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Bridle path along newly-completed Great Highway. View south, two riders on horses heading north, northbound automobile traffic beside them.
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Contains 55 photos
First Cliff House
Engraving showing view north to buggies and horseback riders on Ocean Beach. Prior to the building of rail lines to the Beach, the only visitors who could make it there were people of affluence who could afford horses or carriages, or pay for a coach ride. [Vid Stilla Hafvets Strand...] [Rough translation of caption from Norwegian: “On the shore of the Pacific Ocean, the shelter cliff-house outside San Francisco on the beach in the middle of the Skalhund Cliffs. Original drawing for N.I.T. by Danish artist Jorgensen in San Francisco.”]
Richmond
Van Ness & Market
Elevated view north down Van Ness across Market St. California Volunteers Monument commemorating the Spanish-American War (dedicated August, 1906, moved to Dolores and Market around 1925) at left. St. Mary's Cathedral and Cathedral Hill churches in distance. Van Ness Theatre (opened 1907, demolished 1910) in center distance. Union State Bank at far right.
Civic Center
Columbus & Kearny
View across intersection to northwest corner of Columbus & Kearny St. Hotel Vendome. Streetcar #16. In distance left, St. Francis of Assisi Church being rebuilt, with ladders and scaffolding. At right, Hotel Broadway, New Commerce Hotel. At far left Hirsch Bros. clothing.
North Beach
Market near Pine
View north across Market to early office buildings during reconstruction period after 1906 catastrophe. Boyd Block at left. At center, Sherwood (later Bourn) Building 320 Market (At street level, The Sazerac bar 302 Market, 306-308 Columbian Woolen Mills wholesale merchant tailor, 310 Sylvan Selig clothes, 316 Pacific Tank Co. National Wood Pipe Co, 322 Paul Seiler Electrical Works, 326-328 Toledo Computing Scale Co., 330-332 D. Levin trunks bags suitcases cutlery, 334-336 Frank F. Wear High Grade Specialties Hobart Electrical Mfg. Co. ; On second floor, Union Iron Works, Bethlehem Steel, Culver Co. Lumbermen; 3rd Floor Loop Lumber Co. Another building under construction at right. Plank sidewalk
Financial District
California near Sansome
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view west up California Street. Fairmont Hotel, Old St. Mary's Cathedral Grace Church in distance. Kohl Building, Parrott Block. Bank of California under construction at Sansome corner at right. Fireman's Fund Building across Sansome at left reduced to 2 stories and partially restored. At far left, Mutual Life Insurance Building. In distance left, Merchants Exchange Building. Beyond Bank of California construction at right, London & San Francisco Bank Building with flag on roof, showing earthquake damage to exterior, but occupied by Otis, Mc Allister & Co. coffee importers starting in late June, 1906. Just beyond, 3 story building with light granite facade is Mercantile Trust Co. building (Albert Pissis, Architect, 1903)
Financial District
Van Ness & Golden Gate
View east across Van Ness Avenue to Signal Corps Parade during Spanish American War. Building at left is the Golden Gate Ave side of the Mercantile Library, Albert Pissis, architect. [Signal Corps May 7/98]
Civic Center
Market & Powell
View east from center of Market to Humboldt Bank, dome under construction with flag. Flood Building at left, Mutual Savings Bank, Ferry, Call, Pacific and Emporium Buildings..
Downtown / Union Square
8th & Mission
View north up 8th St towards ruins of old City Hall. Pioneer (James Lick) Monument at Marshall Square at lower center. Builders Supply Depot at left, side of Central Theatre at right.
South of Market
Market & Battery
View north to Donahue Mechanics Monument. Fountain and pool were removed in late 1914 to early 1915. Postal Telegraph Building (1908, Lewis Hobart architect), San Francisco Art Leather Co., New Orleans Coffee Parlor. Horses drink at trough installed by San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at right.[Donahue Monument, Market near 1st and Bush dpwbook4 dpw699]
Financial District
Hester near Bayshore
View northeaat on Hester Avenue near Bayshore during construction of the San Bruno Road extension. San Bruno Road was renamed Hester Avenue in 1933 with the construction of Bayshore Boulevard, bypassing this route. Horse teams excavating and grading. [dpwbook13 dpw2560]
Little Hollywood
Market & Beale
View east on Market near Beale to A-Line streetcar inbound at center. Hansford Building 268 Market (1908), Glenwood Building (with Marvin Shoe Company Sign) and Fife Building (1909, demolished 1966) before 1916 4-story addition. All buildings in view (except Ferry Building) demolished. [dpwbook13 dpw2584]
Financial District
2nd near Harrison
View southwest across 2nd street to C. Withington Iron Works 416-418 2nd, Jos. W. Caswell Coffee and Tea 442-453 2nd, Sherwin Williams paints 454-456 2nd.[2nd St west side bet Harrison and Stillman dpwbook24 dpw5474]
South of Market
17th & Treat
View north on Treat from 17th to crew posing with sewer cleaning machine. At left, Fire Department training tower. Background center, Long Syrup Refining Co., 2701 16th Street (still stands 2021 as Public Storage facility, in distance right McRoskey Mattress Factory, 1960 Harrison (now 2030 Harrison, converted to housing). [Bucket elevator for cleaning sewers - 17th & Treat dpwbook25 dpw6183]
Mission
2nd near Bryant
View north from center of 2nd Street [2nd Street north from Bryant][dpwbook26 dpw6397]
South of Market