Portsmouth Square
[Portsmouth Square. 1871. 108 PS-13 Helios] Children and gardener in Portsmouth Square, view northeast toward Washington & Kearny. Right frame from Muybridge 390 Stereoview card.
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Kearny & Washington
View north on Kearny to busy street scene. A Penny Arcade is in what was formerly the entry to the Bella Union Theater at left. At this time, Peter Bacigalupi, a pioneer in bringing moving pictures to San Francisco in 1894, ran this and another Penny Arcade. Also, Pioneer Tom & Jerry Saloon, Saloon with Wunder Beer sign, rooming houses, laundry wagon, restaurants, streetcars and bars. California Hotel in distance at Columbus (then Montgomery Ave.) corner. Telegraph Hill in the distance. [TEH498 Kearny St North of Washington. Aug 1905] (AS)
Chinatown
Market near 3rd
Elevated view southwest across busy Market Street to Bancroft's History Building (with Morley's Billiards, Ayres' Business College, Butler-Schutze Co., D.C. Hager Tailor and McDermott Sandblast hanging platform), Spreckels Market, Dr. Holsman, Stanford Studio photographer, Goldstein & Co. theatrical supplies 733 Market, Montgomery Market, Sanborn Vail, Boston Dental College, Shreve & Barber guns & cutlery, Midway Theatre. In distance old 1887 Flood Building at 4th St. corner, Emporium. [TEH500 South side Market St between 3rd & 4th. Aug 1905]
Downtown / Union Square
Battery & Market
View northwest across Market to Meyer Bros., Pompeian Saloon, The Helbing Hat Co. Kalamazoo Corset Co. Same image as wnp71.1879. [TEH507 Battery & Market June 3-1905 T. E. Hecht]
Financial District
Washington & Battery
[TEH490 Old Post Office Washington & Battery 1903 T. E. Hecht] View northwest across intersection to Post Office and Custom House. Appraisers Building in background. Cobblestone streets.
North Beach
Market & New Montgomery
[TEH515 Market st. below Montgromery Oct. 3, 1905. T. E. Hecht] Elevated view northeast across busy Market Street from Palace Hotel to Union Trust (later Wells Fargo) Building (demolished 1967) and original Hobart Building with Postal Telegraph Co. office. Grand Hotel at far right.
South of Market
Columbus & Montgomery
View north to Muni E-Line Presidio streetcar #362. Sentinel Building on left, Coit Tower in background right. Behind streetcar, Fugazi Bank Building housing Transamerica Corporation. Bank Auto Co., Chevrolet dealership. Taken at same approximate time as wnp14.10133.
North Beach
Columbus & Union
View north across intersection to Muni PCC #1006 with wings livery, marked for X-11th St. Only service, on rail fan excursion. Washington Square in background, Sts. Peter & Paul Church at right. (X-Line really wasn't a revenue line; Muni used that designation for fan trips, charters, test runs, etc., which inevitably reached wherever they were going by way of 11th Street and the H line from and to the Mariposa Barn.)
North Beach
Market near Castro
View east from near Twin Peaks Tunnel East Portal; Muni PCC M-Line #1141 on temporary tracks, passengers boarding.
Castro
Millbrae
San Benito Ave. (from SP overpass) near Lomita Park, Millbrae; Municipal Railway (Muni) special 'San Francisco' car on rail fan excursion.
Outside SF
Millbrae
San Benito Avenue (from the Southern Pacific overpass) on the 40-line Interurban track near Lomita Park, Millbrae. Municipal Railway (Muni) special school and sightseeing streetcar the 'San Francisco' in white livery, on rail fan excursion. 40-Line streetcar #123? on other track.
Outside SF
Joan Blondell
Posing with 1940 De Soto at Fairmont Hotel
Nob Hill
Lands End
Work crew below Legion of Honor
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Lands End
Looking south; work crew
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Lands End
Looking east to Golden Gate, Fort Point, Angel Island; work crew building trail.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley