Palace Hotel
Elevated view southeast across Market to Grand Hotel, Palace Hotel, carpet and upholstery store on the right in Nucleus Block building. Top of Lotta's Fountain in foreground.
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Market St near 4th St
Elevated view to south side of street between 3rd and 4th Streets, with stores and goods on sidewalk. Terry & Co., furniture 747 Market; R. F. Osborn & Co., hardware; L. Girard & Co. Boot and Shoe Manufacturers; American Tract Society; W. R. Allen & Co., plumbers goods 761 Market; J. O'Kane Saddles & Harness 767 Market; G.S. Dean, Dentist; Will & Finck Cutlers & Bell Hangers, Razors & Shears 769 Market. From Taber business album.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Kearny
Looking north to west side of Kearny St., Lotta's Fountain at right. Centemeri Kid Gloves, gold tooth which inspired Frank Norris' use in "McTeague" hanging from building at left. Large "Dentistry" sign with eagle on roof. Building at far left with "Holt's Patent Printing Wheel", "California Elastic Truss Co", and Dentist signs.[B 17. Kearny Street, San Francisco, Cal. Taber Photo.]
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
[Union Square, San Francisco, Cal. TEH671 1881 US-2] View west to Calvary Church (later dismantled and rebuilt at Fillmore and Jackson) and First Congregational Church. The house at center, 317 Powell St., was built in 1864 for Levi Strauss and David Stern. (WMK)[G810 US-002] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Sutter & Powell
Stereoview east past H. B. Shaw drugstore, Temple Emanu-El, Russian & Turkish Baths. Utility poles with 8 crossbars on north side of Sutter St. Very similar to wnp24.372a. [Sutter East Powell St. SS-180] [F810 SS-180] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Market near Stockton
View west on Market toward south side, from the original Phelan Building toward the future site of The Emporium (built 1895) [Market St. snowstorm, from the Phelan building] [F810 SS-087] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Grant & Market
Stereoview of Grant Avenue (formerly Dupont St) looking north. Horsecars, pedestrians. [Dupont St., San Francisco 1882 SS-36] [F810 SS-036] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Sutter
View east down Sutter to H. B. Shaw drugstore, Temple Emanu-El, Russian & Turkish Baths. Very similar to wnp71.2004. Utility poles with 8 crossbars on north side of Sutter St. [4438 The Jewish Synagogue, San Francisco, Cal.]
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
View north towards Post St. Same original image as wnp37.00353, wnp37.10081.[TEH688 Union Square. San Francisco. Snow-Storm Sunday, December 31st 1882] [G57 SUS-001](GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
[B 1243 Snow-Storm in San Francisco. Sunday, December 31st, 1882.] Looking north towards Post St.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
[B 1243 Snow-Storm in San Francisco, Sunday, December 31st, 1882.] Looking north towards Post St.
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Market
Elevated view (probably from decorative arch) of Knights Templar Parade on Market Street. Man standing on ledge of Flannery Building at left. Nucleus Hotel, Palace and Grand Hotels at right, flags and banners over street. People standing on roof of Palace Hotel. [621 K.T. Grand Parade of the Mississippi Commandery, Market St. San Francisco Aug 20, 1883.]
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
[B 23. Union Square, San Francisco, Cal.] Looking northwest to Post St. from near center of square. Trinity Episcopal Church and National Guard Armory at left, Temple Emanu-El at right.
Downtown / Union Square
Market near 3rd
View east from center of Market to decorative arch with various Masonic insignia and "In Hoc Signo Vinces" slogan. Golden Rule Bazaar sign on left, Nucleus Hotel at right. [564? Knights Templar. Market Street Arch. San Francisco. Aug. 20, 1883.]
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Market
Elevated view north across Market to Lotta's Fountain, with many people climbing on it, at center. Probably the arrival parade for General and former President Ulysses S. Grant on his return from a world tour of several years. Troops marching on Market and Kearny Streets. Banners strung above Kearny. Large crowd fills street, many holding flags. People on rooftops, and filling windows. Building at northeast corner of Geary & Kearny has large "Eagleson & Co. 4 and 6 Kearny St. Shirts Underwear" sign, C.N. West Electro Medical Belts 652 Market, A. Roger & Co. Ostrich Feathers 652 Market.
Downtown / Union Square
Market near Grant
A.L. Bancroft and Company,721 Market, building destroyed by fire in 1886. [Publishing House of A.L. Bancroft and Company. Decorations in honor of the Triennial Conclave (of Knights Templar), 1883]
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Grant
Elevated view northeast across Market to Triennial Conclave of the Knights Templar parade in front of Old Phelan Building [Triennial Conclave K.T. San Francisco 1883]
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Ellis
View northwest across Market across toward Ellis. Horsecars traveling from 4th Street. Antisell Pianos is visible at the corner of Ellis and Stockton [A Rainy Day, SF] [Stereo, single] [F810 STC-012] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Market
Elevated view west on Geary past Geary Street cable cars (started service February 1880), Lotta's Fountain. 'Red Rubber Stamps' sign on 700 Market St. building, Bradley Rulofson Photograph Gallery, large 'Dentistry' sign on roof of building on northwest corner of Geary and Kearny with eagle atop. Calvary Presbyterian Church (site of St. Francis Hotel) in background center. [No.479 - Geary Street from Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.]
Downtown / Union Square
Post near Kearny
[O'Conner & Moffatt fire, Post St. 1883 OF-53] View south across Post to mostly destroyed four story building known as Morton House, located at 111-121 Post St. (and 10-20 Morton St.) Fire broke out in the early morning of June 20, 1883 in the building, which housed dry goods concern O'Connor, Moffatt & Co. and which also held a billiard parlor and the Olympic Club (where the fire started in a card room). Building to right is Golden Gate Block, owned by Charles Crocker. [F810 OF-053] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square