Catholic San Francisco: A City of Contests

Unfinished History

September 16, 1962: St. Mary's Cathedral at Van Ness and O'Farrell after a major fire destroyed the church.

April 11,1941, Good Friday: Parishioners on the steps of St. Mary's.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

Van Ness and Sacramento, 1930

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA