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Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

[Foot Market St. 1887 FB-9] Elevated view across Embarcadero to original Ferry Building, banner says 'At Auction 18 Choice Residence Lots', Castro Street cable car. [F810 FB-009] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

View northeast from Market Street toward Ferry Building, cable car at left and signs for Nathan Hale on buildings at right. Sign on Ferry Building reads California Counties Free Exhibit. Electric lights strung over Market Street. Same image as wnp32.0311, slightly different cropping.[Foot Market St. S.F. 1900 FB-10] Sign reads 'California Counties Free Exhibit' [F810 FB-010] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Market near 5th
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Market near 5th

View northeast across Market to Haight St. cable car #22 in foreground, 3 others behind. St. Ann's Building, Baldwin Hotel in background. Utility poles with at least 11 crossbars on south side of Market. [F810 HO-005][Baldwin Hotel Powell-Market St 1887 HO-5] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square
Lick House
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Lick House

[Lick House Decorations in Honor of the arrival of Gen. U.S. Grant, Sept. 26th, 1879. HO-24] Elevated view northwest across Montgomery to large flag and 'Hail to Our Chief' banner strung over the street; Masonic Temple at far left, A. Baumgarten, Fisher & Co. Hatters, Clock Tower Building (later Savings & Loan Building) in distance right. [F810 HO-024] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Russ House
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Russ House

Elevated view northwest across intersection to Russ House hotel at Montgomery & Bush St., occupying the street frontage between Bush and Pine Streets, opened in 1862. Horse drawn wagon in front [F810 HO-056] [Russ House 1866 HO-56] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
18th & Dolores
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18th & Dolores

View northeast from Dolores Park (then Mission Park) toward 18th and Dolores. Teenage girl posing. Streetcar passing on 18th. Students seated on median in street. (Mission High School Album)

Mission Dolores
Powell near Geary
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Powell near Geary

View of west side of Powell between O'Farrell and Geary. Manx Hotel, Gilbey's Cocktails, Hotel Crane. Cable Car #524 [front of Cable Car]

Downtown / Union Square
View from Sutro Heights
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View from Sutro Heights

View north toward Sutro Car Terminal, Lands End, Sutro Heights Parking Lot

Sutro Heights
California near Stockton
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California near Stockton

View east downhill toward Financial District, cable car approaching. From left, 720 California building before 2 story addition, Trademark Building with Cathay House Restaurant, Old St. Mary's cathedral and rectory with crowd leaving, Home Insurance Company Building under construction at Kearny St. corner in distance (completed 1951, later Fireman's Fund building), Muni bus with wings livery crosses Kearny intersection, States Hotel. Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery).

Chinatown
California near Stockton
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California near Stockton

View west from center of California to Cable Car approaching. 655 Stockton apartments on left, Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel), Mark Hopkins, Huntington and Fairmont Hotels in background.

Chinatown
Castro & Jersey
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Castro & Jersey

Double-ended Market Street Railways (MSRy) cable car #2 inside Castro car house

Noe Valley
Market near 1st
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Market near 1st

View east from center of Market toward 1st Street. Southern Pacific, Matson, PG&E Buildings, Sheldon Building, Hooker & Lent Building on right. Donahue Mechanics Monument at lower left. Mobilgas sign above Fife Building, Ferry Building in center distance. Ferry Building in the background. Most of the buildings in this view have since been demolished. C-line streetcar #660 [S.F. Scenes DK-50]

Financial District
View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

View southwest over North Beach. Union Street at left, Washington Square and flagpole at center. Major grading and landscaping of Washington Square was completed in April, 1869. Omnibus Railroad horsecar at northwest corner of Square on Powell St. Same image as wnp37.00707-R. (Panorama of San Francisco from Telegraph Hill (No. 19) 1356)[F810 NB-014] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) [NB-14 Washington Square 1867]

Telegraph Hill
Market near 3rd
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Market near 3rd

View east on Market through decorative arch for Grand Army of the Republic. [G.A.R. Arch Market St. between 3-4th St. 1886 Aug 3rd PA-23 No 1] 'The Union Forever.' Nucleus Hotel, Palace Hotel, Grand Hotel in distance. [F810 PA-023] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square
Market near Grant
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Market near Grant

[PA-33] Elevated view northwest across Market St. to parade at Grant Ave, people watching from rooftops. The Examiner newspaper offices, in low building on northeast corner, Wichman Bros. Confectioners 754 Market, Eagleson's Shirts at 750 Market St. George W. Leek, Dentist, Julius Van Vliet, Jeweler 752 Market. Late 1880's to mid 1890's. [F810 PA-033] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

South of Market