Open SF History Photos

Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Murphy Windmill, streetcar (#1706?) on overpass over South Drive as people pass underneath (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive).

Golden Gate Park
Warships in Bay
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Warships in Bay

Great White Fleet at anchor in bay.

View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

People watching fleet in the bay from roofs and streets, Ferry building in background, Great White Fleet

Telegraph Hill
1st & Bryant
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1st & Bryant

View south from Rincon Hill above Embarcadero to Pacific Coast Company coal yard, lumber yards, Fleet in the Bay, Great White Fleet.

Rincon Hill
1st & Bryant
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1st & Bryant

View east from Rincon Hill above Embarcadero to Pacific Coast Company coal yard, water tank atop Hobbs, Wall & Co. Standard Box Co. on Beale, lumber yards, derricks, Fleet in the Bay, Great White Fleet

Rincon Hill
1st & Bryant
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1st & Bryant

View southeast from Rincon Hill above Embarcadero to Pacific Coast Company coal yard, lumber yards, derricks, Fleet in the Bay, Great White Fleet

Rincon Hill
Embarcadero
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Embarcadero

Carriages awaiting passengers, during Great White Fleet visit May 1908

1st & Bryant
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1st & Bryant

Elevated view southeast from Rincon Hill above Embarcadero to Pacific Coast Company coal yard, lumber yards, derricks, Fleet in the Bay, Great White Fleet. Water tank atop Hobbs, Wall & Co. Standard Box Co. on Beale.

Rincon Hill
Van Ness near Turk
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Van Ness near Turk

Elevated view of Parade, looking South on Van Ness. Carriages, Man in silhouette, during Great White Fleet visit

Civic Center
Seal Rocks
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Seal Rocks

[B 548. Instantaneous View, Beach at Cliff House Taber] From Point Lobos. North Seal Rock at left.

Sutro
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Memorial Museum draped in American flags, Dore Vase, cannon, lion statue, and replacement Sphinxes in front of entrance. Originally constructed as the Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair, it was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum.

Golden Gate Park
City Hall
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City Hall

1906 Earthquake and Fire, City Hall in ruins after Quake, from Marshall Square

Civic Center
Warships in Bay
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Warships in Bay

A dozen U.S. Navy cruisers in the Bay, Great White Fleet

Geary & 27th Ave
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Geary & 27th Ave

Victorian cottage topped street, trees, South side of Geary between 27th and 28th Ave, according to Jesse B. Cook collection at Bancroft, Great White Fleet

Richmond Outer
Sutro Heights
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Sutro Heights

Parapet, Billington photo gallery, and observation tower looking south.

Sutro Heights
Frank H. Buck Shipwreck
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Frank H. Buck Shipwreck

Wreck of oil tanker SS Frank H. Buck at Lands End. Point Bonita in distance

Lands End
Balboa & Great Highway
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Balboa & Great Highway

View north on Great Highway. Richfield Courtesy Service Garage, The Surf Photo studio, Topsy's Roost, Skee Ball attraction, Sutro Heights in background.

Sutro Heights
Fisherman's Wharf
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Fisherman's Wharf

View southeast past men in fishing boats in lagoon towards Telegraph Hill. Feluccas, traditional wooden sailing boats. Fishermen's Free Market, Gas storage tank (gasometer) at left, gas works chimneys at center. B. Caviglia boat builders. Neptune General Supplies, Coglianero & Co.

Palace of Fine Arts
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Palace of Fine Arts

Looking to Tower of Jewels from Palace of Fine Arts lagoon, Panama Pacific International Exposition

Marina
Dupont & Clay
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Dupont & Clay

View north on Dupont (Grant Ave). Storefronts written in Chinese, people in streets,

Chinatown