Open SF History Photos

Market near 3rd
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Market near 3rd

View west on Market, Call Building on left, Phelan Building, Union Trust Building (under construction), Magee Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building decorated with flags. Flannery Building (with P.H. McCarthy for Mayor sign on top), C.M. Wooster Co. Country Lands, Dr. Hall's Electro-Vigor, Easy Dental Parlors. Light array for 1909 Portola Festival, Lotta's Fountain.

Downtown
Twin Peaks Tunnel
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Twin Peaks Tunnel

Construction of Twin Peaks Tunnel, looking east near Eureka (8x10) [dpwbook12 dpw2368]

Eureka Valley
Pine & Stockton
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Pine & Stockton

Metropolitan Life Insurance building under construction on Stockton St. between Pine and California Streets. (Present day Ritz Carlton Hotel.) [dpwbook12 dpw2374]

Chinatown
Stockton & Bush
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Stockton & Bush

View north on Stockton from Bush toward Pine showing landscaping and repaving on street after cmpletion of the Stockton Tunnel. Hotel Victoria at 590 Bush at right, Metropolitan Life Insurance Building up the hill. [dpwbook12 dpw2375]

Nob Hill
Leavenworth & Sutter
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Leavenworth & Sutter

View north on Leavenworth from Sutter. This image shows new paving on Leavenworth, center asphalt new for automobiles, the sides with paving stones for horses. Sutter street 2-line streetcar tracks. [dpwbook12 dpw2376]

Lower Nob Hill
Islais Creek Bridge
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Islais Creek Bridge

Islais Creek Bridge, replaced by current bridge in 1950. [dpwbook12 dpw2377]

Central Waterfront
Islais Creek Bridge
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Islais Creek Bridge

Islais Creek Bridge, replaced by the current bridge in 1950. [dpwbook12 dpw2378]

Central Waterfront
SF General Hospital
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SF General Hospital

Hospital Ward, with patients and nurses. [dpwbook12 dpw2379]

Potrero Hill
SF General Hospital
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SF General Hospital

Interior view of hospital laundry and staff [dpwbook12 dpw2381]

Potrero Hill
8th Ave near Lawton
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8th Ave near Lawton

View South on 8th Avenue from Lawton, Windsor Terrace development. [dpwbook11 dpw2283]

Golden Gate Heights
Civic Center
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Civic Center

Bear Statue Civic Center, Civic Auditorium in background.[dpwbook12 dpw2384]

Civic Center
Geary & Scott
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Geary & Scott

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to significant earthquake damage to Girls High School

Western Addition
Civic Center
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Civic Center

Fountain in Civic Center Plaza under construction, looking easterly toward Hall of Records and remnants of Old City Hall. Note tortoise sculpture intended to be above water level in fountain. [dpwbook12 dpw2385]

Civic Center
SF General Hospital
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SF General Hospital

SF General Hospital Roof Garden [dpwbook12 dpw2389]

Potrero Hill
SF General Hospital
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SF General Hospital

View southeast to San Francisco General Hospital's administration building. [dpwbook12 dpw2391]

Potrero Hill
SF General Hospital
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SF General Hospital

Interior view, SF General Hospital Kitchen [dpwbook12 dpw2393]

Potrero Hill
SF General Hospital
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SF General Hospital

SF General Hospital- Engine room / Electrical Generators [dpwbook12 dpw2395]

Potrero Hill
Civic Auditorium
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Civic Auditorium

Viewed from Polk Street (underconstruction) in front of City Hall [dpwbook12 dpw2396]

Civic Center
City Hall construction
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City Hall construction

Street work in progress on Polk St in front of City Hall. Elevated view looking north on Polk from Grove St. [dpwbook12 dpw2397] California Hall in distance.

Civic Center
City Hall Construction
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City Hall Construction

View northeast from Polk Street in front of City Hall and Civic Center Plaza [dpwbook12 dpw2398]

Civic Center