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Florida & 20th
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Florida & 20th

777 Florida Street/2940 20th Street, on the northeast corner, is a three-story wood frame building, originally built for industrial use in 1902. It has a stucco facade streetside, shiplap behind. Originally the Hirschfelder & Meaney Trunk Factory, it sports a Mars Furnaces/ Pacific Gas Heating Co. sign in this image. Now converted to residential use.

Mission
Bryant near 15th
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Bryant near 15th

1634 Bryant Street between 15th and 16th Streets. Rainier Beer & Ale Warehouse No. 3, part of the Rainier Brewery operation.

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Bryant near 16th
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Bryant near 16th

1640 Bryant Street near 16th Street. Rainer Beer & Ale Warehouse No. 4. Part of the Rainier Brewery operation, with the brewery at 15th and Bryant Streets.

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Bryant & 15th
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Bryant & 15th

1600 Bryant Street at 15th Street. This reinforced concrete structure with subtle art deco styling, built 1929, was originally the American Laundry Machinery Company, next to Rainier Beer & Ale Warehouse No. 3. It now serves as a post office.

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Florida near 19th
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Florida near 19th

Small warehouse at 745 Florida between 18th and 19th Street. Demolished for housing.

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24th & Harrison
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24th & Harrison

2987 24th Street. Expert Haircutting and 24th Street Novelty Store, including a soda fountain, below residential apartments.

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Bryant near 19th
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Bryant near 19th

Symon Machine Works at 2122-2124 Bryant Street near 19th Street, on west side of block. Concrete-clad industrial building, built 1950, with decorative arched doorway and corrugated steel rollup door. American West Laundry at left.

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Bryant & 20th
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Bryant & 20th

View northwest across intersection to Pacific School Office Supply Building at 2182 Bryant Street, a 2-story timber-frame, unreinforced masonry industrial warehouse building, built circa 1902 (architect Clinton Day).

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9th Ave near Kirkham
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9th Ave near Kirkham

Built in 1906, this building at 1456 9th Ave is commercial below and residential above. In 1909, an advertisement in the San Francisco Call read: “$850 for 3 room bungalow: unobstructed marine view; terms if wanted. See it at 1456 9th ave. South.”

Sunset Inner
California near Sansome
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California near Sansome

North side of California between Sansome & Montgomery [North side Cal. St. from Sansome to Montgomery, S. F. 3722] View northwest across California to insurance and stock brokerages in row of buildings. Bank of California at right. London & San Francisco Bank building (constructed in 1874), 424 California at far left.

Financial District
California near Sansome
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California near Sansome

Elevated view northwest across intersection to north side of California street, from Sansome to Leidesdorff, Bank of California, Merchants Mutual Marine Insurance, Phoenix Insurance, etc. Caption on Houseworth stereoview version: "212. North Side of California Street from Sansom(Sic) Street Looking West."

Financial District
Montgomery & Sacramento
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Montgomery & Sacramento

Elevated view southeast across Montgomery toward Sacramento. Donohue, Kelly & Co. building on southeast corner. Variant of wnp71.1973. [F810 SS-141] [Sac-Montgy. St. SF 1866] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
California & Grant
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California & Grant

View southeast across California from Grant. St. Mary's Square at center, Hotel Lafayette and Helvetia Hotel at left. Commercial Union Assurance Building at 315 Montgomery in left background, Standard Oil Building at 225 Bush at center back, Alexander Building (155 Montgomery, completed 1921), Crown Hotel, MacDonough Building and Hobart Building at right. Sass & Son Contractors, 134 St. Anne Street (later removed).

Chinatown