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View northwest across Van Ness & O'Farrell intersection to St. Mary's Cathedral, construction of Delbert Block (Arthur A. Lamb architect, demolished 1910) at left. Crowd of well dressed people in front of church. Delbert Block construction also pictured in wnp102.0024.
Cathedral Hill
View north on 6th Street toward Market. David Hewes Building (Reid Bros. architects, opened 1909, stands 2021 with 1960's exterior) under construction. Hale Bros. Department Store annex, reduced in height and restored. Mayflower Cafe, Grand Hotel.
South of Market
Rebuilding the Palace Hotel, view north showing clearing of debris from site. Additional stories being added to Chronicle Building. Monadnock Building at left, Crocker Building at right.
South of Market
Mason between Sutter & Post. Volunteer Fire Department No. 4, Eureka Hose Company, crowd posing, [SC43 ]
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view across intersection to fire at Hayes and Lyon, northeast corner. [news photo]
Panhandle
View from Center of Market at Fremont, track repair. Ferry Building in distance. At left, Oceanic Building, 2 Pine Street (Originally Tillman & Bendel Building. George A. Applegarth architect, 1908, 3 stories added 1918), Boyd Block with Snider Catsup sign, Bourn (earlier Sherwood) Building, Hansford Building 268 Market (1908), Glenwood Building and Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop (1909, demolished 1966). At right, PG&E, Matson and Southern Pacific Buildings, original 365 Club at far right. [17256-25]
Financial District
View west on California with Bank of California building at center. Old St. Mary's Church, Fairmont Hotel up hill. Merchant's Exchange Building at background left, Kohl Building, London & San Francisco Bank Building at right. Gigs, horses, wagons and rebuilding underway. Alaska Commercial Building (1907, Meyers and Ward, Architects)almost complete at right. On left, Mutual Life Insurance of New York and Fireman's Fund Insurance Buildings, each reduced to two stories after earthquake and fire.
Financial District
View east on California to fire being fought in distance, hoses in street. California Packing, 101 California on right aka Calpac, now Del Monte Foods. Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building, Southern Pacific Building in distance. Standard service station at left.
Financial District
Photo postcard view east from middle of street to Call Building, Humboldt Bank Building. Phelan Building and Pacific Building at left and right. Two streetcars. [330 - Market St. near Fourth St., San Francisco, CA; Weidner Photo, S. F.]
Downtown / Union Square
[8-13-34 Pier 5 2-981] View east to Ferryboat Santa Clara passing Yerba Buena Island on left. US Navy airship U.S.S. Macon (ZRS-5) above. The ship was commissioned in June, 1933 and arrived at Naval Air Station Sunnyvale (now Moffett Field) in October, 1933. It was destroyed in a crash off Point Sur, California in February, 1935.
SF Bay
Elevated view southeast to south side of California. Hayward's Building at center, the second Merchants' Exchange Building, Safe Deposit Building under construction at right. August Weihe, stock broker, Mahogany Gold & Silver Mining Co. in Express Building at left [From Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery, Portrait and Landscape, 26 Montgomery Street, opp. Lick House entrance]
Financial District
View southwest across Market to south side of street. Muni K-Ingleside line #1035. Embassy Health Club, Balboa Building, Santa Fe / West Coast Life Building, Metropolis Bank Builidng, Palace Hotel in background.
Financial District
Liebes Building (I. Magnin Building) under construction on southeast corner. Mutual Savings Bank Building in background left.
Downtown / Union Square
View east on California toward Taylor. Street being repaved. Flood Mansion (Pacific Union Club) and Fairmont Hotel at left. Cropped version of wnp36.03618, dpwbook41 dpwA936.
Nob Hill
Elevated view north to 430-444 Bush St construction site for new main office for Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. St. Anne Street running through the site in the process of being removed. Grand View Tea Garden with large electric sign on roof, Quincy Apartments in background left. Tower of Old St. Mary's Cathedral in distance center.
Downtown / Union Square