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Grant near Bush
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Grant near Bush

Pacific Telephone building, with sand bags following attack on Pearl Harbor.

Downtown / Union Square
Sussex near Diamond
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Sussex near Diamond

View Northwest on Sussex between Diamond and Castro, 47 Sussex at left. Pacific Telephone workers putting up telephone lines. (crop of wnp26.1895)

Glen Park
Geary near 33rd Ave
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Geary near 33rd Ave

View east on Geary near 33rd Avenue. Two linemen working on telephone pole, sand dunes in background. (Pacific Telephone Inventory)

Richmond Outer
Stockton Street Tunnel
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Stockton Street Tunnel

View north on Stockton near Bush to Muni F-line streetcar. Colonial Hotel, McAlpin Apartments on left. Hotel Victoria, built 1907, later Worldmark by Wyndham Hotel) in background right.

Downtown / Union Square
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

H. H. Beckmann's Groceries. Telephone pole with switchbox. (Pacific Telephone)

Pacific Bell Baseball Team
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Pacific Bell Baseball Team

View northerly from South Side Playground (aka Father Crowley Playground), on the site of the current Hall of Justice. Pacific Bell baseball players in uniform, lined up at unidentified ball field south of Market. Towers of Humboldt Bank Building and Call Building visible in distance. (handball courts in background, see wnp27.0592)

South of Market
Pacific Bell Baseball Team
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Pacific Bell Baseball Team

Pacific Telephone Business Office Team posed at South Side Playground (Father Crowley Playground), Columbia Square in background, view north. [228 - S.F. Bus. Off. Baseball Team. Telco League 1920(?)]

South of Market
Sickles & Huron
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Sickles & Huron

View northwest on Sickles from Huron, Telephone linemen on pole in front of a row of Victorian residences. the two homes at center 102 Sickles and 120 Sickles still stand in 2020. (Pacific Telephone Inventory)

Outer Mission
Mission Viaduct
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Mission Viaduct

View west from the Mission Viaduct, Mission near Trumbull, men working on telephone wires. Future Mission Terrace and Southern Pacific Railroad in the background. [018] (Pacific Telephone Inventory)

Mission Terrace
Geary near 38th Ave
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Geary near 38th Ave

Workmen raising new telephone pole. View northwest, homes on 38th Avenue in background.

Richmond Outer
Hobart Building
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Hobart Building

Market near 2nd, Sign detailing construction dates, contractors, and types of work, Wells Fargo building on left.[This building will be ready for tenants Nov 1, 1914 ... Schedule of Construction Branch of Work ... Willis Polk & Company Architects] [1102]

Financial District
743 Washington
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743 Washington

Chinatown Exchange, also called the Chinese Telephone Exchange Building, under construction.

Chinatown
743 Washington
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743 Washington

Chinatown Exchange, also called the Chinese Telephone Exchange Building with bunting and streamers, possibly shortly after opening. [384]

Chinatown
743 Washington
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743 Washington

Operator at switchboard, boy in uniform inside Pacific Telephone Chinatown Exchange, also called the Chinese Telephone Exchange Building.

Chinatown
Earthquake Refugees
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Earthquake Refugees

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View down row of 1906 earthquake relief cottages, possibly Richmond Camp (Park-Presidio Blvd. today). Children, women, dog posing. [Bear Photo, S.F. 678]

Richmond Inner