Top of the Mark
View east to Financial District / Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island. S-P sign atop Southern Pacific Building in distance was installed March 1954 and removed in September 1961.
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Contains 9006 photos
View NE from Mark Hopkins
View from Top of the Mark looking towards Telegraph Hill
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Top of the Mark
View northeast to Telegraph Hill, Angel Island, Alcatraz, North Beach. Fairmont and Brocklebank Apartments in foreground.
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Columbus & Pacific
International Settlement. View east. Arabian Nights at left, McHale's at right
North Beach
View from Top of the Mark
Looking north to Russian Hill, Alcatraz, cable car barn. In foreground, roof of Sproule Mansion, Park Lane Apartments, Brocklebank Apartments.
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Grant & Pine
Chinatown. View north on Grant Ave. Chinese Lily Jewelry, Lamps of China, Shanghai Low.
Chinatown
Church & Duboce
View east across Duboce to US Mint, exposed serpentine face of Mint Hill.
Duboce Triangle
Civic Center
View northwest across Civic Center Plaza to flower beds, City Hall, California State Building (later Earl Warren Building).
Civic Center
City Hall
View west to City Hall across flower garden in Civic Center Plaza. People rest on benches at left.
Civic Center
Civic Center
Flower display/ Old Main Library
Civic Center
Top of the Mark
Looking east to Russ Building, Bay Bridge, Southern Pacific Building with S-P sign on roof, installed March, 1954. Equitable Life Assurance Building under construction lower right center to right of Standard Oil Building.
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Lotta's Fountain
View northwest across Market to Kearny, Geary intersection. Lotta's Fountain, Chronicle Building at right( with Dr. Willett Chiropractor, Security Finance Co., W & H Cigars Liquor signs). Buildings on west side of Kearny include 2 Geary Building (with Granville's Jewelers), Schmidt Building (with Pastine's Restaurant), Baldwin Building (with O.P.O. Clothes), Oscar Luning Building (with Brooks Camera).
Downtown
Phelan Building
View west toward O'Farrell from across Market. Union Trust Building at right.
Downtown
Chinatown Funeral
Funeral procession on Jackson Street, looking north, from Jackson and Powell. Cable car tracks in the foreground.
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Chinatown
Grant Ave looking North from California Street. Old St. Mary's Church at right
Chinatown