Open SF History Photos

View of Civic Center Area
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View of Civic Center Area

Aerial view east from above Fell and Octavia Streets, Nourse Auditorium under construction.

Hayes Valley
Western Addition Aerial
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Western Addition Aerial

View Southeast from above Fillmore and Sutter Streets. Jefferson Square, Civic Center, South of Market, Potrero Hill

Lower Pacific Heights
Downtown Aerial
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Downtown Aerial

View east from 6th and Market. Market Street at center, Yerba Buena Island in distance.

South of Market
Downtown Aerial
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Downtown Aerial

View east from above Geary and Taylor. Telephone Building under construction

Tenderloin
Downtown Aerial
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Downtown Aerial

View east from above Jones Street. Nob Hill at lower left

Lower Nob Hill
Aerial, South of Market
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Aerial, South of Market

Aerial View of South of Market from Market to Folsom, extending to the Bay.. View northeast from above Armory (bottom center), near 14th Street and Mission. In distance, from left, Civic Center, Tenderloin, Nob Hill, Telegraph Hill, waterfront, Yerba Buena Island.

Mission
Downtown Aerial
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Downtown Aerial

View north looking up 2nd Street. Folsom Street along bottom of photo.

South of Market
Nob Hill Aerial
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Nob Hill Aerial

Looking east down Post from above Cathedral Hill

Cathedral Hill
Downtown Aerial
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Downtown Aerial

View northwest from above 1st Street and Mission

Financial District
Sunset Boulevard
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Sunset Boulevard

View north on Sunset Boulevard from Kirkham Street. [DPW A2959]

Sunset
Aerial South of Market
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Aerial South of Market

Vew northeast from above 4th Street and Howard toward downtown and financial district

South of Market
Market & Clayton
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Market & Clayton

33-line switchback, Triumph of Light statue on Mt. Olympus is visible [ MSRy 154270]

Clarendon Heights
Market & Castro
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Market & Castro

View southwest from center of Market to Wulzen's Pharmacy. Building at right was moved around 1917 to make way for Twin Peaks Tunnel construction (or the extension of Market Street) a short distance to 3955 17th St, corner of Hartford, where it still stands.

Castro
Post & Stockton
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Post & Stockton

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Northeast corner. 1906 earthquake damage, ruins of Pacific Union Club

Downtown / Union Square
View NE from Russian Hill
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View NE from Russian Hill

View northeast to Washington Square at right center. St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. Original Ss. Peter & Paul church at Filbert and Grant. Presentation Convent Roman Catholic school complex at center left, on west side of Powell. Layman's Castle atop Telegraph Hill. J. L. Williams & Co. Grocers to right of Square. [Telegraph Hill, North Beach and Bay of SF from Russian Hill B2902 Taber]

Russian Hill
Downtown View
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Downtown View

[View from new City Hall Dome, looking down Market Street] Elevated view east to downtown. St. Boniface Church, Hibernia Bank and Murphy Building (Prager's Department Store) in foreground. Mills Building, Chronicle, Call Building, Palace Hotel, St. Ann's Building, Baldwin Hotel (destroyed by fire, November 1898), Emporium, St. Patrick's Church, Selby Shot Tower in distance.

Civic Center
Market & Kearny
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Market & Kearny

Looking north to west side of Kearny St., Lotta's Fountain at right. Centemeri Kid Gloves, gold tooth which inspired Frank Norris' use in "McTeague" hanging from building at left. Large "Dentistry" sign with eagle on roof. Building at far left with "Holt's Patent Printing Wheel", "California Elastic Truss Co", and Dentist signs.[B 17. Kearny Street, San Francisco, Cal. Taber Photo.]

Downtown / Union Square
Protestant Orphan Asylum
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Protestant Orphan Asylum

Photogravure of front drive, with women and children out on a sunny day.

Lower Haight
1906 Earthquake
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1906 Earthquake

1906 Earthquake and Fire, fire burning. Whittell Buildig at extreme right

Fire from Nob Hill
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Fire from Nob Hill

1906 Earthquake and Fire. Merchants Exchange at center

Financial District