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Market near 5th
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Market near 5th

Elevated view northeast toward Flood Building. Hotel Turpin, Douglas Building at left. Top of Humboldt Bank Building with 1915 sign, Emporium, Lincoln Building with Hinz & Landt Milliners at right. Construction site at southwest corner 5th and Market at bottom right is for Hale Bros. Department Store Building (Completed November 1, 1912, Reid & Reid architects). [Powell & Market 8x10 dpwbook3 dpw542]

South of Market
Geary & Arguello
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Geary & Arguello

View northwest across the intersection of Geary and Arguello to the Larkins Building (former Geary Park & Ocean Railroad Co. Geary St. Car barn), still stands in 2022. [dpwbook3 dpw546]

Lone Mountain
Geary & Buchanan
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Geary & Buchanan

View east on Geary at Buchanan, Geary cable car tracks at center. Geary Street, Park & Ocean Railroad building at left. Japantown. (All buildings in this view demolished)[dpwbook3 dpw547]

Japantown
Presidio & Geary
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Presidio & Geary

[Presidio car barn site, Lone Mountain in background dpwbook3 dpw548] looking southwest

Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
Presidio & Geary
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Presidio & Geary

[Presidio car barn site, Lone Mountain in background dpwbook3 dpw549] Calvary Cemetery at left

Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
Geary & Fillmore
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Geary & Fillmore

Elevated view northeast across intersection of Geary & Fillmore Streets to Weinstein Co. Department Store. Steel arch with electric lights over intersection. [dpwbook3 dpw550]

Japantown
Geary & Divisadero
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Geary & Divisadero

View northeast across intersection of Geary and Divisadero. Geary Street cable car. All visible buildings have been demolished or moved. N. Gray and Company Undertakers at 2190 and 2198 Geary in background [dpwbook3 dpw551]

Anza Vista
Geary near 5th Ave
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Geary near 5th Ave

View east on Geary from 5th Avenue, work crews removing cable car system. [dpwbook4 dpw560]

Richmond Inner
Geary & 4th Ave
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Geary & 4th Ave

View east on Geary near 4th Avenue, work crews removing cable car system from Geary Street. [Geary & 4th removing cable bed dpwbook4 dpw561]

Richmond Inner
Geary & Fillmore
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Geary & Fillmore

View east on Geary to men rebuilding tracks. Weinstein Co. Department Store at left. [dpwbook4 dpw563]

Japantown
Geary & Broderick
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Geary & Broderick

View east on Geary between Baker & Broderick, street work showing old Geary Street cable car tracks and street paved with Belgian Blocks. [steel hammer] [dpwbook4 dpw564]

Lower Pacific Heights
Fillmore & Post
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Fillmore & Post

Fillmore St. proposed tunnel between Sutter and Filbert, never built (sketch). Originally planned to speed traffic to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Elevated view north on Fillmore. Sherith Israel synagogue in distance right. [South Portal, Fillmore St. Tunnel, Geo. J. Couchat, June 1912, dpwbook4 dpw587]

Lower Pacific Heights
Geary & Jones
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Geary & Jones

Geary & Jones, new steel track crossing [dpwbook4 dpw589]

Tenderloin
Market at Sansome
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Market at Sansome

Market at Sansome, sewer construction [dpwbook4 dpw591] Elevated view southwest across intersection. Palace Hotel, Call Building and Humboldt Bank Building (with 1915 sign) at right.

Financial District
Geary & Van Ness
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Geary & Van Ness

View east on Geary, 200ft west of Van Ness. Large work crew removing old Geary Street cable car tracks. Hotel Martinet,and future home of Tommy's Joynt, on right. Hotel Richelieu at center across Geary. [dpwbook4 dpw608]

Cathedral Hill