Phelan Building
New Phelan Building at corner of Market & O'Farrell. Union Trust Building at right under construction.
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Union Square
Portola Fiesta, San Francisco. Elevated view west to king and queen of Portola Festival on horseback in a dense crowd, St. Francis Hotel.
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Market near Mason
Portola Festival Parade, View east from center of Market toward Mason, Market, Turk intersection, Dean Building, Admission Day (Native Sons) Monument, Mechanics Savings Bank Building, Flood Building, Emporium in background.
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Market at Kearny
View southeast across crowded intersection to policeman, 7-Line streetcar. Monadnock Building and Palace Hotel in background. Flags, electric lights over street.
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Newspaper Vendor
Man selling newspapers, Ferry Building
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California & Powell
Nighttime view. Admission Day Celebration 1910. Ferry Building and ships Illuminated.
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California Street
Elevated view west from Montgomery; Nob Hill. Fairmont Hotel, Pacific States Hotel (556 California), Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, center left. Stanford Court Apartments (1912, later Stanford Court Hotel) under construction.
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Market & Mason
View north across Market to Mechanics Savings Bank Building (Bank of Italy). Admission Day (Native Sons) Pioneer Monument, Poodle Dog Restaurant & Hotel. Garfield Building (Reid & Reid Architects, 1908) with Brittain & Co. Hardware, C.F. Adams Co. Clothing. Monument moved to Golden Gate Park in 1948, it was returned to Market at Post and Montgomery Streets in 1977.
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Market & Powell
Edward H. Kemp San Francisco - Cal. Elevated view down Market southeast from Powell 1912. Left to right: Flood Bldg., Ferry Bldg., Call Bldg, Humboldt Bank Bldg (with 1915 sign), Pacific Building, Emporium.
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Union Square
Elevated view southeast from St. Francis Hotel. Schroth Building (1908, architect Cunningham & Politeo), Chronicle Building and Annex, Whittell Building, Call Building, City of Paris.
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City Hall
Van Ness Avenue. Team of 32 Horses passing City Hall construction. [DPW 1181]
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3rd & Market
Elevated view southeast across Market Street to Balboa Building, Metropolis Bank Building, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building, Examiner Building.
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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.
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Post & Market
View west on Post to Crocker Building, left, Crocker Bank Building, center and Union Trust Building, right. First story of center building remains in 2021.
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Market & Grant
View East on Market Street toward 3rd Street. Mutual Savings Bank at right center.
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Market & 2nd
Market and Second looking Southeast towards Ferry Building - United Railroads [U05806]
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Hotel Dalt
Entrance to Hotel Dalt - 34 Turk Street - Accident Report - United Railroads [U06326] <br>'Guests in the lobby of the Hotel Dalt, 34 Turk street, were stampeded last night when an automobile crashed through the window. The machine had collided with another automobile that had struck a Turk street car.' (Motor Car Plunges Into Hotel Lobby, SF Examiner, 11/22/1918, pg6)
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Market near Taylor
Elevated view northeast toward Market and Taylor World War I Welcome Home Parade, people on rooftops and leaning from windows, including some on parapet of Eastern Outfitting Building. Mechanics Savings Bank and Flood Building on north side of Market in background. Huge "Welcome Home" arch over Market in distance. - [Return of 363 & 347 Regiments][DPW 5952]
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Market near Taylor
Elevated view northeast toward Market and Taylor World War I Welcome Home Parade, people on rooftops and leaning from windows, including many on parapet of Eastern Outfitting Building. Mechanics Savings Bank and Flood Building on north side of Market in background. Huge "Welcome Home" arch over Market in distance. - [Return of 363 & 347 Regiments] [DPW 5950]
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Market near Mason
Welcome Home Parade for the 363rd and 347th Regiments, World War One. East on Market near Mason and Turk,, Dean Building, Mechanics Savings Bank (Bank of Italy) Building, Flood Building
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