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Hundreds of Photos Surfaced of San Francisco from 1850’s-1900’s

22 Oct 2019 Alex Mak - Managing Editor
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314 New Photographs added the San Francisco Historical Open Archive!!!

San Francisco in 1855, T.E. Hecht] Panorama view from near present Ina Coolbrith Park. View 1 of 4 part panorama [Telegraph Hill] Photographer Unknown (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

If you’re like us, you love historical photography of San Francisco.  Looking through a looking glass into the past and comparing it with the present, lends a certain magical realism to our current lives.  See Market street before the 1906 earthquake, nob hill before Van Ness st. was paved, the first cable cars up California. The panoramic photos on Nob Hill circa 1855 are some of the first photographs ever taken of the SF Skyline.   This collection is wonderful, see all the pictures here.

The ‘Tender Nob’ in 1855, Before the Tenderloin even existed

View E from Nob Hill circa 1855
[San Francisco in 1855, T.E. Hecht] Panorama view from near present Ina Coolbrith Park. View 4 of 4 part panorama

Thanks to the SF Historical Open Archive you can browse these photos online and learn about their origins for free.  Thank you SFHOA!  And thanks to the many unnamed photographers for their invaluable preservation of the past.  Open Archive here

3rd & Market Aug 1903

3rd & Market Aug 1903
View East toward G.A.R. Arches, Grand Army of the Republic Parade down Market. Examiner/Hearst Building decorated with portraits, Palace Hotel and Ferry Building in distance.

3rd & Market Aug 1903 At Night

Market near 3rd Aug 1903
Night view of GAR (Gr

These are just some of our favorites, see them all for yourself at

 

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Alex Mak - Managing Editor

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