Open SF History Photos

Playland at the Beach
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Playland at the Beach

Lindy Loop and crowds up the midway on the northern block of Playland

Richmond
Japanese Tea Garden
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Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park, View of the main entrance gate taken from drum bridge inside the Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park
Lands End
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Lands End

Men standing on rocks above the waves. Camel Rock.

Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
California & Sansome
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California & Sansome

View across intersecton to northeast corner, Alaska Commercial Building. note the walrus sculptures above the second story, some of which have been retained in the structure that replaced these.

Financial District
26th & Valencia
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26th & Valencia

View west across Valencia to Buckingham and Hecht - True Merit Shoes Factory. Built 1888, Macy & Jordan, Architects. Still stands in 2024.

Mission
Montgomery & Chestnut
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Montgomery & Chestnut

Elevated view west across Montgomery to Globe Mills (built 1904, damaged and rebuilt 1906) - A1 Flour, George W. Pennington and Sons, National Paper Products Co. factory and Zellerbach Paper. Co. warehouse (1917). Portion of Globe Mills complex and National Paper Products building still stand. Telegraph Hill in background left.

Telegraph Hill
Yerba Buena Island
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Yerba Buena Island

Ferryboat Garden City enroute from Oakland to Ferry Building

SF Bay
Lake Merritt, Oakland
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Lake Merritt, Oakland

looking east toward Trestle Glen

Outside SF
Oakland
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Oakland

view across Lake Merritt from the tower of Oakland City Hall

Outside SF
Ocean Beach
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Ocean Beach

View of Cliff House, Riders with two horses

Ocean Beach
Baker & Fell
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Baker & Fell

View northwest across Golden Gate Park Panhandle to Southern Pacific Hospital, McKinley Monument

Panhandle
Playland at the Beach
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Playland at the Beach

Northern midway, view to south past concession games booths at right.

Richmond
Lake Merced, South Lake
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Lake Merced, South Lake

Tules, De Soto with rumble seat

Lakeshore
7th Street Post Office
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7th Street Post Office

Looking north from Mission St., Rebecka Lodge Parade

South of Market
Stow Lake Boathouse
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Stow Lake Boathouse

Golden Gate Park. Rustic Boathouse on Stow Lake

Golden Gate Park
Sutro Heights
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Sutro Heights

Looking north on perimeter road. Mushroom stools and parapet with cannon and statuary. Tank House at right. [Parapet, Sutro Heights, S.F. Cal 951]

Sutro Heights
Sutro Baths
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Sutro Baths

Looking east over main tank towards grand staircase and bleachers. Plunge pool barely visible at center. Slide at right. [P.P. No 7684]

Sutro
PPIE Night
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PPIE Night

Entire fair illuminated at night, viewed from Pacific Heights

Marina
Third Cliff House
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Third Cliff House

Looking north, photo taken from Lurline Pier

Sutro Heights
St. Mary's Hospital
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St. Mary's Hospital

View northwest to corner of Hayes and Shrader [St. Marys Hospital P.P. Co. No. 7490]

Panhandle