East St looking W
Telegraph Hill, from waterfront pier near present Embarcadero
North BeachWaterfront
Contains 92 photos
Embarcadero
Probably Pier 1. Riverboat ' T. C. Walker' at left (see wnp71.0569) Rowboats and small launch pulling sailors in rowboats. Yerba Buena Island in distance. Steamer T.C. Walker was built in 1885 and took passengers between San Francisco and Stockton until the 1930s. [G57 SBO-021] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
Embarcadero
Probably Pier 1. Riverboat ' T. C. Walker' at left (see wnp71.0569) Rowboats and small launch pulling sailors in rowboats. Yerba Buena Island in distance. Steamer T.C. Walker was built in 1885 and took passengers between San Francisco and Stockton until the 1930s. (duplicate wnp71.0572)
Financial District
Electric Mail Streetcar C
Market Street Railway Co., United States Railway Post Office posed in front of the north terminal of the Ferry Building, under construction.
Financial District
Telegraph Hill
View south from water to Steamer Alameda, Telegraph Hill with Layman's Castle in background.
SF Bay
Embarcadero
Pier 12 (Emarcadero & Folsom) Return of the California Boys from Spanish-American War [F810 SH-376] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Waterfront
Ferry Building
SF Ferry Bldg. seen from water, German Castle (Layman's Castle, burned 1903) still on Telegraph Hill in the distance
Financial District
Sailing Ship Star of Bengal
'Star of Bengal', part of the Alaska Packers fleet, tied up at a pier. She was built in Belfast, Ireland, in 1874. She wrecked in the Gulf of Alaska in September 1908, loaded for a return trip to San Francisco. At least 111 people died in the shipwreck.
Mission Bay
Ferry Building
Night view of Ferry Building, decorated with lights for President McKinley's visit to SF.
Financial District
The Alameda
Steamship Alameda in Dry Dock at Hunters Point. She was built in 1883 for the Oceanic Steamship Company and made regular trips to Hawaii, Australia, and New Zealand. Sold in 1910 to the Alaska Steamship Company.
Hunters Point
Ferry Building from Bay
View west [Frisco from the Bay Chas Bailey L.A.] Some time after the earthquake. Ferry Building tower is being repaired using scaffolding. Fairmont Hotel is visible on Nob Hill. Merchants Exchange Building in distance center.
Downtown
View of Fire from Bay
1906 earthquake and fire. Fire burning on San Francisco waterfront following the earthquake. Telegraph Hill at right.
SF Bay
Ferry Building
Blurry night view of the Ferry Building with decorations for the Great White Fleet. Tower outlined with electric lights, giant electric stars and strips shield decoration in front.
Financial District
Ferry Building at night
decorated for unknown convention
Financial District
Ferryboat Piedmont
Southern Pacfic ferry boat PIEDMONT at ferry slip at SF Ferry Building. Telegraph Hill in background.
Financial District
Newspaper Vendor
Man selling newspapers, Ferry Building
Downtown
Ferry Building
Night view across Embarcadero to Ferry Building illuminated with PPIE 1915 symbol on clock tower
Financial District
Hay scow on waterfront
Scow schooner "Mabel and Edith" and steamship docked in SF - California Built in the 1870s, the Mabel and Edith had a long career on the bay hauling freight. Sunk twice, she was involved in collisions and rescues through 1912. Camera Club, SF.
Financial District
Waterfront from SF Bay
View southwest to Ferry Building and piers from ferry boat. Frisco Exploration Fall 1915
SF Bay
View From Rincon Hill
View southeast to Embarcadero Pier 34 and Pier 36 in background. Oakland Automobile.
SF Bay