Open SF History Photos

Downtown Aerial
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Downtown Aerial

View above SP Depot looking north to Financial District and Marin Headlands

Showplace Square
Civic Center Aerial
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Civic Center Aerial

City Hall looking west with Lone Mountain/ Hayes Valley in background. Welcome Home Victory Monument at center (1919-1924). Main Library bottom right.

Civic Center
San Mateo Bridge Aerial
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San Mateo Bridge Aerial

Opening day at the San Mateo/Hayward Bridge (then known as the San Francisco Bay Toll Bridge), 3:30pm. View of the toll plaza, then on the San Mateo (future Foster City) side, mud flats and tidal marshes and 5 biplanes

Outside SF
U.C. Berkeley Campus Aerial
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U.C. Berkeley Campus Aerial

Looking east to Campanile, football stadium, and Berkeley Hills

Outside SF
Japanese Tea Garden
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Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park, Outside the main entrance gate to Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park
Bay Bridge Construction
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Bay Bridge Construction

Ferry boats Alameda and El Paso

Yerba Buena Island
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Yerba Buena Island

Preparing Treasure Island for World's Fair, 6 Ships anchored in the Bay

Treasure Island
Bay Bridge
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Bay Bridge

View of bridge and skyline, Navy cruiser in Bay

Yerba Buena Island
Clement & Park Presidio
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Clement & Park Presidio

Municipal Railway (Muni) streetcar #410, 1-Line, Former MSRY Car #110 renumbered #410 after the merger to avoid confusion with Muni #110.

Richmond Inner
Balboa & 10th Ave
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Balboa & 10th Ave

View northwest to woman standing in front of Muni 31-Line streetcar #980. 900 Balboa (built 1911) on right, later Chinese Grace Baptist Church.

Richmond Inner
California & Presidio
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California & Presidio

California St Cable Car #21 in front of old Jewish Community Center

Presidio Heights
Cabrillo & 10th Ave
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Cabrillo & 10th Ave

Line waiting for Denhard's Market, 701 10th Avenue, to open. March 1, 1943 was the beginning of World War II's 'Ration Book Two,' which added more restricted items and a new set of stamps to match the purchase. Golden Gate Park in background

Richmond Inner
3rd St & 23rd
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3rd St & 23rd

#978 Street Car, Rebuilt Cable Car

Dogpatch
29th & Mission
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29th & Mission

Oil Sprinkling Streetcar 0202 , in front of Mission St Car House - United Railroads [U00311]

Bernal Heights
San Jose Ave near Geneva
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San Jose Ave near Geneva

#1360, Brand new car - United Railroads

Cayuga
Memorial Museum
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Memorial Museum

Golden Gate Park. Egyptian-influenced museum building on Music Concourse. 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. Building at left was originally the Royal Bavarian Pavilion at the 1894 Fair. It was converted into an annex to the Memorial Museum.

Golden Gate Park
Geneva & San Jose
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Geneva & San Jose

URR #1372, Geneva Car House - United Railroads

Cayuga
3rd & 23rd St
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3rd & 23rd St

Two men pose on Market Street Railway Co.(MSRy) #1120 [Sam Quinn & Dan Cox, 1900]

Dogpatch
10th Ave & Fulton
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10th Ave & Fulton

Municipal Railway (MUNI) A-line streetcar #2 (rare) in front of 798 10th Avenue, the house built by Fernando Nelson for his son in 1911. Trees of Golden Gate Park at right.

Richmond Inner
Colma
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Colma

San Mateo Interurban Car (Big Subs) #5 at Holy Cross Cemetery