Mission & New Montgomery
Elevated view northwest across Mission St. to Palace Hotel. From Watkins 3550, 'Palace Hotel, from Mission St., S.F.'
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Geary & Fillmore
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest across intersection to ruins of Temple Beth Israel and Albert Pike Memorial Temple. Poster for "Are You A Mason?" at the Alcazar, playing in April, 1906.
Japantown
Unknown Location
Corner with A.L. Dodge Co. billboards for Wilson High Ball whiskey, Alcazar & Central Theatres. Cable car rails on street. (Alcazar advertises 'The Stubbornness of Geraldine' which ran in repertory for more than for 8 years)
Market near 8th
View southwest across Market to ruins of Old Central Theatre building on left. New Central Theatre with arched canopy in front, tailor shop and Sullivan Shoe Co. on right. Entrance to ruins at left has posters from June, 1909 attractions. Grandstand between structures was used in the October, 1909 Portola Festival.
South of Market
Hayes near Polk
Elevated view east to rainy day, Cable car crossing Hayes, Norfolk Pine in foreground on left is in front yard of Children's Day Home Catholic School, run by Sisters of the Holy Family. Billboards, rear of Hotel St. Nicholas on right. See wnp4.1459.
Civic Center
Market near 7th
Premier Theatre. Opened as the Imperial Theatre in 1912, renamed the Premier in 1929, then became the United Artists in May 1931, renamed again as the Market Street Cinema in 1972, Federal (later Aida) Hotel at right.Duplicate of wnp14.2789.
Tenderloin
Union Square
People sitting on benches in Union Square, view east toward Stockton and Post Streets. Fred Benioff sign, Old Grand-Dad billboard. [Union Square]
Downtown / Union Square
Sutter & Powell
View west on Sutter from Powell. Empty lots on NW & SW corners. Hotel Regent. [Sutter Street and Powell Street Driscoll Case] J.J. Driscoll sustained a fractured skull while trying to board a streetcar. United Railroads [U02826]
Downtown / Union Square
California near Kearny
View east on California Street near Kearny. Cable cars, Adelphi Theatre on right [California Street, San Francisco, Cal. ]
Chinatown
Harrison near Beale
View east on Harrison from Beale. Billboard advertising GGIE. Bay Bridge and Hills Brothers Coffee Plant (1922-24, George Kelham architect), Joseph Magnin Warehouse (1918, George Applegarth architect) in background. [Harrison Street 1939]
Rincon Hill
California near Kearny
View northeast across California Street between Grant and Kearny to cable car #2., behind is the north side of the street where almost all buildings were demolished. Stauffer Chemical Company building before later facade replacement (later site of Hartford Building at 650 California, Squire Hotel, States Hotel, Financial Center Building (1927) at center, later Omni Hotel. At far right, Clunie Building with Lincoln National Insurance ad on west wall. In distance, Southern Pacific Building and Bay Bridge.
Chinatown
Steiner near Hayes
View north up Steiner Street of the Pio Morbio house, built in 1887, across Hayes Street. Market Street Railway (MSRy) Hayes streetcar line in foreground. Fence with advertisements for Duke's Cameo Cigarettes and '?Has the Largest Circulation.' Ridgeline in distance built up with houses.
Alamo Square