Market & Van Ness
[dpw 3705 3-28-33 Van Ness Ave. extension Sly. from Market St.] El Patio nightclub. Sign for 'Lachman Bros. Give Time Home Furnishings Mission & 16th Sts.'; Alcone Mills and Firestone on right.
Civic CenterContains 1430 photos
South Van Ness & Mission
Firestone tire service; Atlas Paper Co.; parade of Willig Bros. rental trucks with flags.
South of Market
Sutter near Van Ness
View west on Sutter Street between Polk and Van Ness. The Trianon Ballroom; post office station O; Scottish Rite Temple and Regency ballroom building. (In the 1960s, the Regency would house the Avalon Ballroom rock venue operated by the Family Dog.)
Lower Nob Hill
Van Ness & Bay
Driver signaling for a left turn. Fort Mason in background.
Marina
Sacramento near Van Ness
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [EF - 108] View North from Sacramento near Van Ness, to south side of Claus Spreckels mansion (corner of Clay and Van Ness) in ruins after 1906 earthquake.
Pacific Heights
Van Ness near Clay
John P. D. Chadwick receives check from Chandler-Cleveland Motor Car Company sales manager Charles Bowman for 'apprehending' traveling lecturer Col. King Stanley and his wife Grace Raymond Stanley (in car). View west to rebuilt Claus Spreckels mansion in background at Van Ness Avenue and Clay Street. 1925 Cleveland Six automobile reads 'Old Dead Shot and His One Shot' on door.
Polk Gulch
Van Ness & McAllister
Hotel Van Ness; streetcar; St. Mary's in background
Civic Center
Pacific & Van Ness
View northeast across the intersection of Pacific and Van Ness Avenues. A posed traffic safety picture with a motorcycle officer indicating a new arterial stop sign (with 'Calif. State Auto Ass'n.' on left and right sides) to an interested woman. Chrysler garage in background, high pressure fire hydrant in the foreground
Pacific Heights
Sutter & Van Ness
View northeast across intersection to Scottish Rite Temple, later Regency Ballroom and Regency Theater. Posters advertising Emiliano De Gogorza.
Cathedral Hill
Van Ness near Post
View northwest past busy scene of street work and shoppers to temporary Emporium store (former Hecht residence) at northwest corner. Duplicate of wnp26.662.
Lower Nob Hill
Hayes & Polk
View west along north side of Hayes to the twin towers of St. Ignatius Church. Children's Day Home Catholic School, run by Sisters of the Holy Family, with Norfolk pine in front, at center. At dusk?
Civic Center
Van Ness & Clay
View east up hill. Clay Street cable car #9 at terminal. Horse and carriage, piano store in distance. St. Luke's Episcopal Church on corner. [Van Ness and Clay Sts. STC-48]
Polk Gulch
Van Ness & Hayes
[Van Ness Avenue, North from Hayes St., Oct 15th 1905.] View northeast across Van Ness to buildings on east side of block. C. W. Cunningham Bicycle Agency 230 Van Ness, Frawley & Kelleher Groceries, H. Long Merchant Tailors on corner. City Hall dome at right. Duplicate of wnp26.465
Civic Center
Polk & Sutter
Elevated view northeast to Pacific Commercial Company wood and coal yard, successor to D. A. & J. McKinley, 1212 Polk Street in 1875. Two matching flat-front Italianate Victorian homes. Wooden plank sidewalks.
Lower Nob Hill
Gough near Jackson
View east to Nob and Russian Hills. Brick foundation for building or buildings constructed in foreground. Compare wnp37.00819, taken from a little further south and west in the same era.
Pacific Heights