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Seal Rocks
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Seal Rocks

From north end of Ocean Beach. (Cliff House just out of view to right.)

Sutro Heights
Civic Center Plaza
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Civic Center Plaza

Navy F7F Tigercat fighter plane, with sailors, soldiers, and temporary barracks. State of California Building in the background.

Civic Center
Powell & Geary
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Powell & Geary

View north on Powell St. to Sam Alhadeff's Flower Stand. St. Francis Hotel at left. Chancellor Hotel, Fairmont Hotel tower in background.

Downtown / Union Square
Presidio
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Presidio

Soldiers with women and men [Archie, Lou, Gomer, Aunt Nettie, Mrs. --, Uncle Fred, Helen and Cook (r)]

Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake and Fire. View southeast across Market to Call Building on fire in distance. California Academy of Sciences, Emporium, Red Front Store. Armed soldiers. [April 18, 1906 Emporium on Fire] (T.E. Hecht copy TEH)

Downtown / Union Square
Palace Hotel
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Palace Hotel

Market and Geary looking east to new Palace Hotel

Downtown / Union Square
Mission Dolores
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Mission Dolores

View west from near 16th and Dolores. To the rear of the Mission is the temporary church which served from May, 1908 to 1918. The 1884 brick church to the right of Mission Dolores was damaged in 1906 and demolished. Construction of the new church (now called Mission Dolores Basilica) began in 1913. El Camino Real bell and sign. [Dolores Mission San Francisco Cal.]

Mission Dolores
St. Peter's School
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St. Peter's School

Class photo for St. Peter's Catholic School, Florida Street, 1266 Florida, between 24th and 25th. Taken in the yard, with Florida Street in the background.

Mission
Hayes at Fillmore
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Hayes at Fillmore

View east across Fillmore to Muni 21-Line #108 with passengers deboarding in front of 890 Hayes, originally the Sisters of the Holy Family Convent.

Alamo Square
30th & Church
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30th & Church

View northwest across 30th to Municipal Railway (Muni) J-line #178 with wings livery at terminus. Goldmine Hill, Upper Noe Valley Recreation Center in background. Cropped from image at wnp28.3539.

Noe Valley
Brighton & Grafton
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Brighton & Grafton

View north down Brighton to Muni K-Line #170 at terminus and Mt Davidson. Service to Grafton & Brighton ended when the Ocean Avenue loop opened 18 May 1952.

Ingleside
Cole & Carl
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Cole & Carl

Sunset Tunnel, car being removed from tunnel entrance, N-Judah n-line, night shot

Cole Valley
Castro & 18th
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Castro & 18th

View north on Castro toward 18th Street. Castro cable cars #4 and #7 lined up on the last day of service. Castro Theatre, Bon Omi Store, Prudence Penny grocery, Hibernia Bank. 8-Line bus #057? in background left.

Castro
Clement near 6th Ave
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Clement near 6th Ave

View southeast across Clement between 5th and 6th Avenues. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 2-line streetcar #255 with zip stripe livery. Sheehan Dry Goods, A. E. Harris Liquors. Roosevelt Junior High School tower in distance. Buildings in photo still stand in 2025.

Richmond Inner
Market & Fremont
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Market & Fremont

View northeast from intersection to parade to celebrate opening of Argonaut Bay (now Maritime Museum). Comstock locomotive J.W. Bowker took passengers to this location, where they switched to where they transferred to horse car from Sutter St. line. People in period dress pose for photographers. Purpose of event was to raise funds for proposed Argonaut Bay Roundhouse at Aquatic Park, displaying historic rolling stock. The roundhouse was never built. Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop in background. Yale Luggage Shop, Terminal Jewelry Co. at left.

Financial District