Contains 2840 photos
Elevated view southeast across Union Square to M. Friedman & Co. Furniture & Carpets, Chronicle building tower, Hearst Examiner Building, Call building (1898), City of Paris Dept. store. Lengfeld Pharmacy. No central flagpole. [Copyright 1900 Detroit Photographic Co.]
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view southwest to Roos Bros. clothing store decorated with American flags and patriotic symbols. People lined up on Kearny sidewalk. Fourth of July?
Downtown / Union Square
View northeast across street to Sutter Street cable car #40 dummy with #78 trailer full of passengers. H. Bette ladies tailor advertised on billboard at 424 Sutter. In background, women stand in front of arched entrance of Temple Emanu-El. Building at right replaced the Vienna Garden theatre building in late 1892.
Downtown / Union Square
View east on Market between Grant and 3rd Street. Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building, Montgomery Market, Bancroft History Building with Ayres' Business College, Columbia Phonograph, Ettinger's Fringe Factory, Butler-Schutze Co., Hayes Street cable car.
Downtown / Union Square
View southeast from the sidewalk on Market Street toward the Call Building at 3rd and Market, Chronicle Building, Palace Hotel, Hearst Examiner Building, and Bancroft History Building(Built 1887, Ayres' Business College, Whitaker & Ray Book Sellers) are visible. Billboard for Goodwin & Elliott at the Columbia Theatre (they played there in 1900 and 1902). Stanford (photo) Studio, 725 Market; Johnson's Creamerie, 725 Market; Spreckels Market, 729 Market; Goldstein & Co. theatrical supplies, 733 Market; Hofmann & Woenne butchers, Montgomery Market, 735 Market.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view south toward 3rd and Market Streets, past 'Newspaper Corner,' taken from a rooftop near Geary and Kearny. From left: Chronicle Building, Examiner Building, and Call (Spreckels) Building. Monaco Photography Studio signage on side of Flannery Building. [The Chronicle, Examiner Call Buildings W.C. Billington Photo]
Downtown / Union Square
View northwest toward Nob Hill from Chronicle Building at 3rd and Market Streets. Temple Emanu-El, Crocker Mansion, Mark Hopkins Mansion, and Stanford Mansion. [A view of Nob Hill from Chronicle Building]
Downtown / Union Square
View east on O'Farrell to Call Building illuminated at night. Call Building Annex, Bancroft History Building on south side of Market Street. Original Phelan Building on right.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view south toward 3rd and Market past Newspaper Corner. Chronicle Building, Examiner Building, and Call (Spreckels) Building. Monaco Photography Studio signage on side of Flannery Building. [The Chronicle, Examiner Call Buildings W.C. Billington Photo]
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view east down Market. View of Call Building, Examiner Building, Bancroft History Building, Sanborn Vail, Midway Plaisance, Lion Drug Co., cable cars, street sweeper, carriages. Dupe of wnp37.00951
Downtown / Union Square
View east down Market west of Powell. At 3rd Street intersection in distance, large electric light display over street, possibly for Knights Templar convention. Emporium at right, Call Building in distance. Flood Building under construction at left. Alisky's Art Studio sign. Illuminated signs for Examiner and Bulletin newspapers at left. Marston's Restaurant, 865 Market at right.
Downtown / Union Square
View southeast across Market Street to crowds gathered, Palace Hotel, Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building, Montgomery Market, Swan the Painter, Oxford House, Bancroft History Building (with Ayres' Business College, Whitaker & Ray Book Sellers, Butler-Schutze Co., Ettinger's Fringe Factory, Wright's Patent Agency, Charles Lyons Merchant Tailors).
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view south from Kearny. Claus Spreckels Building (Call Building, then Central Tower), Monaco Photo Studio on top floor of 700 Market Building. Spire of St. Patrick's Church in background. [684 Claus Spreckels Building, Waters Nickel Series]
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view southeast from intersection of Market, Geary and Kearny. Old Chronicle Building, Grand Hotel, Palace Hotel. Hand-colored Lantern slide.
Downtown / Union Square
View southeast from inside plaza along diagonal path to Geary & Stockton intersection, City of Paris/Spring Valley Water Co. Building, Lengfeld's Pharmacy, Marchand's Restaurant, Call Building in distance. Strollers, people on benches and reclining on lawn.
Downtown / Union Square
Looking southeast from near Bush & Mason. Left to right: Temple Emanu-El, Chronicle Building, Examiner Building, Call Building
Downtown / Union Square
View east on Market to Chronicle, Examiner and Call Buildings, with Hayes Street Cable Car at right. Bancroft History Building, Sanborn Vail, Cineograph Theatre.
Downtown / Union Square
View east down O'Farrell to Call Building outlined in light bulbs. Louvre Restaurant at right.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view southeast to Knights Templar Escorting President McKinley to Grand Reception, Templars walking down Market Street, sidewalks lined with people, festive banners, policeman standing vigil, man taking photo, man riding bike, cable cars. Palace Hotel, Examiner Building, Call Building, Bancroft History Building, Midway Plaisance theater in background. Original stereocard caption "Knight Templars escorting President McKinley, in their grand reception."
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view southeast across Market toward Call Building. Midway Plaisance 'Home of Burlesque', Cineograph Building, Sanborn Vail & Co. Dixon's Hatter & Furnisher, Call Building and Annex, Hearst Examiner Building, Palace Hotel in distance. Lion Drug Co. listed in City Directories 1901-1904. [Keystone View Co. 11672 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal, USA]
Downtown / Union Square