View southeast across toward Market. Mechanics (Donahue) Monument and Sheldon Building. Western Paper Box Company, Charles H. Kewell Company fishing tackle, Charles C. Navlet Company, Halcun Radio Co. (Haller & Cunningham), The Army Goods Store at bottom center. Donahue Mechanics Monument after removal of pool and fountain and installation of horse trough and high-backed bench. Utility work truck with elevated platform for working on overhead lines (Tower Truck) at right.
Financial District
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Market & Battery
View east on Market Street from Battery. Mechanics Monument (also Donahue Monument) at center after removal of fountain and installation of horse trough and high-backed bench at left. New Orleans Coffee Parlor 445 Market, Board of Trade Building (with Emmons Draying Co., A.G. Hebgen Marine Engines, Nason & Co. paints, L.C. Smith & Bros. Typewriters, Haller-Cunningham Electric Co., Gunn Carle & Co. steel products). 6-Line and J-Line streetcars, utility truck with platform for servicing overhead wires (Tower Truck). In background, Moise-Klinkner rubber stamps and signs at Fremont corner, Charles H. Kewell Company fishing tackle, Charles C. Navlet Company, Halcun Radio Co. (Haller & Cunningham), The Army Goods Store. See companion photo at wnp14.12738.
Financial District
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California at Sansome
View west on California, Bank of California at right. In far distance Old St. Mary's Cathedral and Fairmont Hotel. Center distance, Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel), Kohl Building, Mercantile Trust Co. Building (1903,Albert Pissis, Architect), London & San Francisco Bank Building (completed 1874). At far left, Fireman's Fund Insurance Building. California Street Cable RR Cable Car. Birdcage traffic signals.. Birdcage traffic signals.
Financial District
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McAllister & Polk
View east on McAllister from Polk. Municipal Railway (Muni) streetcar 5-line #104 outbound. State Building at left. Main Library at right. Empire Hotel and Hotel Astor in the distance.
Civic Center
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Market near 19th
View west toward intersection of Falcon (now Market) and Moss Alley ( later Mono street, now 19th Street). Miller & Joost home (now 3224 Market) at the left. 18th and Park line streetcar, Twin Peaks and Tank Hill in the background. Two boys posing. The house at right, 98 Falcon, would survive into the 1950s as 3198 Market.
Eureka Valley
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Post & Stockton
View southwest from the corner of Post and Stockton toward Union Square and St. Francis Hotel. Hotel Plaza at right. Dewey Monument at left. [1035 San Francisco St. Francis Hotel van Post str. Gezien 7.3.'23]
Downtown / Union Square
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Market near Spear
View east from the sidewalk on Market toward Spear. Ferry Building in background. Hotel Terminal, Market Street Railway 6-Line and 4-Line streetcars. Transit signal tower at center. [1034 San Francisco Marketstr. Ferry Bdg op achtergr. 7.3.'23]
Financial District
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Sentinel Building
Columbus & Kearny, view southerly toward Columbus Tower (Sentinel Building), Shell Building, Russ Building, and old Hall of Justice in background
Chinatown
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View from SF Bay
View west from ship in bay, south of the Ferry Building. Call Building and Chronicle Building silhouettes are prominent
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Alcatraz Aerial
Aerial viiew southerly over Alcatraz towards skyline with Coit Tower, North Beach, Russian Hill, Fisherman's Wharf, Aquatic Park (without bathhouse), MUNI Pier, and Fort Mason.
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Montgomery & Market
View southwest on Market from across Montgomery. Market Street is decorated for the Golden Gate Bridge Opening Fiesta, May 27-June 2, 1937 with flags, banners and lampposts decorated as redwood trees. Crowds of people on the sidewalk in front of the Crocker Building. Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building, Hearst/Examiner Building, Spreckels/Call Building, and Humboldt Bank Building visible across the street.
Downtown / Union Square
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City Hall
View west on Fulton between Hyde and Larkin toward City Hall, cars parked on both sides of the street.
Civic Center
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Powell near Geary
Portola Festival Parade, the commemoration of Portola 'discovering' SF Bay in 1769, and the 400th anniversary of Balboa 'discovering' the Pacific Ocean in 1513, so there is a lot of mixed imagery. The marching women were the 'Pages' of Queen Conchita, Oct. 22, 1913. (JF) Young women march four abreast in white uniforms past the St. Francis Hotel and a large group of sailors.
Downtown / Union Square
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Market near New Montgomery
Hoffman's Grill entrance, 619 Market between 2nd Street and New Montgomery. SFLandmark 144 Facade & sign, taken on the last day of business June 29, 1984. Despite its landmark status, the building was demolished with only its facade preserved.
Financial District
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Market near New Montgomery
Hoffman's Grill entrance, 619 Market between 2nd Street and New Montgomery. SFLandmark 144 Facade & sign, taken on the last day of business June 29, 1984. Despite its landmark status, the building was demolished with only its facade preserved.
