Construction

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McLaren Park
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McLaren Park

CWA Shack With Foreman. Four men pose in front of building with 'CWA McLaren Park Project' sign. CWA (Civil Works Administration) was established by executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in November, 1933.

McLaren Park
McLaren Park
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McLaren Park

CWA men constructing Persia Avenue in McLaren Park

McLaren Park
McLaren Park
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McLaren Park

CWA construction of Brazil Avenue on 'cut' at top of hill, McLaren Park

McLaren Park
McLaren Park
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McLaren Park

Grading Mansell Avenue. Utitity lines on poles installed, structures at top of road.

McLaren Park
McLaren Park
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McLaren Park

View along Sunnydale Avenue. Tree Planting

McLaren Park
McLaren Park
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McLaren Park

View South across Sunnydale Avenue, now the site of McLaren Park Golf Course. Tree Planting

McLaren Park
McLaren Park
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McLaren Park

300 block of La Grande Avenue. View west to men working on the future site of City Arts and Technology High School.

Excelsior
View From Lyon near Broadway
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View From Lyon near Broadway

View from Lyon Street near Broadway showing the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE),Tower of Jewels under construction. House in foreground at Lyon & Vallejo Sts. is 2990 Vallejo (extant 2020,built 1914, Walter Bliss Residence, Architects Bliss & Faville) To its right, 2980 Vallejo, Edgar Mathews Residence, extant 2020, built 1908 Edgar Mathews, Architect.

Presidio
View From Lyon & Vallejo
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View From Lyon & Vallejo

Elevated view northeast toward Panama-Pacific International Exposition under construction, Alcatraz, Angel Island. House in left foreground at Lyon & Vallejo Sts. is 2990 Vallejo (extant 2020,built 1914, Walter Bliss Residence, Architects Bliss & Faville). To its right, 2980 Vallejo, Edgar Mathews Residence, extant 2020, built 1908 Edgar Mathews, Architect.

Presidio
PPIE
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PPIE

Panama-Pacific International Exposition, The Palace of Horticulture and Mermaid fountain, designed by Arthur Putnam, seen from an empty South Gardens reflecting pool during construction of the 1915 World's Fair.

Marina
Call Building
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Call Building

View southwest to Spreckels Call Building under construction. Edward H. Kemp Old San Francisco, our first tall building. Poster for 'Jack and the Beanstalk' at the Tivoli Opera House.

Downtown
Post Near Grant
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Post Near Grant

Elevated view southeast to Downtown Reconstruction,Chronicle Bldg. and Annex, Monadnock Bldg, Flannery Building under construction, Mutual Savings Bank and Call Bldg. McIntosh stereopticon co. Chicago /No. 2107.70 Pacific Coast States

Downtown / Union Square
Bay Bridge
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Bay Bridge

Under construction - SF Oakland Bay Bridge; taken from Near Pier 24. SFFD fireboat 'Scannel' or 'Sullivan' at left

South of Market
Near Pier 24
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Near Pier 24

View from Embarcadero of SF Bay Bridge under construction

Waterfront
1526 Masonic
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1526 Masonic

View east to house under construction at 1526 Masonic Ave near Piedmont St., Collection [A]

Haight Ashbury