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Palace Hotel
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Palace Hotel

Monadnock Building, from Kearny and Market, looking east, showing buildings and Palace Hotel

Downtown / Union Square
Phelan Building
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Phelan Building

Market & O'Farrell, Elevated view looking west, Savings Union Bank at right, V-Odeon Theatre (1912-1914) at left [Phelan Bld. 998]

Downtown / Union Square
Eddy Near Mason
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Eddy Near Mason

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east down Eddy to ruins of Poodle Dog Restaurant, Flood Building, Emporium

Tenderloin
Valencia near Market
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Valencia near Market

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Power House for Market Street Castro and Haight St. Cable Car Line, City Hall ruins in background, on Valencia looking northeast to Market PP303 [Market St. Power House #105]

South of Market
Market & O'Farrell
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Market & O'Farrell

Streetcar on Market, Cable car tracks on O'Farrell. Savings Union Bldg.; Union Trust Co.; Kohler & Chase Pianos [PP996]

Downtown / Union Square
3rd & Market
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3rd & Market

Elevated view north up Kearny St., Hearst Building under construction at right (it opened in September, 1911), Chronicle Building, Maskey's Candy in Maskey Buildng. Telegraph Hill in distance. [Kearney (sic) St. & The Chronicle Bld. Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 7478]

South of Market
Powell & Post
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Powell & Post

Elevated view northeast over Union Square from St. Francis Hotel. Crowds assembled for Portola Festival. Grandstand set up in empty lot at northeast corner Powell & Post, former Trinity Church site. Temple Emanu-El in background showing post-earthquake changes to steeples. Union Square Building at right. Some of the ten 40-foot carp banners donated by George Shima on behalf of the San Francisco Japanese community at right. [511]

Downtown / Union Square
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

View south toward Ferry Building across Embarcadero. Cable cars, horse and wagon

Financial District
3rd & Market
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3rd & Market

Tinted view east from crosswalk toward Palace Hotel and Grand Hotel. Lotta's Fountain at left, Nucleus Hotel at right with People's Benefit store signage. Detail from larger image at wnp71.0383.

Downtown / Union Square
Market & Geary
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Market & Geary

Elevated view southeast from intersection of Market, Geary and Kearny. Old Chronicle Building, Grand Hotel, Palace Hotel. Hand-colored Lantern slide.

Downtown / Union Square
Old City Hall
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Old City Hall

View north from 8th Street near Market across Marshall Square. The Lick Pioneer monument at center at what would become the northwest corner of Hyde and Grove

South of Market
Market & Powell
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Market & Powell

Pre-Earthquake view east down Market, Call Building in the distance at center. The new Flood Building appears at left, Emporium at right. Horse and wagon and cable car passing through the street.

Downtown / Union Square
Downtown in Ruins
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Downtown in Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast from Nob Hill, Powell near Pine. Call, Whittell Buildings, Butler Building, ruins of Temple Emanu El.

Nob Hill
Market & 5th
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Market & 5th

Elevated view northeast across Market from about 5th Street. Baldwin Hotel at Powell corner (burned November 23, 1898) on left. Phelan Building (completed April, 1882) in distance. Utility poles with 8 crossbars on south side of Market. Banner across Market reads 'Republican Headquarters.'

South of Market
Union Street near Steiner
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Union Street near Steiner

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Union between Pierce & Steiner Earthquake damaged tracks and cracks in Union St. Street kitchens in distance. Same as stereoview at wnp24.312a.

Cow Hollow