Grant near Geary
View east across Grant to flower stand with shoppers and H. Liebes department store behind.
Downtown / Union SquareRetail
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Grant near California
Elevated (possibly from roof of Shanghai Low Restaurant) rooftop view north on Grant. Sing Chong and Sing Fat Buildings, New Lincoln Hotel. Stained glass globe lights in front of Sing Fat and dragon streetlamps (dedicated in September, 1925). Telegraph Hill in distance.
Chinatown
Grant Ave near California
View south of Grant. Canton Bazaar on right.[The reconstructed Chinatown after the earthquake. Picture taken very early in the morning, which accounts for lack of activity.]
Chinatown
The Emporium
Market St near Powell. View East. Emporium 50th Anniversary
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Commercial
Elevated view looking northwest across Kearny St. Part of Portsmouth Square at far right. At left, J.E. (Joseph E.) Knowles, photographs, pictures newspapers; 621 Kearny; Dr. Moore, physician and surgeon office. (An original stereo view in the Bancroft Library (Houseworth No. 105) shows the registration date of 1869.)[N.W. cor Commercial-Kearny St.[TEH141 Kearny And Commercial Sts. 1870 (sic) T. E. Hecht]
Chinatown
5th near Mission
The Metropolitan Temple, on east side of Fifth Street at Jessie, designed by William S. Mooser architect. The cornerstone was laid in August, 1876 and it was dedicated on August 5, 1877. It was the home of Rev. Isaac Kalloch's Baptist Church and the scene of his attempted assassination by Charles de Young in 1879. United Undertakers and F.W. Spencer & Co. Guild Pianos. A portion of the Lincoln School is visible at left. Variant of wnp27.4093. [TEH #612 Metropolitan Temple T.E. Hecht 430 35th Ave]
South of Market
Geary & Stockton
['City of Paris' San Francisco] View of the southeast corner and 'City of Paris' department store.
Downtown / Union Square
Eddy & Van Ness
View west on Eddy [Looking West on Ellis St.(Sic) from Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, Cal. 85] to Relocated businesses after 1906 earthquake; Tait's Cafe in former Wallace residence; Newmark Cigars; carriages; autos; streetcar
Tenderloin
Ellis, Stockton & Market
[TEH105 T.E. Hecht 430-35th Ave.] View southeast across intersection to south side of Market Street between 3rd & 4th. Stack of lumber, pile of bricks across from Carriage Manufactory, Heverin's Marble Works at 783 Market. Original caption "Market Street, from corner Stockton Street, looking west, San Francisco. # 508". Same image as wnp71.1949, different cropping.
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Market
Elevated view northwest to Flannery Building, with signage for Larrabee's stationery store, W.M. Monahan Real Estate. Haskell's Tea Store at left, with Calvary Presbyterian Church in distance behind. Temple Emanu-El at right. Same image as wnp24.218a with different cropping.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & O'Farrell
View north on Powell to Union Square, Nob Hill. Horses, carriages, cable car. Temple Emanu-El in background. [TEH557 Powell St. Feb 6, 1905. T. E. Hecht]
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Montgomery
[TEH13 Market St. in 1865 T. E. Hecht] Elevated view over Market St., looking southwest from Montgomery to future site of Palace Hotel. Wood plank sidewalks, dirt street. McFadden's Block building. Lawrence & Houseworth No. '362 South side of Market Street, above Montgomery. Same image as wnp71.1943, different cropping.
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Washington
View north on Kearny to busy street scene. A Penny Arcade is in what was formerly the entry to the Bella Union Theater at left. At this time, Peter Bacigalupi, a pioneer in bringing moving pictures to San Francisco in 1894, ran this and another Penny Arcade. Also, Pioneer Tom & Jerry Saloon, Saloon with Wunder Beer sign, rooming houses, laundry wagon, restaurants, streetcars and bars. California Hotel in distance at Columbus (then Montgomery Ave.) corner. Telegraph Hill in the distance. [TEH498 Kearny St North of Washington. Aug 1905] (AS)
Chinatown
Market near 3rd
Elevated view southwest across busy Market Street to Bancroft's History Building (with Morley's Billiards, Ayres' Business College, Butler-Schutze Co., D.C. Hager Tailor and McDermott Sandblast hanging platform), Spreckels Market, Dr. Holsman, Stanford Studio photographer, Goldstein & Co. theatrical supplies 733 Market, Montgomery Market, Sanborn Vail, Boston Dental College, Shreve & Barber guns & cutlery, Midway Theatre. In distance old 1887 Flood Building at 4th St. corner, Emporium. [TEH500 South side Market St between 3rd & 4th. Aug 1905]
Downtown / Union Square
Battery & Market
View northwest across Market to Meyer Bros., Pompeian Saloon, The Helbing Hat Co. Kalamazoo Corset Co. Same image as wnp71.1879. [TEH507 Battery & Market June 3-1905 T. E. Hecht]
Financial District