Russian Hill

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View NE from Russian Hill
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View NE from Russian Hill

View northeast across Washington Square, before major landscaping, to Telegraph Hill. Taber republication of Watkins original, but more tightly cropped. See wnp37.00740.[Panorama from Russian Hill (No. 7) 768]

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[Panorama from Russian Hill, San Francisco. (no. 3.) 764] Looking NW from the Summit at Green and Jones. Looking toward the Golden Gate. Large road in center is Union Street. Octagon House at lower left, reservoir at upper right.

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North Beach
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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
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View from Russian Hill

View north east from Russian Hill showing North Beach and Meiggs Wharf [Panorama from Russian Hill, San Francisco. (no. 6) 767]

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View from Russian Hill
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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. [view from Russian Hill 703] Same image as wnp25.4149, different cropping.

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View N from Russian Hill
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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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View From Russian Hill
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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
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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.
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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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View of Alcatraz
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View of Alcatraz

From Russian Hill. Filbert and Jones in lower left. Row of houses facing camera is Valparaiso Alley. Boats being built on shore.

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View W from Russian Hill
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View W from Russian Hill

Green Street in the foreground. View of the Marina, Presidio and the Golden Gate. Octagon House.

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Green near Leavenworth
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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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View E from Russian Hill
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View E from Russian Hill

[Telegraph Hill 1869 from Russian Hill 1869 NB-26] View east over North Beach. Yerba Buena Island in distance, Presentation Convent Roman Catholic school complex at center on west side of Powell. Union School near top of Telegraph Hill not yet built. Washington Square on right, before major landscaping. Same image as wnp37.00648-R. [F810 NB-026] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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View E from Russian Hill
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View E from Russian Hill

The future Taylor Street cut would be between the white picket and brown fences. Site of Ina Coolbrith Park is where brown fence jogs. Left to Right: Union, Green & Vallejo Streets. St. Francis of Assisi Church. Taken at approximately the same exact time as wnp71.2150.

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View NE from Russian Hill
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View NE from Russian Hill

North Beach, looking East from Russian Hill near Hyde and Lombard. Sailing ships at anchor, Yerba Buena Island in distance. Toland Medical College and Home for the Inebriate in distance center. The octagonal house at the left, one of five in the city, was built in 1859 for Arden Ellis, a laborer, at the NW corner of Lombard and Leavenworth. North Beach in middle distance. Yerba Buena Island in background. [2708. Telegraph Hill and Goat Island] Also published as stereoview card with title '1316. North Beach and Goat Island San Francisco' by John P. Soule.

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View E from Russian Hill
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View E from Russian Hill

[General View from Russian Hill East on Vallejo Street 1866] [F810 V-118] Probably taken from present Ina Coolbrith Park. St Francis of Assisi Church at left on Vallejo. Metropolitan Hotel Stable, Temple Sherith Israel (Built 1854, later occupied by congregation Shaari Zedek) on Stockton at center. Post Office and Custom House at upper right. Taken at approximately the same exact time as wnp37.00744. (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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View W from Russian Hill
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View W from Russian Hill

[V-117 Year 1866. The Presidio & Golden Gate from Russian Hill] View West from Russian Hill. Future Marina District in middle distance. Probably taken from near present day Larkin and Lombard St. [F810 V-117] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Vallejo & Taylor
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Vallejo & Taylor

[435. The City-From Russian Hill, looking down Vallejo Street.] St. Francis Church.

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View NE from Russian Hill
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View NE from Russian Hill

Meiggs' Wharf at left. Extended from present Francisco St. between Mason and Powell to approximately today's Embarcadero. At Francisco St. end, Abe Warner's Cobweb Palace saloon. [432. North Beach and Meiggs' Wharf, from Russian Hill.]

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View E from Russian Hill
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View E from Russian Hill

Telegraph Hill and North Beach from near Hyde and Greenwich. Washington Square at center. Variant of wnp24.0177a. [1317 Telegraph Hill and Washington Square from Russian Hill]

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