High angle view of the Cliff House, a popular restaurant since 1858, San Francisco, California, 1980.
Our collection of Cliff House photos shows this San Francisco, California landmark both historically and today.
Cliff House viewed from above, the historic mansion on the shore in Sutro Heights Park, on Point Lobos, San Francisco, California, 1920.Seals, a small group of animals basking on the sea shore on Seal Rocks, Cliff House, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 1920.High angle view of the Cliff House, a popular restaurant since 1858, San Francisco, California, 1980.At the Cliff House, San Francisco, 1873. From the New York Public Library.Cliff House, San Francisco, California, 1901. From the New York Public Library.Cliff House, San Francisco, 1901. From the New York Public Library.View of the Seal Rocks off the coast, viewed from the Cliff House in the Land’s End neighborhood of San Francisco, California, 1978.Black and white vintage print depicting a pair of horses and riders standing on a beach next to the ocean with the Cliff House hotel (currently a restaurant) in the background, located in San Francisco, California, published in William Cullen Bryant’s edited volume ‘Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In’, 1872. Courtesy Internet Archive.Black and a white vintage print depicting birds perched on, and flying over Seal Rocks, a stand of marine rocks, located near the Cliff House in San Francisco, California, published in William Cullen Bryant’s edited volume ‘Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In’, 1872. Courtesy Internet Archive.Engravings of San Francisco harbor scenery, Cliff House, Golden Gate, Russian Hill, and Goat Island, from the book ‘The Pacific tourist’ by Henry T. Williams, 1878. Courtesy Internet Archive.Two people stroll near the Great Highway at Ocean Beach towards the Cliff House restaurant (visible in distance) in the Land’s End neighborhood of San Francisco, California, January 22, 2017.Cliff Terrace at the Cliff House restaurant, with view of the Pacific Ocean and large camera obscura, a popular tourist destination, San Francisco, California, February 3, 2018.
Thomas Smith is a food and travel photographer and writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His photographic work routinely appears in publications including Food and Wine, Conde Nast Traveler, and the New York Times and his writing appears in IEEE Spectrum, SFGate, the Bold Italic and more. Smith holds a degree in Cognitive Science (Neuroscience) and Anthropology from the Johns Hopkins University.
