Financial District

Contains 2366 photos

View from Ferry Building
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View from Ferry Building

View west from Ferry Building tower up Market. Streetcar approaches Ferry Loop. On left, Howe-Emerson Rope Co., John Rothschild & Co. On north side of Market, Hotel Terminal, Marine Bank, Fife Building (1909).

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Ferry Loop
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Ferry Loop

'Sight Seeing Streetcar' later named the 'California' after rebuild as Pay as You Enter car. Photographed at the Ferry Building streetcar loop - United Railroads [U03522]

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Market & Sutter
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Market & Sutter

Excavation work on Market near Sutter. Schwabacher-Frey Stationery Company and California Notions and Toy Company across the street. [dpwbook3 dpw467]

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Sansome & Market
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Sansome & Market

Elevated view looking north over Market towards sewer construction work on Sansome St. Anglo and London Paris National Bank (Albert Pissis, architect) at left, Anglo-California Trust at right. [dpwbook3 dpw479]

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Sansome near Market
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Sansome near Market

View north on Sansome to busy street construction scene with many spectators. Anglo and London Paris National Bank (Albert Pissis, architect) at left. Anglo-California Trust Co. at right. [dpwbook3 dpw488]

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2nd & Market
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2nd & Market

View south on 2nd from across Market. Calwa Distributing Co, 595 Market at left[dpwbook4 dpw590]

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Market at Sansome
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Market at Sansome

Market at Sansome, sewer construction [dpwbook4 dpw591] Elevated view southwest across intersection. Palace Hotel, Call Building and Humboldt Bank Building (with 1915 sign) at right.

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Steuart from Howard
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Steuart from Howard

Stuart Street looking South from Howard showing conditions before sewer was contructed. [dpwbook4 dpw602]

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Mission near 2nd
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Mission near 2nd

View east on Mission [dpwbook4 dpw658] Wells Fargo Express building at left.

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Main near Folsom
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Main near Folsom

View North on Main from Folsom [dpwbook4 dpw669]

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Market & Battery
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Market & Battery

View north to Donahue Mechanics Monument. Fountain and pool were removed in late 1914 to early 1915. Postal Telegraph Building (1908, Lewis Hobart architect), San Francisco Art Leather Co., New Orleans Coffee Parlor. Horses drink at trough installed by San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at right.[Donahue Monument, Market near 1st and Bush dpwbook4 dpw699]

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2nd & Market
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2nd & Market

View south on 2nd to Sewer Construction, West Coast Life Insurance Building under construction at right [dpwbook4 dpw1252]

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Drumm near Jackson
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Drumm near Jackson

Drumm St. Look N toward Jackson [dpwbook5 dpw1325]

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Financial District
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Financial District

View northeast from Mills Building. Royal Globe Insurance Building, San Francisco Landmark #160 at far left (1907, Architect Howell & Stokes). Newhall Building with arched windows at left (1910, expanded 1915, Lewis Hobart architect) Exposition Building (demolished) center. Yerba Buena Island and Ferry Building in background.

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Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

View east from lower Market Street near Steuart. Decorations are for the Portola Festival, October, 1913

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Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

[33 Weidner Photo Portola Parade Oct 24 1913] Children and adults dressed in 18th century costumes. Police officer on right, Ferry Building in background.

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Hobart Building
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Hobart Building

Market near 2nd, Sign detailing construction dates, contractors, and types of work, Wells Fargo building on left.[This building will be ready for tenants Nov 1, 1914 ... Schedule of Construction Branch of Work ... Willis Polk & Company Architects] [1102]

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Market near Spear
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Market near Spear

Night view northeast from center of Market between Spear and Main toward illuminated Ferry Building and decorations on street lamps for the 1913 Portola Festival (Oct 22-25), Lincoln Hotel and Sunset Hotel at right. (The '1915' sign on the Ferry Building promoted the upcoming Panama-Pacific International Exposition and would remain in place until the close of the fair in 1915)

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Sutter & Market
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Sutter & Market

View east across Sutter to Horse drawn streetcar #45 in front of Anglo California Trust Co.

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Market & Montgomery
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Market & Montgomery

Market Street looking east from Montgomery. Street work in progress with sign for 'San Francisco Gas & Electric Co.' [dpwbook5 dpw1393]

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