Open SF History Photos

Market & Battery
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Market & Battery

View north to Donahue Mechanics Monument. Fountain and pool were removed in late 1914 to early 1915. Postal Telegraph Building (1908, Lewis Hobart architect), San Francisco Art Leather Co., New Orleans Coffee Parlor. Horses drink at trough installed by San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at right.[Donahue Monument, Market near 1st and Bush dpwbook4 dpw699]

Financial District
2nd & Market
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2nd & Market

View south on 2nd to Sewer Construction, West Coast Life Insurance Building under construction at right [dpwbook4 dpw1252]

Financial District
Geary & Presidio
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Geary & Presidio

[Geary car barn construction Look N dpwbook4 dpw1254] Taken from Calvary Cemetery; graves in foreground

Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
Geary & Presidio
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Geary & Presidio

[Geary car barn construction Look NW dpwbook4 dpw1255] Laurel Hill cemetery in distance

Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
Fort Mason
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Fort Mason

[Ft Mason Pumping Station dpwbook4 dpw1260] Construction view of SF Fire Department auxiliary pump station #2, Fort Mason at foot of Van Ness Avenue. Officers' residences on hill.

Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Beale & Harrison
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Beale & Harrison

View south on Beale to almost-completed Beale Bridge viaduct at Harrison. Hobbs, Wall & Co. Box Factory, Beale & Bryant, background. [dpwbook4 dpw1261]

Rincon Hill
Sunset District
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Sunset District

Sunset District sand dunes, looking northwest to Golden Gate Park Windmills, Cliff House.

Sunset
Corbett near Corbin Steps
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Corbett near Corbin Steps

View southwest to sewer work, Tank Hill [dpwbook5 dpw1314]

Eureka Valley
SF General Hospital
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SF General Hospital

View southwest over San Francisco General Hospital with Bernal Heights in background [dpwbook5 dpw1426]

Potrero Hill
Kearny & Washington
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Kearny & Washington

Old Hall of Justice on southeast corner of Kearny & Washington Streets, viewed from Portsmouth Plaza. (Present site of Hilton San Francisco Financial District) [Hall of Justice dpwbook5 dpw1471]

SF General Hospital
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SF General Hospital

Exterior view looking north from the top of the building on the southeast side of San Francisco General Hospital, showing corridor. [dpwbook5 dpw1421] Administration building in foreground

Potrero Hill
Forest Hill
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Forest Hill

View West toward Forest Hill from Laguna Honda Hospital (Almshouse) [dpwbook5 dpw1407]

Forest Hill
19th Ave near Rivera
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19th Ave near Rivera

Chemical Engine Company Firehouse No. 12 - 2156 19th Avenue near Rivera [dpwbook5 dpw1408]

Golden Gate Heights
Laguna Honda Hospital
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Laguna Honda Hospital

Almshouse Excavation for Hospital [dpwbook5 dpw1406]

Laguna Honda
Buena Vista East
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Buena Vista East

Buena Vista East looking South. 101 Buena Vista East (corner of Waller) at center. [dpwbook5 dpw1315]

Buena Vista
Buena Vista West
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Buena Vista West

Buena Vista West at Waller Looking north [dpwbook5 dpw1316]

Buena Vista
Geary near Kearny
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Geary near Kearny

View west from center of Geary toward Grant. [dpwbook5 dpw1317] Geary W. of 3rd St, looking west. Sing Fat Co. Branch, I. Magnin, N. Harband Trunk Co. Streetcars have replaced cable cars.

Downtown / Union Square
USS San Diego, Cruiser
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USS San Diego, Cruiser

USS San Diego anchored off the Marina for Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPIE). The cruiser was laid down at Union Iron Works in San Francisco on May 7, 1901, launched April 28, 1904, and commissioned August 1, 1907 as USS California. She was renamed USS San Diego in 1914, and sunk by a German submarine on 19 July 1918. [6461] Angel Island in background.

SF Bay
Islais Creek Incinerator
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Islais Creek Incinerator

Looking southeast from Kansas and Marin Street. All Hallows Church at Palou and Newhall in the distance. [dpw1318]

Potrero Hill
Fort Mason
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Fort Mason

Construction view of SF Fire Department Auxiliary Pump Station #2, at foot of Van Ness Avenue [Pumping Station #2 Black Point dpwbook5 dpw1319] View north.

Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason