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Automotive Electricians at 1198 Hampshire Street, west side of block near 24th Street. These structures, which appear to be from the 19th Century; the peaked-roof structure perhaps a small stable with hay loft above, have been demolished. The building at right, 1196 Hampshire, built 1912, is still extant.
Mission
1218 Mariposa Street, north side, between Missouri and Texas Streets. Setback residence with detached garage at the front of the lot. A new home was built here in 2006, keeping the same setback configuration.
Potrero Hill
689 Florida Street just off 19th Street. This Stick-Eastlake style home was on the east side of the block. It has since been demolished and a new structure built, as has the building on the left. The building at right has been heavily altered.
Mission
685 Florida Street near 19th Street, on east side of block. The Paris Art Company manufactured floor and table lamps. This modest industrial structure, probably built in the late 19th Century, has since been demolished and a multiunit residence built in 2018.
Mission
129 Arkansas, between 17th and Mariposa and built in the back of the lot, was demolished for a larger building in 1964.
Potrero Hill
View west across Portrero Avenue. The Good Samaritan Community Center seen here was replaced by the Good Samaritan Family Resource Center, which occupies a new building at the same location. Bliss & Faville, Lewis Hobart architects.
Mission
Hormel Meats. View southeast next to the tracks of the one time tracks of the Ocean Shore Railroad just south of then Army Street. Railing of Evens Avenue bridge is visible at left.
Produce Market
2440 16th Street. Northeast corner of 16th and Florida. Light standards of Seals Stadium in the background. The Transfer Quick Lunch on 16th Street was one of many hash houses that were typically located in small storefronts or basements in rooming-house and industrial districts.
Mission
2014 Bryant Street near 18th Street. This small wood frame industrial building, built 1907, held the Wooden Box & Novelty Co., part of Korbel Box Co., in 1951. The Korbel Box Co., which manufactured cigar boxes, was founded by Francis Korbel and his brothers, immigrants from Prague, who went on to found Korbel Winery. The structures in this image have all been demolished and a six-story residential sturcture built.
Mission
This shingled Edwardian residence at 1261 10th Ave was replaced by a six-unit apartment building in 1973.
Sunset Inner
This small home at 1762 Great Highway, between Moraga and Noriega Streets, with small square bay window and Transite siding, was probably built as a beach cottage. It has been demolished.
Sunset Outer
View northwest toward 200 McAllister Street at Hyde Street, then the Bancroft-Whitney Company, law book publisher. Now the current site of UC College of the Law. At left is the Woodbridge Building, built 1907, and Hotel Glenburn, built 1926.
Civic Center
This small, set-back home at 627 Arguello Blvd, across from Rossi Playground, was replaced by apartment buildings in the 1970s, as were the adjacent houses.
Lone Mountain
Tower of the Sun at GGIE (Golden Gate International Exposition) from Court of the Seven Seas. on Treasure Island 1939-1940.
Treasure Island
Flower bed on California Avenue at GGIE (Golden Gate International Exposition). on Treasure Island, 1939-1940.
Treasure Island