Fish Market in 1950’s- The Bayview Fish MArket was just one of the shops in the row called Solari Flats on Third Street between Kirkwood and La Salle Avenues. Rita Solari stopped in one day and was asked to model for the owners as they photographed their catch of the day
3rd Street in 1900- This view is looking from Railroad Avenue (Third Street) and Quesada Avenue. The horse Corral on the right eventually became the site of Bay View Federal Savings and Loan
Ship building during World War I- (top photo) The Challenger is launched, and the docks with layers of scaffolding and numerous cranes await the next ship. (bottom photo) During World War I, a new ship was launched practically every day
Hunters Point in the late 1800s- Prior to 1868, not much more than this serpentine rock and the Ohlone Indians populated Hunters Point. Shipyards and slaughterhouses started to make their way into the area in the mid-to late-1800’s. Soon houses and livestock started to populate Hunters Point Hill. The 1906 earthquake started the next wave of new occupants to this part of the city.
Docks in 1904- Here is a 1904 view of the Hunters Point dry docks and the hills behind them
