith Park. Parts 3 and 4 of 4 part panorama. Left side: East Bay Hills, U.S. Marine Hospital, Rincon Hill in distance center. In right distance, Old St. Mary's Cathedral, Powell Street churches. On right, Nob Hill. [T.E. Hecht]
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View NE from Russian Hill
[San Francisco in 1855, T.E. Hecht] Panorama view from near present Ina Coolbrith Park to Telegraph Hill. View 1 of 4 part panorama. Two parts together at wnp26.2054. [Telegraph Hill]
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View E from Russian Hill
[San Francisco in 1855, T.E. Hecht] Portion of Panorama view from near present Ina Coolbrith Park. View 2 of 4 part panorama. Telegraph Hill, Yerba Buena Island at left. Miner's Exchange Bank Building (Built 1854 at Montgomery and Jackson) in far right distance with white cupola on top. Behind it, Old Post Office and Custom House. At center, Metropolitan Hotel Stable and Temple Sherith Israel (Later congregation Shaari Zedek, built 1854 on Stockton between Broadway and Vallejo). Before Broadway Cut was made through Telegraph Hill. Right side of two-part panorama found at wnp26.2054.
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View SE from Russian Hill
[San Francisco in 1855, T.E. Hecht] Panorama view from near present Ina Coolbrith Park. View 3 of 4 part panorama, see wnp26.2053. Broadway at bottom left, East Bay Hills, U.S. Marine Hospital, Rincon Hill in distance center. in right distance, Old St. Mary's Cathedral, Powell Street churches.
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View S from Russian Hill
[San Francisco in 1855, T.E. Hecht] Panorama view from near present Ina Coolbrith Park to Nob Hill. View 4 of 4 part panorama, see wnp26.2053.
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View from Telegraph Hill
View southwest across North Beach towards Nob Hill. Same original image as wnp71.0503.
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Chestnut & Larkin
View to Golden Gate past carpenter Gothic residence. Sand dunes, marshland in today's Marina District. [RE-24 Capt Manrow Res. Later Klumpke Res., N.E. cor Chestnut - Larkin 1856] [F810 RE-024]
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View W from Russian Hill
View West from Russian Hill to Cow Hollow, Harbor View, Washerwoman's Lagoon, Presidio, Strawberry Island, Fort Point and Point Bonita. Taken from near summit of Russian Hill. Future intersection of Lombard and Larkin at right. (Superior version of WNP71.1453 copy by Hecht)
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Green & Taylor
View north from Russian Hill to SF Bay, Alcatraz and Angel Island. Meiggs' Wharf at right.
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View From Russian Hill
Telegraph Hill from Russian Hill, across North Beach and Washington Square
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Broadway & Taylor at bottom; [The cottage on top of hill is the Turner home S.F.] Possibly Charles Turner Cottage
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Leavenworth near Filbert
Leavenworth North of Filbert, Alcatraz in background, [SC49]
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View N from Russian Hill
View north to steamship in Bay from about Green Street between Jones and Taylor. early Russian Hill homes and octagonal house at left. Alcatraz & Angel Island at right. Filbert and Jones at lower right. [Panorama from Russian Hill, San Francisco (No. 4.) 765]
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North Beach
Elevated view east over sandy beach and fishing boats on Francisco Street at center.. Toland Medical College (two story building with cupola) and Home for the Inebriate in center distance. Telegraph Hill at right.
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View From Russian Hill
View west from Russian Hill from Green Street between Leavenworth and Jones, the intersection of Green and Leavenworth at center. Green Street W of Leavenworth had not been excavated. The octagon house at 1065 Green still stands, with an added story. The house next to it at 1055 Green also still stands, though it was much altered by Julia Morgan in the 1910s. Washerwoman's Lagoon and Presidio in distance. [Lawrence and Houseworth 304] Same image as wnp37.02716, different cropping.
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View SE from Russian Hill
[Panorama from Russian Hill, San Francisco (No. 9.) 770. Watkins' Pacific Coast] Looking southeast from approximately Vallejo near Taylor. Vallejo St. at left, Metropolitan Hotel Stable and Temple Sherith Israel (Later congregation Shaari Zedek, 1854 on Stockton between Broadway and Vallejo) Post Office and Custom House, center.
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View from Russian Hill.
View northeast over Washington Square (before major landscaping) to Telegraph Hill. [Panorama from Russian Hill, San Francisco. (No. 7.) 768]
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Green near Leavenworth
View west to Golden Gate in distance. [Clark's Res. SF 1865 S.W corner of Green - Leavenworth St. RE-4] [F810 RE-004] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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