Playland at the Beach
Restaurants facing Great Highway. The Hot House Mexican restaurant and "It", home of the famous It's It ice cream cookie sandwich.
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Playland at the Beach
"This is IT" cafe. Early view of Whitney's food concessions, home of the iconic chocolate-dipped It's It ice cream cookie sandwich
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Playland at the Beach
The Hot House on Great Highway was a beloved "Mexican" restaurant.
Richmond
Market near Mason
Elevated view down Market Street East from Hewes Building, Admission Day Native Sons Monument, Mechanics Savings Bank Building, Davies Theatre, Bank of America Headquarters (One Powell), Flood Building, Humboldt Bank Building with Bank of America signage, Kress, Hale Bros. with KPO radio towers on roof, 4 streetcar tracks. [DPW A2622]
Downtown
View down Market
looking east from 6th and Market, Mechanics Bank Building, Russ Building, Flood Building, Hunter Dulin Building, Hobart Building, Call Building, Yerba Buena Island, Pacific Telephone Building, Native Sons (Admission Day) Monument [DPW A625]
Downtown
View of Downtown
Taken from the top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel, looking East to bay, Yerba Buena Island, Old Federal Reserve Bank, Ferry Building, Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, Commercial Union Assurance Bldg.(315 Montgomery) Russ Building under construction, Old Standard Oil Building. [DPW A122]
Downtown
Sansome near California
View west on Sansome to northwest corner of California, Bank of California building.
Financial District
Jackson near Battery
Looking east on Jackson toward Battery. De La Montanya Stoves
North Beach
Van Ness & Sutter
View northeast across Sutter to shoppers crossing Sutter Street. Peanut Wagon at left. W.J. Sloane furniture (1300-1320 Van Ness), Henry Lyons & Sons (clothiers, 1332-1338 Van Ness), Charles Berwin (furriers, 1330-1332 Van Ness) in background. Following the 1906 earthquake and fire, this part of Van Ness Avenue became the temporary site of many relocated downtown stores.
Downtown
View from Nob Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to downtown. Kohl Bldg at left, Ferry Building in distance with repair scaffolding. Merchants Exchange at center with structural repairs underway.
Nob Hill
Sutter near Van Ness
Merchandise Glove Order on northwest corner. Women shoppers on sidewalk and crossing Van Ness Ave.
Downtown
Battery near Sacramento
View west on Sacramento Street. Post-1906 construction work in progress. 'Gabriel-Meyerfeld Printers'
Downtown
Market & Montgomery
West on Market St. from Post and Montgomery. Call Building.
Downtown
Hibernia Bank in ruins
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north across Market to intersection of Market, McAllister, and Jones.
South of Market
Clay near Waverly
View northeast across Clay to buildings between Waverly Place and Grant (then Dupont). Building with lanterns and balcony housed Yoot Hong Low restaurant at 810 Clay. Building at far right demolished in late 1887.
Chinatown