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Contains 641 photos

3rd Cliff House
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3rd Cliff House

3rd Cliff House being remodeled. Scaffolding in place.

Sutro Heights
Cliff House
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Cliff House

3rd Cliff House remodel. Redwood 'moderne' exterior and third floor being added.

Sutro Heights
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

Three Shriners stand by a Streetcar marked with special Masonic Shrine signage. Destination sign reads, 'Visitors Only, Scenic ride Cliff House and Ocean.'

View SE from Cliff House
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View SE from Cliff House

View southeast along Point Lobos Ave. towards Ocean Beach Pavilion. Japanese archway and two soldiers dressed in WWI uniforms at left.

Sutro Heights
View S from Cliff House
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View S from Cliff House

Early view of Ocean Beach and southwest from Cliff House showing Japanese archway, both windmills

Sutro Heights
Ocean Beach
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Ocean Beach

Graf Zeppelin over Cliff House. Traffic jam and crowd of spectators on Great Highway.

Richmond Outer
Aberdeen Shipwreck
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Aberdeen Shipwreck

Ocean Beach near foot of Kirkham. On January 28, 1916, rough seas near the Golden Gate capsized the steam schooner Aberdeen on its way back from dumping garbage near the Farallones. Broken pieces washed up on Ocean Beach in the next few days following. (Superior duplicate of wnp4.0901 and wnp37.02018)

Sunset Outer
Dead Whale
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Dead Whale

Ocean Beach south of Lincoln. People posing atop dead humpback whale covered with graffiti. (Duplicate of wnp4.0906). [120 Ton whale, Ocean Beach, S.F. Cal May 1919]

Sunset Outer
PPIE
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PPIE

[View of Exposition from Fort Winfield Scott Cal.] Panama-Pacific International Exposition. View east to fairgrounds from Lincoln Blvd in Presidio. Racetrack in foreground on future site of Crissy Field.

Presidio
Steiner & Union
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Steiner & Union

View east across Steiner St. to five Edwardian residences built 1900 to 1906, left to right 2277-2299 Union, 2960 Steiner, 2948-2950-2952 Steiner, 2942-2944 Steiner, 2936 Steiner. [609]

Cow Hollow
Civic Center
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Civic Center

[Victory Monument 27] View northwest from plaza to Welcome Home Victory Monument (1919-1924), column with winged sculpture at top erected following end of World War I. Postcard. In background, Cathedral Hill, Polk Street businesses, California Hall. Foliage in plaza in boxed planters.

Civic Center
Van Ness near Fulton
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Van Ness near Fulton

Elevated view west, probably from City Hall, to float carrying Liberty Bell arriving in city for display at PPIE. Billboard for English stage actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940) in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, opening July 19th, 1915 at the Columbia Theatre. City Hall Store, Auto Painting 345-347 Van Ness, Auto Repair Shop 349 Van Ness. Postcard.

Civic Center
View from Russian Hill
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View from Russian Hill

View southeast from Russian Hill toward Financial District. Intersection of Jones and Broadway in right foreground. Russ Building at center; Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, demolished 1969), Commercial Union Assurance Building (Later Bank of America,315 Montgomery with tower); Shell Building, Standard Oil Building; Hunter-Dulin Building, Pacific Telephone Building; Old St. Mary's Cathedral; Many residential rooftops. [PS 144] [From Nob Hill San Francisco]

Russian Hill
View from SF Bay
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View from SF Bay

View west from ferry on the bay toward piers south of the Ferry Building; [What we see on a clear day nearing S. F. on the ferry]

Mission Dolores
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Mission Dolores

View southwest at 16th and Dolores toward Mission Dolores Church before facade decoration was installed (church later designated Basilica) on postcard. [Old and new Mission Dolores].

Mission Dolores