Chinatown

Contains 1085 photos

Grant near Commercial
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Grant near Commercial

View northwest across Grant Avenue. Man carrying basket approaching. Hang Far Low (sometimes Hung Far Low) Restaurant and Tea Garden at left (Albert Pissis, architect, built 1907). American and Chinese (Blue Sky with a White Sun design, later Republic of China or Taiwanese) flags on buildings.

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Washington near Powell
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Washington near Powell

View southeast to Oriental School [dpwbook19 dpw4476] Now Gordon J. Lau Elementary

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Grant near Sacramento
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Grant near Sacramento

View southwest across Grant Avenue between Sacramento and Commercial, "Hang Far Low" restaurant at right. [Property of Dr. A.B. Floyd, Buffalo, N.Y. Our Golden West. One of the streets of Chinatown SF.,Ca.]

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Grant near California
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Grant near California

View northwest across Grant to Sing Fat Co., Sing Chong Co. Buildings and lighted glass globe lights on Dupont / Grant. McIntosh stereopticon co. Chicago / California, SF - Chinatown at night illuminated, largest in world.

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Chinatown
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Chinatown

View south on Grant Avenue in Chinatown, between Sacramento and California Streets. Canton Bazaar at left, Sing Fat Co., Astoria Hotel in distance.

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Chinatown
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Chinatown

View southeast across Grant to Sing Fat Co. building with pagoda on top, stained glass globe streetlamps in front. Astoria Hotel in distance left.

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Grant near Pine
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Grant near Pine

View north on Grant toward California; Shanghai Low and Chop Suey signs at right. Sing Fat and Sing Chong Trademark Buildings in the background.

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Downtown Aerial
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Downtown Aerial

Navy Dirigible over Civic Center & Twin Peaks

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Clay & Grant
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Clay & Grant

Chinatown. Looking east on Clay Street [Burton Photo Album]

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Jackson & Kearny
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Jackson & Kearny

View West on Jackson from Kearny, Olympia Grill at left

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Old St. Mary's Church
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Old St. Mary's Church

View northeast across intersection of Grant and California Streets to church and rectory.

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California near Stockton
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California near Stockton

View southeast across California to Sing Chong Importing Co., Old St. Mary's cathedral, approaching California St. Cable Car; Southern Pacific Building in distance center, Balfour (later J. Harold Dollar) Building (built 1920), Merchants Exchange Building, Clunie Building, Hotel Lafayette, Helvetia Hotel, Sing Fat Co. with stained glass globe streetlamp in front, Lenox Apartments. [Edge of China Town No. 1925]

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Grant near California
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Grant near California

[China Town] View north on Grant Avenue (formerly Dupont St.) toward California St. Trademark Building on left, Sing Fat Co., Sing Chong Co., Chinese Bazaar, Shanghai Low. Glass street globe lights.

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St. Mary's Square
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St. Mary's Square

California near Grant, woman poses in the grass at the park. Old St. Mary's Church, Sing Chong Importing Co. in the background

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St. Mary's Square
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St. Mary's Square

California near Grant, woman poses in the grass at the park. Old St. Mary's in the background

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California & Grant
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California & Grant

View southwest across intersection to Sing Fat Co. Building illuminated at night. Stained glass globe streetlamps in front. [Ly, W3969]

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Grant near California
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Grant near California

View north on Grant towards California. Cable car, Sing Chong Trademark Building in background.

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Man reading newspaper possibly on shoe shine box? Chinese signs plastered on brick wall.

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Grant near Pine
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Grant near Pine

Parade in street with people holding flower displays. Possible funeral. View north between Pine & California. Shanghai Low Chop Suey, Old St. Mary's in background.

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Clay & Montgomery
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Clay & Montgomery

Elevated view east to Bank of Italy building (extant in 2023), Poodle Dog ad on billboard. Alaska Commercial Building, Newhall Building in distance right. Mission Bell on corner, bottom center. J. B. McIntyre Bindery. [B-19] [G810 B-019] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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