Powell & Market
Ruins of Baldwin Hotel, after fire of November 23, 1898
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Powell & Market
Ruins of Baldwin Hotel, after fire of November 23, 1898
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Kearny
View north on Kearny across Market. Soldiers marching in formation west on Market. Large crowd assembled for Spanish American War Parade, possibly for return of California volunteers. People in windows and on rooftops. Chronicle Building at right, 700 Market building (later replaced by Flannery Building) at left.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
View northeast from near Powell Street across park towards Post Street. Samish's Porcelain Decorative Studio 324 Post, Gas Consumers Association 316 Post, Walkerley Building (1886), home of the Union Club (after 1889 the Pacific-Union Club).
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Market
Lotta's Fountain, Geary Street cable car. Pedestrians. G. W. Clark & Co. Nucleus Block, Hearst Building.
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Market
View south across Geary to Lotta's Fountain, Hearst Examiner Building, large crowds. H. Schoene photograph gallery with large model camera on roof in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Baldwin Hotel Fire
After the fire, Market & Powell Streets. Market Street cable car passing.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
Baldwin Hotel Fire. Sign for Louvre restaurant. Emporium and Red Front stores on south side of Market Street.
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Powell & Market
Baldwin Hotel Fire. The November 23, 1898 fire illustrated the inadequacy of the emergency water system. As water was pumped to the fire, all taps south of Market Street ran dry.
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Baldwin Hotel ruins
South side of Baldwin Hotel at Powell and Market Streets after fire. Later the site of the Flood Building.
Downtown
Market at Stockton
Elevated view, looking northeast, Military Parade, Phelan Building and Chronicle Building, Marching Band
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Powell
looking straight down on marching soldiers in military parade
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
[Union Square 1896 US-6] View southeast across Union Square. People walking, Call building in background, Lengfeld's Pharmacy, Spring Valley Water Co., City of Paris Building (1897) at center. Note: date written on photo is erroneous; Call Building built in 1898. [G810 US-006] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Palace Hotel
Palace Hotel viewed across Market from foot of Geary St. [HO-51] [F810 HO-051] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Kearny
Elevated view southeast down to line of soldiers marching east. Likely Spanish-American War Volunteers. Market Street cable car. One of four images in composite view. Top of Lotta's Fountain at bottom. Chronicle Building at left. Ferry Building, Grand Hotel, Palace Hotel in distance. (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Kearny
Elevated view down to parade of soldiers marching east. Likely Spanish-American War Volunteers? Market Street cable cars. Palace Hotel. One of four images in composite view. [F810 SS-226] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Geary
Elevated view north up Kearny Street [Our brave soldiers at San Francisco, en route to Manila] California Hotel and Theater (Turret in background), "Royal Worcester Corsets" sign on building at left, Lotta's Fountain and Chronicle building at right.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
Elevated view east of Baldwin Hotel Fire, with fire hoses trained on building. Now site of Flood Building. St. Ann's Building at left.
Downtown / Union Square
Grant, O'Farrell & Market
Elevated view east from north side of Market over crowd waiting for Spanish-American War news. Call and Examiner Buildings, Palace and Grand Hotels in background. Montgomery Market, German Sausage Factory, Schlueter & Volberg Carpets on right. [9255 Waiting for News from the Seat of War. San Francisco, Cal., U. S. A.]
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Montgomery
Soldiers marching across Market in front of Crocker Building. [9383-The First Troop Utah Cavalry at San Francisco, en route to Manila.]
Downtown / Union Square