Open SF History Photos

Playland at the Beach
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Playland at the Beach

Seaplane Ride in the middle of Playland's north midway.

Richmond
Downtown Aerial
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Downtown Aerial

Aerial view looking north from above China Basin.

Mission Bay
Cliff House
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Cliff House

A woman eating a Pronto Pup (corndog), Totem pole with Signs for Sky Tram. Statue of Nio Sama which once stood in the Japanese Tea Garden and later sold to the Whitneys for display at the Cliff House. Sign for the Country Store.

Sutro Heights
Union Square
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Union Square

Dewey Monument; St Francis Hotel in background

Downtown / Union Square
View from Coit Tower
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View from Coit Tower

Elevated view Southeast down Kearny to Columbus Tower / Sentinel Building, Old Hall of Justice and County Jail, Central Tower (former Call Building). Nob Hill at right.

Telegraph Hill
View from Coit Tower
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View from Coit Tower

view West, Golden Gate Bridge in distance

Telegraph Hill
Lombard near Grant
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Lombard near Grant

View West on Lombard between Grant and Stockton, toward Russian Hill.

North Beach
Market near 4th
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Market near 4th

View East toward 4th Street from the sidewalk between Stockton and Powell. Central Tower,Humboldt Bank Building, 49 4th Street, and Pacific Building on the right. Crowds of pedestrians, Sommer and Kaufman shoe store on left.

Downtown / Union Square
View from Coit Tower
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View from Coit Tower

View South toward the Financial District, Produce District, Embarcadero, Bay Bridge

Telegraph Hill
View from Coit Tower
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View from Coit Tower

view East, Yerba Buena Island and Bay Bridge, Piers 15 and 17 at lower right were joined in 1956

Telegraph Hill
view from Top of the Mark
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view from Top of the Mark

View west to Golden Gate Bridge, Palace of Fine Arts, Presidio, Lafayette Square Park. Uncompleted Grace Cathedral at left. Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) with radio tower on roof in distance. Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955. Chambord Apartments at Sacramento and Clay Streets, center.

Nob Hill
Playland at the Beach
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Playland at the Beach

Shoot the Chutes. Billed as the Longest Most Thrilling Water Ride in the World, featured a 490-ft underground tunnel and a splashdown finish.

Richmond
View from Top of the Mark
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View from Top of the Mark

view East, Ferry Building and Bay Bridge

Nob Hill
Telegraph Hill
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Telegraph Hill

View northeast Coit Tower and Telegraph Hill from top of Nob Hill. St. Francis of Assisi Church at center, Washington Square at left.

Nob Hill
View from Coit Tower
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View from Coit Tower

view North, Embarcadero and Alcatraz

Telegraph Hill
West Portal
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West Portal

M-Line Street Car #1040 on West Portal Ave.

West Portal
Market & 5th
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Market & 5th

Muni Busses and Streetcar, 8 Market Bus #5323, L-line Streetcar #1121, Bus #3247

Downtown / Union Square
Market & 8th
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Market & 8th

Del Webb Townhouse, J-Line Streetcar #1038

Civic Center
Fishermans Wharf
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Fishermans Wharf

Boat basin, view West towards Fort Mason and Golden Gate Bridge

Fishermans Wharf
Grant & Sacramento
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Grant & Sacramento

View northeast across Grant toward Sacramento. Chinatown storefronts, neon signs. Canton Bazaar, Lotus Bowl, Kan's, Kuo Wah, Chinese Village liquors, Republic Hotel, Eastern Bakery. Lanterns strung along side of street.

Chinatown