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Stanyan near Haight
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Stanyan near Haight

View northeast across Stanyan to Market Street Railway (MSRy )17-Line, streetcar #144; San Francisco Riding School (burned 1949) at right, Hotel Stanyan at center.

Golden Gate Park
Embarcadero near Mission
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Embarcadero near Mission

View northeast across Embarcadero to Muni 6-Line #462 & 7-Line #467 at Ferry Building Terminal. Motor Coach #73 to their right. Vehicle underpass. These routes used Mission St. at this time, turning off Market St. at 12th St. Wellman's Coffee, Ferry Station Post Office and Ferry Building Starter House at left. (Former Market Street Railway (MSRy) units #162 & #167 renumbered #462 & #467 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with Muni #162 & #167.)

Financial District
Market near 5th
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Market near 5th

Elevated view east on Market from south side of street. Flood Building, Phelan Building, Mutual Savings Bank, Chronicle Building and Annex, Ferry Building, Call Building, Humboldt Bank Building, Emporium, Lincoln Building, Hinz & Landt, Inc. Millinery. [Market from 6th looking E dpwbook1 dpw152]

South of Market
Market near Grant
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Market near Grant

Elevated view southeast across to south side of Market, Hearst Examiner building under construction, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building, Call Building, V-Odeon Theatre 747 Market, Spreckels Market 755 Market. 5-line and 9-Line streetcars. [dpwbook2 dpw204]

Downtown / Union Square
Howard near 6th
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Howard near 6th

View east on Howard to distant sewer construction. Simmons Manufacturing Co. 986 Howard, [dpwbook3 dpw453]

South of Market
5th & Market
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5th & Market

View southeast across Market to [Lincoln building 5th & Market dpwbook3 dpw539]

Downtown / Union Square
Market near 5th
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Market near 5th

Elevated view northeast toward Flood Building. Hotel Turpin, Douglas Building at left. Top of Humboldt Bank Building with 1915 sign, Emporium, Lincoln Building with Hinz & Landt Milliners at right. Construction site at southwest corner 5th and Market at bottom right is for Hale Bros. Department Store Building (Completed November 1, 1912, Reid & Reid architects). [Powell & Market 8x10 dpwbook3 dpw542]

South of Market
Geary near Kearny
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Geary near Kearny

View west from center of Geary toward Grant. [dpwbook5 dpw1317] Geary W. of 3rd St, looking west. Sing Fat Co. Branch, I. Magnin, N. Harband Trunk Co. Streetcars have replaced cable cars.

Downtown / Union Square
1st near Mission
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1st near Mission

View north on 1st to Market, 22 Battery, Postal Telegraph Building (1908, Lewis Hobart architect), Sheldon Building in distance center. [dpwbook5 dpw1429]

Financial District
22nd & Church
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22nd & Church

Church and 22nd looking north, Edison School at left. General view in preparation for J-Church construction. Right of way will pass through far corner on the right. [dpwbook5 dpw1467]

Dolores Heights
Civic Center
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Civic Center

View northerly across Market from 9th Street toward Civic Auditorium under construction at Larkin and Hayes. Coca-Cola sign and United Railroads streetcar passing by [dpwbook7 dpw1661]

Civic Center
Market & Van Ness
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Market & Van Ness

Monument to the California Volunteers of the Spanish-American War in its original location on Van Ness between Market and Oak. (Now at Dolores and Market) View west toward Oak Street, the Young Men's Institute, 50 Oak, under construction. Sacred Heart Church visible in the distance. [Market & Van Ness Calif. Volunteer Monument dpwbook7 dpw1728]

Civic Center
6th near Harrison
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6th near Harrison

View north on 6th, Hotel Tobin 377 6th on right, Hewes Building and Market St. in distance [dpwbook8 dpw1888]

South of Market
Geary & Powell
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Geary & Powell

View east on Geary from Powell toward Stockton. Union Square and Dewey Monument at left. [dpwbook9 dpw1963]

Downtown / Union Square
Hyde near Geary
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Hyde near Geary

View North on Hyde between O'Farrell and Geary, Ridgeway Apartments 655 Hyde [dpwbook14 dpwXXX]

Tenderloin