San Francisco Film Locations Then & Now

Arthur Franz, pursued by the police, runs into the front door of his home on Filbert street in an overlap of the location from the 1952 movie ‘The Sniper’. (Thumbnail image)

The last I heard, trying to kill yourself is still a crime, which is what Kim Novak appears to be attempting by jumping into the Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge in the 1958 classic ‘Vertigo’. (Thumbnail image)

Not always film, but these postcards are fun to do comparison pictures of: Chinatown’s Grant Avenue in the 1930’s  (Thumbnail image).

The California Street Grip climbing Nob Hill in the 1930’s. (Thumbnail image)

A 1904 family at the Cliff House. “Old families never die, they just wade away!”

The old City Hall, destroyed in less than one minute in the 1906 Earthquake, from Fulton and Franklin Streets, and the new City Hall from Fulton and Franklin. The two buildings bordering the old City Hall were almost certainly destroyed by the fire to come that burned down most of San Francisco. The two buildings the City Hall is seen between today are The War Memorial Building on the left where the United Nations was formed, and the Opera House on the right.  (Thumbnail image)

I wonder what did go on in the House of Zombie! I guess I could have handled it, as long as they had plenty of 7up!  (Thumbnail image)

Wow, a 1904 aluminum postcard of the Cliff House! And we think that our 2015 technology is so advanced!  (Thumbnail image)

Boy, postcard makers were quick to jump on that disaster!  (Thumbnail image)

California Street at Sabin between Dupont (now Grant) and Stockton in 1909. “Hey guys, WOOD you give me a lift? I’ll just climb on BOARD.” No, they wouldn’t have liked my sense of humor! (Thumbnail image)