Open SF History Photos

Knights Templar Parade
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Knights Templar Parade

View southeast across Van Ness to horse-drawn coach with man and two women passengers. Concordia Club on left, Hotel Richelieu with tower at right. 9 San Mateo

Cathedral Hill
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

View west to skyline and Ferry Building from Ferryboat on approach.

Naval War Ship in Bay
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Naval War Ship in Bay

View of unidentified war ship from another boat, south of Ferry Building

Point Lobos Ave
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Point Lobos Ave

Crowded tour bus across from Cliff House, conductor standing next to vehicle

Sutro Heights
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

["The Lodge" - Golden Gate Park] McLaren Lodge, Stanyan and Fell

Golden Gate Park
Main Library
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Main Library

Old Main Library (now Asian Arts Museum) at Larkin and Fulton Streets. Viewed from Civic Center plaza

Civic Center
Wawona & 16th Ave
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Wawona & 16th Ave

Arden Wood Christian Science Sanatorium [General View C.S. Sanatorium 15]

West Portal
Market & Van Ness
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Market & Van Ness

[Twin Peaks rise majestically at the head of Market Street Zan 189] View west from center of street to Twin Peaks. Civic Center Hotel, El Mirasol Apartments. 9-Line streetcar, Acme Beer truck.

Civic Center
City Hall
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City Hall

[Arco de Brilliantes (Sic), 1925] Diamond Jubilee decorations on Fulton Street; Main Library at left. Arco de Brillantes, illuminated decorative archway.

Civic Center
Kearny & Market
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Kearny & Market

Sailors marching by Lotta's Fountain which has been covered for Victory Loan campaign; [Parade - I am right under the mark with my head down, was trying to keep step with my partner. You can see I was in the Naval Artillery that day]

Downtown / Union Square
Polk & Grove
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Polk & Grove

Hospital Corps on Parade on Polk Street. Exposition Auditorium

Civic Center
Marine Exchange Lookout
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Marine Exchange Lookout

Old Marine Exchange Lookout at Point Lobos, on present site of USS San Francisco Memorial.

Lands End
Market at Drumm
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Market at Drumm

Hospital Corps on parade by Pacific Steamship Company and Hotel Terminal.

Financial District
Civic Center
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Civic Center

Hospital Corps on Parade on Polk Street, viewed from City Hall

Civic Center
Market & Grant
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Market & Grant

Elevated rooftop view looking east to Union Trust, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Kamm Building (Sorensen Jewelers and Kelly Tires billboard), Call Building, Hearst Examiner Building, Monadnock Building, Palace Hotel, streetcars, Boos Bros. [Market St. at Grant]

Downtown / Union Square
Market & Kearny
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Market & Kearny

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Slightly elevated view southwest across Market to Call Building and adjacent buildings on south side of Market St. [Burning of Call Building 33]

Downtown / Union Square
Call Building
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Call Building

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Post earthquake and fire ruins. Call Building at Market and Third

South of Market
Fillmore & Broadway
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Fillmore & Broadway

View north to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Fillmore Hill Counterbalance Car #624 and another ascending. Marina Middle School, built between 1935 and 1939 on large empty lot in distance, not yet built. [Cable Cars on Fillmore Street Hill]

Pacific Heights
Market near Kearny
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Market near Kearny

Looking west. Mutual Savings Bank Building, Lotta's Fountain, Chronicle Bldg. Signs for Dr. Goodnight, Dentist, Dr. Strub

Downtown / Union Square
San Francisco Aerial
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San Francisco Aerial

Aerial view west over the Embarcadero, South of Market, and downtown San Francisco, Pacific Ocean in far distance. Ferry Building at lower right. [Looking Across San Francisco from Bay to Ocean S.P.2 Piggott Photo]