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Ferry Building

View northeast across Embarcadero from near foot of Mission. Ferry Building and Ferry Station Post Office (1901-1915) at center.

1905 Financial District

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Van Ness & Fell

View north on Van Ness from Fell, Commerce High School (built 1924) site on left, City Hall on right. Billboard for Louise Glaum in silent film 'Sahara' in distance left. Tightly cropped version at wnp4.1399.

1919 Civic Center

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Van Ness near Hayes

View north on Van Ness Ave towards City Hall. (detail of wnp4.1398)

1919 Civic Center

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Van Ness near O'Farrell

View south on Van Ness toward City Hall. Countryman Building, Hotel Savoy, Masonic Temple in distance. At left, Geneva Apartments 840 Van Ness. Cropped from larger image at wnp4.1416.

1920 Tenderloin

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Van Ness near Sacramento

View northwesterly on Van Ness toward Sacramento. The Paige Motor Car Company building under construction at left (an addition with 2 more bays was made in 1922 and the building still stands in 2022), J. W. Leavitt & Co. Oldsmobile Dealership, Claus Spreckels Mansion at Clay Street.

1919 Pacific Heights

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Van Ness & Geary

Elevated view northwest over intersection of Van Ness and Geary to Pierce Arrow Studebaker Automobile Dealership of Arthur R. Lindburg Co. Water tower on roof.

1929 Cathedral Hill

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Van Ness & Geary

Northwest corner of Van Ness and Geary, Van Etta Motors Lincoln Mercury dealership; Sloss & Glikbarg Studebaker dealership on corner of Post. Built in 1913 as a Kissel Kar dealership.

1940 Cathedral Hill

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O'Farrell & Van Ness

View northeast across intersection to Don Lee Cadillac dealership building.

1925 Cathedral Hill

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Sutter & Van Ness

View northeast across intersection to Scottish Rite Temple, later Regency Ballroom and Regency Theater. Posters advertising Emiliano De Gogorza.

1924 Cathedral Hill

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California & Webster

View north across California St. to northwest corner of California and Webster. Cooper Medical College (Later Stanford University Department of Medicine and Pacific Medical Center, Sacramento & Webster) in background. Temporary home of County Clerk Office (Harry Mulcrevy), District Attorney, and Sheriff's Office. People, probably staff, posed in front and on steps.

1906 Pacific Heights