City Hall

Contains 132 photos

City Hall Ruins
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City Hall Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Adjusters of the San Francisco Fire. San Francisco City Hall. Photo by Shaw & Shaw, Oakland, CA] Insurance adjusters in front of ruins

Civic Center
City Hall Ruins
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City Hall Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, West end of City Hall near Larkin, group of men posing in ruins. [Adjusters of the San Francisco Conflagration July 1906 Photo by Shaw & Shaw Oakland]

Civic Center
Pioneer Monument
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Pioneer Monument

Post-earthquake view of Marshall Square and the Pioneer (James Lick) Monument at corner of Hyde and Grove Streets. View northerly toward the Hall of Records. Hall of Records demolished late 1916-early 1917. This shows the east wing of the old city hall (with brick tower removed as hazard) which was reduced in height, rehabbed and used for offices until about 1914

Civic Center
Old City Hall
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Old City Hall

[Old City Hall, 1856 Kearny St.] Elevated view to east side of Kearny facing Portsmouth Square. El Dorado casino. (Published in 1856, G.R. Fardon's San Francisco Album). [G810 PB-023 #410, Fardon ] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Marshall Square
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Marshall Square

View north from City Hall Square (name changed to Marshall Square in December, 1902, current intersection of Grove and Hyde) of Old City Hall shortly after completion. Pioneer Monument (James Lick Monument) in foreground with landscaping being installed. [G45 SPB-005]1898c (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Civic Center
Mission near 8th
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Mission near 8th

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north to ruins of City Hall and Hall of Records. Refugees from earthquake with crude sheet metal shelter. [8198-Dwellings of homeless--shelter built of wreckage, near City Hall.] [EF-29 April 1906] [F810 EF-029] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

South of Market
McAllister near Leavenworth
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McAllister near Leavenworth

View South toward the Hall of Records under construction at City Hall Avenue and McAllister. [PB-17] [F810 PB-017] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Civic Center
Grove & Larkin
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Grove & Larkin

View northeast along City Hall Avenue, likely from the roof of the Mechanics Pavilion. What was then called New City Hall and the Hall of Records. Goodfellow Grotto at lower right. [Old City Hall PB-21] [F810 PB-021] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Van Ness & Eddy
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Van Ness & Eddy

View south toward City Hall in distance. 'Horsetrader Ed' Shapiro's Kar Korral used car lot on left. Municipal Railway H-line streetcar #926.

Tenderloin
View E from Lone Mountain
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View E from Lone Mountain

[Picture of city looking east from Lone Mountain.] Intersection of Turk and Masonic at lower center. (GGNRA/Stotler GOGA 33760)

Lone Mountain
City Hall
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City Hall

Night view, from Civic Center Plaza [265 - City Hall Night of Army Parade] (early Kodachrome, 828 format)

Civic Center
20th & Church
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20th & Church

View north at J-Church right-of-way through Dolores Park. Streetcar #1030. Mission High School, City Hall.

Mission Dolores
Civic Center
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Civic Center

View east from Hyde and Fulton. Auto entrance to Brooks Hall at current site of main library. People in business attire. City Hall. United Service Organization (USO) Hospitality House (later San Francisco City offices) at left. Yellow cab.

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

View from Larkin and Fulton St. across brick plaza to City Hall. Man feeding pigeons

Civic Center
City Hall
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City Hall

City Hall from Civic Center Plaza

Civic Center