This page displays color scans of 56 postcards from my collection. Cards are roughly 5.5"x3.5" except as noted. Click on any image to enlarge, then use the Back button on your browser to return. Click on a caption link for detailed information about a card, including transcriptions of written messages for most postally used cards. note links give additional information and dup links show duplicates/variants.
To the extent possible under law, Stephen A. Ness has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.
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Bardell | Ferry Building | ||||
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Bardell | Shrine Illumination Ferry Bldg. | Weidner photo; top edge tear | |||
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Behrendt | 40 | Ferry Building from the Bay | 07/04/1908 | note note | |
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Behrendt | 174 | Ferry Building | 05/18/1908 | note | |
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Behrendt | 8275 | Ferry Building | |||
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Britton & Rey | 458 | Union Ferry Depot | note | ||
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Britton & Rey | 1032 | Union Ferry Depot | |||
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Britton & Rey | 1089 | Union Ferry Depot | note | ||
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Britton & Rey | 5592 | Lower Market St. and Ferry | |||
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Cardinell-Vincent | 55 | Evening Hour at the Ferry Bldg. | note | ||
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Cardinell-Vincent | 593 | San Francisco From The Bay | note | sepia | |
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Cardinell-Vincent | 5615 | Union Ferry Depot | note | ||
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Charlton | 32 | Union Ferry Depot | note note | ||
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Clements | C9124 | World Trade Center/Ferry Bldg. | |||
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Galloway | 9 | Ferry Building | 08/26/1905 | note | |
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Galloway | 27 | Ferry Depot | glitter around tower | ||
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Koeber | 4341 | Interior of Union Ferry Bldg. | |||
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Kropp | 2233 | Ferry Bldg. from Drum Street | not stamped/mailed | ||
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Mitchell | 32 | Union Ferry Depot | note dup | differs from other Mitchell 32 | |
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Mitchell | 32 | Union Ferry Depot | dup | differs from other Mitchell 32 | |
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Mitchell | 479 | Ferry Building at night | |||
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Mitchell | 2180 | Union Ferry Depot | note | minor staining back top left | |
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Mitchell | 4314 | SF from big guns of Dreadnaught | |||
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Müller | 1 | Ferry Building | worn spot lower right | ||
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Newman | V119 | Union Ferry Depot | 01/19/1909 | ||
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Newman | V158 | Ferry Building from Bay at night | |||
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Newman | V175 | Ferry Building and Bay | printed PPIE message on back | ||
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Pacific Novelty | 1-206 | Ferry Building | library data typed/stamped on back | ||
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Pacific Novelty | 55 | Evening Hour at the Ferry Bldg. | note | Tammen (variant); N.B. 1918 (not 1915) | |
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Pacific Novelty | 101 | Ferry B. and Slips from the Bay | corners creased | ||
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Pacific Novelty | 125 | Ferry Building | |||
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Pacific Novelty | 288 | Ferry B. from Bay by Moonlight | |||
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Pacific Novelty | 334 | Ferry Building | note | ||
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Pacific Novelty | 3515 | Ferry Building | |||
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Pacific Novelty | I-52 | Ferry Building | |||
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Pacific Novelty | I-88 | Ferry Building | |||
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Pacific Novelty | I-143 | Ferry Building | 04/14/1926 | written/dated but not addressed/mailed | |
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Pacific Stationery | 38 | Ferry Building and Bay | not addressed/mailed | ||
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Piltz | 8 | Ferry Building and Expo Island | |||
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Scenic View | 7 | Ferry Building | |||
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Scenic View | 87 | Ferry Building | |||
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Scheff | Health from San Francisco | note note | |||
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Souvenir Post Card | 4632 | Ferry Building | note dup | ||
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Souvenir Post Card | 4632 | Ferry Building | note note dup | caption incorrect | |
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Tammen | 5288 | Evening Hour at the Ferry Bldg. | note note | logo BN Co. Pacific 55 (variant) | |
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[unknown] | 334 | California Invites the World | note note note | logo BN Co. | |
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[unknown] | 27 | Union Depot, from the Bay | 06/04/1907 | note note | |
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[unknown] | 52 | Union Ferry Depot | 03/06/1905 | ||
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[unknown] | 89 | Ferry Depot / Royal Arches | |||
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Van Noy Interstate | Ferry Building and Bay | 05/21/1923 | |||
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Goeggel & Weidner | 10 | Ferry Building | dup | ||
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Weidner | 10 | Ferry Building | dup | ||
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Weidner | 86 | Ferry Building from the Bay | 12/04/1905 | note dup | |
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Weidner | 86 | Ferry Building from the Bay | 03/10/1907 | note dup | scratched |
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Weidner | 86 | Ferry Building from the Bay | 08/25/1905 | note dup | typo '36' should read '86'; mailed in Germany |
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Weidner | 616 | The Water Front | 07/13/1909 |
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