Market near 4th
Window display of women's dresses at Hartfield's store, 817 Market Street near 4th Street [817 Market - Hartfields - Mr. Barohn] Storefronts
Downtown / Union SquareRetail
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Grove near Van Ness Ave
View south across Grove St. to exterior of D. Zelinsky & Sons painting contractors occupying 2 buildings on Grove. Building at center left was later the S.F. Art Commission Gallery, and the building at center right has been demolished and was later the site of Please Touch Community Garden. [150 Grove - Lloyd Hanford - Property Management]
Civic Center
Market & Stockton
View north across Market. Roos Brothers at center, Phelan Building at right. City of Paris, Joseph Magnin, Stockton Tunnel in distance left. [Roos Bros - Mr. Kern - Equitable]
South of Market
Kearny & Sutter
View southeast across intersection toward Hotel Sutter (Now Galleria Park Hotel) on the southeast corner. Pauson's, Hirsh and Price, Ruth's Health Food[SF - Equitable]
Downtown / Union Square
O'Farrell & Powell
View East on O'Farrell from Powell. Omar Khayyam's Restaurant, Cable Car Clothiers, St. Moritz Hotel, Macy's. Phelan Building, Central Tower (former Call Building) in distance. Remains of cable car track crossing from O'Farrell, Jones & Hyde cable car line still present in intersection. [Equitable - Aug 23]
Downtown / Union Square
9th & Jessie
Elevated view north to construction on Merchandise Mart Annex, 9th Street between Market and Jessie. F. Thomas Parisian Dyeing & Cleaning Works on left, in building which has since been demolished. Civic Auditorium and City Hall in background. On Market Street in distance, 76 gas station with large sign on tower, Chase Hotel (built 1907), SF Radio store. [Furniture Mart Annex - Cahill]
South of Market
Townsend & Ritch
North side of Townsend at Ritch Street. Depot Liquors, Burger Fair. Building on the right edge of photo has been demolished. M.J. Brandenstein (M.J.B.) Building, 665 3rd St., background center with tanks on roof. [210-216 Townsend St. - Property Mgmt. 8/27/4]
Mission Bay
Kearny near California
View west across Kearny to eastern entrance to St. Mary's Square Garage, built 1953. Hotel Yolanda at right. Hertz car rental office. Flying A service station sign, St. Mary's Smoke Shop, Square Cafe. [St Mary Garage etc SF]
Financial District
Powell & Columbus
[North Beach NB-28] Elevated view northwest to Powell & Columbus (then Montgomery Avenue). Singer Manufacturing Co, North Beach Drug Store, North Beach Art Gallery. Corner of Washington Square at right. Alcatraz and Angel Islands in distance. [F810 NB-028] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Russian Hill
Mechanics' Pavilion
[2071 - Singer's Sewing Machines, Robert M. Yates, Agent, 139 Montgomery St. OF-69] Interior view of mercantile display in exhibition hall. Probably the 1869 Mechanics Institute Fair at the Mechanics Pavilion in Union Square. Bartram & Fanton sewing machines, first manufactured 1867. Florence sewing machines. [F810 OF-069] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Post & Kearny
Elevated view across Kearny to White House, Davidson & Co. Lavishly decorated retail store on northwest corner Kearny and Post, with patriotic theme decorated for Grand Army of the Republic G.A.R, painting of Washington and Lafayette at center. [White House, Decorated For the Grand Army OF-85] [F810 OF-085] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Eddy & Powell
Elevated view to northwest corner of Powell and Eddy. St. Ann's Building with S.N. Wood & Co. Department store on first floor, Columbian Woolen Mills, Ideal Dental Company, Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias. Poodle Dog Restaurant in background left. At bottom right, site of Baldwin Hotel, which burned in November, 1898 and later Flood Building. [OF-88] [F810 OF-088] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny near Geary
Panorama 1905, part 1. View northwest, likely from Chronicle Annex Building. Nob Hill, Hopkins and Stanford mansions, Fairmont Hotel (before completion), Grace Church, California Hotel & Theatre (with conical towers). At lower left, W.&J. Sloane Building (1900, Tharp & Holmes architects). Following the 1906 catastrophe, it was demolished down to its steel frame and rebuilt into the present-day Jewelers Building. At bottom center, White House department store. [Panorama 1905 #1] [F810 PAN-007a] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
26th & Castro
View east across intersection at 26th and Castro. Empty United Railroads Castro Cable Car #1 on turntable. Nicholas Tweitmann Grocery, 1623 Castro, on northeast corner at left, Patrick Mullin Grocery, 1701 Castro, on the southeast corner at right. United Railroads [U01398]
Noe Valley
Market near 5th
Exterior of Volume National Brands store at 867 Market Street. Leeds Shoes next door.
South of Market