Open SF History Photos

Cole Valley
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Cole Valley

View north (Cole St. at center) from vacant lots on Belgrave Street over Cole Valley and Haight Ashbury. St Mary's Hospital, St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco College for Women (later Lone Mountain College and part of University of San Francisco), Golden Gate Park Panhandle, Calvary Cemetery (in distance, right). Grattan School (far left center), Golden Gate Park, Temple Emanu-El, Presidio at left.

Ashbury Heights
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Statue of Junipero Serra, Music Concourse

Golden Gate Park
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

View northwest from ferryboat on Bay. 57 sign on left, Wellman Coffee sign on right.

Bay Bridge
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Bay Bridge

View northwest to SF Skyline from ferry boat

Bay Bridge
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Bay Bridge

Looking north from ferry boat towards Yerba Buena Island. Two ferries passing.

View down Market
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View down Market

looking east from 6th and Market, Mechanics Bank Building, Russ Building, Flood Building, Hunter Dulin Building, Hobart Building, Call Building, Yerba Buena Island, Pacific Telephone Building, Native Sons (Admission Day) Monument [DPW A625]

Downtown
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

Vertical, from Ferry Boat. Slips in foreground

Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Parade of Knights Templar riding horses

Golden Gate Park
Van Ness near Oak
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Van Ness near Oak

View west across Van Ness to Knights Templar parade, people on rooftops

Civic Center
Van Ness near Hickory
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Van Ness near Hickory

View west across Van Ness to Knights Templar parade, people lining street Steeple of St. Ignatius Church at right.

Civic Center
Van Ness & Oak
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Van Ness & Oak

View west across Van Ness to Knights Templar parade, people on rooftops. Nightingale Building at left.

Civic Center
Van Ness near Oak
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Van Ness near Oak

View west across Van Ness to Knights Templar parade with VIP in carriage, crowds on rooftops

Civic Center
Market & 3rd
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Market & 3rd

Electrical Display, 3rd & Market Streets, Knights Templar Convention

Downtown / Union Square
Market near Spear
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Market near Spear

View west to Hobart Building (1914) in background left, Fife Building (1909) at right, policeman on horseback. Sunset Hotel at left.

Financial District
Geary near Mason
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Geary near Mason

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view northeast to Earthquake ruins of Nob Hill, Fairmont Hotel in background. Same image as wnp27.4960, slightly different cropping.

Lower Nob Hill
Geary Market & Kearny
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Geary Market & Kearny

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins Chronicle Building, Lotta's Fountain, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building under construction with 'Offices Ready In May' and 'Santa Fe' banners. Chronicle Building with debris chutes.

Downtown / Union Square
Market near Taylor
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Market near Taylor

Elevated view northeast toward Market and Taylor World War I Welcome Home Parade, people on rooftops and leaning from windows, including some on parapet of Eastern Outfitting Building. Mechanics Savings Bank and Flood Building on north side of Market in background. Huge "Welcome Home" arch over Market in distance. - [Return of 363 & 347 Regiments][DPW 5952]

Downtown
South Van Ness near 17th
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South Van Ness near 17th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Drunken Houses on South Van Ness (then Howard) between 17th and 18th. Earthquake damage teetering buildings

Mission
California near Powell
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California near Powell

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east toward Ferry Building from center of California St. Earthquake ruins, sightseers and ruins of Grace Church and Old St. Mary's cathedral. At left, Montgomery Block, Appraisers Building, in background center Kohl Building, Merchant's Exchange.

Nob Hill
Marshall Square
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Marshall Square

View north to James Lick (Pioneer) Monument in Marshall Square (current corner Grove and Hyde) After the 1906 Earthquake but before the 1914 extension of Grove Street to Market. In 1993, the monument was moved to the pedestrian mall on Fulton Street between the Asian Art Museum and the new Main Library. The cannon the foreground is on display in the Presidio of San Francisco.

Civic Center