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View north from Rincon Hill to Nob Hill, Russian Hill and Telegraph Hill in distance. St. Francis of Assisi Church on horizon right. Masonic Temple before addition of tower. Jobson's Observatory (1861-1869) on Russian Hill. Horsecar tracks on Folsom.
Rincon Hill
[TEH13 Market St. in 1865 T. E. Hecht] Elevated view over Market St., looking southwest from Montgomery to future site of Palace Hotel. Wood plank sidewalks, dirt street. McFadden's Block building. Lawrence & Houseworth No. '362 South side of Market Street, above Montgomery. Same image as wnp71.1943, different cropping.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view east to Yerba Buena Island. Zech's Piano Factory, National Flouring Mills, sailing ships in distance. Muddy street and board sidewalks. [TEH12 Down Market St. in 1865 T. E. Hecht] See wnp37.02089.
Financial District
View East from Reservoir Hill (now Mint Hill), Market & Buchanan, Vicinity Market & Valencia. Woolen Mills in distance. Sand hills. San Francisco and San Mateo train tracks. [TEH377 Mission in 1865 V-48][T. E. Hecht Mission in 1865] [TEH377]
Mint Hill
[East from Powell and Cala.] Yerba Buena Island in distance. Sailing ships in bay. US Custom house.
Nob Hill
[North from Rincon Hill TEH69] View northeast past Selby Shot Tower. Telegraph Hill and Angel Island in distance. Houses on north side of 500 Block of Folsom. Same image as wnp71.0512 with different cropping.
Rincon Hill
Elevated view north on Powell to Nob Hill.Temple Emanu-El on right. Wine & liquor store, Tin, Copper & Sheet Iron Manufacturer lower right. Same image as Houseworth stereoview 504 Powell Street from the Lincoln Schoolhouse'. [TEH856 T. E. Hecht SS-156, Powell St. in 1865 & Market]
Downtown / Union Square
View northeast over city. Protestant orphanage on left. Market street at far right.
Mint Hill
[TEH182 T. E. Hecht Woodward's Gardens 1865] View north across animal pens. Boy with camel, Pavilion on hill.
Mission
[Portsmouth Square. 1871. 108 PS-13 Helios] Children and gardener in Portsmouth Square, view northeast toward Washington & Kearny. Right frame from Muybridge 390 Stereoview card.
Chinatown
View north on Kearny to busy street scene. A Penny Arcade is in what was formerly the entry to the Bella Union Theater at left. At this time, Peter Bacigalupi, a pioneer in bringing moving pictures to San Francisco in 1894, ran this and another Penny Arcade. Also, Pioneer Tom & Jerry Saloon, Saloon with Wunder Beer sign, rooming houses, laundry wagon, restaurants, streetcars and bars. California Hotel in distance at Columbus (then Montgomery Ave.) corner. Telegraph Hill in the distance. [TEH498 Kearny St North of Washington. Aug 1905] (AS)
Chinatown
Elevated view southwest across busy Market Street to Bancroft's History Building (with Morley's Billiards, Ayres' Business College, Butler-Schutze Co., D.C. Hager Tailor and McDermott Sandblast hanging platform), Spreckels Market, Dr. Holsman, Stanford Studio photographer, Goldstein & Co. theatrical supplies 733 Market, Montgomery Market, Sanborn Vail, Boston Dental College, Shreve & Barber guns & cutlery, Midway Theatre. In distance old 1887 Flood Building at 4th St. corner, Emporium. [TEH500 South side Market St between 3rd & 4th. Aug 1905]
Downtown / Union Square
[TEH497 View from Mill's [Sic] Bldg. T. E. Hecht] Elevated view west from Mills Building, Bush & Sansome, of blocks between California and Sutter. Temple Emanu-El. California Theatre and Hotel (1889). Mark Hopkins, Stanford Mansions, Grace Church, Old St. Mary's Cathedral.
Financial District
[TEH504 N.W. cor Jackson & Battery Feb-8-1906 T. E. Hecht] View of run down sheetmetal shops, Lawson Bros. Cooperage. Dogs on streetcorner, barrels in front of dilapidated buildings.
North Beach
View northwest across Market to Meyer Bros., Pompeian Saloon, The Helbing Hat Co. Kalamazoo Corset Co. Same image as wnp71.1879. [TEH507 Battery & Market June 3-1905 T. E. Hecht]
Financial District