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Santa Rosa
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Santa Rosa

Occidental Hotel, northeast corner of 4th and B Street, Santa Rosa. Entrance shown at 309 B Street. (site of Santa Rosa Plaza, 2020) This building opened 1907 and was demolished 1975. The Ladies Arcade next door. (original of wnp37.02745)

Outside SF
Union Square
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Union Square

[Hotel Plaza, facing Union Square, San Francisco Zan 2511] Northwest corner of Stockton and Post. 450 Sutter Medical Building in background.

Downtown / Union Square
PPIE
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PPIE

Panama Pacific International Exposition. Marina Green, A group gathered around Art Smith's miniature car, The Comet. (unclear whether it is Art Smith in the car) (5.5 x 3.25 snapshot)

Marina
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Unknown Location

Richmond District? A group of 19 people, some wearing party hats, posing with a drum that reads Panama Pacific Exposition Band. (5.5 x 3.25 snapshot)

Grant near California
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Grant near California

View north from center of Grant toward California Street. Hinomoto Book Co., Sing Fat Co. with stained glass globe streetlamps in front, Sing Chong Trademark Building, Old St. Mary's Church, Shing Wah Trading Co. Before 1925 installation of dragon streetlamps.

Chinatown
Oakland
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Oakland

West side of Broadway between 10th and 11th Street. Imperial Theatre (1011 Broadway), Ruediger, Loesch, & Zinkand restaurant, Samuel's Jewelry, Theo Gier Wine, J.T. Moran Company. Sign for the nearby T&D Theatre on the roof. Oakland City Hall at background right. The Imperial Theatre opened as the Marlowe in 1908, renamed in 1916, and again in 1934 as the Rex. All buildings on this block have been demolished.

Outside SF
Oakland
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Oakland

Hotel Leamington, Franklin near 19th Street, Republican Presidential Candidate Thomas E. Dewey and California Governor Earl Warren arrive at Hotel Leamington for a reception

Outside SF
Oakland
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Oakland

Hotel Leamington, Franklin near 19th Street, Republican Presidential Candidate Thomas E. Dewey and California Governor Earl Warren arrive at Hotel Leamington for a reception

Outside SF
Tom Dewey
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Tom Dewey

Republican Presidential Candidate, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and wife Frances Hutt Dewey at Oakland's 16th Street train station.

Outside SF
Bay Bridge
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Bay Bridge

Republican Presidential Candidate, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and wife Frances Hutt Dewey at right, at the Bay Bridge toll plaza, greeted by San Francisco Mayor Roger D. Lapham.

Outside SF
Post near Powell
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Post near Powell

Elevated view west on Post between Powell and Mason, motorcade of Republican Presidential Candidate Thomas E. Dewey approaching the St. Francis Hotel. People lining both sides of the street.

Downtown / Union Square
Oakland
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Oakland

17th & Wood, Oakland. Republican Presidential Candidate, Dwight D. Eisenhower's motorcade departing the 16th Street train station bound for a campaign speech at Oakland's City Hall.

Outside SF
Oakland
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Oakland

17th & Wood, Oakland. Republican Presidential Candidate, Dwight D. Eisenhower's motorcade departing the 16th Street train station bound for a campaign speech at Oakland's City Hall.

Outside SF
Sutter & Sansome
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Sutter & Sansome

Elevated view north from Market Street toward the intersection of Sutter and Sansome. Holbrook Building, Standard Oil Building (1922)at center, beyond it earlier Standard Oil Building (1912, 2 stories added in 1916) and Royal Insurance buildings. Anglo and London Paris National Bank (Albert Pissis, architect) in foreground center (with northern annex addition by architect George W. Kelham under construction) and Flatiron Building at left. Buildings on the right-hand side of Sansome, Including Anglo-California Trust at lower right, have since been demolished and replaced by the Crown Zellerbach Building and plaza.

Financial District
Market near Montgomery
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Market near Montgomery

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west on Market, George Luce and Gladys Van Dyke with backs to camera walking down Market Street, Palace Hotel, Hearst Building, Call Building and crowds of sightseers in background.

Financial District