Tracks

Contains 595 photos

Geary near Grant
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Geary near Grant

View east on Geary between Stockton and Grant (then Dupont Avenue) toward the Palace Hotel. Chronicle Building, Palace Hotel, cable car tracks. [SS-33 Geary St 1890 East Stockton] [F810 SS-033] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square
Montgomery & Sacramento
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Montgomery & Sacramento

[South on Montgomery from Sacramento St 1882] View south from center of street, horsecar, Palace Hotel in distance. Safe Deposit Building (1875) on southeast corner Montgomery & California. John Roach, Optician, southwest corner Montgomery & Sacramento. [F810 SS-142] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Montgomery near Sutter
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Montgomery near Sutter

View South on Montgomery toward Post & Market, Samuel Van Praag Tobacco, P.F. Butler Millinery, T.H. Boyd Photographer Gallery at left. Grand Hotel and Palace Hotel in background. Lick House and Masonic Temple at right. Probably Watkins Boudoir Card. Tightly cropped version on stereoview card at wnp71.1446. [F810 SS-143] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square
Post near Kearny
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Post near Kearny

View west on Post from Montgomery. View west from center of street to distant church steeples at Union Square. Cobblestone street and horsecar rails. Mechanics Institute, 31 Post built 1866, at left. Stallard, physician. Cobblestone street. Barbers, horsecar rails. Same image as wnp71.0871, wnp37.03481 (Taber B 30) with different cropping. [Post St. West Montgy St. 1890 SS-154] [F810 SS-154] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square
Market & Powell
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Market & Powell

Elevated view north up Powell Street with horsecar rails (installed 1879, replaced with cable 1888). St. Ann's building on left. Baldwin Hotel on right. Trinity Episcopal Church and Stanford mansion in distance. [Looking up Powell 1888 SS-157] [F810 SS-157] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square
Ellis & Powell
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Ellis & Powell

Elevated view north from window of Baldwin Hotel. Cable car tracks, Calvary Presbyterian Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, Temple Emanu-El. Stanford and Hopkins mansions in background left. Cable car tracks on Powell ending at Geary. Same image as wnp24.0154a, different cropping. [San Francisco from Baldwin House. S-158] [F810 SS-158] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square
2nd & Market
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2nd & Market

Elevated view south across Market down 2nd Street. Temperance Legion Headquarters Central Hall, Wand & Co. Dry Goods. From Lawrence & Houseworth No. 293. [SS-167 Second Street from Market Street 1866] [F810 SS-167] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Sutter near Taylor
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Sutter near Taylor

View east to Temple Emanu-El in distance. Dirt road, wood sidewalks, horsecar rails. Row of identical townhomes. Horsecar line converted to cable car service in 1877. [Sutter St East Taylor St 1872 SS-176] [F810 SS-176] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Lower Nob Hill
Folsom & 5th
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Folsom & 5th

View east on Folsom from 5th, south side of the street. West American Sales Co., Samarkand Ice Cream, Stella's Coffee Shop. Nothing in the view remains. [Feb 23, 1942. 893 Folsom]

South of Market
Waverly and Clay
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Waverly and Clay

View north up Waverly Place, men walking across intersection and on sidewalk. In distance, buildings along north side of Washington Street. Cable car track on Clay street in foreground. [A street in Chinatown above Kearney San Francisco Cal.] Identical to WNP71.20052. (GGNRA/Stotler GOGA 33760)

Chinatown
Waverly and Clay
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Waverly and Clay

View north up Waverly Place, men walking across intersection and on sidewalk. In distance, buildings along north side of Washington Street. Cable car track on Clay street in foreground. [Street in Chinatown taken from Sacramento Street.] Identical to WNP71.20051. (GGNRA/Stotler GOGA 33760)

Chinatown
Market & 7th
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Market & 7th

[CK007 Embassy as Rialto September 1919] Elevated view west on Market. Odd Fellows Building and Rialto Theater (later Embassy), Hotel Whitcomb at left. Decorative arch over street 'To President Wilson The French Colony" "France, Amerique". Streetlights decorated with American Flags.

Tenderloin
St. Mary's Hospital
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St. Mary's Hospital

Stanyan and Hayes, St. Mary's Hospital under construction

Golden Gate Park
St. Mary's Hospital
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St. Mary's Hospital

Stanyan and Hayes, St. Mary's Hospital under construction

Golden Gate Park
11th & Folsom
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11th & Folsom

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of the Jackson Brewery at 11th and Folsom Streets. Streetcar tracks, bent iron girders.

South of Market