View NW from Telegraph Hill
View northwest from Telegraph Hill to North Beach, sea wall, warehouses, Meiggs Wharf and Alcatraz. Much infill south of sea wall. [F810 NB-018] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) [North Beach S.F. Cal 1879 NB-18]
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Union St. Wharf
[Center, Union St. Wharf 1884 WA-49] Waterfront buildings in foreground. Part of a stereo view View E from Telegraph Hill. [F810 WA-049] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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View W from Telegraph Hill
[3507 Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill 1884 NB-6} View west from Telegraph Hill. Black Point (now Fort Mason) and Selby Smelting Works at center. [F810 NB-006] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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View W from Telegraph Hill
[North Beach 1884 NB-7] View west from Telegraph Hill. Russian Hill, Fort Mason, Golden Gate and Marin Headlands. [F810 NB-007] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Telegraph Hill Observatory, also known as Layman's Observatory, Layman's Folly and German Castle.
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View W from Telegraph Hill
Looking west over North Beach. Taber B 201. Russian Hill at left Fort Mason at right center.
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View from Telegraph Hill
[B 3509 San Francisco Bay - Mt Tamalpais and Alcatraz Island - from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco] View NE, likely from Castle at top of Greenwich St.
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Embarcadero
[3525 San Francisco Bay--Goat Island and Contra Costa Mountains--from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, Cal.] Sailing ships docked at piers, warehouses, Yerba Buena Island.
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Telegraph Hill Castle
Layman's Castle (German Castle) with funicular. [Telegraph Hill Observatory. Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, Cal.]
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View SW from Telegraph Hill
Mark Hopkins residence and Charles Crocker residence on Nob Hill. [x18, From Telegraph Hill Observatory, looking Southwest. Nob Hill in the distance.]
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View W from Telegraph Hill
View from Layman's Castle (Observatory) atop Telegraph Hill. [From Telegraph Hill Observatory, looking West. Black Point in distance. Schoene]
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View from Telegraph Hill
The corner of Lombard and Kearny at lower right. Sea wall constructed with lagoon; Alcatraz in distance
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Kearny near Chestnut
[3506 Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, Cal.] View from Telegraph Hill to Golden Gate. White (Tonquin) Point, Black Point.
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Lombard & Kearny
[3507 Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, Cal.] Black Point and Selby Smelting Works.
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View from Telegraph Hill
[No. 1 San Francisco Bay Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill] View northwest to Black Point and Tonquin Point; the corner of Lombard and Kearny at lower right; early work on seawall on right side; Marin Headlands in background
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View from Telegraph Hill
[B 843 View of San Francisco Bay] Sea wall and warehouses along future Embarcadero. Lagoon would soon be filled in. View northwest towards Marin Headlands with Mt. Tamalpais in distance.
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Telegraph Hill Observatory
Telegraph Hill Observatory, also known as Layman's Folly and Layman's German Castle. It was a roadhouse, restaurant, and observatory at the top of Telegraph Hill and reached by the Telegraph Hill Railroad up Greenwich Street. Funicular cable car at center at terminus.
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View From Telegraph Hill
[488 Perkins 640 Clay St. The California Wire Works North Beach and Angel Island (actually the Marin Headlands)] Selby Smelting works at left center.
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View W from Telegraph Hill
Golden Gate, Black Point, Selby Smelting Works.
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View from Telegraph Hill
View northwest from Layman's Castle northwest toward Selby Smelting Plant, California Wire Works factory (to left of center, with large ship being built to its north), remains of Meiggs' Wharf, future site of Fisherman's Wharf. Lumber yards, grain sheds built on Sea Wall, Alcatraz Island and Marin Headlands.
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