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Contains 2392 photos

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Geary near Kearny

Elevated view east across Market with flags and bunting toward Annie Street. Clock on Chronicle Building at left at 10:00; Palace Hotel with electric sign atop and Schwabacher & Co. at Annie corner. Monadnock Building with signage for Union Pacific System, Canadian Pacific Railway, H. Bercovich cigars, Ground Gripper Shoes. Lotta's Fountain. Flannery Building at right with J. Edlin Merchant Tailor, Chas. H. Strub dentist signage, General Cigar Co. at street level, large billboard on roof. Muni A-line street car westbound on Geary, many streetcars on Market.

1920 Downtown / Union Square

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Market near New Montgomery

View northeast on Market toward New Montgomery. Crowded military parade with soldiers marching up Market. Palace Hotel at right, many streetcars lined up.

1918 Downtown / Union Square

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Alhambra Theater

Polk near Union. Alhambra Theatre at 2330 Polk Street under construction and nearly complete. It would open one month later on November 5, 1926.

1926 Polk Gulch

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Bay & Leavenworth

Elevated view of Cuneo Apartments under construction, view towards northeast.

1915 Russian Hill

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North Beach

View northwest from Telegraph Hill to Russian Hill, Columbus Ave., and Bay; before earthquake

1900 Telegraph Hill

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Centennial, clipper ship

Full-rigged sailing ship, moored at a pier along the waterfront.

1900

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Market & Steuart

Looking east from Market; streetcars lined up; K-Line streetcar #83 in front. Pedestrian overpass to Ferry Building in background left.

1925 Financial District

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Market & California

California & Market looking east to Southern Pacific and Ferry Bldgs, sidewalk crowded with people walking west.

1925 Financial District

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Ferry Building

Looking east on Market; Ferry Building decorated for Shriners Convention

1922 Financial District

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Powell near Embarcadero

Powell Street near Embarcadero. Man dodging streetcar. Part of safety series Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcar southbound on Powell.

1930 Fishermans Wharf

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Mission & 16th

View north on Mission to very busy street scene. Anglo-California Trust Co. Bank on northwest corner at left. Buildings on northeast and southwest corners later demolished for BART station. El Camino Real Mission Bell at right behind telephone pole. Great Western Power Co. truck at far right. Owl Drug Co. Birdcage traffic signal.

1926 Mission

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Mission near 20th

Elevated view looking north on Mission Street. City Hall in right background.

1923 Mission

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New Montgomery near Mission

Looking north to Market street; Hobart Building, Palace Hotel

1923 South of Market

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Harrison near Vassar Place

View east on Harrison to excavation of portion of Rincon Hill that obstructed the street right of way. A. Fleishhacker and Co. "The Paper Box House" at southeast corner of 2nd and Harrison. At right, 400 2nd St., commercial building with water tank on roof, built 1917. Still stands 2021, though facade has been modernized. [Rincon Hill Job]

1930 South of Market

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Mission near 4th

Miniature Golf Course on Mission Street between 4th and 5th Streets. Keystone Garage at 843 Mission in background.

1925 South of Market