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Bush & Sansome
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Bush & Sansome

Elevated view northwest across Bush. Brooklyn Hotel with cabs and a stagecoach in front and men posed in front and on the balcony (opened at this location in late 1868). Mercantile Library, built 1867-68. Empty lot beyond was site of Calvary Presbyterian Church, indicating this photograph is from 1869, when a replacement structure was built by Nicholas Luning. California Neck Tie Factory (Mrs. A.H. Makins), 206 Bush, James Swain bootmaker, 206 Bush, Dietle & Beck bootmakers, 204 Bush. [Bush St. from Sansome 1875 (Sic) SS-5 Turrill & Miller] [F810 SS-005] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Pacific Telephone Building
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Pacific Telephone Building

View southeast toward Pacific Telegraph and Telephone Building, 140 New Montgomery, under construction. Designed by Timothy Pflueger, it is one of SF's most iconic early skyscrapers. To the right is the San Francisco Furniture Exchange building, built 1920 and still standing on New Montgomery between Natoma and Howard. Signs on nearby buildings for Gladding, McBean & Co. and Butte Electrical.

South of Market
Ashbury & Piedmont
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Ashbury & Piedmont

View east past entry pillars of Ashbury Terrace. Man and girl standing on left.

Ashbury Heights
Piedmont & Delmar
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Piedmont & Delmar

View west in Ashbury Terrace development to Mount Sutro in distance.

Buena Vista
Upper Terrace & Ashbury Terrace
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Upper Terrace & Ashbury Terrace

View north on 100 block of Upper Terrace toward Masonic Avenue.

Buena Vista
Upper Terrace & Ashbury Terrace
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Upper Terrace & Ashbury Terrace

View south on 100 block of Upper Terrace up hill toward Clifford Terrace.

Buena Vista
Upper Terrace near Masonic
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Upper Terrace near Masonic

View north on 100 block of Upper Terrace toward Buena Vista Park in distance. Man standing in empty lot on right.

Buena Vista
Upper Terrace & Ashbury Terrace
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Upper Terrace & Ashbury Terrace

View west on first block of Ashbury Terrace. Verge and stairs to sidewalk. Strawberry Hill in distance.

Buena Vista
Kearny near Washington
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Kearny near Washington

Elevated view west over Portsmouth Square from old Hall of Justice. Mark Hopkins Hotel in distance. Chop Suey and 'Old Chinatown' signs on Washington.

Chinatown
Mount Davidson
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Mount Davidson

Large crowd for Easter sunrise services at Mount Davidson cross. Loudspeakers, lights, and people sitting on grass.

Sherwood Forest
Parnassus near 3rd Ave
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Parnassus near 3rd Ave

Affiliated Colleges, current site of University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) with Sutro Forest behind. Automobiles parked.

Parnassus Heights
Market near 8th
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Market near 8th

View east from the south sidewalk on Market between 7th and 8th toward the Embassy Theatre. Paramount Theatre in left distance. Strand Theatre showing 'Vera Cruz.' National Hotel, Food Fair Merchants.

South of Market
22nd near Capp
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22nd near Capp

St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, at 3126 22nd Street, between Capp and South Van Ness. It was built in 1900 and still stands, intact except for the loss of the rose window. The Victorian flats next to it also still stand. (WMK)

Mission
Van Ness near California
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Van Ness near California

View North on Van Ness toward west side of the street between California and Jackson. Claus Spreckels mansion in the distance at right

Pacific Heights
City Hall
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City Hall

View East from Grove and Larkin across Civic Center Plaza

Civic Center