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Ferry Building From Bay

View west from water of reconstruction on north wing of the Ferry Building after a large fire in April 1955. Southern pacific Building with S-P sign on roof. Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop.

1955 Waterfront

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East from Twin Peaks

Alvarado School; Twin Peaks School future site; livestock grazing

1955 Clarendon Heights

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Sky Tram from Point Lobos

Looking south towards Fisherman's Rock and Cliff House. Seal Rocks at right

1960 Richmond

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Market & Duboce

Looking west from interior of bus to Twin Peaks; Safeway on right; blurry - camera movement

1962 Mint Hill

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Sky Tram

Looking north with Sutro Baths on right; Marin Headlands in distance.

1959 Richmond

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Lombard near Hyde

Looking North on crooked section; foreign car descending hill. Lady sweeping steps; blurry

1960 Russian Hill

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California near Montgomery

View west from center of California above Montgomery, probably from cable car, looking up Nob Hill to Old St. Mary's Church, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (later Ritz-Carlton), Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels. At right, Financial Center Building (1927), later Omni Hotel, with lower stories modernized with stone sheathing. Empty lot with pedestrian safety structure at 550 California, site of Occidental Life Insurance Co. Building, completed 1960. Uphill from construction side is Home Insurance Company Building (around this time, Fireman's Fund) completed 1951 and demolished in 1983. On left, at Kearny corner, construction or demolition is underway for the International Building (601 California).

1959 Financial District

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Merrie Way Parking Lot

Looking northwest from Sutro Heights. Point Lobos Avenue in foreground. Former right-of-way for #1 and #2 line streetcars visible at right as wide dirt path.

1967 Richmond