Downtown / Union Square

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Stockton & Bush
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Stockton & Bush

Elevated view of south portal of Stockton Street Tunnel and steep section of Stockton St above it. [Look down on Stockton Tunnel dpwbook10 dpw2200]

Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
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Union Square

Women's Convenience station, Union Square. [dpwbook14 dpw2877]

Downtown / Union Square
Call Building
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Call Building

Elevated view southwest across Market at 3rd Street. The Spreckels / Call Building (now the Central Tower) being renovated at street level. The Call Annex Building to its right is also being thoroughly remodeled, by McLaren & Peterson General Contractors. The Kamm Building is at far right. [dpwbook15 dpw2922]

South of Market
Powell near Post
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Powell near Post

View south down Powell between Geary & Post. Goodfriend Hotel, Elkan Gunst Building in background, St. Francis Hotel at right, Union Square on left.

Downtown / Union Square
Market & 3rd
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Market & 3rd

Looking east on Market [Chronicle Bldg., Hobart Bldg. in distance, Market St., San Francisco, California 1915.] Crocker Building, Lotta's Fountain at left.

Downtown / Union Square
View of Nob Hill
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View of Nob Hill

Elevated view northwest to Hopkins Institute of Art, Flood Mansion, Fairmont Hotel at upper center. Metropolitan Life Insurance Building at far right. Head building, Shreve Building at left, tops of renovated Temple Emanu-El towers at center left.

Downtown / Union Square
Grant near Sutter
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Grant near Sutter

Elevated view east from Grant, between Post and Sutter (possibly from Shreve Building) to Union Trust and Hobart Building ; Crocker Building with black smoke. West side of Foxcroft Building, later known as 68 Post St., Mechanics Institute, Crocker Building with black smoke at far right. At far left center, Mills Building, Sherman Clay & Co. Building. At lower left, roof of White House Department Store. Yerba Buena Island, Bay and East Bay Hills in distance.

Downtown / Union Square
Market & 4th
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Market & 4th

View west on Market near 4th, Pacific Building, Emporium across Market. Roos Bros. Building at far right. Planter baskets and strings of lights hung from streetlamps.

Downtown / Union Square
Market & 3rd
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Market & 3rd

Elevated view southeast across Market to L to R: Balboa Building, Metropolis Bank Building, Palace Hotel, Monadnock, Hearst / Examiner Building, Claus Spreckels Building(Call Building) with electric sign on front for Municipal Light & Power Co. Before 1918 and after 1913, because of tracks.

Downtown / Union Square
Powell near O'Farrell
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Powell near O'Farrell

View south on Powell to Golden West Hotel (corner Powell & Ellis), Flood Building, female pedestrians, carriage in the street, Market Street.

Downtown / Union Square
Ellis & Stockton
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Ellis & Stockton

View north across Ellis to Muni F-line streetcar , Painless Parker Dentist, Roos Bros, Sterling Laundry truck.

Downtown / Union Square
Sutter & Montgomery
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Sutter & Montgomery

View west on Sutter from Montgomery, United Railroads 1-line streetcar #243 and 3-line streetcar #229 [Sutter & Montgomery Sts. Looking west. AIR. 3090 (accident report) ] United Railroads [U04861] [0243-01-01 EB ON SUTTER AT MONTGOMERY 15 MAY 1915]

Downtown / Union Square
Native Sons Bldg
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Native Sons Bldg

[Auditorium, Native Sons Building, San Francisco] Native Sons of the Golden West Building, 414 Mason between Geary and Post Streets.

Downtown / Union Square
Native Sons Bldg
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Native Sons Bldg

[Gents' Lounging Room, Native Sons Hall, San Francisco] Native Sons of the Golden West Building, 414 Mason between Geary and Post Streets.

Downtown / Union Square
Native Sons Bldg
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Native Sons Bldg

[Library, Grizzly Bear Club, Native Sons Building, San Francisco] Native Sons of the Golden West Building, 414 Mason between Geary and Post Streets.

Downtown / Union Square
Native Sons Bldg
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Native Sons Bldg

[One of the Fourteen Lodge Rooms, Native Sons Building, San Francisco] Native Sons of the Golden West Building, 414 Mason between Geary and Post Streets.

Downtown / Union Square
Native Sons Bldg
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Native Sons Bldg

[Ladies' Parlor, Native Sons Building, San Francisco] Native Sons of the Golden West Building, 414 Mason between Geary and Post Streets.

Downtown / Union Square
Post near Kearny
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Post near Kearny

Elevated view east on Post from Kearny toward Market Street. Crocker Bank Building at corner, Wells Fargo Union Trust, Balboa Building at 2nd and Market in the background. The Nevada Bar, M.A. Gunst & Co. at lower left. Entire left block demolished with exception of the banking hall of the Crocker Bank. [No. 2170]

Downtown / Union Square
Market & Powell
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Market & Powell

Elevated view down Market southeast from Powell. Left to right: Flood Bldg., Ferry Bldg., Call Bldg, Humboldt Bank Bldg (with 1915 sign), Pacific Building, Emporium. McIntosh Stereopticon Co. Chicago / Pacific coast states, looking east on Market St, 1915, 16 block east, is second busiest corner in U.S. SF Cal.

Downtown
Market & Grant
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Market & Grant

View East on Market Street toward 3rd Street. Mutual Savings Bank at right center.

Downtown