Downtown / Union Square

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110 Sutter
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110 Sutter

Elevated view northeast to north side of Sutter between Kearny & Montgomery, Hallidie Building, Thomas Cook & Son Travel, French Bank Building, California-Pacific Building.

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Eddy & Powell
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Eddy & Powell

View northwest across intersection to Bank of Italy (opened 1921, later Bank of America headquarters, Bliss & Faville architects), cable car turntable in foreground. Hotel Turpin at right.

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Powell & O'Farrell
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Powell & O'Farrell

Looking north from O'Farrell, St. Francis Hotel and Chancellor Hotel on left [Geary St.]

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Market near 3rd
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Market near 3rd

[Parade at Diamond Jubilee] View southeast across Market from Grant; Examiner and Call Buildings. Peerless Clothing Co.

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Union Square
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Union Square

View from Geary & Stockton Streets. Man crossing street; St. Francis on left

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Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

Flood Building. Photo postcard, The Owl Drug Co.

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Union Square
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Union Square

Dewey Monument; City of Paris in background

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Stockton & Post
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Stockton & Post

view southwest across Union Square to St. Francis Hotel

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Market near 3rd
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Market near 3rd

Elevated view southeast from upper story window of firefighters testing fire hoses on Market St. in front of large crowd. Palace Hotel, Hearst Examiner Building and Call Building in bacgkround.

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Market & Stockton
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Market & Stockton

View east on Market Street from Stockton. Pedestrians and police officer in street. Market Street Railway (MSRy) #9-Line streetcar at right, with 6-Line cars behind. Phelan Building at left. [Market at Stocton Sts. dpwbook35 dpw10054]

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Market & Stockton
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Market & Stockton

View southeast across Market near Stockton showing the streetcar safety zone in the middle of the street. Most of the buildings on the south side of Market in this view have been demolished. Portola Theatre (showing Mary Pickford in Little Annie Rooney), Humboldt Bank Building, California Theatre at right. Call/Spreckels, Hearst Examiner and Lesser Buildings in the distance. [Market at Stockton Sts] [dpwbook35 dpw10056]

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Bush near Grant
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Bush near Grant

View west on Bush from Grant, Notre Dame des Victoires and Victoria Hotel on the right

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Geary & Market
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Geary & Market

View east down Market Street, Lotta's Fountain at center, Humboldt Bank Building in the distance. Traffic cop standing on a platform.

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Tillman Place
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Tillman Place

Temple Bar Tea Room at end of alley. Five tourists in front of George Hargens' Old Book Shop, metal tree sculptures.

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Grant & Sutter.
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Grant & Sutter.

Tourists window shopping on Grant in retail district. View north

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Grant & Geary
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Grant & Geary

View south on Grant to sidewalk flower stand; slightly blurred due to camera movement. Geary streetcar at right.

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Union Square
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Union Square

View northwest across square, with men sitting on benches and grass, to St. Francis hotel, Argonaut Club Building (Built 1909, with additions in 1920, Sylvain Schnaittacher, architect) and Fitzhugh Building.

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Union Square
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Union Square

View northeast across Powell Street to Fitzhugh Building, Bullock & Jones, Hotel Plaza, Schroth Building (1908, architect Cunningham & Politeo), Dewey Monument. (AS)

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Market & Post
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Market & Post

[Crocker Bldg. 1925 Post St. Side Looking S.E.] [Crocker Estate Album] Elevated view south across Post, showing 66' measurement for building west of Crocker Bldg., containing California Lithograph Co., Nugget Cafe Grill, and barbershop. Palace Hotel in background.

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660 Market
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660 Market

Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building. [660 Market St. 1925] [Crocker Estate Album]

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