Open SF History Photos

Downtown Aerial
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Downtown Aerial

Looking north from south of Bay Bridge to Golden Gate, Marin Headlands and beyond.

Downtown Aerial
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Downtown Aerial

Looking north high altitude. Downtown, South of Market, Mission Bay Railyards

View from Twin Peaks
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View from Twin Peaks

Looking north East to Tank Hill Olympus Buena Vista and Corona Hts.

Midtown Terrace
View from Twin Peaks
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View from Twin Peaks

Looking north to Mt. Olympus, Alcatraz, Angel Island, Anza Vista neighborhood construction

Clarendon Heights
View from Twin Peaks
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View from Twin Peaks

View northeast to Buena Vista Park, Corona Heights, downtown. Twin Peaks School (later Rooftop) at bottom.

Clarendon Heights
View from Twin Peaks
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View from Twin Peaks

Looking north. Buena Vista Park at center

Clarendon Heights
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Midway Bird Trainer. Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park
View from Twin Peaks
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View from Twin Peaks

Wide shot, looking southeast to Noe Valley, Bernal Heights, Bay View Hill

Upper Market
View from Twin Peaks
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View from Twin Peaks

Wide shot looking east, Buena Vista Park, Corona Heights, Eureka Valley. Twin Peaks School (later Rooftop) at bottom.

Clarendon Heights
View from Twin Peaks
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View from Twin Peaks

Looking Eastward South of Market & Mission Dist, East Bay shoreline

Midtown Terrace
View E from Twin Peaks
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View E from Twin Peaks

Wide shot straight down Market with slope in foreground

Midtown Terrace
View from Twin Peaks
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View from Twin Peaks

Wide shot grassland in foreground looking to downtown

Midtown Terrace
View from Twin Peaks
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View from Twin Peaks

Tight telephoto N.E. view Corona Heights at center foreground

Midtown Terrace
Fillmore & Sutter
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Fillmore & Sutter

View north, Franklin Hall is tallest building on left, towards Bush intersection. Chinn-Beretta Optical 1821 Fillmore, Chronicle sign, Spiegel Signs, Laib Signs, Sweeny & McCarthy Men's Furnishings, L.& M. Alexander & Co. Typewriters, 1820 Fillmore. From the period when earthquake-damaged businesses temporarily relocated to Fillmore St. and city offices moved to Franklin Hall.

Japantown
Buchanan & Golden Gate
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Buchanan & Golden Gate

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View North on Buchanan from Golden Gate, Outdoor kitchens post earthquake, sign reads G.C. Hall & Sons. the Smokestack of the Geary, Park, & Ocean Powerhouse is visible in the distance.

Western Addition
City Hall Ruins
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City Hall Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins of City Hall

Civic Center
Market near Drumm
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Market near Drumm

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across Market to crowds of people visiting ruins and temporary stands to serve them. Merchants Exchange, Luning Building, Fairmont Hotel at left. C.E. Whitney & Co. Provisions.

Financial District
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Man demonstrating stonecutting? swinging a hammer.

Golden Gate Park
Cedar near Polk
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Cedar near Polk

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast toward Nob Hill from about Cedar Street between Polk & Van Ness, 1906 Earthquake damage, Smokestack of Sutter Street Cable Railway Powerhouse (Polk & Sutter) at center. Man digging in ruins of Earthquake

Lower Nob Hill
Jefferson Square
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Jefferson Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Turk and Laguna, 1906 Earquake, Refugee camp tent city St. Paulus Church

Western Addition