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View south above Portola Drive towards not yet open J. McAteer High School (later home to Ruth Asawa School of the Arts and Academy High School.) Glen Canyon, Miraloma Park and Glen Park. Bayview Hill, McLaren Park, La Grande Water Tank in distance.
Diamond Heights
View east above Gough, War Memorial Building and Opera House, City Hall, Central Freeway, State Office Building, USO Hospitality House (used for City offices before its demolition), Fox Plaza.
Civic Center
Elevated view west on Market from 1st Street, Hobart Building remains at right, morning rush hour traffic, 8:49 AM. Hooker & Lent Building at southwest corner of 1st and Market at left, Underwood Building 525 Market. Edge of Mechanics Monument at right.
Financial District
View southeast to woman posing on rooftop on Kearny St between Washington and Jackson Streets. Old Hall of Justice, County Jail and Old Federal Reserve Bank in background
Chinatown
View north to two Chinese woman posing with Sanborn Building (640 California) in background.
Chinatown
View northeast to two women posing with Helvetia Hotel (641 California) in background. Stauffer Chemical Co. building (624 California)in background left. (The women appear to be wearing stylish 1942 coats over traditional Chinese garb.)
Chinatown
World War II temporary military barracks; marines and sailors feeding pigeons; City Hall
Civic Center
1906 Earthquake and Fire, North side of O'Farrell between Powell and Stockton. Towers of Temple Emanue-El visible through window openings at center.
Downtown / Union Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Dynamiting the Examiner Building] View south to Palace Hotel at left, Chronicle, Call and Mutual Savings Bank Buildings at right.
Downtown / Union Square
View northwest to man posed in front of earthquake damaged east facade of Memorial Museum on Music Concourse Originally constructed as the Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair, it was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum. Original sphinx, Dore Vase at entrance. [Museum, G.G. Park]
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park. Damaged west wall of Memorial Museum on Music Concourse. Originally constructed as the Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair, it was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum. Building at left was originally the Royal Bavarian Pavilion at the 1894 Fair. It was converted into an annex to the Memorial Museum. [Museum, G.G. Park}
Golden Gate Park
View northeast 1906 Earthquake and Fire, to ruins of Iroquois Hotel on Ellis St. and empty lots. Adams Hotel, Leavenworth & Ellis, at right.
Tenderloin
Postcard view, Affiliated Colleges, [reverse - just waiting to leave for L.A. May Cain is here with me, spent my time with her. .. Mailed to Mrs. George Brittain, Sebastopol][1073 Affiliated Colleges, San Francisco, Cal. A.I.P.]
Parnassus Heights
A snapshot view from Ferry in SF Bay, Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE)
SF Bay
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Fountain of Energy
Marina