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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Ferryboat Oakland
Ferryboat Oakland passing Steamer Washoe [TEH261, Ferryboats, 1870. BO-61] [G810 BO-061] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Ferryboat El Capitan
Tied up at ferry slip. Owned and operated by Central Pacific Railroad (1868-1885), Southern Pacific Railroad (1885-1925). [270 T. E. Hecht BO-19] [G810 BO-019a] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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El Capitan Ferryboat
Railroad Ferry Steamer 'El Capitan.' Sidewheel ferryboat approaching ferry slip. Owned and operated by Central Pacific Railroad (1868-1885) , Southern Pacific Railroad (1885-1925). [TEH49, Ferryboat - San Francisco Bay 1867, BO-62] [G810 BO-062] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Life on Alcatraz
Military families in garden. Planter beds, cannon balls, gun carriages, soldiers and families in garden on south side of Citadel.
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Broadway Wharf
Sidewheel steamer Tamalpais passing Broadway Wharf. [BO-54] [G810 BO-054] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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View from Lafayette Park
View Northwest from future Lafayette Park. McElroy octagon house, Allyne Mansion near Gough. Washerwoman's Lagoon. Casebolt shops on Octavia? Sutter Street railroad tracks on Octavia. (possibly this is a glass copy negative from Watkins). Fort Mason, Alcatraz and Angel Island in distance.
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View from Lafayette Park
View Northwest from future Lafayette Park. [Alcatraz and Angel Island, From Presidio] McElroy octagon house, Allyne Mansion near Gough. Washerwoman's Lagoon. Casebolt shops on Octavia? Sutter Street railroad tracks on Octavia. Fort Mason.(cropped version of wnp15.964)
Marina
James M. Donahue Steamboat
James M. Donahue sidewheel riverboat at Sonoma County Donahue Landing, Lakeville (near Petaluma) California. ('At Donahue Landing Sonoma County 1879'. Terminus of the North Pacific Coast Railroad from 1869 to1885. [BO-18] [G810 BO-018] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Unidentified Sailing Ship
[San Pedro Bay Cal 1884 No 222]. Four-masted bark-rigged sailing ship at anchor. Rowboat. Tug ' R.P. Elmore' alongside. [G57 SH-685] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Ferryboat Piedmont
[Ferry boat entering Oakland Slip, Cal 3022?] Ferryboat 'Piedmont' entering slip in Oakland Mole. Yerba Buena Island in distance
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USS San Francisco
USS San Francisco (C-5) protected cruiser, launched 1889 at Union Iron works, Prow view of US navy warship anchored in channel of Mare Island with sailors on watch. Same vessel as WNP71.0352 [SH-710] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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USS Charleston
U.S. Navy protected cruiser USS Charleston (C-2) at anchor, probably off Benicia. Capitol Hotel in background. Launched 1888, commissioned 1889, wrecked 1899. [G57 SH-725] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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USS San Francisco
USS San Francisco (C-5) protected cruiser, Launched 1889 at Union Iron Works. U.S. Navy warship in channel off Mare Island with Vallejo in the background. (Same vessel as WNP71.0351) [G57 SH-717] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Outside SF
Mare Island
Warships at navy yard viewed from water. [G57 SH-669] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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USS Kearsarge Battleship
Battleship [U.S.S. Kearsage(sic)] (BB-5) at anchor. [G57 SH-670] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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USS San Francisco
Sailors on deck of USS San Francisco, posing with mounted guns. Telegraph Hill in background. The first USS San Francisco (C-5) (later CM-2) was a steel protected cruiser in the United States Navy. She was later named Tahoe and then Yosemite. Built at Union Iron Works, Potrero Hill [US Navy - light and Rapid Fire Guns]
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Oakland Ferry Terminal
Oakland Mole. Taber photo exhibit and many billboards
Outside SF
City of Peking Steamship
Departure of the 'City of Peking' carrying California troops to Spanish-American War accompanied by ferries and tugs. Yerba Buena Island at left. [G57 SH-665] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Telegraph Hill
View south from water to Steamer Alameda, Telegraph Hill with Layman's Castle in background.
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