Montgomery & Sutter
Occidental Hotel, East side of Montgomery between Sutter and Bush. City of Paris, Shreve & Co., lines of carriages. [1735. Occidental Hotel, Montgomery Street Front, S.F.]
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Sutter & Montgomery
[1734. Lick House, Sutter Street Front, S. F.] Elevated view southwest across intersection to Lick House, C. C. Hastings & Co. Clothing and Furnishing Goods on corner.
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Baldwin Hotel
[Baldwin's Hotel, Market & Powell Streets, S.F. 3698] Line of dining room tables, columns, mirrors.
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Lick House
[1743. Lick House Dining-room, S. F.] Rows of tables, chandelier, archways, and paintings. Lick House was on Montgomery near Sutter streets.
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Montgomery near Sutter
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.
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Sutter near Stockton
[Synagogue Emanuel 786] View northwest across Sutter to Temple Emanu-el, present site of 450 Sutter Medical building. 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.
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Sutter & Stockton
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.
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Montgomery & Sutter
View southwest across intersection to Lick House. Masonic Temple at left. [C. C. Hastings & Co., Merchants Tailors ; Helios]
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Baldwin Hotel
Powell and Market Streets, site of later Flood Building. View down the length of dining room, with set tables, tulip top chandeliers and decorated ceiling. Watkins produced at least 5 stereoview cards of this general view, and a boudoir card version, wnp37.00888, from which this image may have been cropped by Watkins. [Dining Room Interior of the Baldwin Hotel From California Pioneers] (newsphoto copy of stereoview, Society of California Pioneers)
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Temple Emanu-el
View north across Sutter Temple Emanu-el, present site of 450 Sutter Medical building. [Temple Emanuel, Sutter Street, CHU-19] [G810 CHU-019] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Geary near Stockton
First Unitarian Church (Thomas Starr King's Church, stood from 1864-1887). Horsecar tracks in foreground. ["621 - First Unitarian (Starr King's) Church, Geary near Stockton.]
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Geary & Kearny
View to northwest corner, large Dr. Libbey dentist sign (Mark L. Libbey) with portrait on roof. Gold tooth (which may have inspired Frank Norris' use in 'McTeague') hanging from 2nd floor, George Finck jewelry, F. D. Ring (Frederick D. Ring) watches, jewelry and silverware on ground floor. Contra Costa Laundry Association delivery wagon at right, Wm. Monahan (real estate) at far left. This small lot was a holdout to larger buildings and is still evident on the corner in 2021. Watkins No. 1713 Title: Corner of Geary and Kearny streets, S.F [1713. Corner of Geary & Kearny Streets, S.F.]
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Geary & Powell
View north past Calvary Presbyterian Church. Trinity Episcopal Church on right beyond Union Square. Man with horse and wagon at center, Union Square at right, Nob Hill in distance.[SS-155] [G810 SS-155][Powell St. north Geary St. 18??] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Lick House
Dining Room interior. [Dining Room Lick House - 1871 - HO-23, 113] (G810 HO-023) (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Kearny & Geary
View to northwest corner, large Dr. Libbey dentist sign (Mark L. Libbey) with portrait on roof. Gold tooth (which may have inspired Frank Norris' use in 'McTeague') hanging from 2nd floor, George Finck jewelry, F. D. Ring (Frederick D. Ring) watches, jewelry and silverware on ground floor. Contra Costa Laundry Association delivery wagon at right, Wm. Monahan (real estate) at far left. This small lot was a holdout to larger buildings and is still evident on the corner in 2021. Cropped version of wnp37.00778-R, Watkins No. 1713 Title: Corner of Geary and Kearny streets, S.F.[N.W. cor Kearny - Geary St. 1867 (sic) SS-44] [F810 SS-044] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Bush & Montgomery
Elevated view northwest across intersection to Russ House, opened April, 1862. Billiard Saloon, boot and shoe store, barber. [Bush St. West of Montgomery St. 1872 SS-6] [F810 SS-006] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Market & Geary
Elevated view west to 700 Market Building on corner with McAllister dentist offices, City Mart Photograph Gallery and Larrabee's book and stationery store 702 Market. McGann & Co. Hatters 704 Market at left with large top hat sign at top of facade. Carriages and loiterers, pedestrians on street. Mechanics Institute Pavilion in Union Square at right. Horsecar line tracks. [1714. Junction Geary and Market Sts. San Francisco, Cal.] Originally a stereocard image.
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Grand Hotel
Elevated view southeast across Market St. to Grand Hotel, Johnson & Co. Proprietors. 382. Market and New Montgomery Streets.
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Union Square
[Union Square from Stockton St. 1874 US-1 No. 112] Wooden fence, small trees, and flagole. View west to Calvary Church and First Congregational Church. [G810 US-001] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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O'Farrell & Stockton
The Howard Block four-story building on northwest corner with residences on left and right side. Temple Emanu-El in right distance. Before construction in 1872 or 1873, the site was an empty lot, used sometimes for tent revivals and traveling circuses. The building always had multiple tenants, such as the headquarters of the Pacific Division of the U.S. Army and The Howard lodgings in 1873, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1877, the California Supreme Court in 1881, and the Concordian Club. (PF) [Cor O'Farrell & Stockton Sts. 1874 BU-37 TEH287] [F810 BU-037] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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