Grant near California
View north on Grant to Cathay House (opened September, 1939), Sing Chong, crowded California Cable Car #23, Old St. Mary's Church. [Zan 2492 California St. Cable Car Chinatown, San Francisco]
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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
Geary & Market
Elevated view northwest across Market to Flannery Building at left with Hale Dental Co., Dr. Miles & Co.("Men Only"), Projecting electric "Dentist" sign attached to upper stories, Richelieu Cafe, and United Cigar Store with large "SMOKE" sign at street level. On buildings at right, signage for Bell Real Estate, another United Cigar store, "Corns Cured." Lotta's Fountain at right.
Downtown / Union Square
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
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
Kearny & Maiden Lane
Kearny & Morton (now Maiden Lane). View north along Kearny from intersection. Elite Saloon on left ("Elite" on corner street lamp). At northwest corner Post and Kearny, D. Samuels The Lace House.[TEH630 Kearny Street, San Francisco, Cal. T.E. Hecht]
Downtown / Union Square
Grant & Clay
[TEH882 T.E. Hecht View in Chinatown] View northeast across intersection on former Dupont and Clay St. House with third floor balcony at center
Chinatown
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
Clay Street Cable Car
[TEH3 T. E. Hecht] Clay St. Hill RR company. #10 car at Clay & Kearny terminus. Passengers possibly include Andrew Hallidie in first row, center. C.P. Shaack store, 706 Kearny, Uncle Harris pawn shop, 702-4 Kearny in background. Portsmouth Square at left. Same image as right frame from Houseworth Stereoview 'No. 273. Clay Street Hill Railroad'
Chinatown
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
Market & Montgomery
Elevated view east to Yerba Buena Island. Zech's Piano Factory, National Flouring Mills, sailing ships in distance. Muddy street and board sidewalks. [TEH12 Down Market St. in 1865 T. E. Hecht] See wnp37.02089.
Financial District
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)
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