Chinatown

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Jackson near Ross Alley
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Jackson near Ross Alley

View east to Chinatown reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. Street work with piles of debris, dirt, and brick. Nearby buildings in view all still stand in 2021. [4313 Jackson St between Grant and Stockton Ap] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Chinatown
Grant & Jackson
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Grant & Jackson

View south of reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. Wagons and horses, debris and piles of dirt. Many brick buildings extant in 2018. [4315 From Jackson and Dupont street south] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

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Stockton & Pacific
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Stockton & Pacific

View north during reconstruction after 1906 earthquake. S.F. Paving Co. wagon pulled by team of horses transporting dirt. [4316 From Stockton and Pacific along Stockton] (Bernal History Project / Helen Sjornberg 1906 photos)

Chinatown
California & Stockton
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California & Stockton

View east on California from Stockton. During reconstruction, some ruins still present. Sing Chong and Sing Fat Buildings on either side of California. Old St. Mary's Church, Kohl Building, Alaska Commercial Building (completed 1907), Merchants Exchange, Clunie Building. Fife Building (opened 1909) under construction in center distance. [Down California St. from Stockton St. S. F. 1908]

Chinatown
California & Grant
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California & Grant

View northwest across Grant toward California Street. Hotel Dupont Sing Fat Co. with globe stained glass streetlamps in front. Sing Chong Co. Building. Flags, lanterns and electric lights strung over street.

Chinatown
California & Grant
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California & Grant

View northwest across intersection to Sing Chong Co. Trade Mark Building decorated with flags. Banners strung across street.

Chinatown
Bush near Kearny
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Bush near Kearny

View south across Bush, Pacific Telephone Building main office 445 Bush Street. Bush Street Cafe and future site of Le Central at right. Call / Spreckels Building visible in the background. [SF Main Office Exterior] (Pacific Telephone Inventory)

Chinatown
Grant & Sacramento
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Grant & Sacramento

West side of Grant between Sacramento & Clay. Yow Yuen Building, Him Yick Lung. Yow Yuen Quen & Co. store, 717-719 Grant. [C-27] [G810 C-027] [M. Blaisdell] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Chinatown
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Chinatown

Group portrait of five children in traditional Chinese clothing. [C-28] [G810 C-028] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
California & Grant
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California & Grant

View northwest across intersection to almost completed Sing Chong Co. Building, Old St. Mary's Church at right. Signs: "Sing Chong Co. Will Occupy This Entire Building", "Chinese Bazaar", "Japanese Bazaar", "T. Paterson Ross architect, Burgren engineer." [C-30] [G810 C-030] (GGNRA/Behrman OGA 35346)

Chinatown
Grant & Clay
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Grant & Clay

View across intersection to northwest corner of Grant Ave and Clay St. in Chinatown. Wing Chong & Co liquors, cable car tracks. [F45 SC--001] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Grant & Clay
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Grant & Clay

View across intersection to northwest corner of Grant Ave and Clay St. in Chinatown. Wing Chong & Co liquors, cable car tracks. Man in traditional Chinese dress in foreground. Notices on south wall of building were used as a bulletin board. [F45 SC--001] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Portsmouth Square
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Portsmouth Square

View southeast to Kohl Building, Asian man walking toward camera - Merchants Exchange, Hotel McDonough

North Beach
California near Dupont
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California near Dupont

Looking east. Chinatown bazaars, Old St. Mary's

Chinatown
Chinatown
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Chinatown

Woman with four little boys posing in front of store window. Same image as wnp71.0062.

Chinatown
California near Stockton
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California near Stockton

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
Sacramento & Grant
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Sacramento & Grant

View north across intersection to Nanking Fook Woh & Co., 701 Grant Ave., still standing in 2022 as Bank of America branch.

Chinatown
743 Washington
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743 Washington

Chinatown Exchange, also called the Chinese Telephone Exchange Building, under construction.

Chinatown
743 Washington
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743 Washington

Chinatown Exchange, also called the Chinese Telephone Exchange Building with bunting and streamers, possibly shortly after opening. [384]

Chinatown
Grant near Clay
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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