Bush & Larkin
View southwest across intersection to three story brick building on corner, Pacific Telephone's Graystone central office building, designed to harmonize with apartment house district, opening in May, 1924.
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Otis near Duboce
View north towards proposed Pacific Telephone Co. site, Wayne Lumber & Millwork sign on front of building. At left, 150 Otis, built 1916 as Juvenile Detention Home, and later converted to Veterans housing. (SF Landmark # 248). Pacific Telephone Market exchange building in distance right at Otis & Gough.
South of Market
Unknown Location
Possibly along Bayshore lots, power lines strung along road with wire spools at bases
San Pablo
View northwest along San Pablo Avenue (then Alvarado) near Church Lane. Men stringing telephone cables along rows of telephone poles on right, shops at left, unpaved street. Building second from left is the William F. Belding store. See also wnp26.1803, wnp26.1907.
Outside SF
Capp near 25th
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company's Mission Exchange, 1045 Capp Street, between 25th and 26th. The photo was taken some time between 1908 (when the building was built) and 1912 (when a fourth story was added). (WMK) [309]
Mission
Capp near 25th
View west to work on Pacific Telephone Co. building Mission Exchange, 1045 Capp Street, between 25th and 26th, under construction. Houses on north side of Capp in background, 3 extant 2018.[Steel work from Western Iron Works] on beams [257?] (see also wnp26.1710 wnp26.1711)
Mission
Capp near 25th
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company's Mission Exchange, 1045 Capp Street, between 25th and 26th, under construction, men working on front. It was built in 1908. The Victorian flats at far right still stand, albeit much altered. (WMK) (see also as wnp26.1722, wnp26.1721,wnp26.wnp26.1711,wnp26.1710) [282]
Mission
Bush near Montgomery
View northeast across Bush to row of fire-gutted buildings on north side of street with rubble in foreground filling the street. Main operating building of Pacific States Telephone Co. at 216 Bush destroyed. Handwritten: [Mills Building, First National Bank Bldg.] [216 - Bush St. Office - After Fire][204]
Financial District
Scott & Oak
View northwest across intersection to corrugated metal and wood temporary buildings, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. Executive offices in background. Executive offices were there from June, 1906 until August, 1907. [050]
Lower Haight
McAllister near Fillmore
Elevated view north across McAllister to Davis Theatre, 1234 McAllister Street, Opened in June, 1906, ordered closed for fire safety violations in December, 1907. Davis Oyster & Chop House, cafe. Two men pose in front, and another in a buggy on the street. Posters advertise comedian Jack Golden, who opened on September 9, 1907. It was run by San Francisco Supervisor Sam Davis, who may be one of the posing men. [72]
Alamo Square
Haight & Steiner
View E on Haight St, Di Nola Pharmacy at left
Lower Haight
Geary near 38th Ave
Group of workers raising telephone poles. View west, homes on 38th Avenue in background. 467 38th Avenue at center.
Richmond Outer
Civic Center Plaza
Group of eight men in Civic Center Plaza, City Hall in background. Welcome Home Victory Monument. [No. 3875 loudspeaking equipment Democratic Convention 1920 Group A.T.&T. Co., W.E. Co. Engineers & Installers... 6-26-20]
Civic Center
Huron & Sickles
Southwest corner of Huron and Sickles, building still stands in modified form (2020). Men installing telephone lines at Verdi Grocery, Pacific Telephone Co. horse cart in front of shop.
Outer Mission
Illinois near 20th
View southeast from approximately Illinois near 20th Street toward Potrero Power Plant site. Industrial buildings, railroad tracks and hand carts at left.
Dogpatch