California near Grant
Looking east to SF Bay, Cable Car #22 and others.
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Waverly near Sacramento
[3546 The New Chinese Joss House, Waverly Place, San Francisco] Ning Yung Association. 23 Waverly Place. A Joss House is an antiquated name for a Chinese traditional temple.
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Columbus Near Washington
View northwest on Columbus Ave (then Montgomery Ave). Banner 'California The Land of Orange Bowers', Men in uniform, firemen pulling decorated wagons (one with a 'We Destroy To Save' motto on it, a common motto of 19th century hook and ladder companies), crowd lining street. Buildings decorated, flags strung across street. Tower of St. Francis of Assisi Church in distance. See also wnp15.1391, 15.590. Possibly Admission Day Parade, 1890.
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Stockton & Sacramento
[169 Chinese Consulate, on Stockton Street] East side of Stockton between Sacramento and Clay, Originally the residence of the French financier F L A Pioche, 806 Stockton, built in 1865.
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Ross Alley
[164 Highbinders' Retreat] View North on Ross near Washington. Highbinder was a pejorative term for a swindler or gang member, especially Chinese.
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Men and women walking downhill, possibly Sacramento St. Variant of McDonald image captioned "Going to the Matinee, Chinatown". See wnp37.00233.
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Man in traditional dress carrying child down busy street. [161 Street Scene in Chinatown]
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[The Dragon, Chinese Procession] Looking north on Stockton near Sacramento. From right hand image of stereoview card. First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church on the left. First Presbyterian Chinese Church on left in the distance on Stockton near Clay. Possibly same procession as wnp37.00235.
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[Going to the Matinee, Chinatown] Street scene of men and women heading downhill. Man at right is wearing long braid called 'Queue.' Worn by men to show their humility until around 1912. Variant of image at wnp37.00589.
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Jackson & Wentworth
View south down Wentworth, then called Washington Place, many people walking.
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Clay & Kearny
View north along Kearny to crowded street scene. Telegraph Hill in background.
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Grant near Commercial
View North on Grant (then Dupont Street) toward Clay, Sic Kee & Co. Tailor (715 1/2 Dupont) at left. [4095 SF Chinese Market Dupont Street 84 40]
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[TEH605 T.E. Hecht Chinese fortune teller] Man at table
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Grant & Clay
[TEH882 T.E. Hecht View in Chinatown] View northeast across intersection on former Dupont and Clay St. House with third floor balcony at center
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California near Grant
Elevated view northwest across California between Grant and Stockton. Cable Car passing Sabin Place. Shaari Zedek Synagogue at the northeast corner of Stockton and California.
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Clay near Waverly
View northeast across Clay to buildings between Waverly and Grant. Yoot Hong General Merchandise store. [C-19] [F810 C-019] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Grant Avenue
Right hand image from stereoview card. [Dupont St. Wood Carriers of Chinatown C-17] [F810 C-017] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)"A Street Scene in Chinatown"
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Ross Alley
Duplicate of wnp37.00590. Chinatown, 'Chinese Highbinder's Retreat'. Highbinder was a pejorative term for a swindler or gang member, especially Chinese. [F810 C-016] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Portsmouth Square
[The Plaza, near Chinatown, San Francisco, U.S.A.] Looking NW toward Washington Street. People walking in the park.
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Old St. Mary's Church
[St. Mary's-Paulist-Church] Old St. Mary's Church, Grant Avenue (then Dupont) & California Street. [vertical] [G45 SCHU-004](GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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