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Mission Dolores
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Mission Dolores

View west to coupe in front of Mission Dolores. Cemetery has high masonry wall. Cropped from image at wnp4.1774.jpg. High masonry wall around cemetery, old Mission church has balcony above entrance.

Mission Dolores
Holy Cross Church
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Holy Cross Church

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Holy Cross Church in ruins, Earthquake damage, woman walking and reading paper.

Western Addition
Van Ness & Ellis
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Van Ness & Ellis

View North, St. Mary's Cathedral (burned 1962) in background left

Tenderloin
California near Grant
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California near Grant

View northeast cross California St to Cable Car #15 going uphill between Grant and Stockton. 720 California, then Hartford Insurance Building, on left, Cathay House restaurant, Old Saint Mary's cathedral and rectory, Financial Center Building, Southern Pacific Building in distance.

Chinatown
Van Ness & O'Farrell
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Van Ness & O'Farrell

View west across Van Ness to St. Mary's Cathedral (1891-1962)

Tenderloin
St. Dominic's Ruins
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St. Dominic's Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View from Steiner and Pine.

Lower Pacific Heights
Van Ness & O'Farrell
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Van Ness & O'Farrell

View west across intersection to St. Mary's Cathedral (Roman Catholic), dedicated in 1891, destroyed by fire Sept. 7, 1962, with Cadillac automobile dealership sign at right.

Tenderloin
View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View southwest to Nob Hill over North Beach and Chinatown from Pioneer Park parking lot. Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel), Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels. Brocklebank, Park Lane and Cathedral Apartments, Grace Cathedral with single bell tower. In center distance, Clay-Jones Apartments with radio tower atop, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect) opened 1928.

Telegraph Hill
Geary & Powell
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Geary & Powell

View northwest across Geary and Powell to Calvary Presbyterian Church, dedicated in May, 1869. Since 1904, the site of the St. Francis Hotel. Union Square at right with low wooden fence. Plank sidewalks, horsecar tracks on Geary, no tracks on Powell. [1712. Calvary Church, S.F.]

Downtown / Union Square
California near Stockton
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California near Stockton

[4432. San Francisco, looking down hill, Ca.] Looking east from Nob Hill to Bay.. Cable car in distance. Service began on this line in April, 1878. Old St. Mary's Cathedral at center. Plank sidewalks, cobblestones.

Nob Hill
View S from Carillon Tower
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View S from Carillon Tower

St. Paulus Lutheran Church, Jefferson Square, Central Freeway.

Cathedral Hill
Temple United Methodist Church
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Temple United Methodist Church

1111 Junipero Serra Boulevard. View east across Junipero Serra Boulevard. Opening Service of church held on January 24, 1954.

Ingleside
Temple United Methodist Church
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Temple United Methodist Church

1111 Junipero Serra Boulevard. View east across Junipero Serra Boulevard. Opening Service of church held on January 24, 1954.

Merced Heights
View W from Mark Hopkins
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View W from Mark Hopkins

View northwest to window washer hanging from cable, Grace Cathedral and rectory under construction behind with scaffolding. Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) with radio tower on roof. Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, Comstock Apartments built 1961, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect) opened 1928. 11-story building at 1190 Sacramento St. at lower right completed 1958.

Nob Hill
Columbus & Kearny
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Columbus & Kearny

View northwest on Columbus (then Montgomery Avenue). At center, the California Hotel, at 1001-1017 Kearny/200-214 Montgomery Avenue, built in 1874, and leased to proprietors Fonroche and Herteman. St Francis of Assisi Church in background.(WMK)( see also wnp14.1215.jpg)

North Beach