Downtown / Union Square

Contains 2840 photos

Powell & Post
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Powell & Post

View north on Powell to cable car #14, another descending hill in distance, another approaching eastbound toward Sutter intersection. Trinity Episcopal Church on right, 3d Baptist church in distance. [Powell St. 1890 from Union Square] [F810 STC-041] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Union Square
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Union Square

[2796 Union Square, General view from Powell to Stockton Sts.] Elevated view northwest over park to Trinity Church, Temple Emanu-El, National Guard Armory, United Order of Red Men Hall, Walkerley building on corner of Post and Stockton. Wooden fence along Geary. [F810 US-004] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Market near 4th
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Market near 4th

View east on Market to Admission Day parade arch with portraits of Fremont and Sutter, Days of '49 painting, grizzly bear atop with figures of miner and Indian, 'The Glorious 9th' banner. [Arch On Market St. S.F. Erected by N.S.G.W. 1890]

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Geary near Stockton
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Geary near Stockton

Elevated view north across Union Square from Geary. Volunteer Firemen posing in Union Square, Small portion of Trinity Episcopal Church, National Guard Armory, Temple Emanu-El, Pacific Business College, Walkerley Building (1886) on corner of Post and Stockton. Fire engine with "EXEMPT" in large letters at right. Plank sidewalk on Geary.

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Kearny near Market
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Kearny near Market

Elevated view south toward Market & 3rd. Beamish's Shirts, Nucleus Hotel, Lotta's Fountain, Market Street cablecars, horsecars. Geary St. Cable Car at bottom left. [3rd Mkt 1880 SS-106] [G810 SS-106] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Union Square
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Union Square

[2785 Union Square, S.F. General View from Geary St. to North. TEH711 US-3] Elevated view north to Trinity Church, Temple Emanu-El, National Guard Armory, United Order of Red Men Hall, Walkerley building on corner of Post and Stockton. Mark Hopkins and Stanford mansions in distance on left. [G810 US-003] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Market & Kearny
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Market & Kearny

View across Market to Palace Hotel. Lotta's Fountain in foreground.. [view of fountain & cable car in front][vertical] [G57 SHO-004] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Market & Kearny
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Market & Kearny

Elevated view north at Flannery Building, Geary cable car, Lotta's Fountain, Raphael's, banner over Kearny and signs for Iroquois Club, possibly with portraits of political candidates, Chronicle Building. [G57 SSS-018] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Geary near Stockton
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Geary near Stockton

View northeast across Geary to horse drawn wagon at Union Square. Lengfeld's Pharmacy. [F57 SFD-007] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Market & O'Farrell
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Market & O'Farrell

Elevated view west to first Phelan Building. O'Farrell St. at right. [Phelan Building, Market & O'Farrell SF 1890 BU-20] [F810 BU-020] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Phelan Building
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Phelan Building

Stereoview card photo of first Phelan Building at Market and O'Farrell. [No. 476 Phelan Building. BU-21] [F810 BU-021] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Post near Kearny
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Post near Kearny

View east on Post to four women in Chinese traditional dress walking on sidewalk past Post Keller restaurant and bar, located at southeast corner Post & Kearny. Woman with parasol behind. Mechanics Institute Building in background. [Single-file promenade on Post St. C-10] [F810 C-010] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Kearny near Sutter
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Kearny near Sutter

[PA-25 Kearny North From Sutter] Elevated view northwest of unidentified parade on Kearny St. with crowd on street and people watching from fire escapes. Large State Flag strung over street. California Hotel and Theatre (1889) in background left, tower of Old St. Mary's. [F810 PA-025] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Market near Grant
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Market near Grant

[PA-26] Elevated view north across Market to parade. Crowd lining sidewalk and Freud's Corset House at 742-744 Market, Kast's Shoes at 738-740 Market ('Headquarters for Buckingham & Hecht's Fine Shoes'), Sign on back of City of Paris department store at Geary and Grant (before 1897 move) in background. [F810 PA-026] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Palace Hotel
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Palace Hotel

Palace Hotel (built by Ralston) on Market and New Montgomery showing the sky bridge to the Grand Hotel

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Market & New Montgomery
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Market & New Montgomery

Elevated view south of the Grand Hotel and Palace Hotel, showing the Nucleus Hotel at far right. Same image as wnp27.4929, but more tightly cropped at sides. [#303 Palace Hotel Market St. San Francisco, Cal - A.J.McDonald]

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Geary near Grant
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Geary near Grant

View east on Geary between Stockton and Grant (then Dupont Avenue) toward the Palace Hotel. Chronicle Building, Palace Hotel, cable car tracks. [SS-33 Geary St 1890 East Stockton] [F810 SS-033] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Market & Grant
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Market & Grant

View east across intersection to south side of Market Street. Bancroft History Building 721-723 Market, Bijou Opera House 729 Market (opened August 1888 as Bijou Theatre), Headquarters Democratic County Committee. Centre House 719 Market, Shirek & Co. Carpets 733 Market. Examiner newspaper offices at far left, on northeast corner. Freud Corset Co., New Home Sewing Machine, Volapuk Saloon 731 Market, Waldo House [SS-70 Opp Grant Ave-Mkt St San Francisco 1887] [F810 SS-070] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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Montgomery & Sutter
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Montgomery & Sutter

View south on Montgomery toward Sutter, horse-drawn carriage in foreground; horsecars, large American flags and Grand and Palace Hotels in background. Overland Ticket Office at left, C.C. Hastings clothiers, Lick House, Masonic Temple at right.

Downtown / Union Square
Baldwin Hotel
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Baldwin Hotel

Baldwin Hotel from south side of Market and 5th Street. Powell Street, lines of gigs with horses. [California View Co., Publishers, 1025 Market St., San Francisco.] Isaiah West Taber photo? See wnp37.03582

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