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Studio

The Cliff House has always been a popular tourist attraction.
Here are a few studio pictures purchased as souvenirs...

 

 

SUTRO HEIGHTS GALLERY
W.C. BILLINGTON, Photographer

 

      

tintype

 

      

"Maggie Brannan and Gay Spencer, about 1891"
tintype

 


Courtesy of Josh Phillipson
(seated in front seat: Nellie & Carl G. Johnson)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jphillipson/3463647733/

 


 


Image courtesy of Cathy Rogala


 


Image courtesy of D. Bass

 

 

  

"Cliff Photo Gallery, W.C. BILLINGTON & CO., PHOTOGRAPHERS, Cliff House, San Francisco, Cal."
"Nov 25 - 1906"


 



"Aunt Louise, Uncle Jake Nobe, Edna, ???, Allie"



 

 



Edwin Leander Alexander (left)  &  George Craig (right), 1906

Both were cable car conductors.  Uncle Ed is dark complected but he was caucasian.
George was a Scottish emigrant.
Contributed by Jerry Dagenhart, Cumberland Virginia
 

 


"PACIFIC OCEAN, BEACH GALLERY, CLIFF HOUSE, JONES & KENNETT,
Proprietors, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL"
(J&K was in business from >1899 to 1900 at three places: The Chutes and 2 at Ocean Terrace)
Source: J Caddick
 

 


Coast Artillery soldiers - courtesy of the John Martini Collection

 


Courtesy of the Eliza Simmons Collection


 
   

Courtesy of the Jim Dickson Collection

 

 


lots of kids!

 

I suspect many of the studio tintypes above came from CLIFF FOTO GALLERY, between the Cliff House and Sutro Baths.

 

 


The below photos are courtesy of the John Freeman Collection
 

 

 

            

 

 



Laurette (Hallum) Noble (L) & friend (R)
Scan courtesy of Devin
 



"November 7, 1926"

 


 


John Freeman Collection


Partial translation of the reverse                  



 


Image courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke

 

 

 


 


Ella Cruise, Florence Cruise, and Aileen Cruise. (They are sisters.)
Courtesy of Thomas J. Brugge

 


Harold Waters and John O'donnell
Courtesy of Thomas J. Brugge

 


Courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke

 


Courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke

 


Courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke

 


CH Vitalini Foto, 271 Montgomery Ave, SF Cal

 


Want to see more?  For the most extensive collection of Cliff House studio photographs on the web:
http://www.sanfranciscomemories.com/cliff/studiophotos/
 

 

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