Chinatown

Contains 1085 photos

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

[464. St. Mary's Cathedral, cor. California and Dupont Streets.] California St. & Grant Ave.

Chinatown
Old City Hall
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Old City Hall

View of Hall of Records (former El Dorado casino) and City Hall (former Jenny Lind Theater), looking northeast from Portsmouth Square. (Superior copy of wnp71.0220)

Chinatown
California & Stockton
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California & Stockton

[354. California Street, from corner Stockton, looking east, San Francisco.] Old St. Mary's Church at left First Congregational Church (until 1872) at right, ships in distance.

Chinatown
Sacramento & Leidesdorff
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Sacramento & Leidesdorff

Elevated view northwest from What Cheer House balcony to north side of Sacramento, Alta California newspaper office, William Higgins Druggist, and Marine Insurance, Hartford Insurance Co., Home Insurance Co. Lights of What Cheer House at lower left. [116. Sacramento Street, West from Montgomery St., San Francisco.]

Chinatown
Sacramento near Stockton
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Sacramento near Stockton

[La Conquete Blanche. Rue de Sacramento, Dessin de H. Clerget, d'apres une photographie.]

Chinatown
Kearny & Pine
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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
California near Stockton
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California near Stockton

[California Street from Stockton 967.]View east between Stockton and Grant to bay and ships. Old St. Mary's church at left, First Congregational Church at right (until 1872, then Academy of Sciences). Edouart's photographic gallery at Kearny St. corner, became Edouart & Cobb in 1870. Clock tower of second Merchants' Exchange building (at Leidesdorff) in distance.

Chinatown
Montgomery & Sacramento
wnp71.1973

Montgomery & Sacramento

Elevated view southeast on Montgomery toward Sacramento. Sam Brannan's Armory Hall at left Donohue, Kelly & Co. building on Southeast corner across Sacramento. Variant of wnp71.1974. The Hebrew Observer, Gold Pen Factory. [S.F. 1868 East Side Montgomery St. at Sac. St. M.B. Collection] [F810 SS-140] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Kearny & Clay
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Kearny & Clay

View west across Portsmouth Square. Cabs and hacks lined up and group posing in park. Dispensary, West End House, Plaza Drug Store. [PS-12 1868 Portsmouth] [F810 PS-012] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Kearny & Commercial
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Kearny & Commercial

Elevated view looking northwest across Kearny St. Part of Portsmouth Square at far right. At left, J.E. (Joseph E.) Knowles, photographs, pictures newspapers; 621 Kearny; Dr. Moore, physician and surgeon office. (An original stereo view in the Bancroft Library (Houseworth No. 105) shows the registration date of 1869.)[N.W. cor Commercial-Kearny St.[TEH141 Kearny And Commercial Sts. 1870 (sic) T. E. Hecht]

Chinatown
Grant & California
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Grant & California

View northeast across intersection to Old St. Mary's Church. (Same image as Muybridge stereoview card 386 captioned St. Mary's Cathedral.) [1871, CHU-18, 114, Helios] [G810 CHU-018] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Clay & Kearny
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Clay & Kearny

Elevated view north down to waiting hacks and carriages for hire lined up along Portsmouth Square. Horsecar tracks and furniture and carpet store beyond.

Chinatown
Pine near Stockton
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Pine near Stockton

[TEH826 Pine St east of Stockton T. E. Hecht] Homes above a serious retaining wall. Erected by Austrian Consul Edmund Vischer.

Nob Hill
Jackson near Grant
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Jackson near Grant

View northeast across Jackson toward Beckett (then Bartlett Alley). Chinatown Street scene, stereo view. See also wnp37.01123. [372 Wagstaff, C-24] [G810 C-024] [M. Blaisdell Coll] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Grant near Clay
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Grant near Clay

View to south with Old St. Mary's Church tower in distance. Stores and many people walking the sidewalks of Chinatown.

Chinatown
Sacramento & Montgomery
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Sacramento & Montgomery

[Donohoe (Sic), Kelly & Co.'s Bank, cor. Sacramento and Montgomery Sts.] elevated view of southeast corner to Donohue, Kelly Bank.

Chinatown
Clay & Montgomery
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Clay & Montgomery

[TEH193 SW cor. Clay & Montgomery Sts, 1870] James G. Steele & Co. apothecaries. [G57 SSS-009] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Clay near Kearny
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Clay near Kearny

Elevated view southeast to buildings on south side of Clay between Kearny and Montgomery. Savings and Loan Society 619 Clay, M. Gray Music Store 623-625 Clay, Golden Era newspaper office in distance. [G57 SSS-011] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) [TEH291 S. Side of Clay bet Kearny & Mont Sts. 1870]

Chinatown
Sacramento & Grant
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Sacramento & Grant

[China town SF, NE corner Sac-Dupont St C-4] View north on Grant Avenue (then Dupont St.). Wagons and horses on unpaved street. [F810 C-004] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Chinese Tea Room
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Chinese Tea Room

Interior view of four men around a tea table. Elaborate Chinese decorations, screens, and lamps. Likely "Yuen Fong Low" restaurant located at 710 Jackson Street.

Chinatown