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Two story Italianate; woman on porch; man at gate (Lawrence & Houseworth)
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Contains 6604 photos
Millbrae, CA
Men standing underneath a steam-engine-powered airship balloon built by newspaper editor Frederick H. Marriott. The 'Avitor Hermes, Jr.' was 37 feet long and tested on a tether at Marriott's Avitor Works adjacent to Shell Mound Lake. [318. The Aerial Steam Navigation Co.'s Steamer Avitor]
Outside SF
Greenwich Street Wharf
Sidewheel Honolulu steamboat Ajax; three other ships and Yerba Buena Island in background. [322. Steamer Ajax, Greenwich street Wharf.]
California & Sansome
Elevated view northeast [349. Friedlander's building. North east corner of California and Sansome streets, San Francisco.]
Financial District
Montgomery & Sacramento
Elevated view northwest to 501 to 513 Montgomery Street, from Sacramento St. to Commercial St. The corner building, #501-507, was built in 1861-1862 for John Parrott, a well-known developer. (WMK) Hartford Fire Insurance Co., Home Insurance Co.; watches and diamonds store.
Financial District
Montgomery near Pine
Elevated view northwest across Montgomery to Odd Fellows Hall (4 story building at center). Intersection with California St. at far right. Selleck Photographic Gallery (415 Montgomery) at far right, beyond Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams). At left B.F. Mead & Co. hatters 309 Montgomery, M. Howard Hair Restored 315 Montgomery. [111. West side of Montgomery street, from Pine to California street Odd Fellows' Hall.]
Financial District
Sacramento & Leidesdorff
Elevated view northwest from What Cheer House balcony to north side of Sacramento, Alta California newspaper office, William Higgins Druggist, and Marine Insurance, Hartford Insurance Co., Home Insurance Co. Lights of What Cheer House at lower left. [116. Sacramento Street, West from Montgomery St., San Francisco.]
Chinatown
Sansome & Pine
Elevated view southeast. At left, John Wright & Co. Pick Manufacturers, 13-15 Fremont St., foundries; Rincon Hill and Sailors' Hospital in background.
Financial District
Palace Hotel
[187. Upper Court, Palace Hotel.] Skylight, statues, ferns, spittoons.
South of Market
California & Sansome
[210. Bank of California, N.W. corner of California and Sansome streets.] Elevated view northwest across intersection. Merchants Mutual Marine Insurance Company at left.
Financial District
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
California near Leidesdorff
Elevated view southwest across California St. to second Merchants Exchange Building (1866). Building at right (with signage for Alameda Real Estate Co, Bowen Brothers Grocery) was demolished in 1874 for construction of the Safe Deposit Building. Building at left is Hayward's Building, with signage for Amador Mining Co. Merchants Exchange signage for California Mutual Life, Aetna. Similar, with some different cropping, as right frame of Houseworth stereoview 109: 'Merchants' Exchange Building, South side of California street, btwn. Leidesdorff and Montgomery sts.'
Financial District
View of Lick House
View southwest from Cosmopolitan Hotel. Lick House at corner of Sutter & Montgomery center, Masonic Temple before addition of towers at left, Starr King Church in center distance. [179. San Francisco -From the Cosmopolitan Hotel, Looking South-West. Masonic Temple. Lick House.]
Financial District
Sansome & Bush
[181. Entrance to Cosmopolitan Hotel, corner Sansome and Bush streets.] Desmond's Hat Store.
Financial District
Market & New Montgomery
[182. The Grand Hotel - cor. Of Market and New Montgomery streets.] Elevated view southeast across Market toward intersection of Market and New Montgomery Street.
Downtown / Union Square