Ferry Building
View northeast across Embarcadero from near foot of Mission. Ferry Building and Ferry Station Post Office (1901-1915) at center.
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Lower Market St
Elevated view east from Market and California. Ferry Building, Southern Pacific Building, Lincoln Hotel (115 Market), Lincoln Tailoring Co., C.C. Morse & Co. seeds. Horses drinking from trough at lower left. [7114 6-23-21][DPW 7114]
Financial District
Van Ness & Hayes
[Van Ness Avenue, North from Hayes St., Oct 15th 1905.] View northeast across Van Ness to buildings on east side of block. C. W. Cunningham Bicycle Agency 230 Van Ness, Frawley & Kelleher Groceries, H. Long Merchant Tailors on corner. City Hall dome at right. Duplicate of wnp26.465
Civic Center
Bush near Divisadero
Laurel Hill Market, 2512 Bush (demolished for church building, building at right still stands). Built in 1874. it was the market and butcher shop of Peter Daverkosen until at least 1901. The double doors to the left of the shop entrance led to a stable, windmill and water tank in the rear yard. [WK]
Lower Pacific Heights
Haight & Broderick
Northeast corner of Haight and Broderick, Victorian home with wagon in front. Odd asymmetrical design with turret. Home of Alexander Boomer. [On back in pencil: Front view 948 Haight St. S. Francisco ] (block was later renumbered and this house became 996 Haight)
Buena Vista
Mission & 5th
View northwest across intersection towards Old U.S. Mint. Ivy covers a portion of facade.
South of Market
Stockton & Ellis
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View south toward the shell of Emporium department store from Stockton near the corner of Ellis and Market; makeshift sidewalk restaurant for hot waffles; piles of lumber [The Emporium, Market St.]
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Maiden Lane
Kearny & Morton (now Maiden Lane). View north along Kearny from intersection. Elite Saloon on left ("Elite" on corner street lamp). At northwest corner Post and Kearny, D. Samuels The Lace House.[TEH630 Kearny Street, San Francisco, Cal. T.E. Hecht]
Downtown / Union Square
Grant & Clay
[TEH882 T.E. Hecht View in Chinatown] View northeast across intersection on former Dupont and Clay St. House with third floor balcony at center
Chinatown
Embarcadero
[232 Hacks at Pacific Mail Dock on Steamer day. San Francisco, Cal] Probably Pier 24, foot of Spear Street. Cabs for Winchester hotel and Hotel Stewart on the dock.
Rincon Hill
O'Farrell & Powell
View east on O'Farrell toward Fischer's Vaudeville Theatre, Alcazar Theatre, Lunsted's Saloon. [O'Farrell St. TEH543 T.E Hecht] Call Building in distance.
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Washington
View north on Kearny to busy street scene. A Penny Arcade is in what was formerly the entry to the Bella Union Theater at left. At this time, Peter Bacigalupi, a pioneer in bringing moving pictures to San Francisco in 1894, ran this and another Penny Arcade. Also, Pioneer Tom & Jerry Saloon, Saloon with Wunder Beer sign, rooming houses, laundry wagon, restaurants, streetcars and bars. California Hotel in distance at Columbus (then Montgomery Ave.) corner. Telegraph Hill in the distance. [TEH498 Kearny St North of Washington. Aug 1905] (AS)
Chinatown
3rd & Howard
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across Howard to men and woman sitting on a mattress with belongings on 3rd Street sidewalk. Howard Street Methodist Episcopal Church ruins at Howard and Hawthorne in background. [Copyright 1906 by Clinton Johnson 39][ Originally from stereocard with this erroneous caption "Old First Baptist Church opposite the Mint"]
South of Market
Sacramento near Leidesdorff
View west to What Cheer house on left, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co., Martin's Restaurant on right. Fairmont Hotel, cable cars in distance. [No. 4 Sacramento St. west from Sansome, 1905]
Financial District
Grant near Clay
View north on Grant Ave, to Clay St. intersection. Pedestrians on sidewalk, carts and autos in the road. Sing Chong store, 800 Grant, on northeast corner of Clay and Grant.
Chinatown