Buildings

Contains 285 photos

O'Farrell near Leavenworth
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O'Farrell near Leavenworth

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south through arch of Corinthian columns of ruined apartment building to wrecked City Hall and Dome. Hall of Records at left. The building was under construction at the time of the earthquake and fire. Construction had gotten only as far as partial completion of the walls for the first floor and completed later as the Cornelia Apartments, 641 O'Farrell, extant 2018.

Tenderloin
Market & 1st
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Market & 1st

View east on Market from 1st Street, Ferry Building in distance

Financial District
Market near Sutter
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Market near Sutter

View west across Market to Crown Zellerbach Plaza with pavilion building (then a Wells Fargo Bank branch), Crocker-Anglo National Bank (Sansome & Sutter), Standard Oil Building. Hunter-Dulin Building, Equitable Life Building (100 Montgomery) in background left.

Financial District
Sacramento & Waverly
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Sacramento & Waverly

[1292A] View east on Sacramento. Cable car tracks; buggies, horse drawn delivery wagon coming up hill; Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (1893) in distance.

Chinatown
View from Russ Building
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View from Russ Building

Looking east. Bay Bridge tower under construction. View between Mills Tower and Standard Oil Building. Sheldon Building in between.

Financial District
Berkeley
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Berkeley

View east across University of California Campus. Bacon Art & Library Building at center (Present site of Birge Hall). North Hall at left, South Hall at right. Woman walking toward camera.

Outside SF
Larkin near Turk
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Larkin near Turk

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast toward City Hall ruins and Hall of Records. Ads posted for Port Costa Flour, Easton Addition Burlingam.

Tenderloin
Larkin & Chestnut
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Larkin & Chestnut

Elevated view west down Chestnut to Presidio, Marina Middle School, Palace of Fine Arts.

Russian Hill
Shotwell near 20th
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Shotwell near 20th

Snow on Shotwell Street and two women with umbrellas. View south on Shotwell between 20th and 21st Streets. [MB Photo Shotwell St. bet 20th and 21st Feb 5 1887]

Mission
California & Sansome
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California & Sansome

Elevated view northwest across intersection to Bank of California, Merchants Mutual Marine Insurance, Aetna & Phoenix Insurance. [G810 B-016] [Bank of California, California & Sansome Sts. San Francisco, 1868. B-16] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Battery & California
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Battery & California

Elevated view of ten story Newhall building on northeast corner, Lewis Parsons Hobart, architect. Built in 1910, enlarged by adding two bays on the north in 1917. North side of California St., east to Market. Dixon Fish & Co. Thomas W. & Simons Co. [BU-35] [G810 BU-035] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
North Beach
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North Beach

Elevated view from near Montgomery and Sacramento looking north to Telegraph Hill. Hall of Justice, County Jail at left, Montgomery Block at right., Coit Tower in distance.

Financial District
City Hall
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City Hall

Looking east on Fulton near Gough to City Hall and War Memorial Opera House.

Civic Center
Market near 8th
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Market near 8th

View north over building foundation to ruins of City Hall with demolition of dome underway Pioneer Monument (Lick Monument) with Spanish American War cannon in front. Hall of Records in background right. Bird Store on Marshall Square at right. [G810 EF-118] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

Elevated view of Civic Center looking northwest across Market, Civic Auditorium, City Hall, Civic Center Plaza, State of California Office Building (Later Earl Warren Building), Main Library. Welcome Home Victory Monument was in square 1919-1924. [G810 PB-27] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Civic Center