Telegraph Hill
From the Bay. German Castle (Layman's Castle) atop hill. Scow schooner in foreground.
Open SF History Photos
California near Grant
Looking east to SF Bay, Cable Car #22 and others.
Chinatown
Post & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northwest across Market to ruins of Masonic Temple. Union Trust building at right, Crocker Building at left. [28]
Financial District
Golden Gate Park
Dutch Windmill from Great Highway, Gjoa Ship enclosure at right
Golden Gate Park
Lands End Station
people waiting, view toward northeast
Lands End
Golden Gate Park
View north to Memorial Museum with Gustave Dore vase in front. Pedestrian underpass tunnel. Originally constructed as the Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair, it was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum. [Museum G.G. Park S.F.]
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Conservatory Valley, flower beds, Middle Drive
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Stow Lake looking east to Buena Vista Park from bridge. People in rowboats. Affiliated Colleges (Later UCSF) in distance right.
Golden Gate Park
Van Ness Avenue near Pine
View southwest across Van Ness to Victorian mansions with street trees. House at center is 1501 Van Ness, at the northwest corner, home to Robert N. Graves , later Capt. Robert R. Thompson (49er who made a fortune in shipping and water companies). George Hearst reportedly owned this house before him. All of these homes were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire , due to dynamiting between Sutter and Clay.
Polk Gulch
Ferry Building
Streetcar terminus with minarets for Shriner Convention
Financial District
Unknown Location
[S.F. 1899] Creek. Mossy rocks, grasses, downed tree, view of hillside.
Mt. Tamalpais
3 girls on a rural railroad track, lookins like Mt. Tam. [I should like it very much if you would send me some of the pictures you took Sat. I am sorry the other picture I took was not good so I can't send it. Blanche Rose, 1844 Ellis Street.]
Fillmore & Sutter
View north on Fillmore from Sutter, the first streetcar running 10 days after the earthquake. The car ran from the Fillmore and Turk barn north to Broadway, then turned around came back down Fillmore with Mayor Eugene Schmitz at the controls. (not sure this is the first trip based on the afternoon light.) [First Car on Fillmore Street after the Earthquake Fire, 1906]
Lower Pacific Heights
1906 Earthquake & Fire
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Looking south to Bernal Heights from approx. Eddy near Larkin. City Hall ruins on left
Tenderloin
Grant & Bush
[519TEH Cor. Dupont & Bush Sts. 1905. T.E. Hecht #519] View north along Grant (Dupont) to Misfit Clothing Parlors and Abbott's. West side of California Hotel at right.
Chinatown
Point Lobos Ave near Merrie Way
View looking northeast on Cliff Road (today's Point Lobos Ave) from near the Cliff House towards main entrance to Sutro Baths. Sutro Baths Gallery at left. Firth Wheel visible in distance.
Sutro
Market near Kearny
Woman next to flower stands, Monadnock Building; Peck Judah on right
Kearny near Maiden Lane
Kearny between Geary & Maiden Lane.Man next to flower stands, view north on Kearny
Third Cliff House
'Observatory' viewing station on terrace west of Cliff House. Structure offered telescopes and rental binoculars for looking at Seal Rocks.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Lincoln Park
Palace of the Legion of Honor viewed from parking lot.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley