Open SF History Photos

View From Twin Peaks
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View From Twin Peaks

View east from above Clayton and Market to Corona Heights (at left), Civic Center and Downtown (center distance) and Market Street (at right) . Kite Hill in the lower right foreground. [San Francisco Cal. from 'Twin Peaks'. 209]

Clarendon Heights
Twin Peaks
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Twin Peaks

View east across Mission District

Midtown Terrace
Union Square
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Union Square

Elevated view northwest across plaza to Fitzhugh Building and Mark Hopkins. Dewey Monument in foreground

Downtown / Union Square
Third Cliff House
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Third Cliff House

Crowd on terrace behind Cliff House looking to Seal Rocks.

Sutro Heights
PPIE
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PPIE

Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Statuary being sculpted for fair. Probably Palace of Machinery, which served as workshops for artisans working on fair buildings.

Marina
3rd Street at Cargo
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3rd Street at Cargo

View north on 3rd Street from Cargo (then Arthur). Market Street Railway (MSRy) 16-line Kearny Streetcar and Islais Creek Bridge. Firehouse 25 is just visible at right. Potrero Hill in the distance at left.[DPW A6488]

Hunters Point
View S from Lafayette Park
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View S from Lafayette Park

View to Buena Vista/San Miguel Hills

Pacific Heights
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Tennis Courts/crowd watching match

Golden Gate Park
PPIE
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PPIE

Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Looking east on Avenue of Palms towards Tower of Jewels and Horticulture Building

Marina
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

Vegetable gardens and shadow of drill

Presidio
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Presidio

View looking east over Crissy Field from Lincoln Blvd in the Presidio. Unpaved landing field, airplane hangars, airfield headquarters building and barracks in foreground. Palace of Fine Arts in the distance.

Presidio
Japanese Tea Garden
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Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park, View from inside the Japanese Tea Garden with tea house and main entrance gate

Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Memorial Museum, replacement sphinxes in front, sundial sculpture (by M. Earl Cummings) installed October 1907. 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 when name was changed in 1921.

Golden Gate Park
Japanese Tea Garden
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Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park, Drum bridge in the Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Lloyd Lake, Portals of the Past. Columns from the entrance to the Alban Towne Mansion on Nob Hill, destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. Portals moved to Golden Gate Park in 1909.

Golden Gate Park
Japanese Tea Garden
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Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park, Japanese Tea Garden, young man with dog

Golden Gate Park
3rd & Cesar Chavez
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3rd & Cesar Chavez

View northwest across intersection to Shell Gas Station at the corner of 3rd and Cesar Chavez (then Army) Streets. Potrero Hill in the background. Public housing in distance left. [DPW A6451]

Central Waterfront
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Three geese swimming on Stow Lake.

Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Stow Lake, Strawberry Hill and two geese

Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Six boys and a dog posing on Rodman-style cannon mounted in front of the Pioneer Log Cabin.

Golden Gate Park