Open SF History Photos

View from Ferry Building
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View from Ferry Building

View north from top of Ferry Building along the waterfront. [dpwbook11 dpw2277] Embarcadero piers. Three Sacramento riverboats are tied up closest to the camera between today's piers 1 and 3. Alcatraz in distance.

Financial District
Sloat Blvd.
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Sloat Blvd.

Workers pouring concrete pavement on Sloat Blvd. [dpwbook11 dpw2291]

Merced Manor
Sloat & 25th Ave
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Sloat & 25th Ave

Sloat Blvd construction [dpwbook11 dpw2292] looking east, Pump Station on right

Merced Manor
Sloat near 39th Ave
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Sloat near 39th Ave

View East on Sloat Boulevard, construction near future SF Zoo [dpwbook11 dpw2293]

Sunset Outer
Temple Emanu-El
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Temple Emanu-El

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Sutter between Grant and Powell, looking from the east

Downtown / Union Square
Sloat near 37th Ave
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Sloat near 37th Ave

Sloat Blvd construction, looking west. [dpwbook11 dpw2294] 12-Line streetcar in background right

Lakeshore
Sloat & 25th Ave
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Sloat & 25th Ave

Close up of wnp36.00735 View north on Sloat. Pump station at right

Merced Manor
Sloat near 25th Ave
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Sloat near 25th Ave

View east on Sloat Blvd near 25th Avenue during road construction Spring Valley Water Company Central Pump station in background. [dpwbook11 dpw2289]

Merced Manor
Sloat near 25th Ave
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Sloat near 25th Ave

Sloat Blvd construction, looking west [dpwbook11 dpw2290]

Lakeshore
Buena Vista at Waller
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Buena Vista at Waller

Buena Vista West at Waller St. Francis Home [dpwbook11 dpw2286]

Buena Vista
City Hall
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City Hall

Construction view of City Hall from Van Ness and Grove [dpwbook11 dpw2288]

Civic Center
Bernal Cut
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Bernal Cut

Bernal Cut Path (San Jose Avenue) near Fairmount. Bernal Cut Look S 150 feet S of Fairmount. Fairmount pedestrian bridge and Charles Street bridge beyond it. [dpwbook11 dpw2305]

Holly Park
Bernal Cut
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Bernal Cut

View South of Bernal Cut Path (San Jose Avenue) from Charles Street Bridge. Richland Bridge is visible. Bernal Cut Look S from Charles [dpwbook11 dpw2306]

Holly Park
Bernal Cut
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Bernal Cut

Bernal Cut Path (San Jose) from Richland [Bernal Cut S from Richland dpwbook11 dpw2307]

Fairmount
Bush, Battery & Market
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Bush, Battery & Market

Donahue Mechanics Monument [dpwbook11 dpw2308] View north showing configuration after removal of fountain and installation of high bench. Postal Telegraph Building (1908, Lewis Hobart architect), Stone Typewriter Rental Co., New Orleans Coffee Parlor, Board of Trade Building in background..

Financial District
Kearny & Post
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Kearny & Post

View at night northwest across intersection of Post and Kearny toward 101 Kearny. Alfred Lilienfeld and Co. men's furnishings store brightly illuminated and decorated for the Portola Festival.

Downtown / Union Square
Potrero & Cesar Chavez
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Potrero & Cesar Chavez

Potrero at Army (now Cesar Chavez) Looking South at Peralta Heights [dpwbook11 dpw2309]

Mission
City Hall construction
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City Hall construction

City Hall from Auditorium [dpwbook11 dpw2310] Polk Street side

Civic Center
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Academy of Sciences, construction of the southeast wing [dpwbook11 dpw2311] This wing became the North American Hall of Birds and Mammals, the first portion of the Academy's then-new home in Golden Gate Park.

Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Academy of Sciences construction of the northeast wing [dpwbook11 dpw2312]

Golden Gate Park