Public Square

Contains 126 photos

Stockton near Geary
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Stockton near Geary

Elevated view north to Mechanics Pavilion on Union Square, with poster for velocipede (early bicycle) school. Third Baptist Church on Powell, Temple Emanu-el on Sutter, Wilson's Circus at Post & Stockton, Nob Hill behind. [MP-4 Mechanics Institute on Union Square 1871 109] [G810 MP-004] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square
View E from Russian Hill
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View E from Russian Hill

View east over North Beach to Telegraph Hill with Layman's Castle atop. Original Ss. Peter & Paul Church at Filbert and Grant, St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert, J. L. Williams & Co. Grocers at right of Square. Same image as Taber's "9030 Panorama of San Francisco from Russian Hill, showing Goat Island and Bay." wnp37.03807, with different cropping. See wnp 37.03797-37.03799. [G810 NB-027] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) [TEH433 Telegraph Hill July 1891 NB-27] (T.E. Hecht copy)

Russian Hill
Clay & Kearny
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Clay & Kearny

Elevated view over Portsmouth Square to east side Kearny Street. Stage office, cabs, Young's store on Clay Street, ships in distance.(Clay and Kearny Streets, Portsmouth Square in foreground. Plaza Intelligence Office, Young's Wholesale & Retail. ) Same photo as wnp37.02117. [Former Post Office, The Rally of the 'Law & Order Party. Fardon photo 1856. PB-24 TEH405] [G810 PB-024] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Civic Center
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Civic Center

Elevated view of Civic Center looking northwest across Market, Civic Auditorium, City Hall, Civic Center Plaza, State of California Office Building (Later Earl Warren Building), Main Library. Welcome Home Victory Monument was in square 1919-1924. [G810 PB-27] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

Elevated view of Civic Center looking Northwest across Market, Civic Auditorium, City Hall, Civic Center Plaza, State of California Office Building (Later Earl Warren Building). Welcome Home Victory Monument was in square 1919-1924. [G810 PB-28] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Civic Center
Portsmouth Square
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Portsmouth Square

Elevated view north across plaza to Bella Union Theatre, Verandah Saloon, El Dorado, Old City Hall, Telegraph Hill in background. (duplicate wnp26.586.) [TEH402, Veranda Saloon Morris & Mitchell. Wash-Kearny Sts. G.R. Fardon photo Directory 1856. PS-3] [G810 PS-003] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Portsmouth Square
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Portsmouth Square

Buildings facing square on west side. Dr. Whitney Medical & Surgical Dispensary, Monumental Firehouse, Frank's Building, West End Hotel. (Same image as wnp24.0025a) [TEH179, PS-9, Portsmouth Square 1865] [G810 PS-009] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Kearny near Sacramento
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Kearny near Sacramento

View north from rooftop past Portsmouth Square to Telegraph Hill. Daguerrean Gallery of J. M Ford. Carriages and cabs for hire parked on street. Boot and shoe store on corner of Washington. [TEH746 Kearny St. North from Sacramento St 1861. SS-43] [G810 SS-043] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Geary & Powell
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Geary & Powell

View north past Calvary Presbyterian Church. Trinity Episcopal Church on right beyond Union Square. Man with horse and wagon at center, Union Square at right, Nob Hill in distance.[SS-155] [G810 SS-155][Powell St. north Geary St. 18??] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
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Union Square

View west from near Stockton Street to St. Francis Hotel. Dewey Monument. Elkan Gunst Building behind flagpole on Geary-Powell corner.

Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
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Union Square

View south. Pan American (Pan Am) World Airways, Wooster optician, Qantas billboard with electric clock. City of Paris department store, I. Magnin department store. Men on benches.

Downtown / Union Square
View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View southwest over North Beach. Union Street at left, Washington Square and flagpole at center. Major grading and landscaping of Washington Square was completed in April, 1869. Omnibus Railroad horsecar at northwest corner of Square on Powell St. Same image as wnp37.00707-R. (Panorama of San Francisco from Telegraph Hill (No. 19) 1356)[F810 NB-014] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) [NB-14 Washington Square 1867]

Telegraph Hill
Union Square
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Union Square

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east past relief office. Whittell Building, City of Paris, Butler Building on right. Chronicle Annex, Mutual Savings Bank and Call Buildings in background. [4254 Union Square Aug 1906] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
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Union Square

Elevated panoramic view north over Union Square from Geary. St. Francis Hotel at left, with land cleared along Post Street for construction of 1913 wing.

Downtown / Union Square
View NE from Russian Hill
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View NE from Russian Hill

View northeast to Washington Square at right center. St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church to left of Washington Square at Stockton and Filbert. Original Ss. Peter & Paul church at Filbert and Grant. Presentation Convent Roman Catholic school complex at center left, on west side of Powell. Layman's Castle atop Telegraph Hill. J. L. Williams & Co. Grocers to right of Square. [Telegraph Hill, North Beach and Bay of SF from Russian Hill B2902 Taber]

Russian Hill