Telegraph Hill

Contains 877 photos

North Beach
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North Beach

View northwest over original North Beach towards sand dunes of White Point at center right, with Black Point (later Fort Mason) beyond. Gold Rush brig Euphemia in center distance. [Black Point North Beach] [F810 BP-003] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Telegraph Hill

Woodcut; large crowd [Watching for the Steamer]

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Telegraph Hill

Telegraph Hill from Nob Hill. [SC30 ]

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View from Telegraph Hill
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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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View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View northwest from Telegraph Hill. Meiggs' Wharf, Marin Headlands, Mt. Tamalpais, Fort Alcatraz.

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View N from Telegraph Hill
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View N from Telegraph Hill

[Meiggs Wharf 1856 Fardon MW-1] View north from Telegraph Hill to Meiggs Wharf. Alcatraz and Angel Island in distance. Fenced 'water lots' in bay. [F810 MW-001] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View southwest from Telegraph Hill over North Beach towards Nob Hill. [V-87 From Telegraph Hill South West 1856.] [G810 V-087] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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View W from Telegraph Hill
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View W from Telegraph Hill

[Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill 1858] View west from above Greenwich Street. Humphrey's Castle (built 1852, demolished 1949) is large white house with tower atop ridge at left. [F810 BP-005] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) (Cropped version of wnp71.1125)

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View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View west over North Beach towards the Golden Gate and Fort Point. Sand dunes of White Point at center right, with Black Point (later Fort Mason) beyond. Large white house atop ridge at left is Humphrey's Castle, built 1852, demolished 1949. Gold Rush brig Euphemia, used by the city at various times and locations as both a prison and an insane asylum, moored along shore at center.

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View From Russian Hill
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View From Russian Hill

Telegraph Hill from Russian Hill, across North Beach and Washington Square

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Union near Sansome
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Union near Sansome

[SF CAL 1861. Bay View Union above Sansome St. TH-2 MB Coll ] Early view around Telegraph Hill toward Alcatraz. Shacks, house with veranda.

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Union near Sansome
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Union near Sansome

[Bay View Union above Sansome St. 1861] on eastern slope of Telegraph Hill [F810 TH-002] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Montgomery near Green
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Montgomery near Green

[RE-18 Koster Residence. East Side Montgomery. Bet Union-Green. North. Beach 4 July 1862. MB 315] W.B. Allen residence identified in background. Yard, people posing.

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Sansome near Greenwich
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Sansome near Greenwich

[North Pt. Sansome St. 1864 north of Greenwich WA-23 336] Elevated view of North Point waterfront and sailing ships. [F810 WA-023] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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View SE from Telegraph Hil
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View SE from Telegraph Hil

[TEH737 Lumber Wharves from Telegraph Hill. 1865. V-88] Houses in foreground, Embarcadero and ships in background. [G810 V-088] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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View NW from Telegraph Hill
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View NW from Telegraph Hill

View northwest from Telegraph Hill. Meiggs' Wharf at left, wooden houses, sailing ships at anchor, and Alcatraz Island in background. [F810 NB-017] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) [NB-17 North Beach 1865]

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View NW from Telegraph Hill
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View NW from Telegraph Hill

Meiggs' Wharf at center. Offshore end of wharf is at approximate location of today's Pier 43. [Meigs (sic) Wharf, From Telegraph Hill, S.F. 3631]

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Greenwich & Kearny
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Greenwich & Kearny

View west from Telegraph Hill to Golden Gate. White Point and Black Point, Marin Headlands. Entry arch and tollbooth for Bay Shore & Fort Point Road is on White Point, center, where sandy portion begins at water. See wnp37.00603-R.jpg.

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View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View west to houses, Black Point (Fort Mason), Tonquin Point. Entry arch and tollbooth for Bay Shore & Fort Point Road is on White Point, center right, where sandy portion begins at water.

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Alcatraz from North Point
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Alcatraz from North Point

View north past large building with 'Boat Building by Martin Vice' on side to Alcatraz Island in the distance. Alternate version of wnp71.1491, also alternate version of Watkins stereoview 303. Boatyard in foreground.

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