Grand Hotel
[Grand Hotel, Birds' Eye View. 1400] Elevated view southeast, probably from Masonic Temple, to Market and New Montgomery Streets. Selby Shot Tower, Rincon Hill, in background.
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Grand Hotel
'Grand Hotel, New Montgomery Street Front'. Watkins No. 1397. elevated view southeast across intersection of Market and New Montgomery.
Financial District
Grand Hotel
[Grand Hotel, San Francisco - Market Street Front. 1398] Elevated view southeast across Market.
Downtown / Union Square
Clay Street Cable Car
People pose on and alongside cable cars on Clay near Jones St. Watkins' stereo card bears this legend: 'Clay Street Hill R.R., San Francisco, Cal [California]. Run by A.S. Hallidie's patent Endless Steel Wire Rope and Gripping Attachment. Overcomes an Elevation of 307 feet in a length of 2800 feet. Watkins' Pacific Coast. 2369.' Also published by Taber.
Nob Hill
Clay Street Cable Car
Elevated view west on Clay to Clay St. Cable RR cable car on Kearny Street Terminus. Portsmouth Square on right. R. Cutlar Dentist, H. Traube watchmaker and jeweler at left. Watkins stereo card number 2368. Original Title: 'Clay St. Hill R.R., San Francisco, Cal. Run by A.S. Hallidie's patent Endless Steel Wire Rope and Gripping Attachment. Overcomes an Elevation of 307 feet in a length of 2800 feet. Worst grade, one foot in six.'
Chinatown
Palace Hotel
View southeast across Market St. to building decorated with bunting, Palace Hotel, Grand Hotel, street decorated. [The Palace Hotel, from Market Street 3572]
Downtown / Union Square
Market & 2nd
View west across Market from 2nd Street corner, Post St. on right. Ticket Office No. 4 sign, James W. Burnham & Co. Carpet & Furniture Ware Rooms (618 Market, 15-17 Post). Masonic Temple at right, spire of First Congregational Church in distance. Grand Hotel, Palace Hotel on left. (View west of Market and Posts Streets, from Second, S.F. 3669)
Financial District
Clay & Kearny
Elevated view west on Clay to Clay St. Cable RR cable car on Kearny Street Terminus. Portsmouth Square on right. R. Cutlar Dentist, H. Traube watchmaker and jeweler at left. Watkins stereo card number 2368. Original Title: 'Clay St. Hill R.R., San Francisco, Cal. Run by A.S. Hallidie's patent Endless Steel Wire Rope and Gripping Attachment. Overcomes an Elevation of 307 feet in a length of 2800 feet. Worst grade, one foot in six.'
Chinatown
Clay & Kearny
Elevated view west on Clay to Clay St. Cable RR cable car at Kearny Street Terminus. Portsmouth Square on right. R. Cutlar Dentist, H. Traube watchmaker and jeweler at left. Watkins stereo card number 2368 (Variant). Original Title: 'Clay St. Hill R.R., San Francisco, Cal. Run by A.S. Hallidie's patent Endless Steel Wire Rope and Gripping Attachment. Overcomes an Elevation of 307 feet in a length of 2800 feet. Worst grade, one foot in six.'
Chinatown
California & Montgomery
View east to ship masts in distance on California. Safe Deposit Building on southeast corner, the second Merchants' Exchange Building beyond, Express Building at left. North Beach and Mission Horse Car. Image cropped from larger Watkins image, see wnp70.0286. [California St., from Montgomery, S.F. View East 3677]
Financial District
Clay near Polk
Clay between Polk and Van Ness. Mr. Hallidie (Andrew Smith-Halladie) on the Platform. This line was not open until Nov 1873. Clay St. Hill RR Co. Car # 7. Watkins' stereo card of this shot bears this legend: "Clay Street Hill R.R., San Francisco, Cal [California]. Run by A.S. Hallidie's patent Endless Steel Wire Rope and Gripping Attachment. Overcomes an Elevation of 307 feet in a length of 2800 feet. Watkins' Pacific Coast. 2370"
Polk Gulch
Kearny & Sutter
French Residents commemorative arch for Independence Day centennial. [Arch at Kearny and Sutter Streets. SF. 3578]
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & California
Elevated view west to California St. Cable Car at original terminus while another waits uphill. California House at upper right, J. Lindo & Co. Auctioneers at left with furniture on sidewalk. [Kearny St. terminus California St. Cable R.R. S.F.] Watkins stereoview 3712. Image cropped from wnp37.02925.
Financial District
Market near 2nd
View west on Market from 2nd Street. Grand Hotel and Palace Hotel at New Montgomery on the left. Market St Railway. 4 Tracks on Market Street. Billboard for James W. Burnham & Co, Carpert and Furniture. [Market St. S. F. View west. 3668]
Financial District
Sansome & Market
Elevated view north on Sansome. Telegraph Hill in the distance. Cosmopolitan Hotel on the left at Bush St. Corner. Horsecars in distance. Fechheimer, Goodkind & Co. clothiers, 16 & 18 Sansome. Poster for Hallet, Davis & Co. pianos on building on Sutter St. corner at left. [Sansome St, from Market, S.F. 3670]
Financial District