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Market & 9th
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Market & 9th

View east on Market Street toward 9th Street. Market St. Cable Railway cable car on the Valencia Street line at left. Market St. Cable Railway cable car on the Hayes Street line at center rear. Sutter Street Railway cable car (Dummy & Trailer) on the Larkin Street line at center. California Pottery & Terra Cotta Co., City Hall (dome not yet constructed), Hall of Records, Murphy Building. J. Schultze Drugs listed at 1249 Market 1885-1889. Edward H. Kemp Old San Francisco. Market, Hayes,& Larkin Street.

Downtown
View Up Market Street
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View Up Market Street

Elevated view west up Market Street, probably from the Hobart Building at Montgomery and Market. Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building, Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building, Humboldt Bank Building at left. Crocker Building, Chronicle and Chronicle Annex Buildings on right. Twin Peaks and City Hall dome in distance. Banners strung across Market Street. Keystone View Co. 230 (16743)

Financial District
James Lick School
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James Lick School

View northwest across intersection of Clipper and Noe to James Lick School [A]

Noe Valley
Market at 3rd
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Market at 3rd

Low-angle view north across market to large circular hanging decoration over intersection, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Flannery Building (with projecting electric 'Dentist' sign) Lotta's Fountain, Chronicle Building with decorations for Knights Templar Convention, Crocker Building, Union Trust Building.

South of Market
Mission near 2nd
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Mission near 2nd

View west to New Montgomery St., Aronson Building in background left, 14-Line Market Street Railway #1553

South of Market
3rd & Jessie
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3rd & Jessie

Elevated view southwest from roof of Hearst Building toward Mission Street, the Aronson Building, Winchester Hotel, and the west side of 3rd between Mission and Jessie.

Downtown
Market & Castro
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Market & Castro

View east to new Castro Street Muni Metro Station on right and across Castro, 17th St., Market intersection. In distance left, tower of Trinity Methodist Church (Market & 16th Street, built 1929, destroyed by fire October 11,1981). At far right, Twin Peaks bar.

Castro
Market & O'Farrell
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Market & O'Farrell

View southeast across Market to Call Building / Central Tower, Examiner Building, Monadnock Building, Palace Hotel, Metropolis Bank Building. Morris Plan in remodeled Kamm Building, Carl Wilke Cafeteria.

Downtown
California near Montgomery
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California near Montgomery

View west from center of California above Montgomery, probably from cable car, looking up Nob Hill to Old St. Mary's Church, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (later Ritz-Carlton), Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels. At right, Financial Center Building (1927), later Omni Hotel, with lower stories modernized with stone sheathing. Empty lot with pedestrian safety structure at 550 California, site of Occidental Life Insurance Co. Building, completed 1960. Uphill from construction side is Home Insurance Company Building (around this time, Fireman's Fund) completed 1951 and demolished in 1983. On left, at Kearny corner, construction or demolition is underway for the International Building (601 California).

Financial District
Grant & Washington
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Grant & Washington

View northeast down Grant to buildings on east side of Grant.

Chinatown
Grant Near Washington
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Grant Near Washington

View southeast down Grant to buildings on east side of street.

Chinatown
New Montgomery & Market
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New Montgomery & Market

View north across New Montgomery to Crocker Building, Crocker First National Bank, Hunter-Dulin Building under construction, Union Trust Building. United Bank, with large clock projecting from Market St. corner, at right.

Downtown
Geary, Kearny, & Market
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Geary, Kearny, & Market

Elevated view west over crowded street scene to Geary; Flannery building at left with large billboard atop, Lotta's Fountain; Chronicle Building on the right, Schmidt Building with Korn Hats, Rosenstock Building with Golden Pheasant restaurant, Whittell Building in distance. Outbound D-Line streetcar at Kearny, inbound D-Line approaching on Geary. Flannery Building signage on 2nd and 3rd floors for dentist Dr. Charles Henry ('Doc') Strub, who, in 1919, became part owner and president of the San Francisco Seals baseball team until 1938. J. Edlin Merchant Tailor on 4th Floor, Slavin Hair Grower on 5th Floor, General Cigar Co. at street level. United Cigars, William T. Valentine Suits at northwest corner Geary & Kearny.

Downtown / Union Square
Van Ness at Post
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Van Ness at Post

View Northeast. Hudson-Essex auto dealership. Flag at half-mast

Lower Nob Hill
Van Ness at Post
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Van Ness at Post

Hudson-Essex auto delaership. Flag at half-mast. View northeast.

Lower Nob Hill