Open SF History Photos

Hawthorne from Harrison
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Hawthorne from Harrison

View north on Hawthorne from Harrison. Steep bank and retaining wall at right. Tower of John Roebling's Sons (wire rope) in the distance at center. [Hawthorne St N from Harrison dpwbook24 dpw5799]

South of Market
Sterling from Harrison
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Sterling from Harrison

View south on Sterling (now the Bryant Street on ramp to the Bay Bridge) from Harrison. At left is the St. John Prodromos Greek Orthodox Church and meeting hall (Alexander the Great Meeting Hall), 37 Sterling. [Sterling St. from Harrison dpwbook24 dpw5801]

Rincon Hill
Lansing from Essex
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Lansing from Essex

View east on Lansing. Building on left still stands in 2021, 66-76 Lansing built 1908. Yard at left filled with piles of crates and barrels. Grade on Essex has since been lowered and there is now a stairway up to Lansing. [Lansing St E. from Essex St. dpwbook24 dpw5803]

Rincon Hill
Clayton near Corbett
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Clayton near Corbett

View South on Clayton between Corbett and Deming showing grading and sidewalk extension. Pemberton Place in background. [dpwbook24 dpw5804]

Eureka Valley
McLaren Park
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McLaren Park

surrounding John McLaren holding shovel at the Dedication of McLaren Park, 1927.

McLaren Park
Clayton near Corbett
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Clayton near Corbett

View South on Clayton between Corbett and Deming showing grading and sidewalk extension. Pemberton Place in background, [dpwbook24 dpw5804]

Eureka Valley
Main & Folsom
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Main & Folsom

View southeast across Main to east side of street [Main S from Folsom (SF Warehouse Co.) dpwbook24 dpw5809]Mrs. A. Wilshusen wine and liquor

Rincon Hill
Beale & Folsom
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Beale & Folsom

View southeast to east side of Beale, Harrison St. on hill at right[Beale St. E side S from Folsom dpwbook24 dpw5810]

South of Market
Beale & Folsom
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Beale & Folsom

View southwest across Folsom after completion of Beale St. Cut, Harrison St. viaduct at left, E.W. Tucker Co. Engineers 347 Fremont, James W. Lowden Blacksmithing. forging, 7 Zeno Place, in background [Beale S from Folsom dpwbook24 dpw5811]

Rincon Hill
Fremont from Folsom
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Fremont from Folsom

View southwest to Fremont from Folsom, Enterprise Foundry, T.J Moynihan Boiler Works. [Fremont St W Side S from Folsom][dpwbook24 dpw5812]

Rincon Hill
Essex & Folsom
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Essex & Folsom

View south on Essex from Folsom to Rincon Hill [Essex S Folsom dpwbook24 dpw5813] E.G. Lyons & Raas, California Glace Fruit Company, 535 Folsom, at left

Rincon Hill
2nd from Folsom
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2nd from Folsom

View Southwest across the intersection of 2nd and Folsom. The Rosenblatt Co, wholesale wines and liquors, 300 2nd Street. [2nd St w side S from Folsom][dpwbook24 dpw5814]

South of Market
Hawthorne & Folsom
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Hawthorne & Folsom

View south on Hawthorne from Folsom[Hawthorne from Folsom dpwbook24 dpw5815]

South of Market
Hampton & Folsom
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Hampton & Folsom

View south across Folsom to rutted and unpaved Hampton Place. Hampton Place (also known as Hampton Court) ran south from Folsom between Hawthorne and 3rd Street. [Vassar Place (Sic) S from Folsom][dpwbook24 dpw5816]

South of Market
Folsom & Main
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Folsom & Main

View across Folsom to south side of Folsom east of Main[Folsom E from Main dpwbook24 dpw5817] Mrs. A. Wilshusen Wines Liquors Cigars, Great Western Smelting , Spear and Folsom.

Financial District
McLaren Park
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McLaren Park

View of homes and greenhouses from McLaren Park with Woolsey Street in the foreground; south basin of University Mound reservoir still unbuilt.

Portola
Folsom & Beale
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Folsom & Beale

View southeast across Folsom to Dundon's Iron Works 225 Folsom St. [Folsom E from Beale Dundon Iron Works Boilermakers) dpwbook24 dpw5818]

Financial District
Folsom from Fremont
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Folsom from Fremont

View southeast across Folsom to south side between Fremont and Beale, Metal and Thermit Corporation (333 Folsom), J.W. Lowden Blacksmith, Forge (7 Zeno Place)[dpwbook24 dpw5819]

South of Market
Folsom from 1st
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Folsom from 1st

View southeast at the south side of Folsom from 1st Street. Second from the right is 443 Folsom, SFLandmark 149, known as Edwin Klockar's Blacksmith Shop. Businesses, left to right: T.J. Moynihan & Co. Boiler Works 401 Folsom, Oscar Krenz Copper & Brass Works, Coppersmith 431 Folsom; A. Haase Pattern Maker and Coppersmiths; F.V Wilbert Tool Manufacturer, General Blacksmithing 437 Folsom; Bee Hive Restaurant, Castle Hotel. [dpwbook24 dpw5820]

Rincon Hill
Folsom from Essex
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Folsom from Essex

View East at the south side of Folsom from Essex. E.G. Lyons & Raas Co., California Glace Fruit Company, Galloway Lithographing Co. [dpwbook24 dpw5821]

Rincon Hill