Polk near Filbert
View north on Polk from Filbert, Men working on trench line with telephone conduit at bottom, streetcar in distance, bare hillside on right. See wnp26.1846. (Pacific Telephone Inventory)
Russian HillConstruction
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Jackson & Webster
View west on Jackson to Pacific Heights School on right, Calvary Presbyterian Church in distance on right. [#1598 - Aerial Wire - Jackson & Webster 4/1/14]
Pacific Heights
Unknown Location
Trench work view to steeple on hilltop in distance, possibly Mint Hill or Russian Hill
Minna Near New Montgomery
141 Minna Street, just west of New Montgomery St. It was built in 1901 as Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph's instrument factory and warehouse. A five-story showroom and factory was located right behind it at 147-151 Minna. A four-story HQ office fronting on New Montgomery was completed just in time to be destroyed in 1906. (WMK) [61]
South of Market
Page near Scott
871 Page between Scott and Pierce under construction with long wooden support beams leaning against building. Built as Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Park Telephone Exchange building in 1900. Egyptian style building [206]
Lower Haight
Beale & Mission
View east on Mission to street work in progress with sign 'Growing with San Francisco Means More Telephones.' Large rooftop sign in distance for Lipton's Tea Coffee Cocoa, Wm. Cluff Co. (southwest corner of Mission & Spear), Wihr Printing Co., Horsford Bros. Co. pullies and belting 235 Mission, E.C. Atkins & Co. saw manufacturers 257 Mission. In distance center, California State Agricultural Building, Audiffred Building. Horse drawn dray wagons at right. [Commercial Advertising Display, Typical Plant Operations]
Financial District
Mission Viaduct
View south on Mission from near Trumbull, Lineman working on splicing cable on telephone pole, watched by co-worker. (Pacific Telephone Inventory)
Mission Terrace
Leavenworth & Sutter
View north on Leavenworth across Sutter. Pacific Telephone crew digging a trench for underground conduit and tunneling under streetcar tracks. Posters indicate probable 1913, Swiss Societies picnic, Sonoma and Marin District Fair.
Lower Nob Hill
Broderick & Pacific
View south past street work by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Pacific Heights
Unknown Location
Dirt street with streetcar tracks, street work in progress, line of private homes with landscaping. Not San Francisco.
Sussex near Diamond
View Northwest on Sussex between Diamond and Castro, 47 Sussex at left. Pacific Telephone workers putting up telephone lines. (crop of wnp26.1895)
Glen Park
Geary near 33rd Ave
View east on Geary near 33rd Avenue. Two linemen working on telephone pole, sand dunes in background. (Pacific Telephone Inventory)
Richmond Outer
5th near Geary
Elevated view east to 446 5th Ave (Pacific Telephone, Pacific Central Office Annex) under construction. Columbarium, Lone Mountain in distance. [San Francisco, Calif., Pacific Office, Addition Progress, 5-11-22]
Richmond Inner
5th near Geary
446 5th Ave (Pacific Telephone, Pacific Central Office annex) under construction. House at 442 at left, Lone Mountain in distance. [San Francisco, Calif., Pacific Office Progress Gen View, 6-7-22]
Richmond Inner
5th near Geary
Elevated view east to construction of annex to 450 5th Avenue Pacific Telephone Pacific Central Office building. Columbarium, Lone Mountain in distance. Crop of wnp26.1824.
Richmond Inner