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Market, Mason & Turk
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Market, Mason & Turk

View westerly across Mason, Turk Street at right, Market Street at left. St. Francis Theater at left, Wilson Building, Hale Bros. Building, David Hewes Building. The Dean Building on the gore at center, though deemed historically significant, was demolished in 2020. United Cigar Store, Dolly Madison Chocolates, Maxferd's Pawn Shop, Rainbow Tavern. Birdcage traffic signal.

Downtown
Union Square
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Union Square

Elevated view looking southeast across Union Square from Post & Powell Streets.

Downtown
Union Square
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Union Square

Elevated view looking northwest from Geary & Stockton Sts. Dewey Monument at center.

Downtown
Steuart & Market
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Steuart & Market

Preparedness Day Parade Bombing. Elevated view west to windows blown out of building, ambulance, crowd. Ferry Exchange, Marine Bank. Market Street in background.

Financial District
Embarcadero
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Embarcadero

Elevated view east between Pier 24 and 26, Yerba Buena Island in background.

Rincon Hill
Embarcadero near Mission
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Embarcadero near Mission

High School Parade on Embarcadero near Mission Street, looking North toward the Ferry Building

Financial District
Eddy near Franklin
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Eddy near Franklin

Eddy between Gough & Franklin. Looking west toward Gough; St. Paulus Church

Cathedral Hill
Market between 7th & 8th
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Market between 7th & 8th

View of people lined up at National Hotel during the depression. Mexican Chili, The Crisp Waffle, Wonderland Marquee.

South of Market
7th near Howard
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7th near Howard

Auto Stages lined up on the east side of 7th Street, near the corner of Howard. The Blindcraft Building, 1097 Howard built 1924, and the Edwardian apartments next to it on 7th Street still stand. (2019)

South of Market
12th & Kissling
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12th & Kissling

California Baking Co. at 12th St and Kissling.

South of Market
Kearny & Bush
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Kearny & Bush

Looking Northwest on Kearny St. McLeran Building (also known as MacDonough or McDonough.Building (1908)) 333 Kearny St., Michael's Mens Furnishings 305 Kearny. Hotel Yolanda in distance.

Financial District
Van Ness & McAllister
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Van Ness & McAllister

View of auto accident on Van Ness Avenue near McAllister, looking NE from City Hall. Crowd gathered around automobile at curb.

Civic Center
5th & Market
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5th & Market

View east across 5th to afternoon crowd on Market St. Flood Building at left, Lincoln Building at right.

South of Market
3rd & Stevenson
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3rd & Stevenson

Outside the SF Call printing plant on 3rd Street, Well dressed young women hand newspapers through truck windows to newsboys. Newspapers say 'Indians Win.' Baseball's Cleveland Indians won the World Series on October 12, 1920

South of Market
Column of Progress, PPIE
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Column of Progress, PPIE

Crowd gathered at the Column of Progress at foot of Scott Street and Marina Blvd. Photo taken several years after the close of the World's Fair.

Marina