Scheff Catalog

This page displays postcards published ca. 1906 to 1910 by San Francisco stationers I. Scheff & Bros. (see Publisher: Scheff). Some images are from postcards in my collection (captions shown as links), but other images are downloaded from the internet, so image quality varies and for some cards no image of the back is available. Caption listings are not precise transcriptions. The date is the earliest written or postmark date on a card; for most cards, the list shows the earliest example I have found. Stock numbers are on the front of some cards and on the back of others. Cards with no stock number or illegible stock number are listed in alphabetical order at the bottom. This list currently includes San Francisco and Bay Area cards but does not include Central Valley and Oregon cards.

Statistics:

• Entries: 102 = 67 stock numbers + 3 variants + 32 unnumbered
• Fronts: 19 from my collection + 70 from www + 13 not shown
• Backs: 40 undivided + 46 divided + 3 unknown
• Use: 41 mailed + 14 written but not mailed + 33 unused + 1 unknown
• Dated: 42; earliest 07/26/1906, latest 03/24/1910

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Front	Back	Number	Caption	Date	Comment
		9	Museum. G.G. Park
		23	Salon 1907
		28	Pike Memorial	07/26/1906	stock number uncertain
		52	Memorial Court and Chapel, Stanford University
		61	Firescene from Lafayette Park	07/26/1906
		63	St. Dunstans Hotel		stock number unclear
		67	Looking towards Market St.	04/25/1907
		67	Looking towards Market St.
		68	Looking down Market St., from Mason Street
		69	Supply headquarters on Jefferson Square
		72	Effects of the Earthquake. St. Dominics Monastery
		73	Looking north, California St. near Hyde St.	01/04/1907
		73	Looking north, California St. near Hyde St.
		75	Breadline, corner Jackson & Laguna Sts.
		77	Looking south from Grant Ave. & Post St.	07/26/1906
		78	South of Market St. looking north	09/21/1906	caption incorrect
		79	South of Market St. looking north	08/20/1906	caption incorrect
		80	Kearney St. looking south
		81	California & Dupont St., looking East
		82	Running the first Street Car
		85	Looking West Ellis St. from Van Ness Ave.	02/20/1907
		86	Hayes St. Looking West from Octavia St.	07/22/1907
		87	Golden Gate Ave near Franklin St.	02/11/1907
		88	Mission St. near 21st	04/03/1908
		90	Union Square, showing St. Francis Annex	01/04/1907
		91	Van Ness Ave., looking north from Geary St.	02/28/1907	cf. u08
		92	Fillmore St. North from Post St.
		93	Fillmore St., South from O'Farrel St.
		94	Looking West McAllister St. at Fillmore
		95	Golden Gate Ave., near Webster	05/17/1907
		96	Market St., now	06/30/1909	stock number uncertain
		100	Market St. betw. 3 d. & 4 th St. Aug. 1905	10/26/1907
		101	Montgomery St. July 1905
		101	Montgomery St. July 1905		SF Welcomes Our Fleet foldout
		103	Market & Post Sts. April 1905
		104	Kearny St. June 1905	03/24/1910
		106	Bush St. April 1905
		109	Chutes, The	07/18/1910
		110	Parapet, Sutro Heights
		111	Cliffhouse & Sealrocks from Parapet
		113	Sealrocks & Seals near Cliffhouse
		114	Mission Dolores, founded 1776
		117	City Hall in Ruins	11/19/1908
		118	Street in Chinatown, before the fire
		119	Dupont & Clay Sts.	05/26/1908
		120	Chinese Funeral, Chinatown
		121	Market St. showing Palace Hotel
		123	Scene in Golden Gate Park in Midwinter	10/16/1907
		132	Sutro Baths Promenade	08/02/1908
		133	Sutro Baths
		134	Main Gate, Sutro Heights
		135	Cliffroad and Beach, from the Cliffhouse	11/17/1908
		138	Entrance to Golden Gate	11/24/1908
		140	Mission Dolores
		142	Telegraph Hill. April 6, 1906	04/27/1909
		144	The Palace Hotel before the fire
		145	San Francisco
		146	Market Street March 23. 1905	03/05/1909
		150	Sutro Baths		stock number uncertain
		153	Fairmont Hotel	09/02/1908
		154	Laurel Court, Fairmont Hotel
		155	Cliffhouse, destroyed by fire Sept. 7, 1907	06/19/1909
		156	Burning of Cliffhouse	05/11/1908
		159	Wrecked Homes, 9th and Brannan Sts.	03/15/1908
		160	Street scene during the conflagration
		161	Looking south from Kearney	11/19/1908
		162	Burning of San Francisco
		163	Burning of San Francisco from Telegraph Hill	06/27/1909
		164	Watching the progress of the fire
		166	Hall of Justice, destroyed Apr. 18, 1906
			Car Service
			City Hall		stock number illegible
			Golden Gate Ave., near Webster		stock number illegible
			Greetings from San Francisco		novelty card; flap with six minipages inside; see foldout
			Greetings from SF	09/20/1906	multiview
			Greetings from SF | Birds Eye View from Spreckles Bldg.	06/17/1908
			Greetings from SF | Ellis St., Hotel St. Francis
			Greetings from SF | Main Gate, Sutro Heights	03/22/1909
			Greetings from SF | Mission Garden, Santa Barbara		postmark year illegible
			Greetings from SF | Van Ness Ave.
			Hall of Records, Woodland		postmark date illegible
			Hapiness and Greetins from San Francisco
			Health from San Francisco	11/01/1907
			'Jumbo', Big Tree Grove, Santa Cruz
			A Loving Greeting from San Francisco Conservatory	02/09/1908
			Market Street March 23, 1905
			Market Street in fifty years		postmark year illegible (1907?)
			Market St. looking east from 6th		stock number illegible
			Music Stand, Golden Gate Park
			Overton Hotel, Santa Rosa	12/12/1908
			San Francisco	09/29/1906	multiview
			San Francisco | Panoramic View	06/17/1907	multiview
			San Francisco		multiview
			San Francisco		multiview
			San Francisco	05/31/1909	multiview
			San Francisco's Future		cf. 91
			San Francisco in the Future	09/12/1906	postmark year illegible but card dated on front
			The whole Family sends Greetings	08/07/1906
			This is the Cliffhouse	09/14/1906
			Union Square Park
			View from Telegraph Hill March 31, 1906
			Young San Francisco sends best greetings

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