These photos have been hand-tinted by using analyzed dyes and traditional brush methods by Bennett Hall. They captured street scenes and the infrastructure of San Francisco from the 19th century.
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| San Francisco Waterfront, 1850 |
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| Rincon Point, San Francisco, 1851 |
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| Samuel Kellett Storefront at 765 Market Street, ca. 1860s |
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| San Francisco waterfront from Telegraph Hills, 1865 |
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| Waterfront below Telegraph Hill, 1865 |
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| Vallejo Street Wharf, viewing towards Telegraph Hill, 1866 |
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| Boat in Dry Dock from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, circa 1870 |
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| Meiggs' Wharf, Telegraph Landing area, circa 1870 |
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| Montgomery to Market Street, 1876 |
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| Fort Point and the Golden Gate, circa 1880 |
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| Hall of Records, San Francisco, circa 1880 |
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| Hills Bros. Arabian Coffee & Spice Mills at the corner of Sansome and Sacramento Streets, circa 1880 |
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| Montgomery viewing to Market, Palace Hotel at end of the Street, circa 1880 |
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| Telegraph landing warehouses, circa 1880 |
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| Upper corridor of Palace Hotel, circa 1880 |
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| Palace Hotel in 1885 |
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| Pier 27, San Francisco waterfront, 1885 |
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| Market Street at Sansome, viewing east, circa 1890 |
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| The second Cliff House in the late 1890s |
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| May Day at Sutro Baths, 1897 |
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| Civic Center Plaza, circa 1890 |






















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