5th near Geary
View east to construction of Pacific Telephone Co. building, rear of 4th Ave residences in background
Richmond InnerCopy Negative
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2139 Mission
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Mission & Sycamore. View east to fire-destroyed Pacific Telephone Co. building. "Drunken Houses" on S. Van Ness Ave. in background left. Steeple of St Charles Borromeo Church and Potrero Hill in Distance. [Mission office - after fire 2139 Mission St]
Mission
5th near Geary
450 5th Ave, Pacific Telephone Co. Pacific Bayview Central Office buildings. Cropped from wnp26.1893
Richmond Inner
Transcontinental Phone Call
First public test of the transcontinental telephone line, as seen at the San Francisco end at Pacific Telephone's building at 333 Grant Ave., shortly before the opening of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. In New York, Alexander Graham Bell and others spoke with Mayor James Rolph and other dignitaries in San Francisco, including Thomas A. Watson, who was the recipient of Bell's first words over the telephone in 1876. Bell began the call by repeating those words "Mr. Watson, are you there?" Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Grant near Bush
[New Pac T.&T. Co Office - 333 Grant Ave Formerly Home Tel. Bldg. S.F.]Elevated view west across Grant to Pacific Telephone office, San Francisco Historic Landmark number 141, designed by Coxhead and Coxhead in 1908.
Downtown / Union Square
Grant near Bush
Elevated view northwest to 333 Grant Ave., Home Telephone Co. building, San Francisco Historic Landmark number 141, designed by Coxhead and Coxhead in 1908, before acquisition by Pacific Telephone.
Downtown / Union Square
Capp near 25th
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company's Mission Exchange at 1045 Capp Street, between 25th and 26th. (built 1908). It is shown after a fourth story was added in 1912 and a north addition was added in 1924. (WMK)
Mission
Post & Grant
Elevated view northwest from rooftop to Shreve Building on corner. Hammond Building to left.
Downtown / Union Square
Page near Scott
871 Page between Scott and Pierce. Built as Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Park Telephone Exchange building in 1900 in an Egyptian style. [142]
Lower Haight
Capp near 25th
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company's Mission Exchange, 1045 Capp Street, between 25th and 26th, under construction. Horse and mules team tied up in Pacific Telephone Co. building construction site.
Mission
Capp near 25th
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company's Mission Exchange, 1045 Capp Street, between 25th and 26th, under construction. Telephone Company, Construction site with steel beams rising from ground, on beams: [Built by Western Iron Works][244?] (see also wnp26.1710 wnp26.1722)
Mission
Otis & McCoppin
View southwest across intersection to proposed Pacific Telephone Co. building site. At left, 150 Otis, built 1916 as Juvenile Detention Home, later converted to Veterans housing. Bekins Storage facility beyond. (SF Landmark # 248).[New Market Office Site 5-17-27]
South of Market
Scott near Oak
View northwest across Scott Street to Pacific Telephone & Telegraph temporary office building with 3 cars and drivers parked in front. Executive offices were there from June, 1906 until August, 1907. [S.F. - Executive Office - Fell & Scott Streets]
Alamo Square
Otis & Gough
Pacific Telephone Co. building, brick facade on one side [S.F. Market Office- Exterior]
South of Market
Otis & Gough
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast across Otis toward Pacific Telephone Co. building damaged by earthquake and fire, City Hall dome in background. The building was repaired and still stands in 2021.
South of Market