Open SF History Photos

Japanese Tea Garden
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Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park, View of tea house kitchen from rear in the Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park
Japanese Tea Garden
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Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park, Japanese Tea Garden, pond with flowers

Golden Gate Park
Japanese Tea Garden
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Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park, Outside of the main entrance gate of the Japanese Tea Garden with view of pine and tea house

Golden Gate Park
Larkin near McAllister
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Larkin near McAllister

Elevated view south across plaza to Civic Auditorium (later Bill Graham Civic Auditorium), City Hall at extreme right, Masonic Temple on Van Ness in background right. Empty lot at bottom is future site of (Earl Warren) State Office Building

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

Elevated view of City Hall from McAllister between Polk and Larkin

Civic Center
Pine Lake
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Pine Lake

View South at west end of the lake

Parkside
Sutro Heights
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Sutro Heights

Parapet from perimeter road. View south. Left to right: corner of Billington Photo Gallery, Observation Tower, staircase, top of tank house, parapet.

Sutro Heights
California & Montgomery
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California & Montgomery

View east down California. On left, Kohl Building, Mercantile Trust Co. Building (1903,Albert Pissis, Architect), Alaska Commercial Building (1907, Meyers and Ward, Architects)under construction in distance. At right on corner, remains of Safe Deposit building (six stories prior to earthquake and fire, refurbished and reopened. Merchants Exchange beyond.

Downtown
City Hall
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City Hall

Civic Center from roof of old Main Library

Civic Center
US 101 near Candlestick
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US 101 near Candlestick

President DE Gaulle motorcade, View north. Candlestick Park, Hunters Point in distance

Outside SF
US101 near 3rd
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US101 near 3rd

View looking north of President De Gaulle's motorcade heading into city.

Candlestick Point
Bayshore Freeway
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Bayshore Freeway

President DE Gaulle motorcade northbound on US101, Bayshore Freeway, near the 23rd Street overpass.

Potrero Hill
560 Market
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560 Market

3 People on roof of Patrick & Co.

Financial District
Market Street
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Market Street

Charles De Gaulle parade. Woman with mis-spelled sign "Welcom Charlie"

California near Davis
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California near Davis

View east on California to President De Gaulle motorcade, Nob Hill. Bethlehem Steel HQ (1959, now 100 California) at far right.

Financial District
California & Battery
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California & Battery

View east on California to Charles De Gaulle parade. Balloons and confetti in the air. De Gaulle standing and waving in car. Southern Pacific building with large S-P sign on roof and Fife Building with Hamm's sign atop in distance left 255 California (built as John Hancock Building 1958, architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Edward Charles Bassett), Robert Dollar Building.

Financial District
California & Sansome
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California & Sansome

View east on California to motorcade with Gen. Charles De Gaulle waving from lead car. In background, Southern Pacific Building with S-P sign atop. Fife Building with Hamm's Billboard atop, Robert Dollar and J. Harold Dollar Buildings.

Financial District
Highway 101
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Highway 101

DE Gaulle motorcade, skyline in background

Potrero Hill
California & Leidesdorff
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California & Leidesdorff

View north on Leidesdorff to Bank of California on northwest corner; the building was originally the London and San Francisco Bank, built in 1873-1874. It survived the 1906 earthquake and fire and was rehabbed by Willis Polk, who added a short top story, shown here under construction. Side of Merchant's Exchange Building in foreground left.

Financial District
9th & Market
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9th & Market

View northeast from 9th to crowd of schoolchildren and nuns with French flags watching French President Charles De Gaulle's motorcade. Civic Auditorium, Hotel Whitcomb parking lot in background.

South of Market