Contains 2840 photos
View northwest across Bush to California Theatre (which opened in January, 1869) and Columbian Engine Company No. 11 firehouse at right. Theatre signs advertising John E. Owens in 'She Stoops to Conquer.'and 'The Rivals'. California Theatre building replaced in 1889 by a much larger building combining the California Hotel and New California Theatre. Wider view of Houseworth stereoview. See wnp37.00597-L [G810 T-029](GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Stereoview of bicyclists and people watching from steps of old Mechanics Pavilion (on site of present Union Square) behind. The four bicyclists are probably from the Velocipede Academy which rented the Mechanics Pavilion (in the photo) near the end of January 1869 to April of that year.(PF) [Stockton St 1868 Bet Post-Geary SS-174 Helios] [F810 SS-174] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view northwest to Market, Geary & Kearny intersection. Haskell's Tea Store, Larrabee's Books & Stationary, Wm. Monahan & Co. Real Estate Sales Room. Calvary Presbyterian Church in middle distance, Temple Emanu-El on right. Superior duplicate of wnp24.218a and wnp37.02069. [Market & Geary Sts. 1865 TEH21 SS-65] [G810 SS-065] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Man identified as P. A. Finigan with horse in street. Norfolk livery with Finigan's name on building behind. This was originally White's Stables when built in 1866. Finigan moved his stable there later that year and was there to 1874. From that point on, others ran it as a stable until the 1890s. In 1897, The Ramona, a hotel, was built on the site of the stable. It was rebuilt as the Hotel Ramona in 1909, and was rehabbled into the Maria Manor in 1975, which it remains in 2018. (PF) [Norfolk Stable - 1869. Ellis St. West Powell St. P. A. Finigan] [F810 BU-045] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
[2071 - Singer's Sewing Machines, Robert M. Yates, Agent, 139 Montgomery St. OF-69] Interior view of mercantile display in exhibition hall. Probably the 1869 Mechanics Institute Fair at the Mechanics Pavilion in Union Square. Bartram & Fanton sewing machines, first manufactured 1867. Florence sewing machines. [F810 OF-069] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view north to Mechanics Pavilion on Union Square, with poster for velocipede (early bicycle) school. Third Baptist Church on Powell, Temple Emanu-el on Sutter, Wilson's Circus at Post & Stockton, Nob Hill behind. [MP-4 Mechanics Institute on Union Square 1871 109] [G810 MP-004] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
View northwest across Bush to California Theatre (which opened in January, 1869) and Columbian Engine Company No. 11 firehouse at right. Theatre signs advertising John E. Owens in 'She Stoops to Conquer.'and 'The Rivals'. California Theatre building replaced in 1889 by a much larger building combining the California Hotel and New California Theatre. Different crop of image wnp67.0008 [California Theatre, Bush St. west of Kearny 1869] [F810 T-005]
Downtown / Union Square
View northwest across Bush to California Theatre (which opened in January, 1869) and Columbian Engine Company No. 11 Firehouse at right. Theatre signs advertising John E. Owens in 'She Stoops to Conquer.' California Theatre building replaced in 1889 by a much larger building combining the California Hotel and New California Theatre. Wider view of Houseworth stereoview. See wnp37.00597-L [TEH45 T. E. Hecht 430-35th Ave. California Theatre Built 1869. Cost $125,000. Bush St. Above Kearny. T-5]
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view northwest to Flannery Building, with signage for Larrabee's stationery store, W.M. Monahan Real Estate. Haskell's Tea Store at left, with Calvary Presbyterian Church in distance behind. Temple Emanu-El at right. Same image as wnp24.218a with different cropping.
Downtown / Union Square
[interior at Lick House] View of dining room inside Lick House Hotel. Southwest corner Sutter and Montgomery Street.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view northwest across Stockton to early homes, gardens, and Temple Emanu-El. Building on right, at northwest corner of Sutter & Stockton was the mansion of pioneer physician Augustus J. Bowie until 1871, when it was converted to a theatre and beer garden, the Vienna Garden. It was demolished in 1892. Also the home of Judge Burritt and banker Lucien Herman. Plank sidewalks. [Jewish Synagogue, Muybridge, Temple Emanu-El]
Downtown / Union Square
View south across street to 133-137 Post Street, between Kearny and Grant. McCarty's Dancing Academy inside. Dedicated in March, 1862 by the Dashaway Association, a pro-temperance social society founded in 1859 by a group of San Francisco firemen. California State Normal School was located there for about 6 weeks in 1865. The hall was sold and renamed Irving Hall in 1884. In 1890, H. Liebes & Co. (furs) added a story. In 1894, Liebes turned it into a 5 story building and substantially rebuilt it, including demolishing and rebuilding the facade. (AS)
Downtown / Union Square
[182. The Grand Hotel - cor. Of Market and New Montgomery streets.] Elevated view southeast across Market toward intersection of Market and New Montgomery Street.
Downtown / Union Square
[Heald's Business College, S.F. 372] Closing out sale of frame store.
Downtown / Union Square
[394 Trinity Church, and Jewish Synagogue. Published by Bradley & Rulofson] Elevated view north across Union Square to Trinity Episcopal Church (Dedicated September 22, 1867), National Guard Armory and Temple Emanu-El. White house to right of Temple Emanu-El was the mansion of pioneer physician Augustus J. Bowie until 1871, when it was converted to a theatre and beer garden, the Vienna Garden. It was demolished in 1892.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view northwest across Sutter St. toward temple Emanu-el. Building on right, at northwest corner of Sutter & Stockton was the mansion of pioneer physician Augustus J. Bowie until 1871, when it was converted to a theatre and beer garden, the Vienna Garden. It was demolished in 1892. Also the home of Judge Burritt and banker Lucien Herman. Plank sidewalks.
Downtown / Union Square
View southwest across intersection to Lick House. Masonic Temple at left. [C. C. Hastings & Co., Merchants Tailors ; Helios]
Downtown / Union Square
View South on Montgomery between Sutter and Post toward Grand and Palace Hotels on Market Street. Yosemite Art Gallery, I. W. Taber, T. H. Boyd on left. Lick House and Masonic Building on right side. Carriages and horsecar tracks.
Downtown / Union Square
[1743. Lick House Dining-room, S. F.] Rows of tables, chandelier, archways, and paintings. Lick House was on Montgomery near Sutter streets.
Downtown / Union Square
[Baldwin's Hotel, Market & Powell Streets, S.F. 3698] Line of dining room tables, columns, mirrors.
Downtown / Union Square