Market near Van Ness
View east down Market to Central Plumbing Supply, Grand Central Hotel, Symon Bros. Wreckers, Hotel Whitcomb, Grand Central Hotel, sewer work [dpwbook3 dpw443]
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Contains 1861 photos
Hayes Theatre
Audience [Opening Night, Hayes Theatre, August 12, 1911] [DK13 Hayes SF Int 12 August 1911] 391 Hayes Street.
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Market & Van Ness
View northwest toward Masonic Building. Civic Center Bar, California Volunteers Monument commemorating the Spanish-American War (moved to Dolores and Market around 1925), Hurley's Tailoring. [G57 SBU-012] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Market & Van Ness
View northwest toward Masonic Building. Civic Center Bar, California Volunteers Monument commemorating the Spanish-American War (moved to Dolores and Market around 1925), Hurley's Tailoring.G57 SBU-013] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Van Ness & Hayes
View north on Van Ness Ave. May Day Parade. Steeple of St. Mary's Cathedral in distance.
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Hotel Whitcomb at night
Elevated view south across Market to electrically lit facade. Originally built as San Francisco's temporary City Hall (see City Hall sign above main entry), and served as such from 1912 to 1915. Then became Hotel Whitcomb. [Wright, Rushforth & Cahill Architects]
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Market & Van Ness
Masonic Building and Spanish American war Memorial statue at original site
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Pioneer Monument
View southeast to two men posing in Marshall Square in front of Pioneer Monument (James Lick Monument) in original location at Hyde and Grove Streets in Civic Center. [The two boys came from Portland with me]
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Grove near Polk
View north across Grove [Commercial High School. Group of 860 Students. 1912.] Class of San Francisco Commercial High School (later Commerce High, formerly Newton J. Thorpe Commercial School) posed in front of school in first location before move to Fell Street.
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Pioneer Monument
Post-earthquake view of Marshall Square and the Pioneer (James Lick) Monument at corner of Hyde and Grove Streets. View northerly toward the Hall of Records. Hall of Records demolished late 1916-early 1917. This shows the east wing of the old city hall (with brick tower removed as hazard) which was reduced in height, rehabbed and used for offices until about 1914
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Hayes near Polk
Fire Dispatch Yeadquarters. Commercial Fire Dispatch was a private service that placed fire alarms in buildings and notifed the Fire Department of alarms in those buildings.
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Grove near Larkin
East and part of north side of Commerce (Newton J. Tharp) High School at Grove near Larkin [dpwbook5 dpw1390]
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Grove & Larkin
West elevation, Commerce (Newton J. Tharp) High at Grove near Larkin [dpwbook5 dpw1391]
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Grove near Larkin
View across Polk to south elevation of Commerce High at Grove near Larkin (formerly Newton J. Tharp Commercial School) [dpwbook5 dpw1392]
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Van Ness & McAllister
View west across and empty lot for City Hall being excavated by steam shovel and horse team toward the intersection of Van Ness and McAllister. Hotel St. James at center. St. Paulus Church in the distance at right[Excavating for City Hall dpwbook5 dpw1435]
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Civic Center Proposal
Proposed Civic Center aerial view sketch from Van Ness Avenue to the Bay[dpwbook5 dpw1458]
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Civic Auditorium (also Exposition Auditorium) sketch, as seen from about Larkin and Fulton Streets. [dpwbook5 dpw1459]
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Grove near Polk
Elevated view from Market St. northwest on second day of move of Newton J. Tharp/Commerce High School. The building was completed in December, 1910 on Grove between Polk and Larkin, then moved (over 7 1/2 months) to Franklin & Fell Sts. in 1913 to make way for Civic Center Plaza. Three steam donkeys to the left are pulling the building in this photo. [Moving Commerce High from Larkin & Grove dpwbook5 dpw1461]
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Grove near Larkin
Elevated view northwest to Commerce High School moved off old foundation for relocation. It was constructed after the 1906 earthquake, then plans for the new Civic Center required that it be moved to another location.The building now stands at Fell and Franklin. St. Paulus Church (Turk & Gough) in the background. [dpwbook6 dpw1474]
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Van Ness & Grove
View north on Van Ness toward Grove, Commerce High School (Newton J. Tharp Commercial School) being moved. The building was just completed at Grove and Polk when plans for the the new Civic Center were finalized. Rather than demolishing it, it was moved from the site to the northeast corner of Fell and Franklin, where it still stands in 2021. [dpwbook6 dpw1540]
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