Business

Contains 470 photos

New Montgomery & Jessie
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New Montgomery & Jessie

Full Staff Outside SF Call Offices. New Montgomery and Jessie Alley; Palace Hotel

South of Market
St. Francis Hotel
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St. Francis Hotel

Third wing under construction. View from Geary and Stockton. Union Square and Dewey Monument in foreground

Downtown / Union Square
Third near Market
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Third near Market

View north on Third St toward Market. Magee Building at far left (with Owl Drug Co. 710 Market, Tom Dillon Hats 712 Market), Mutual Savings Bank Building (with Paul T. Carroll Knox Hats store), Flannery Building (with signage for C.M. Wooster Co. Country Lands), Johann Schmidt Building at far right (Herman Barth architect, 1908) with large ads for 'San Carlos Park' development on Peninsula. horse drawn wagons. Same image as wnp37.02884 with less cropping. [9446 Mutual Bank]

South of Market
Stockton & Market
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Stockton & Market

Elevated view east; Roos Bros. (Albert Pissis, Architect) at left, many streetcars on and crossing Market, Humboldt Bank Building, Portola Theater, Call and Hearst Buildings, Preparedness Day Banner in distance.

Downtown / Union Square
Kearny, Geary, & Market
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Kearny, Geary, & Market

Chronicle Building on left, Palace Hotel and Monadnock Building across Market, Muni B-Line streetcar #76, westbound on Geary

Downtown / Union Square
Communist Demonstration
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Communist Demonstration

In front of Main Library at Polk and McAllister Streets. 19-line Polk streetcar.

Civic Center
Kearny, Geary, & Market
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Kearny, Geary, & Market

Elevated view looking southeast across Market St toward's Palace Hotel and Monadnock Building decorated with flags, bunting. Lotta's Fountain, in foreground.

Downtown / Union Square
Powell near Jefferson
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Powell near Jefferson

Safety Demonstration, Powell near Jefferson, Pier 41; Eagle's Restaurant (later Eagle Cafe); 3-part safety demonstration series. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 15-line streetcar #801 southbound on Powell.

Fishermans Wharf
Union Square
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Union Square

Elevated view northeast from St. Francis Hotel; over Union Square to Stockton & Post Streets. Hotel Plaza, Standard Oil Building (completed 1922), Whittell Building. Schroth Building (1908, architect Cunningham & Politeo) at center.

Downtown / Union Square
Post at Powell
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Post at Powell

Elevated view northeast from St. Francis Hotel toward Post Street and Union Square. Fitzhugh Building (completed January, 1924) at left. Bullock & Jones, Hotel Plaza at right. Notre Dame des Victoires Church, background center.

Downtown / Union Square
8th & Market
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8th & Market

View southeast across market to Crystal Palace Market. Beyond at left, Francesca (later Strand) Theater, Odd Fellows Building, Grant Building

South of Market
Union Square
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Union Square

View north from Geary. Fitzhugh Building under construction; Bullock & Jones Building under construction

Downtown / Union Square
554 Market
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554 Market

View north across Market to Patrick & Co., 560 Market (still stands 2022); The Morris Plan Co., 554 Market; International Mercantile Marine Co, Panama Pacific Line, New Method Engraving.

Financial District
Mission & 16th
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Mission & 16th

View north on Mission to very busy street scene. Anglo-California Trust Co. Bank on northwest corner at left. Buildings on northeast and southwest corners later demolished for BART station. El Camino Real Mission Bell at right behind telephone pole. Great Western Power Co. truck at far right. Owl Drug Co. Birdcage traffic signal.

Mission
1000 Van Ness Ave
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1000 Van Ness Ave

Cadillac dealership at 1000 Van Ness under construction. Viewed from St. Mary's Cathedral

Tenderloin