Open SF History Photos

Clay & Kearny
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Clay & Kearny

View northeast across Clay St. and cable car tracks to crowded scene, showing east side of Kearny St. Portsmouth Square at left. [Street View, San Francisco, Cal.]

Chinatown
View of Presidio
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View of Presidio

Elevated view north over late phase of Tent City from Spanish American War, northern shore of Presidio, Marin Headlands in background, eucalyptus saplings

Presidio
William Kent Home
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William Kent Home

Kentfield, Marin County, Mount Tamalpais in background, John Rudolph Leavenworth worked as a photographer for Thomas Houseworth and Company from 1869 until 1878.

Outside SF
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

140 Foot Pedestrian Bridge over Middle (Pelosi) Drive, Opened February 1892, demolished July 1928. View east toward Elk Glen (now AIDS Grove)

Golden Gate Park
Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

The Baldwin Hotel , front view facing Market Street

Downtown / Union Square
5th & Jessie
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5th & Jessie

Elevated view northeast across 5th Street to Metropolitan Temple. Piano Store and Edwin H Mozart Suit House. Lincoln School on left side of image. Children on sidewalk, including a group posed with an adult in front of the Temple. Right frame of stereoview card. Tops of buildings at left were removed from image before printing. [497. Kallock's Temple (Sic: Kalloch's Temple)]

South of Market
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Panorama From Strawberry Hill - dusk. Stow lake

Golden Gate Park
20th & Church
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20th & Church

View north from roughly Church and 20th Streets over Jewish Cemetery and the Mission. Children, man, baby in buggy. Duplicate of wnp37.00930

Dolores Heights
View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View northwest from Telegraph Hill toward Russian Hill, the Golden Gate in the distance. [1225 Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill]

Telegraph Hill
Camp Merritt
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Camp Merritt

US Army soldiers posed in front of tents, with stacked rifles at left. Unsure of the view, possibly northeast with trees along Arguello Boulevard, then 1st Avenue, at right. Company D Street, Camp Merritt. (Blurry)

Richmond Inner
Call Building Burning
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Call Building Burning

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and fire, [Call building in a maelstrom of flame] View from near Union Square

Downtown / Union Square
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Refugees [20643 Pathetic scene in the ruined city -- Refugees' provisional quarters in streets in ruined city]

Second Cliff House
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Second Cliff House

[5047 Seal Rocks and Cliff House] Viewed from Sutro Heights

Sutro Heights
Camp Merritt
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Camp Merritt

[9386 "Cease Firing! - Co. F., 1st Colorado Infantry, U.S. Volunteers, Camp Merritt.] Lone Mountain in background. Probably near 2nd Ave 7 Balboa

Richmond Inner
2nd & Harrison
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2nd & Harrison

Elevated view North on 2nd Street from Harrison Street Bridge [9382 Volunteers on Second Street going to join the Fourth Expedition for Manila]

South of Market
View of Downtown
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View of Downtown

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north from the St. Francis Hotel, toward Sutter Street, Temple Emanu-El, Grace Church beyond. [16899 Looking toward Telegraph Hill from St. Francis Hotel]

Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Grant
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Geary & Grant

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake Ruins, view east toward Market, Chronicle Building in distance left, Mutual Savings Bank on right, Palace Hotel in distance center. [6843 Where modern day skyscrapers were tossed like a ship at sea, Newspaper Row, Great Earthquake, San Francisco]

Downtown / Union Square
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Panorama From Rustic Bridge on Strawberry Hill.

Golden Gate Park
South Van Ness near 17th
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South Van Ness near 17th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View East from about Capp Street toward Drunken Houses on South Van Ness (then Howard) boy with hat, man with hat. [16873. Peaceful homes rocked like a cradle by earthquake]

Mission
Market near 5th
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Market near 5th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to earthquake ruins, people buying souvenirs, milk shake stand. Butler Building, Whittell Building (under construction), Flood Building in background [16844. An afternoon on Market St., after the Great Earthquake]

South of Market