View east to California Street Cable Car, 720 California building before 2 story addition, Old St. Mary's cathedral and rectory, Financial Center Building, Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Hotel Lafayette, Helvetia Hotel, Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Yamato Hotel on right. Southern Pacific Building and Bay Bridge in distance. [7269]
Chinatown
View west over city from Bay to the Ocean [Air Corps U.S. Army]
Aerial View of Fort Scott and Crissy Field, looking east towards over Presidio Main Post area and city beyond. Yerba Buena Island in distance at left.
Presidio
Looking southwest over fort, Marina District and Pacific Heights [Air Corps U.S. Army]
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Aerial view of Palace of the Legion of Honor at Lincoln Park. Fort Miley, Lands End. In the distance at upper center is the broken wreck of the Lyman Stewart, a tanker which ran aground there in a collision in October, 1922. (Markings at lower left indicate photo was taken by U.S. Army's 15th Aero Squadron photography unit from Crissy Field.)
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Aerial view of the Main Post. Artillery drill taking place on unpaved parade ground, Infantry Terrace at top. (Taken by U.S. Army Air Corps)
Presidio
View north from 18th Street. Early Construction view of the new Mission High School during foundation work. Wooden frames and excavation.
Mission
Looking Northwest over Rincon Hill to skyline, Marin Headlands [Air Corps U.S. Army]
Aerial view looking down Market. Corona Heights in foreground, looking east to Yerba Buena Island [Air Corps U.S. Army]
Eureka Valley
Fort McDowell; looking west to the Golden Gate. Large building is '1000 man barracks.' [Air Corps U.S. Army]
Outside SF
Looking north with Armory in foreground, Civic Center and downtown skyline [Air Corps U.S. Army]
Mission
View northeast from Kite Hill with Most Holy Redeemer Catholic church in foreground left; Castro Theater, City Hall at center and skyline from Russian Hill to Yerba Buena Island. Large Bank of Italy sign atop branch at Castro & Market changed to Bank of America in 1930.
Eureka Valley
Aerial View of Yerba Buena and Treasure Island. Construction of Treasure Island, first buildings; Yerba Buena Island in foreground
SF Bay
Golden Gate International Exposition, Visit of Franklin D. Roosevelt in motorcade, Construction of GGIE, Tower of the Sun [After a luncheon with 1000 specially invited guests during which he made a 15 minutes address to the nation over the air, FDR is pictured as he left the Treasure Island site of the 1939 GGIE thus opening a new road via the San Francisco Bay Bridge]
Treasure Island
From Treasure Island; ship in bay; skyline; [San Francisco's Famed Bay Bridge, the World's Longest and Costliest (8 1/2 miles in length)]
Yerba Buena Island
Union Square from St. Francis Hotel, looking southeast
Downtown / Union Square
Looking northwest fom City of Paris building. Parking garage being dug. Groundbreaking for the garage was on March 31, 1941, and the opening was on September 11, 1942.
Downtown / Union Square
Construction view south through arches
Mission
Elevated view north over St. Mary's Square and newly-completed parking garage. At upper left, 720 California St. Building (then Hartford Insurance Building) with 2 story addition, Sing Fat and Sing Chong Buildings, Old St. Mary's Church and rectory. Across California St., Stauffer Chemical Co. building, Sanborn Building. In distance, Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower, North Beach, Chinatown, St. Francisco of Assisi Church, Ss. Peter & Paul Church, Lyon Van & Storage Co. Building with 'Moving' sign on roof. [A $2,400,000 face-lifting operation has given San Franciscans an additional 900-car parking facility in the midst of Chinatown and adjoining the financial district, where such parking has been sorely needed. Brought to a successful conclusion this fall..]
Chinatown
Call Building, Hearst Building, Palace Hotel, Grand Hotel
Downtown / Union Square