California & Front
View west to Nob Hill. W.T. Coleman & Co at corner of Front and California, Davis & Seger at 60 California. Duplicate of wnp26.599
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Market near Sansome
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
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Market & Geary
Elevated view east over crowded street scene to Kearny, Market, and Geary intersection. Lotta's Fountain, Geary cable car on turntable. From left, Magee Building with Owl Drug sign on roof, Mutual Savings Bank, Flannery Building with C.M. Wooster Co. Country Lands, Easy Dental Parlors, Dr Hall's Electro-Vigor. Chronicle Building at far right. Whittell Building and St. Francis Hotel in distance. Schmidt Building, Rosenstock Building on north side of Geary. United Cigars on corner.
South of Market
Geary near Market
View east on Geary to Market with Palace Hotel and Monadnock Building across Market in the distance. Rear of Mutual Savings Bank Building (with entry to Paul T. Carroll Knox Hats) and Flannery Building at right. At left, Rosenstock and Schmidt Buildings. Geary Cable Car #155.
Downtown / Union Square
Clay & Van Ness
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southwest to ruins of Claus Spreckels Mansion from across Van Ness (unusual angle up Clay Street)
Polk Gulch
Bush near Montgomery
[139. Bush Street, from Montgomery to Sansom--Occidental and Cosmopolitan Hotels.] View southeast across Bush St., Cosmopolitan Hotel at far left. H. P. Wakelee druggist
Downtown / Union Square
California & Montgomery
Elevated view northwest to Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams) at center.[170. San Francisco--Wells, Fargo & Co's Express Office. Corner Montgomery and California Street.] Selleck's Photographic Gallery; wagons parked in front
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Bush near Sansome
Elevated view northeast across Bush between Montgomery & Sansome. Calvary Presbyterian Church (last services held August, 1869, demolished later that year), Mercantile Library (built 1867-68), Brooklyn Hotel (opened at this location in 1868). [213. Mercantile Library-Bush Street, between Montgomery and Sansom Streets]
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Kearny & Pine
Elevated view across intersection to northwest corner. Capital building at corner, with Graf Litho saloon and billiards at street level. Wagons at right with furniture, probably for G.F. Lamson Auction House 419 Kearny. See wnp37.01392, possibly taken at about the same time. [103. Kearny Street--West side, from Pine to California.]
Chinatown
Kearny near Pine
Elevated view to row of businesses; Warren Holt School Furniture, Bartram & Fanton Sewing Machines 411 Kearny. Convis, Pickel & Co. Real Estate, 413 Kearny; G.F. Lamson Auction House 419 Kearny, wagons unloading furniture. See wnp37.01391, possibly taken at about the same time.[104. Kearny Street--West side, between Pine and California Streets.
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Montgomery & Sacramento
Elevated view northwest to 501 to 513 Montgomery Street, from Sacramento St. to Commercial St. The corner building, #501-507, was built in 1861-1862 for John Parrott, a well-known developer. (WMK) Hartford Fire Insurance Co., Home Insurance Co.; watches and diamonds store.
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Montgomery & California
Elevated view northeast across intersection to Express Building [173. San Francisco N.E. Cor. Montgomery & California] John Middleton & Son Auctioneers, Pacific Insurance Co. 422 California.
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South Van Ness near 17th
View southeast to east side of Howard (S. Van Ness) at earthquake damaged houses (Drunken Houses), Wagons in the street.
Mission
Van Ness & Geary
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north from center of Van Ness to Rosenthal's Shoes, 1100 Van Ness, on northeast corner. Shoppers and relocated stores after the disaster.
Cathedral Hill
California near Sansome
View west on California with Bank of California building at center. Old St. Mary's Church, Fairmont Hotel up hill. Merchant's Exchange Building at background left, Kohl Building, London & San Francisco Bank Building at right. Gigs, horses, wagons and rebuilding underway. Alaska Commercial Building (1907, Meyers and Ward, Architects)almost complete at right. On left, Mutual Life Insurance of New York and Fireman's Fund Insurance Buildings, each reduced to two stories after earthquake and fire.
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