[Hubert Howe Bancroft's Historical Library of Pacific Coast Books, Maps and Manuscripts, 1538 Valencia Street, San Francisco, Cal. To Subscribers to Bancroft's Works, with compliments of the Publishers.] View west across Valencia Street to Bancroft Library, brick building with shutters, fenced, on present site of St. Luke's Hospital (CPMC Mission Bernal Campus), built 1881. Twin Peaks in background. The library moved to Berkeley in 1905, but the building remained until 1954. A plaque, California Historical Landmark 791, marks the spot. 1538 Valencia.
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Bancroft Library
[Hubert Howe Bancroft's Historical Library of Pacific Coast Books, Maps and Manuscripts, 1538 Valencia Street, San Francisco, Cal. To Subscribers to Bancroft's Works, with compliments of the Publishers.] View west across Valencia Street to Bancroft Library, brick building with shutters, fenced, on present site of St. Luke's Hospital (CPMC Mission Bernal Campus). Twin Peaks in background. The library moved to Berkeley in 1905, but the building remained until 1954. A plaque, California Historical Landmark 791, marks the spot.
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Valencia & Mission
Market Street Cable Railway, Valencia Street cable car #38 in front of the Valencia St Cable Car House. The house on Fair Avenue is extant in 2018.
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Valencia & Mission
Market Str. Cable Railway cable car #38 at terminal. The house on Fair Avenue is extant in 2018. Superior duplicate of wnp32.0313 and wnp71.2056. [Wagstaff 405] [G810 STC-058] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Mission District
[Mission District 1888] Elevated view northwest from Bernal Heights over the Mission District. St. Luke's Hospital at left, in present location at Valencia and Cesar Chavez (then Army). Bancroft Library to right of hospital. Intersection of Mission and Cesar Chavez (then Army St.) with a bridge over Precita Creek) at right. Houses on Powers Avenue (lower left) still stand. [F810 V-052] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Bernal School Class
Group of children posing for a school class photo.
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St. Luke's Hospital
View northwest across Valencia to St. Luke's Hospital. The first building in this complex was the two-story Main Building with attached one-story wards, at left, set well back from Valencia Street. It was built in 1874-1875. At right is the Mills Building, paid for by D. O. Mills by 1878. Between them is the Keane Building, paid for by James R. Keane, also by 1878. (WMK) [The Main Building, Keene and Mills Buildings] (from copy negative)
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Valencia St Cable Car
Three transit workers pose on Market St. Cable Railway Valencia Street Cable Car 12.
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Alemany near Crescent
Islais Creek, View northeasterly near Alemany at Crescent. The house on the hill at the left edge of the photo was on the west side of Putnam between Ogden and Tompkins. The barn was in the southern-most corner of the Alemany Farmer's Market. Both the house and the barn are clearly visible in photo wnp36.00335.jpg (1913). The University Mound aqueduct was built in the late 1800's, but is being updated here in 1900. Pier and pile driver, undeveloped part of Bernal Heights with barn behind. Later views will show the Ocean Shore Railroad trestle through this view. [274-D]
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Alemany near Crescent
View south across Islais Creek and toward current Portola neighborhood. Cows grazing in the marshland. University Mound aqueduct/pipeline being updated. I280 freeway and Alemany Boulevard pass through this view today. (see also wnp36.10020) [285-D]
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28th & Valencia
Interior View 28th & Valencia carhouse. Excursion car 'California'under construction, built 1904
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28th & Valencia
Streetcar under construction, Excursion car 'California'built 1904, Crop of 2940A photo, 28th & Valencia carhouse
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Valencia & Mission
View west from about Valencia and Mission (Fair Avenue) toward United Railroads car house at 28th & Valencia (Valencia and Duncan). 3204 - 3206 Mission at left still stands in 2020. Twin Peaks in the background. United Railroads [U00127]
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29th & Mission
Oil Sprinkling Streetcar 0202 , in front of Mission St Car House - United Railroads [U00311]
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Valencia & Mission
View East toward Bernal Heights from Mission, Valencia & Fair. URR #1074streetcar - United Railroads [U00435]
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Mission & Kingston
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Moving Household Goods out of the Mission] Looking south at wagons on street, plank sidewalks. Building on corner (today 3437 Mission) stands today. In distance at Cortland Avenue is Charles Toloski Saddlery.
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Mission & Eugenia
1906 earthquake and fire. View east across Mission, Eugenia at right. Heavily loaded cart being dragged by a man with woman pushing from behind.
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29th Street Car House
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Clock Tower/Gable fell in Earthquake. [The Old Funeral Car - Scene in 29th St Carhouse caused by the terrible earthquake]
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30th & San Jose
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View west Family stands in a street kitchen, posing for photo.
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1906 fire from Bernal Hts
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Taken from Bernal Heights, Apr 18, 1906.] Ham & Eggs and South of Market fires after earthquake.
