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View west on Eddy [Looking West on Ellis St.(Sic) from Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, Cal. 85] to Relocated businesses after 1906 earthquake; Tait's Cafe in former Wallace residence; Newmark Cigars; carriages; autos; streetcar
Tenderloin
[Hayes St. Looking West from Octavia St. San Francisco, Cal.] Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church visible at corner of Buchanan; grocer and Dr. Cummings at corner; streetcar track work
Hayes Valley
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Another view of Palace Hotel S. F.] view on New Montgomery to Market; man standing amid rubble in front of gutted Palace Hotel
South of Market
[Postal Photo Co. 2258 Fillmore] view of 1850-1932 Golden Gate Avenue homes and flats. All four buildings still exist, house on right was raised to add a garage.
Western Addition
Looking northwest. Homes on Green Street at Jones, bottom of picture. The horse and wagon are at Union and Leavenworth. The flat structure top center is the Spring Valley Reservoir between Lombard and Greenwich and Hyde. To avoid confusion, the existing Octagon House is half a block west near Leavenworth. The octagon house showing at the bottom of the picture was replaced by another structure that survived 1906 and was torn down in 1950 to be replaced by a concrete apartment house.
Russian Hill
View southeast from Playland Loop at foot of Cabrillo St. Crowds of people in front of Fun House and merry-go-round. Big Dipper Rollercoaster in background.
Richmond Outer
View northwest from Fulton toward La Playa. Playland's (then Chutes at the Beach) Big Dipper Roller Coaster and Market Street Railway (MSRy) 5-Line streetcar.
Golden Gate Park
Elevated view south on 2nd Street toward Rincon Hill prior to 2nd Street Cut. [TEH22 T.E. Hecht] [SS-167](inscribed date is incorrect)
Financial District
Elevated view west up Post from south side of Market to Montgomery & Post. Mechanics Institute (built 1866) on south side of Post, Masonic Temple at right (with tower completed 1868), Trinity Church (built 1867) at Powell and Post in the distance, Grand Hotel under construction in foreground. [TEH14 T.E. Hecht Market & Post Sts. in 1868] Version of image wnp37.03454 with different side, bottom cropping.
Financial District
Elevated view northwest to Flannery Building, with signage for Larrabee's stationery store, W.M. Monahan Real Estate. Haskell's Tea Store at left, with Calvary Presbyterian Church in distance behind. Temple Emanu-El at right. Same image as wnp24.218a with different cropping.
Downtown / Union Square
[TEH40 T.E. Hecht View from Nucleus Bldg 1867 V-104] Elevated view north from the Nucleus Hotel at southeast corner of Third and Market. Kearny St lower center. The entrance to St. Mark's Place (renamed Morton Street in 1869) is visible just off Kearny Street. The date of this photograph, 1867, was just two years before brothels started colonizing this residential alley. Old St Mary's Church, Grace Church in background. St. Francis of Assisi church in distance right. wnp37.00682 is a cropped version of this image.
South of Market
View East to Telegraph Hill. Washington Square at left, Stulz Bros. grocers, Union and Columbus (then Montgomery Ave.). St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. Original Ss. Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Church above at Grant and Filbert. Lafayette Primary School further up hill at Kearny and Filbert. Stulz Bros. Grocers. [TEH549 Telegraph Hill April 6, 1906. Green and Taylor Sts. T. E. Hecht]
Russian Hill
Elevated view easterly toward Market and 3rd Street. Grand Hotel, Palace Hotel, Hearst Building, Call Building, Call Building Annex. Carriages, cable car, pedestrians in street. Crowd gathered at right, probably watching Kamm Building construction. [TEH563][Market St. March 23, 1905 T. E. Hecht]
Downtown / Union Square
[TEH589 T. E. Hecht Kearny St. 1903] Elevated view south on Kearny towards Call Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building, The White House at Post St. corner. Streetcars, pedestrians and wagons in the street. Richelieu Restaurant and Rafaels in background.
Downtown / Union Square
[TEH182 T. E. Hecht Woodward's Gardens 1865] View north across animal pens. Boy with camel, Pavilion on hill.
Mission