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Capp near 25th
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Capp near 25th

Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company's Mission Exchange, 1045 Capp Street, between 25th and 26th, under construction. Telephone Company, Construction site with steel beams rising from ground, on beams: [Built by Western Iron Works][244?] (see also wnp26.1710 wnp26.1722)

Mission
Scott near Oak
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Scott near Oak

View northwest across Scott Street to Pacific Telephone & Telegraph temporary office building with 3 cars and drivers parked in front. Executive offices were there from June, 1906 until August, 1907. [S.F. - Executive Office - Fell & Scott Streets]

Alamo Square
Capp near 25th
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Capp near 25th

Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company's Mission Exchange, 1045 Capp Street, between 25th and 26th. The photo was taken some time between 1908 (when the building was built) and 1912 (when a fourth story was added). (WMK) [309]

Mission
Capp near 25th
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Capp near 25th

View west to work on Pacific Telephone Co. building Mission Exchange, 1045 Capp Street, between 25th and 26th, under construction. Houses on north side of Capp in background, 3 extant 2018.[Steel work from Western Iron Works] on beams [257?] (see also wnp26.1710 wnp26.1711)

Mission
Capp near 25th
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Capp near 25th

Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company's Mission Exchange, 1045 Capp Street, between 25th and 26th, under construction, men working on front. It was built in 1908. The Victorian flats at far right still stand, albeit much altered. (WMK) (see also as wnp26.1722, wnp26.1721,wnp26.wnp26.1711,wnp26.1710) [282]

Mission
Scott & Oak
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Scott & Oak

View northwest across intersection to corrugated metal and wood temporary buildings, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. Executive offices in background. Executive offices were there from June, 1906 until August, 1907. [050]

Lower Haight
McAllister near Fillmore
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McAllister near Fillmore

Elevated view north across McAllister to Davis Theatre, 1234 McAllister Street, Opened in June, 1906, ordered closed for fire safety violations in December, 1907. Davis Oyster & Chop House, cafe. Two men pose in front, and another in a buggy on the street. Posters advertise comedian Jack Golden, who opened on September 9, 1907. It was run by San Francisco Supervisor Sam Davis, who may be one of the posing men. [72]

Alamo Square
Geary near 38th Ave
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Geary near 38th Ave

Group of workers raising telephone poles. View west, homes on 38th Avenue in background. 467 38th Avenue at center.

Richmond Outer
Civic Center Plaza
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Civic Center Plaza

Group of eight men in Civic Center Plaza, City Hall in background. Welcome Home Victory Monument. [No. 3875 loudspeaking equipment Democratic Convention 1920 Group A.T.&T. Co., W.E. Co. Engineers & Installers... 6-26-20]

Civic Center
Huron & Sickles
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Huron & Sickles

Southwest corner of Huron and Sickles, building still stands in modified form (2020). Men installing telephone lines at Verdi Grocery, Pacific Telephone Co. horse cart in front of shop.

Outer Mission
18th & Mission
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18th & Mission

Gernhardt-Strohmaier Stove Store at 2205 Mission. Men posing with stoves and ovens in Mission Stove Store.

Mission
18th & Mission
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18th & Mission

Gernhardt-Strohmaier Stove Store at 2205 Mission. Woman posing with Gernhardt-Strohmaier stove.

Mission
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

Interior of workshop, possibly California Art Glass company. Signs for American Club Whiskey and Old Kirk Whisky. (Detail of wnp25.10241)

18th & Mission
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18th & Mission

Gernhardt-Strohmaier Stove Store at 2205 Mission. Gernhardt-Strohmaier Co. Exterior of store window with model demonstrating ironing machine. Ads for furnaces. [A147]

Mission
18th & Mission
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18th & Mission

Gernhardt-Strohmaier Stove Store at 2205 Mission. Gernhardt-Strohmaier Co.Exterior of store window with model demonstrating ironing machine. Ads for furnaces and tray washers.

Mission