Grant & California
View north to intersection, Sing Chong Co.
ChinatownPedestrians
Contains 343 photos
Market & 1st
Elevated view west on Market from 1st Street, Hobart Building remains at right, morning rush hour traffic, 8:49 AM. Hooker & Lent Building at southwest corner of 1st and Market at left, Underwood Building 525 Market. Edge of Mechanics Monument at right.
Financial District
California near Kearny
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across California to ruins of Safe Deposit Building before demolition of upper floors, Merchants Exchange Building. In distance left, Mutual Life Insurance Building at Sansome Corner. [Clearing of Rubbish, Merchants Exchange Copyright 1906. Pillsbury Picture Co. No 159] Earthquake ruins
Financial District
Embarcadero
View east across Embarcadero to funeral passing Pier 5. Horse drawn hearse, mounted police escort.
Northern Waterfront
Market & Mason
View East on Market during reconstruction, Native Sons Admission Day Monument, Flood Building, Call Building, Humboldt Bank Building, Emporium. Mechanics Savings Bank Building under construction. Flags and decorations line Market Street.
Tenderloin
Montgomery & Market
Elevated view north from Metropolis Bank Building. L to R: Crocker Woolworth Building, Crocker First National Bank Building, Wells Fargo & Union Trust Building, Hobart Building. Hunter Dulin, Russ Building in distance.
Financial District
California & Leidesdorff
View northeast across California to Bank of California, Alaska Commercial Buildings.
Financial District
Powell & Market
View north to crowd waiting to board cable car at turnaround. Woolworths in Flood Building at right #514, last original Mahoney body, scrapped in 1963.
Downtown / Union Square
Grant near California
View north on Grant to Cathay House (opened September, 1939), Sing Chong, crowded California Cable Car #23, Old St. Mary's Church. [Zan 2492 California St. Cable Car Chinatown, San Francisco]
Chinatown
Geary & Market
Elevated view northwest across Market to Flannery Building at left with Hale Dental Co., Dr. Miles & Co.("Men Only"), Projecting electric "Dentist" sign attached to upper stories, Richelieu Cafe, and United Cigar Store with large "SMOKE" sign at street level. On buildings at right, signage for Bell Real Estate, another United Cigar store, "Corns Cured." Lotta's Fountain at right.
Downtown / Union Square
McAllister near Fillmore
[Looking West McAllister St. at Fillmore, San Francisco] View west up McAllister to delivery wagons and Davis Theatre in background right. Poster on telephone pole at left advertises the show "Fiddle-Dee-Dee", which played at the Davis between July 30 and August 19, 1906.
Western Addition
View from Ferry Building
Elevated view west up Market street over cable car turntable with United Railroads cable car #253 on turntable to approximately 13 other cable cars. United Railroads California Street #38 horsecar at left. Sacramento Street cable car at center right. Magnolia Cafe, Pacific Ticket Office, Aug. Wessell and Co., Smiths' Cash Store Building, [551]
Financial District
Grant near Sacramento
Elevated view north to west side of street, Formerly Dupont St., ?Woh & Co. Art Goods, Man Lee & Co. (709 Dupont), Fook Yuen & Co.(711 Dupont), [3119 Chinese Restaurant, SF Cal]
Chinatown
3rd & Market
Elevated view north across Market and up Kearny to Market St and Geary St cable cars, Mutual Savings Bank, Flannery Building (with Hale Dental Co. sign and projecting electric "Dentist" sign), Chronicle (de Young) Building, Hearst Building. [No. 3 Kearny St. north from Market 1905]
South of Market
Montgomery near Pine
[No 11 Montgomery St. north from Pine 1905] View north to Kohl Building, Safe Deposit Building. Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building in distance at Sacramento corner.
Financial District