Chinatown

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

View east to woman and child walking toward camera, people behind on benches. In distance, tops of Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery),Russ Building.

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

Kids and man on grass. Sun Yat Sen statue base. Tang's Sandwich Shop in the background

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California & Grant
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California & Grant

View north to four women posing on Grant side of Old St. Mary's.

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California & Kearny
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California & Kearny

View east down California. Four women posing. Clunie Building at right, with Lincoln National Life ad on west side.

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

Mother and two children; Sandwich Shop in background

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Portsmouth Square
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Portsmouth Square

Asian man posing on lawn, Quincy Hotel in background

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

View east in park to little boy in overalls, adults seated on bench. Tall buildings in background are Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery).

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

View north to two little children sitting on park bench. Other people lounge and sunbathe. Old St. Mary's Church and rectory in background across California Street.

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Chinatown Rooftop
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Chinatown Rooftop

View southeast to woman posing on rooftop on Kearny St between Washington and Jackson Streets. Old Hall of Justice, County Jail and Old Federal Reserve Bank in background

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

Chinese woman and child. Old St. Mary's Church in background

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Woman on rooftop
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Woman on rooftop

View from rooftop of 765-769 Sacramento St. southeast to rear of Montgomery St. skyscrapers. Pacific National Bank Building at far left (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished)) Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Russ Building, Alexander Building in distance. Flagpoles are on roof of adjacent Nam Kue Chinese School.

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

View north to Chinese woman and two children. Old St. Mary's Church rectory in background across California Street.

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

Little girl poses in the grass.

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

Two women pose together in the park. Quincy Street in background, painted advertisement for Tang's Sandwich Shop

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Chinatown fight
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Chinatown fight

Teen gang fight in Chinatown. View to west side of Stockton Street near Broadway. National Sandwich Shop (1247 Stockton), with Samarkand Ice Cream sign. Kids scatter as cops approach. See wnp14.11579, wnp14.11580, wnp14.581, and wnp14.11582.

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Chinatown fight
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Chinatown fight

Teenage gang fight. Kid put in paddy wagon on Grant Street near Pacific Street. See wnp14.11578, wnp14.11580, wnp14.581, and wnp14.11582.

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Chinatown fight
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Chinatown fight

Teen gang fight in Chinatown. Teens in paddy wagon cover their faces. Grant Street near Pacific Street. See wnp14.11578, wnp14.11579, wnp14.581, and wnp14.11582.

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Chinatown fight
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Chinatown fight

Teen gang fight in Chinatown. Plainclothes police in front of Wing Wo hardware, 1110 Grant Street. See wnp14.11578, wnp14.11579, wnp14.580, and wnp14.11582.

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Chinatown fight
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Chinatown fight

Teen gang fight in Chinatown. Ted Morales and Joseph Bravo claim they were beaten up by group of Chinese-American teenagers; Hall of Justice, maybe Juvenile Hall. See wnp14.11578, wnp14.11579, wnp14.580, and wnp14.11581.

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Columbus & Broadway
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Columbus & Broadway

View northwest across intersection to Market Street Railway (MSRy) unknown line streetcar #808, crossing Columbus. Verdi Theatre (later World Theatre) in background left. Rail service ended on this line in 1946

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