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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
View southeast across Market to 723 Market Street, the A. L. Bancroft & Company Building, between 3rd & 4th Streets. Building destroyed by fire, April 30, 1886.[Bancroft's Building, Market St., S. F. July 4, 1876. 3580]
South of Market
Interior view of three men in rocking chairs, planters behind rail, and two African-American workers standing behind. Image probably same as Watkins 3560 'Palace Hotel, Interior View, San Francisco'. One source identifies Lloyd Tevis, president of Wells Fargo & Co., at center [#3554?]
South of Market
Interior view from balcony toward atrium. Two men standing, spittoon. From Watkins Stereoview 3557, 'Palace Hotel, S.F. Interior View.' One source identifies man in front as Alfred Edwin Davis.
South of Market
[Palace Hotel. S. F. Interior View. 1666.] Interior view from upper balcony. One man seated in chair and man standing. Plants, skylight, atrium, spittoon and three globe light fixtures. From Watkins stereoview 1666, 'Palace Hotel, S.F., Interior View.'
South of Market
Interior view of four men around a tea table. Elaborate Chinese decorations, screens, and lamps. Likely "Yuen Fong Low" restaurant located at 710 Jackson Street.
Chinatown
[1743. Lick House Dining-room, S. F.] Rows of tables, chandelier, archways, and paintings. Lick House was on Montgomery near Sutter streets.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view southwest across Montgomery and Sutter intersection. Lick House, C. C. Hastings & Co. Tailors; Logan & Co., Masonic Temple, painted sign for omnibus stop at left. [1733. Lick House, Montgomery Street Front, S. F.]
Financial District
Second bandshell in Golden Gate Park with concert in progress. On site of present tennis courts. American flags flying and crowd with parasols. Present site of tennis courts
Golden Gate Park
View east to earthquake damaged drunken houses along South Van Ness (then Howard) between 17th and 18th. Victorian homes tipped from earthquake, groups of people on sidewalk. Same image as 37.02121, different cropping. [192. Earthquake wrecked buildings on Howard St.]
Mission
[9495. The Sacred Ox, California Midwinter Exposition.] Bearded man festooned with flowers riding ox.
Golden Gate Park
[4439. Home of the Hoodlums, San Francisco, Cal. U.S.A.] View north from Alta Street of three boys and a man standing on hillside. Cottages with laundry drying and Layman's Castle on top behind. View north from end of Alta Street. Man standing against wall, homes, Alcatraz in background. Behind them on Filbert Steps is 228 Filbert, carpenter gothic Philip Brown House, built 1869, extant 2018.
Telegraph Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Earthquake ruins. Man talking to two boys. [Opium-den Lane, Great Earthquake, San Francisco.]
Chinatown
[Telegraph Hill from Russian Hill] View east to man and three children in view, Washington Square with trees at left center. St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. Original Ss. Peter & Paul church at Filbert and Grant. Layman's Castle visible on summit. Yerba Buena Island in distance.
Telegraph Hill
[17814 - Art. Smith and His Aeroplane on the Aviation Field, Panama-Pacific Int. Exp., San Francisco, Calif.] Marina Green today?
Marina