Front & Vallejo
View of C. A. Hutton Flour Co. warehouse at NW corner. Delivery wagon wit horse, sacks piled on sidewalk, railcar on right, with Telegraph Hill in background. Building extant in 2018 as 915 Front Street.
Northern WaterfrontSign
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O'Farrell & Market
[O'Farrell St. at Market & Grant S.F. Cal] View west on O'Farrell from Market, Savings Union Bank & Trust, Union Trust Company of San Francisco in foreground
Downtown / Union Square
California & Grant
View north on Grant. Chinatown, Sing Chong Importing Co., The Linen House, cable car tracks. [C-23] [G810 C-023] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Chinatown
California & Grant
View northwest across intersection to almost completed Sing Chong Co. Building, Old St. Mary's Church at right. Signs: "Sing Chong Co. Will Occupy This Entire Building", "Chinese Bazaar", "Japanese Bazaar", "T. Paterson Ross architect, Burgren engineer." [C-30] [G810 C-030] (GGNRA/Behrman OGA 35346)
Chinatown
Grant & Geary
Gantner & Mattern Co., Knitters, corner of Grant & Gear. Call Building at right, automobiles [G810 OF-036] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Grant near Geary
H. Liebes & Co., Furriers, Cloaks & Suits, Grant Ave. near Geary St. Gantner & Mattern next door [G810 OF-042] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
2nd & Market
Elevated view south across Market and down 2nd Street from Hobart Building to Santa Fe Building/West Coast Life Insurance Building (built as Santa Fe Railroad headquarters, Wood & Simpson architects, 1917), southeast corner of 2nd and Market. This view predates the 1921 addition of 2 more floors.[G810 OF-083] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
6th & Market
Elevated view southeast across Market to David Hewes Building with Western States Life Insurance Co. sign on roof and Summerfield & Haines Clothiers in corner retail space. To left, Hale Bros. Building (with 3 story annex building on 6th Street) to right of Hewes Building, and Wilson Building. At far right, Delger Building with United Cigar Store. At far left, Pantages Theatre, Strand (later St. Francis) Theatre playing Tom Mix in 'The Feud', Empire Theatre (and Lesser Bros. Washington Market, in Hale Bros. Building). [G810 OF-084] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Tenderloin
18th & Mission
Night scene, fire raging behind line of shops, water truck at lower right, man on ladder at left [4/4 18th Mission] (folder: Fire, Pier - Burning - Night)
Mission
1190 Pine
Across street view of six ladders on building, with onlookers in lower right [Market Liquor] [4/4 1190 Pine] (folder: Fire, Pine St. - 1190 Pine)
Nob Hill
Polk & Clay
Multiple fire engines, one with ladder extended to building out of frame, one with ladder partially extended in air. Multiple fire hoses lying on street. Clusters of onlookers. Cars lining the street. [4/4 Polk Ctby] (folder: Fire, Polk St.)
Polk Gulch
Polk & Clay
Fire engine with ladder extended in front of Dimmer's Hardware, fire damage on top floor. Standing ladder resting on building next-door with fireman on roof. Firemen on engine and in front of building. [4/4 Polk Clby] (folder: Fire, Polk St.)
Polk Gulch
Polk near Clay
Elevated night view westerly across Polk between Washington and Clay. 4 Alarm fire at Dimmer Hardware,1715 Polk Street. Fire engine with ladder extended in front, four firemen at top of ladder. Multiple fire hoses winding along street, one hose leading to roof of building. Second fire engine at edge of frame with multiple firemen. [4/4 Polk] (folder: Fire, Polk St.)
Polk Gulch
Market & 8th
Night view looking east across Market to hanging electrical decorations, probably for Knights Templar conclave. Central Theatre with electric lights outlining the dome over the entrance, playing 'The Evil Men Do,' Empire Theatre, museum, Lyceum Theatre. [T-19] [G810 T-019] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Civic Center
3rd near Evans
Allan's Meats warehouse, firefighters on aerial ladder spraying water [4/4 3rd Evans Fire, Warehouse] (folder: Fire, Smokey Firefighters)
Central Waterfront