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Contains 1072 photos

Bay & Kearny
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Bay & Kearny

Plaque for North Point Sewage Treatment Plant. Constructed 1949-1951, Ambrose & Spencer architects. [Bay Street, Northpoint Sewer Treatment Plant. Built in 1951, now called the North Point Wet-Weather Facility. (Water Pollution Control Plant, North Shore Pump Station)]

Fishermans Wharf
Redwood City
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Redwood City

1906 earthquake and fire. Courthouse damaged by 1906 earthquake

Outside SF
8th near Market
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8th near Market

View north on 8th Street towards Market Street, Marshall Square, and Pioneer Monument and City Hall. Exposed track work in street, Cable car passing at right.

South of Market
Battery near California
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Battery near California

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Southern Pacific rail car being loaded with bricks on temporary tracks. view north on Battery near California. Cowell Building ruins (Sansome & Clay) and Appraiser's Building (Sansome & Washington) in the background.

Financial District
Washington & Battery
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Washington & Battery

View northwest from corner to Old Post Office, on the site of present Custom House, Appraiser's Building at left. (slightly wider view than wnp37.00319) (Taber's Album of Principal Businesses)

North Beach
5th & Mission
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5th & Mission

Old Mint. View looking northwest across intersection. (Taber's Album of Principal Businesses)

South of Market
Hayes near Polk
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Hayes near Polk

Market Street Railway (MSRy) 21-line streetcar #1600 passing the Civic Auditorium on Hayes between Polk and Larkin

Civic Center
Kearny near Clay
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Kearny near Clay

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north on Kearny from Clay, Hall of Justice at right. Telephone pole leaning into the street. Telegraph Hill in background. [8773 Kearney (sic) and Hall of Justice after the great disaster.]

Chinatown
Lincoln School
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Lincoln School

Elevated view east across 5th Street to Lincoln School with Lincoln statue in front. Construction materials at the curb. Plank sidewalk. Materials may be for construction of Metropolitan Temple, 1876-77. [No. 148. Lincoln School 5th Street, San Francisco]

South of Market
City Hall Ruins
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City Hall Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeasterly from Larkin & Grove, down City Hall Avenue. Ruins of City Hall at left.

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

FDR Memorial, PFC William Struble, US Army, and sailor Frankie Hoover, US Navy salute the American Flag in Civic Center Plaza

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

FDR Memorial, City Hall, American Flag at half mast in honor of President Roosevelt

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

FDR Memorial, City Hall, American Flag at half mast in honor of President Roosevelt

Civic Center
Grove & Polk
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Grove & Polk

View northwest across Grove, City Hall in the background. California Automobile Association Truck posed reading 'We are signing the Victory Highway, San Francisco to N.Y.' The side of the truck is painted with a view of SF Bay.

Civic Center
Fulton near Larkin
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Fulton near Larkin

View north across Fulton between Larkin and Hyde, Main Library ( now Asian Art Museum) in the background. Mack truck with trailer posed in the middle of the street.

Civic Center