Contains 142 photos
View east to ship masts in distance on California. Safe Deposit Building on southeast corner, the second Merchants' Exchange Building beyond, Express Building at left. North Beach and Mission Horse Car. Image cropped from larger Watkins image, see wnp70.0286. [California St., from Montgomery, S.F. View East 3677]
Financial District
French Residents commemorative arch for Independence Day centennial. [Arch at Kearny and Sutter Streets. SF. 3578]
Downtown / Union Square
View west on Market from 2nd Street. Grand Hotel and Palace Hotel at New Montgomery on the left. Market St Railway. 4 Tracks on Market Street. Billboard for James W. Burnham & Co, Carpert and Furniture. [Market St. S. F. View west. 3668]
Financial District
View northeast across intersection to North Beach and Mission horsecar on 4th in front of Southern Pacific headquarters building. That line went to Powell and Jefferson.
South of Market
[1770] Elevated view north on Montgomery. Market Street Railway horsecar, Masonic Temple, Lick House, Clock Tower Building (later Savings and Loan Building), Los Angeles and San Bernardino Land Association office.
Financial District
[1649. Woodward's Gardens, San Francisco] Elevated view northwest from Mission and 14th Street. Main entrance at right.
Mission
[Geary Street, from Taylor, view East, S. F.] On the near right corner of Geary and Mason is the only known view of one of the earliest buildings to be constructed in this area. It was built as a Presbyterian Church in 1854 and went through a number of uses as a church, Sunday School, and a non-sectarian school (the Urban Academy on the likely date of this photograph)(PF), 8th Ward Market at 443 Geary. Palace Hotel in distance, spires at left are on Calvary Presybterian church. Plank sidewalks. Watkins Stereoview 2450.
Tenderloin
View northwest across intersection to Russ House (opened April, 1862), occupying the west side of Montgomery Street between Bush and Pine Streets. E. & F. Shrier men's clothing story in corner storefront, left. Mutual Life Insurance Co., J. C. Meussdorffer hats at right. Nevada Bank Building (1875) at Pine street corner in distance. [The Russ House, Montgomery St. Front, S.F. 3676]
Financial District
Elevated view east on Market from Third St. 700 Market Building, Masonic Temple and original Hobart Building on left. Palace Hotel, Grand Hotel and Nucleus Hotel with Beamish's Shirts in corner retail space at right; cable cars; horsecars; old Ferry Building in distance. Davis Bros. Golden Rule Bazaar at lower left. Tower of Masonic Temple background left. Same image as Taber B 2145, see wnp37.02867. [Market St. San Francisco Before the Fire]
Downtown / Union Square
Woodward's Gardens, 14th & Mission. Elevated view northwest toward Protestant Orphan Asylum in background [4127 View of Woodward's Gardens]
Mission
View southeast from Embarcadero to well dressed large party of adults and children posing in front of original Ferry Building and horse drawn carriages and horse drawn streetcars. A wooden clock tower was added to the building after its opening in September, 1875, and was completed in January, 1877. C.P.R.R.
Financial District
Horse car at Montgomery and Market with Masonic Temple in background [SC34 ]
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view west on Market between 3rd and 4th Streets, probably from the top of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) arch erected in 1886. Original Phelan Building on right, Baldwin Hotel in the distance. On left, F.S. Chadbourne Furniture, 741-743-745 Market. Original 1887 Flood Building at 4th and Market under construction. Two tracks of cable cars, two of horsecars. Utility poles with 4 crossbars on south side of Market, 8 crossbars on north side. Originally published as "Taber B2341, Market Street".
South of Market
View North at the west side of the 400 block of Montgomery Street toward Telegraph Hill. The four buildings shown on this block were all built by 1855. The four story building at left (three bays in width, with iron balconies) was LeCount and Strong's building, built in 1853, and famous then for having a front made of granite. The three story building at the SW corner of Montgomery and Sacramento was Thayer's Building, built in 1854 or 1855. The photographer R. H. Vance had his studio there in the 1850s. Across Sacramento Street is John Parrott's building (three stories), built in 1862. (WMK) Northbound horsecar is visible.
Financial District
Elevated view northwest across intersection to north side of California street, from Sansome to Leidesdorff, Bank of California, Merchants Mutual Marine Insurance, Phoenix Insurance, etc. Caption on Houseworth stereoview version: "212. North Side of California Street from Sansom(Sic) Street Looking West."
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