California & Spring
San Francisco Savings Union (building opened 1867), north side of California Street at the corner of Spring Street (then called Webb) between Montgomery and Kearny[352?]
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Contains 236 photos
Bank of California
View northwest across California and Sansome intersection to Bank of California, home of William Chapman Ralston's bank, and buildings on west side of Sansome. Same image as Watkins stereoview 1782.[1782. Bank of California, S.F.]
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Montgomery & Bush
View northwest across intersection to Russ House (opened April, 1862), occupying the west side of Montgomery Street between Bush and Pine Streets. E. & F. Shrier men's clothing story in corner storefront, left. Mutual Life Insurance Co., J. C. Meussdorffer hats at right. Nevada Bank Building (1875) at Pine street corner in distance. [The Russ House, Montgomery St. Front, S.F. 3676]
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Hibernia Bank
[The Guards that saved the Hibernian Bank. Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 250] Seven men with guns posing on steps of Bank at McAllister and Jones.
Tenderloin
Phelan Building
View northwest across Market to Phelan Building and intersection with O'Farrell. Union Trust Building on right under construction.
South of Market
West Portal Ave
View west on West Portal from above the West Portal Tunnel showing West Portal Avenue decorated for Christmas. [Jack Tillmany Collection SC9]
West Portal
Market near 4th
View east on Market from 4th Street. Roos Bros., Phelan Building, Mutual Savings Bank, Hearst Examiner Building, Call / Spreckels Building, Portola Theatre and Humboldt Bank. Large open air tour bus turning from Market at left, 9-Line streetcar. Sheerin's Laundry cart, 7-Line streetcar. [1099 Market St. east of 4th, St A.I.P.] Photo Postcards [SC109]
Downtown / Union Square
California & Sansome
[210. Bank of California, N.W. corner of California and Sansome streets.] Elevated view northwest across intersection. Merchants Mutual Marine Insurance Company at left.
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Market & Montgomery
View east of a busy street scene, from center of Market St. from Montgomery St. toward the Ferry Building. At left Union Trust/Nevada Bank/Wells Fargo Building (1894-1966), original Hobart Building. Grand Hotel at right, Cunningham Block at 2nd Street corner beyond. [G45 SSS-037] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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California near Sansome
Elevated view east from center of California to Charles De Gaulle motorcade. Motorcycle in front of lead car. 'Welcome President de Gaulle' sign on Fireman's Fund Insurance Bldg. (demolished) at right. Union Bank of California on left, Fireman's Fund Insurance, Robert Dollar and J. Harold Dollar (Balfour) Buildings at right. Southern Pacific building with large S-P sign on roof and Fife Building with Hamm's sign atop. Across Sansome St. at left, Alaska Commercial Building (demolished).
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Clay & Battery
Wells Fargo Bank on northwest corner. (In 2001, the remains of the Gold Rush-era store ship General Harrison would be discovered here during construction excavations.)
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Market & Grant
[Market St and Grant Ave San Francisco, Cal] View west on O'Farrell, Phelan Building, Sheerin's laundry wagon, Union Trust bank.
South of Market
Market & O'Farrell
[Market & O'Farrell Savings Union Union Trust Co. P.P. Co. No. 996] View west on O'Farrell; Phelan Building; Kohler & Chase Pianos; Savings Union; Union Trust Bank; streetcar; cable cars; automobile; carriage. Cropped from image at wnp15.1065.
South of Market
California & Sansome
[California St. from Sansome to Montgomery sts, SF Watkins New Cabinet Series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast 427 Montgomery Street] Elevated view northwest across intersection to Bank of California, North Beach and California horsecar tracks. Parrot Block, Cast Iron Bank. London & San Francisco Bank building (constructed in 1874), 424 California, at left at Leidesdorff corner.
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Montgomery near Pine
[No 11 Montgomery St. north from Pine 1905] View north to Kohl Building, Safe Deposit Building. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building in distance at Sacramento corner.
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