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Polk & Filbert

View southwest to Pacific Heights. Old St. Brigid Catholic Church up on hill side at Broadway and Van Ness. Corner estate with gardens in foreground belonged to E. Willard Burr, house at right to his son C.C. Burr. Burr's property was fenced along Laguna Survey lines, which were roughly diagonal to the main street grid. Rails on roadway for Sutter Street Railroad horsecar line to Harbor View, abandoned in 1873 in favor of a more direct route. Van Ness Avenue was extended through the property in 1894. Lafayette Park in background right. Same image as wnp71.2098.

1870 Russian Hill

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Polk & Broadway

Elevated view southwest to Pacific Heights. Old St. Brigid Church (1864-1897) at Van Ness and Broadway. Lafayette Park at background left. Large house with Mansard roof and rear tower left of center is William C. Talbot house (S.C. Bugbee & Son Architect, built 1872 NE Corner Jackson & Franklin, demolished 1931). Duplicate of wnp26.538.

1880 Polk Gulch

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Leavenworth & Clay

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west over earthquake ruins; Lafayette Park in distance; Spreckels Mansion at corner of Van Ness and Clay under repair. Ashe Mansion at corner of Van Ness and Washington.

1906 Nob Hill

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Leavenworth & Clay

Detail view of WNP4.1433, centered on the relocated White House Department Store.

1906 Nob Hill

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Leavenworth & Clay

Detail view of WNP4.1433. Spreckels Mansion at corner of Van Ness and Clay under repair. Lafayette Park, background right.

1906 Nob Hill

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Van Ness & Washington

Front of Ashe family mansion; blurry kids

1905 Polk Gulch

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Larkin & Turk

Elevated view northwest to line of Haynes automobiles extending two blocks on Turk St.; California Hall in background; At right, Hotel Belmont 730 Eddy; St. Mark's Lutheran Church on hill. Adams School, 750 Eddy Street (built 1910), later part of City College of San Francisco, peak-roofed building at right.

1921 Civic Center

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Van Ness near Sacramento

View northwesterly on Van Ness toward Sacramento. The Paige Motor Car Company building under construction at left (an addition with 2 more bays was made in 1922 and the building still stands in 2022), J. W. Leavitt & Co. Oldsmobile Dealership, Claus Spreckels Mansion at Clay Street.

1919 Pacific Heights

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Larkin & Turk

View northwest across Turk to two-block line of Haynes automobiles; California Hall in background. Adams School, 750 Eddy Street (built 1910), later part of City College of San Francisco, peak-roofed buliding background right.

1921 Tenderloin

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Van Ness & Geary

Elevated view northwest over intersection of Van Ness and Geary to Pierce Arrow Studebaker Automobile Dealership of Arthur R. Lindburg Co. Water tower on roof.

1929 Cathedral Hill

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Van Ness & Geary

Northwest corner of Van Ness and Geary, Van Etta Motors Lincoln Mercury dealership; Sloss & Glikbarg Studebaker dealership on corner of Post. Built in 1913 as a Kissel Kar dealership.

1940 Cathedral Hill

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Van Ness & O'Farrell

Long distance driver shaking hands; sign on car says 'Rochester to Los Angeles.' St. Mary's Cathedral behind.

1920 Cathedral Hill

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Eddy & Van Ness

Old Poodle Dog restaurant at 824-826 Eddy Street.

1908 Tenderloin

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O'Farrell & Van Ness

View northeast across intersection to Don Lee Cadillac dealership building.

1925 Cathedral Hill

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Tenth & Market

View northwesterly across Market from 10th Street toward Polk and Fell. S. A. Scherer Auto Loans; Dog & Cat Hospital, U.S. Navy Clinic in the background center[10th & Market Sts. Northwesterly to Fell & Polk Sts.][dpwA5143]

1937 South of Market