Union & Buchanan
View east on Union from Buchanan, Muni D-line streetcar #168.
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California at Sansome
View west on California, Bank of California at right. In far distance Old St. Mary's Cathedral and Fairmont Hotel. Center distance, Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel), Kohl Building, Mercantile Trust Co. Building (1903,Albert Pissis, Architect), London & San Francisco Bank Building (completed 1874). At far left, Fireman's Fund Insurance Building. California Street Cable RR Cable Car. Birdcage traffic signals.. Birdcage traffic signals.
Financial District
Hayes near Scott
View west on Hayes towards Scott. Alamo Square at right. St. Ignatius Church in the distance. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 21-line Streetcar #102.
Alamo Square
McAllister & Polk
View east on McAllister from Polk. Municipal Railway (Muni) streetcar 5-line #104 outbound. State Building at left. Main Library at right. Empire Hotel and Hotel Astor in the distance.
Civic Center
Hyde & Chestnut
View north on Hyde at Chestnut. Cable car #39. Angel Island and Alcatraz in the background. On the right is William Penn Humphreys House built in 1852 and demolished in 1948
Russian Hill
Alemany Interchange
View northwest toward US101 Freeway, a portion still being built, crossing Alemany Boulevard, with Bernal Heights in background, Bayshore Boulevard in foreground. Alemany Farmer's Market site at far left. Greenhouses on Cortland to right of center in distance.
Apparel City
Murphy Windmill
Golden Gate Park, two women posing with Haynes car
Golden Gate Park
Haight near Lyon
3rd Church of Christ Scientist, 1250 Haight Street between Central and Lyon. View from across Haight Street in Buena Vista Park. People exiting the church, cars lined up out front.
Buena Vista
View from Cliff House
View south on Point Lobos Avenue from in front of the Cliff House, looking towards toward Ocean Beach. Crowds of people on sidewalk, automobiles. Ocean Beach Pavilion, Lurline Baths pump station, and Golden Gate Park in background. First section of Ocean Beach Esplanade in center. [854 San Francisco Cliff Road by de beach 29 Oct. 1916]
Sutro Heights
California & Grant
View southeast across California from Grant. St. Mary's Square at center, Hotel Lafayette and Helvetia Hotel at left. Commercial Union Assurance Building at 315 Montgomery in left background, Standard Oil Building at 225 Bush at center back, Alexander Building (155 Montgomery, completed 1921), Crown Hotel, MacDonough Building and Hobart Building at right. Sass & Son Contractors, 134 St. Anne Street (later removed).
Chinatown
Post & Stockton
View southwest from the corner of Post and Stockton toward Union Square and St. Francis Hotel. Hotel Plaza at right. Dewey Monument at left. [1035 San Francisco St. Francis Hotel van Post str. Gezien 7.3.'23]
Downtown / Union Square
Rhode Island near 20th
View south on Rhode island from about 20th Street. 1922 Dort automobile rounding corner, unpaved street full of houses. Probably by Christopher Helin. One of 3 photos of this car. [Dart (sic) Potrero Hill D22] (Image has an 'x' drawn on it. )
Potrero Hill
Grant near California
View south on Grant toward California Street to two well-dressed women and a 1925 Cleveland auto. 'Sing Fat Co' building in background, Sing Chong Building at right. Dragon streetlamps and globe streetlights.
Chinatown
Market near 7th
View across Market between 7th and 8th Street. Man poses with automobile in front of the Sun Theatre (later known as the Strand Theatre) Marquee shows Roy Stewart in 'The Lone Hand' [1127 Market St]
Civic Center
Market near 6th
Elevated View east on Market from 6th Street. Special Automobile Parade organized by the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company with an advertised 25,000 automobiles on parade from the Ferry Building to the Exposition grounds which we under construction) Pantages and Empress (later St. Francis), and Empire Theatres at right. Marquee of Maio Biograph (later Crest) Theatre at far left. Rudolph Wurlitzer Co., Lesser Bros. Washington Market, Maryland Dairy Lunch, Eiler's Music House at right. [St Francis as Empress 7/15/1914 from 6th & Market]
Tenderloin