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View north on Montgomery to buildings on east side. Tour Eiffel Hotel and French restaurant (802 Montgomery) in a building built as a branch bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. in San Francisco in 1854. It exists in 2024 minus its upper story, as California Historical Landmark 453 and San Francisco Landmark 26. Old Pioneer Hall is just beyond. Italian and French businesses. [TEH484 Mont. & Jackson sts. Mar 31, 1906 T. E. Hecht]
North Beach
[TEH490 Old Post Office Washington & Battery 1903 T. E. Hecht] View northwest across intersection to Post Office and Custom House. Appraisers Building in background. Cobblestone streets.
North Beach
View southwest across the intersection of Battery and Jackson to the U.S. Customs house with Appraiser's Building in the background. The streets are paved with stone and horsecar tracks lead up Jackson Street. [TEH491 Custom House, Battery & Jackson sts. 1903 T. E. Hecht]
North Beach
[TEH495 Cal St. West of Sansome T. E. Hecht] View west from center of street to Nob Hill, California Street cable car, Fireman's Fund Insurance Building with added Mansard roof and 4th story, Hayward's Building and 3rd Merchant's Exchange building on left at Leidesdorff corner, Bank of California on right, Kohl Building beyond. Grace Church, Fairmont Hotel in distance.
Financial District
[TEH515 Market st. below Montgromery Oct. 3, 1905. T. E. Hecht] Elevated view northeast across busy Market Street from Palace Hotel to Union Trust (later Wells Fargo) Building (demolished 1967) and original Hobart Building with Postal Telegraph Co. office. Grand Hotel at far right.
South of Market
View west from near future site of Sutro Baths towards a steamship approaching San Francisco. [1640 Inward bound steamer, from the Cliff House]
Sutro Heights
[4436 San Francisco, from the Ferry, Cal.] View north to Telegraph Hill from orignal Ferry Building. Omnibus Railway Co. horsecar for Woodward's Gardens.
Financial District
[365- St. Ignatius Church, Market St.] Located on south side of Market St between 4th and 5th Streets. Second building on site, built of brick. Horse car line in street. Present location of Emporium Building. (Different cropping of wnp37.01788)
South of Market
[Sansome street from California- looking North 1381] Elevated view North to Telegraph Hill. Horsecar tracks, wagons, giant pitcher on top of a crockery store. Same image as Watkins stereograph 1381 'Sansome Street from California, looking North', with different cropping. Edges of Bank of California (left) and Friedlander Building (right).
Financial District
[San Francisco, from Dolores and 20th sts. 2374] View northwest across Mission from today's Dolores Park. Cemetery, agricultural fields, houses in foreground. Same as Watkins Stereoview 2374
Mission Dolores
Elevated view north across Market up Kearny to Telegraph Hill, Haskell's tea store on Market. William Monahan Real Estate and Larrabee's Book & Stationery store. Horsecar tracks. Large Dr. Libbey dentist sign with portrait on roof on building at northwest corner of Geary & Kearny. Same image as wnp71.1936 with different cropping. [TEH378 SS-74 Market & Kearny Sts. 1865 T. E. Hecht]
South of Market
Elevated view northeast across Embarcadero to Cable Cars, Horse Cars and Stage Coaches at the original Ferry Building [TEH393 S.F. Ferry landing 1889 T.E. Hecht] Turntable at end of Market St. Cable Railway Co. line.
Financial District
Elevated view east across Portsmouth Square, Plaza Intelligence Office, Stage Office with stagecoach outside at left, Young's clothing store, carriages, ships. [TEH405 Former Post Office the Rally of the Law & Order Party. George Fardon 1856 T.E. Hecht] (Published in 1856, G.R. Fardon's San Francisco Album).
Chinatown
[TEH409 Mills & Vantine Wines & Liquors, Fort Vigilance 1856, BU-36, 4073] Also called Fort Gunnybags, south side of Sacramento St. between Front and Davis. . Headquarters of vigilantes. Bell and guards on top of building. Where Casey and Cora were hanged. Brown & Crowell. (Published in 1856, G.R. Fardon's San Francisco Album) (T.E. Hecht copy)
Financial District
View southwest from Cliff Road (now Point Lobos Ave) downhill towards 1st Cliff House. [266 T.E. Hecht.]
Sutro Heights