Open SF History Photos

Angel Island
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Angel Island

Immigration Station viewed from pier. Administration Building and barracks at center, powerhouse at right.

SF Bay
Pine & Scott
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Pine & Scott

Shumate House, home of Albert Shumate

Lower Pacific Heights
Sutro Heights
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Sutro Heights

Sutro Heights. Palm Drive and Main Entrance Gate. View northeast from carriage circle. 'Danseuse' statue at left, 'Venus de Milo' at right.

Sutro
Point Lobos Ave
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Point Lobos Ave

Point Lobos Ave. Repaving street near Sutro Heights. View east near Merrie Way. Lower gate to Sutro Heights at right. [7560 4-6-22 Pt Lobos Ave E. of Cliff House]

Sutro
San Francisco Opera House
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San Francisco Opera House

Interior of Opera House with crowd

Civic Center
Mayor Rossi at Polls
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Mayor Rossi at Polls

Angelo Rossic voting in 1938 election

James Denman Jr. High
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James Denman Jr. High

Junior Victory Army, Kids signing up for Junior Victory Army, a youth project to help a wide variety of services to aid the war effort. San Miguel Elementary School in background.

Cayuga
SF Fire Department
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SF Fire Department

Firemen with chorus girls on trampoline at Training Tower site, Bryant & Division.

South of Market
SF Fire Department
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SF Fire Department

Firemen with chorus girls on ladder. Old fire department training tower at Bryant and Division.

South of Market
SF Fire Department
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SF Fire Department

Chorus girls posing on fire hydrant. Old fire department training tower at Bryant and Division.

South of Market
California near Gough
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California near Gough

Elevated view southeast across California between Gough and Octavia, Michael de Young Mansion 1919 California, demolished 1941, second building from right.

Pacific Heights
California & Octavia
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California & Octavia

View west the Northwest corner of California and Ocatvia, Moses Rosenbaum house.

Pacific Heights
Kearny, Geary & Market
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Kearny, Geary & Market

Lotta's Fountain and crowd of people. Grand and Palace Hotels in background. Detmer Woolen Co. at right

Downtown / Union Square
Crocker Building
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Crocker Building

View northwest on Market near Second, Crocker Building built 1891, demolished 1966. Mutual Savings Bank Building (1902), Chronicle Building in distance left, original Hobart Building at right.

Financial District
El Camino del Mar & 32nd Ave
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El Camino del Mar & 32nd Ave

Construction work in progress on El Camino Del Mar (also Harding Blvd and Lincoln Ave), looking west near 32nd Ave. [DPW 2552]

Richmond
Hall of Records
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Hall of Records

City Hall Avenue and McAllister

Civic Center
View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View southwest to Nob Hill over Chinatown and North Beach. Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel), Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels, Brocklebank (1927), Park Lane and Cathedral Apartments (1927). At lower right, St. Francis of Assisi Church.

Telegraph Hill
Sutro Heights
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Sutro Heights

Sutro residence and observatory tower on parapet.

Sutro Heights
Sutro Heights
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Sutro Heights

Main Entrance Gate, looking north from Palm Avenue

Sutro Heights
1st Cliff House & beach
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1st Cliff House & beach

View north from Ocean Beach. Sutro Heights at right. Mount Tamalpais in distance.

Richmond Outer