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1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east from center of California to electric streetcar crossing on Kearny. Kohl Building at center left, Merchants Exchange Building under reconstruction at center right, Mutual Life Insurance Building in distance beyond. At Montgomery corner, Safe Deposit building lower stories under reconstruction. Behind streetcar, The Old Corner saloon.
Chinatown
View northeast across intersection to people boarding crowded United Railroads streetcar. Sherith Israel synagogue in background. M. Bercovich Cigars at left.
Japantown
View north on Fillmore toward Ellis, people in the street, streetcar tracks turning east on Ellis, streetcar in distance. Pencovic-Harris druggists 1407 Fillmore, Pacific Syndicate Co. varieties, 1415 Fillmore, Puritan Dining Room 1433 Fillmore in distance left.
Western Addition
View southwest from center of Market, Crocker Building at right under reconstruction. Metropolis Trust & Savings Bank Building (under construction, completed early 1908) and Palace Hotel under construction at left. Monadnock Building, Call Building, uncompleted Humboldt Bank Building in left background. In right background, Flood Building, Chronicle / de Young Building reconstruction, 660 Market Realty Building, completed late 1907. Behind Chronicle Building scaffolding, Flannery Building and Mutual Savings Bank Building. Electric streetcar #1540 on cable car track.
Financial District
View north from Fulton between 1st and 4th Ave. Fulton Street Cable car in foreground. First Star of the Sea Church (1888–1918) in left background beyond grandstand.
Richmond Inner
View east on California Street to intersection with Grant Avenue and beyond. Reconstruction in progress, some ruins still present. Sing Chong and Sing Fat Buildings. Old St Mary's steeple at left. Kohl and Merchants' Exchange Buildings in distance. Alaska Commercial Building, Clunie Building. In far distance, Fife Building (opened 1909) is under construction.
Chinatown
View southwest down Market to Castro and Market cable car with Twin Peaks (with giant sign for Cook's Water) in background. Wulzen's Drugs on corner. Same image with slightly different cropping at wnp33.00531.
Castro
Woodward's Gardens, 14th & Mission. Elevated view northwest toward Protestant Orphan Asylum in background [4127 View of Woodward's Gardens]
Mission
[Foot of Market St, San Francisco, . R. J. Waters] Elevated view southeast across Embarcadero to original ferry building, horsecars, cable cars, horse drawn wagons.
Financial District
Elevated view across Market St towards Palace Hotel. Lotta's Fountain in foreground. [3712 Palace Hotel, Market St, showing Cable Cars and Lotta's Fountain]
South of Market
Elevated view west on Market to Call Building, Chronicle Building, Crocker Building, Union Trust / Wells Fargo Building, original Hobart Building. Busy street scene with cable cars, dray wagons. Large Wieland Beer signage. [Market St. July 1905 T.E. Hecht] TEH
Financial District
View southeast from Embarcadero to well dressed large party of adults and children posing in front of original Ferry Building and horse drawn carriages and horse drawn streetcars. A wooden clock tower was added to the building after its opening in September, 1875, and was completed in January, 1877. C.P.R.R.
Financial District
Elevated view west over California Street Cable car at original terminus, California House, Old St Mary's. Opposite Old St. Mary's is First Congregational Church, with Grace Church beyond at Stockton. In building at lower left, E. Hartog Law & Collection office, H. Kenitzer Architect, L.R. Ellert & Co, Druggists. At right Alexander Carpenter Shop, W.W. Blake Painter, Florists, T.N. Dunphy & Co. Bill Posters. [342 California St. Cable Road from Kearny north]
Financial District
View southeast across Kearny to Lotta's Fountain, man dressed as Confederate soldier. Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view east above 3rd Street, then Kentucky, to two crowded United Railroads streetcars (one is #958] over commercial area near Union Iron Works, with crowded streets behind. In distance, Olympia Hotel 500 20th and Western Hotel 507 20th. [California Promotion Committee. No. 70 Workers Returning From ?]
Dogpatch