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Title
San Francisco Early Days
Creator
Woodward, Thomas P., 1852-1922
Contributing Institution
Society of California Pioneers
Collection
California Revealed from Society of California Pioneers Collection
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Description
This album primarily includes images of sites and buildings in San Francisco in the late 19th century. Most photographs have handwritten titles. Some are photographs of drawings of San Franciscan locations or subjects. Per text on the first page, the picutes were collected by Thomas P. Woodward (1852-1922) who moved to San Francisco in 1856.
Inside Front Cover- Society of California Pioneers drawing. 1- typed letter explaining the album provenance. 2- "The Miner Days of Old Days Gold Days - 49". 3- "View of San Francisco, Formerly Yerba Buena, in 1846-7" print; "San Francisco in 1846" print; "San Francisco 1849" print; print of drawing of San Francisco. 4- "St Francis Engine House. Dupont nr Clay."; print of drawing of San Francisco; "- W - F - 1851; "Panorama of San Francisco 1854" print; "Knickerbocker No 5. Sacramento nr Sansome.". 5- "View From Stockton St Showing Portion Bet Washington & Sacramento Sts 1856"; "View Down Sacramento St 1856"; exterior of large building; "Former Post Office The Rally of the Law & Order Party". 6- "Monumental Engine House 1856 On The Plaza"; "The Plaza"; "J.M. Ford S.E. Cor Clay & Kearny"; "Montgomery and Jackson". 7- buildings on unidentified street; buildings on Montgomery Street; "Battery St 1856"; "Fort Gunnybags 1856". 8- "California St 1856"; "Warners Cobweb Palace, Meiggs Wharf"; "Mission Dolores. 1856"; "South Park SW from Second St. 1856". 9- "Market & Post Sts. Union Mass Meeting. Civil War. 1861."; "Washington Square. July 4, 1862"; "St Ignatius College. Market bet 4th & 5th."; "Toll Gate. Bay & Jones". 10- "San Francisco 1865"; "Market and Third Sts 1865"; "Down Market St in 1865"; "Up Market St in 1865". 11- street corner with lamppost, "Stockton St, N from Market 1865"; "St. Ignatius College 1865"; "Market St. bet Powell and Stockton 1865". 12- corner of Powell and Market St; "Market & Mason Sts 1865"; "Lincoln School. 5th nr Market"; "Mission in 1865". 13- "Montgomery St. North from Market 1864"; "W E. Cor Montgomery & Market Sts"; "Lick House. 1865. Montgomery & Sutter"; "Starr King's Church. [?]itarian. Geary. E. of Stockton". 14- "W. side Montgomery, S. from Pine. 1865"; "W. side Montgomery, N from Bush, 1865"; "Platts Hall NE Cor Montgomery & Bush"; "SE Cor Bush & Montgomery". 15- "Montgomery St 1865"; "Montgomery & Pine Sts 1865"; "California & Montgomery Sts 1865"; "Montgomery & Cal. Sts 1865". 16- "Merchants St 1865"; "Montgomery St 1865 looking north across California"; "E. Side Montgomery St N Of California 1865"; "N.E. Cor. Sansome & California Sts 1865". 17- "E. Side Mont. Bet. Sac. & Cal. 1865"; "What Cheer House S. Side Sacramento St. Below Mont. 1865"; "Sacramento, W. from Leidasdorff"; "NW cor Sutter & Montgomery Sts 1867". 18- "Portsmouth Square 1865"; "'The Plaza.' (Portsmouth Plaza)"; "The Plaza. 1865. looking NE."; "West Side Kearny St. N. Of Bush St. 1865.". 19- "California St E from Stockton"; "St Mary's NE Cor Dupont & California Sts 1865"; "St Francis Church. Vallejo St 1865"; "Pine St Above Taylor". 20- "View From Russian Hill"; "Russian Hill 1865"; "Mechanics Pavilion Union Square. NE Cor Geary & Stockton 1865"; "N. Side Sacramento Bet Mason & Taylor". 21- "Meigg's Wharf. 1865."; "Warner's Cobweb Palace San Francisco Calif. Built 1856"; "Warners Cobweb Palace - San Francisco"; Warner's Cobweb Palace. 22- "Warner's Cobweb Palace. San Francisco. Built 1856"; "A Sunday Scene, at Warner's [Cobweb Palace San Francisco Built in 1856]" print; buildings on unidentified street; "Vallejo + [?] 1865". 23- buildings on unidentified street; "1865"; buildings on unidentified street; "Gas Works". 24- "4th of July Para[de] In Early Days on [...]"; "Second St from Market St 1865"; "North East cor Second and Bryant"; "S.E. Cor 2nd & Bryant St. 1865". 25- "Second St Cut from Folsom St. 1869"; "Second St Before It Was Cut Through In 1869"; "South Park 1865"; "[...] Point 1865". 26- "Broadway Wharf. 1865"; "[Goat Is?] + US Marine Hospital From Steamboat Pt. 1865"; "Waterfront 1865"; "Ferryboat Capital 1865". 27- "Old Cemetery Mission Dolores"; Mansion House and unidentified building; "Grace Church"; "Ladies' Protection and Relief Society. Franklin, Post & Gear. 1865". 28- "Old Cliff House 1865"; "Seal Rock House, from Cliff House"; exterior of Cliff House; "Cliff House Coach 1865". 29- "California St. bet. Mason and Taylor"; "Sutter Bet. Mason & Powell Sts 1866"; "National Guard Armory. Post St."; "Denman School. NW Bush & Taylor". 30- "Orphan Asylum 1856 on Market St. Palace Hotel Site."; "San Francisco Pioneers" print; "Lone Mountain Cemetery San Francisco 1866" print; "Folsom St 1865". 31- "View From Nucleus Hotel 1864"; "Sutter St. W. Of Kearny 1869"; "San Francisco 1867."; "Ferryboat - San Francisco Bay 1867". 32- "Masonic Temple 1867"; Fire & Marine building; "View from Nucleus Bldg 1869"; "Vallejo + Battery 1867". 33- U.S. Marine Hospital 1867"; "South Park from Third St." "Temple Emanuel. 1867."; "W. Side Montg. bet Wash & Jackson". 34- "View From Nucleus Hotel. 1864."; "Market St. Post St. and Montgomery St. 1868"; "Powell St N from Sacramento. 1867"; "Telegraph Hill". 35- "Old Custom House Before Earthquake 1868"; "SW Cor - California & Sansome 1868"; "Cosmopolitan Hotel. S.W. Cor Bush + Sansome 1867"; "Platts Hall Calvary Church Mercantile Library Brooklyn Hotel North Side Bush St. Montgomery to Sansome 1869". 36- "Earthquake 1868 Clay St. East of Sansome"; "Earthquake 1868 Front & Sacramento Sts"; "Crane & Brigham Druggist. Earthquake 1868 SE Front & Clay"; "Earthquake 1868. NW Bush & Market Sts". 37- "Hammam Baths. W.S. Dupont. North of Market"; "Original California Theatre, N.S. Bush, W. of Kearny"; "Clay St Hill Railroad. 1873. Kearny St Terminus"; two cable cars on street. 38- "Bush & Montgomery Sts 1870"; "Dupont St. looking north to Sac."; "Clay St. Bank"; unidentified cemetery. 39- "Sutter St. West from Montgomery"; D. Hicks & Co book binder building; "Grand Hotel New Montgomery St"; unidentified railroad station. 40- "Sansome St., N. from Market.1874"; "St. Ann's Bldg. N.W. cor Powell & Eddy."; "Lincoln School Metropolitan Temple fifth St."; "New Montgomery St.". 41- "Market St Grand Hotel New Montgomery St"; "Emperor Norton"; "1875 Toland Medical College"; "Market St. Off Grant Ave. 1875.". 42- "Mission 1876"; "Mission Dolores"; "From Market St Cut 1876"; unidentified building. 43- "Panorama of San Francisco" print. 44- "Write House N.W. Cor. Kearny & Post Sts. Erected 1870"; "Bradley & Rulofson's Celebrities. San Francisco, Cal." print; "Sansome St South from California St"; unidentified ferry station. 45- "Woodward's Gardens 1864"; "Woodward's Gardens"; "Woodward's gardens. May Day"; "Woodwards Gardens 1865⠝. 46- "Woodwards Gardens"; "Woodward's Gardens"; "Woodward's Gardens"; "Woodward's Gardens⠝. 47- "Down Pine St From Montgomery 1870"; "Powell St, South From Post Present Site Of St Francis Hotel"; "N.W. Cor. Pine and Kearny Sts. 1870."; unidentified building with balcony in foreground with mountain peaks in back background. 48- "E Side Sansome St. S from Pine 1874"; "California St. W. from Kearny"; "U.S. Mint. NW cor 5th & Mission. Corner Stone Laid 1879"; "Palace Hotel⠝. 49- "Main & Market Sts 1880"; "Mechanic's Pavilion - W. Side Larkin St Bet. Hayes & Grove 1880"; "Cable Street-Cars, San Francisco, Cal."; "New City Hall and Sand Lot, San Francisco". 50- Woodward's Gardens; "Bear Pit. Woodward's Gardens"; "Woodward's Gardens, San Francisco, Cal."; "Baldwin Hotel". 51- people at beach with Cliff House in background; two cable cars; "The Cliff House, near San Francisco, Cal."; the Cliff House. 52- "California St West from Kearny St 1880"; "N.W. cor Sutter & Stockton Sts. 1880"; unidentified building with Eureka sign over entrance; "cor Market & Height Sts. 1880". 53- "Chinese Quarter, S.F. Cal."; "Telegraph Hill. Cable, R.R."; "Dr. MacDonald's Pacific Bank"; "Montgomery & Pine Sts. 1880". 54- "[...] San Francisco towards Rincon Hill and Hunter's Point. 1880"; "San Francisco View showing Russian and Telegraph Hills. 1880"; "Nevada Building, S.F., Cal. NW cor Montgomery & Pine"; "[...] 1880". 55- "Birdseye View of San Francisco, towards Palace Hotel 1880"; "buildings and cable cars on unidentified street; large unidentified building; "Court of Palace Hotel 1880". 56- "Grand Opera House, N. side Mission W of third."; "Market Street, San Francisco, 1881"; "Corner Market and Post Streets. San Francisco. Snow-Storm Sunday, December 31st, 1882"; "Union Square. San Francisco. Snow-Storm Sunday, December 31st, 1882". 57- "Market & Montgomery Sts"; "Howard Presbyterian Church South Side Mission St Bet. 3rd and 4th Sts 1884"; "Sacramento & Montgomery Sts 1884"; "I. O. Odd Fellows' New Hall - Market and 7th Sts, San Francisco. 1884". 58- "NE Cor Bush & Kearny Chronicle Bldg 1884"; "Grant Ave From Market St. 1885."; "Old Cliff House 1889"; unidentified building near railroad tracks. 59- "Sheldon's Block Cor. Market & First Sts Sept. 1888"; unidentified building; unidentified street; "S. Side Market From 3rd To New Montgomery St. July 1888". 60- unidentified building on street corner; "West Side Kearny St. N. Of Post St. Sept 1888"; "S. F. Ferry Landing 1889"; "Market St E. from Third. 1881". 61- "N.E. Cor Market and Jones"; "Flood Building Market & 4th Sts Aug 1888"; "N.W. Cor Sutter & Sansome 1890"; unidentified building on street corner. 62- "Calif. Leidsdorf St 1890"; "Tallant Banking Co N.E. Cor Calif. 1890"; "- 1890 - Bank of California"; "Grangers Bank Calif. Battery N.W. Cor 188[...]". 63- "Donohoe Bldg N.E. Cor. Market & Taylor Sts. Aug 1891";"Sansome & Market"; "N.E. Cor Pine . Sansome - 1890 -"; "S.E. Cor Pine . Sansome - 1890 -". 64- "City Front and view of the Ferry"; people at the beach; "Telegraph Hill July 1891"; "Van Ness Ave., N. from Geary, 1891". 65- "California Street"; "Mrs. Hopkins Residence Nob Hill"; "Senator Stanford's Residence Nob Hill"; "San Francisco From Nob Hill". 66- "Montgomery St Looking North"; "Union Square"; "German Savings & Loan Society Calif. St 1893"; "Kearny St. N from Market Lotta's Fountain Chronicle Bldg.". 67- "Market Street, Looking East 1900"; "Beal St 1900 Marshall Parlor"; "Kearney St 1900 La Estrella Parlor"; "Rincon Parlor Davis St 1900". 68- "Passing Reviewing Stand. Van Ness Avenue 1900"; "Market St. E from Fifth."; "Kearny St. north from Market"; "Market west from Second". 69- "The Emporium"; birdseye view of San Francisco with illegible title; "California Hotel - Bush St April 21 1905."; "Montgomery St N. from Pine". 70- "Market St Below Montgomery [...]"; unidentified street corner; "Post St. from Market"; "Montgomery St. north from Market". 71- "Cliff House"; "Men Of Mark"; view of San Francisco from unidentified location; "Key to Bradley & Rulofson's 'Men Of Mark.'". 72- "Market & Post Sts. looking West."; "Lloyd Tevis. Hog Davis Palace Hotel"; view of San Francisco from unidentified location; view of San Francisco from unidentified location. 73- view of San Francisco from unidentified location; "Meigg's Wharf"; "S[?]n Battle at Presidio"; view of San Francisco from unidentified location. 74- "Union Square, S.E. from Post & Powell"; unidentified park with buildings in background; boy standing beneath a tree in a park; "Union Sq. - Post & [Stockton?]". 75- "Return from the Philippines"; "Market St East of Montgomery. Escort to the California Volunteers"; "The California Volunteers". 76- "Burning of Baldwin Hotel"; "Telegraph Hill"; "Market and Geary Streets"; "Lotta's Fountain". 77- "Market St."; "Market St."; "Kearny St Chronicle Bldg. Market St."; unidentified street with building in background. 78- "Down Geary St from Stockton"; "O'Farrell E. from Powell"; "O'Farrell E From Stockton."; "Woodward's Garden. 1874"; "Woodward's Gardens. 1874". 79- "Emperor Norton"; "Maquire's Opera House, Washington St"; "New Montgomery St". 80- "Emperor Norton Bummer Lazarus" print; "Artist Jump's Celebrities" print. 81- "California and Montgomery Sts. 1898"; "California & Montgomery 1902"; "Union Square"; "Union Square". 82- "Market St. East from Main."; "Market St. East from Palace Hotel"; "Market St East from New Montgomery"; "Market St East from Third". 83- "Market St. East from Sixth"; "Market St. East from Mason 1898"; "Market St East from Seventh"; "Cor Market and Jones". 84- "City Hall Hall of Records. McAllister St."; "Hall of Justice"; "Native Sons Memorial Column, [?] Drinking Fountain, S.F. 1898.". Inside Back Cover- "Hangtown + 1850.".
Type
text
Format
Original
Photograph Album
Extent
13 x 10 1/2 in.
88 Pages of 88
Identifier
csfcp_000057
C067961
ark:/13960/t3qw3p58m
Language
English
Subject
San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1868
Time Period
1846/1902~
Place
San Francisco (Calif.)
Provenance
Society of California Pioneers
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