Nob Hill

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California near Mason
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California near Mason

View east down California St. towards the bay. Ferry Building tower at left center. Fairmont Hotel at left, University Club. Stanford Court Apartments (now Hotel) at right. California Street Cable Car ascending hill from Powell. At far right Hopkins Institute of Art, later replaced by Mark Hopkins Hotel.

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Fairmont Hotel
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Fairmont Hotel

Viewed from California St. near Mason. Fence enclosing Flood Mansion (Pacific Union Club) at left.

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Mason near California
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Mason near California

View east on Mason St from near California. Portion of wall surrounding former Mark Hopkins estate at left. [Down Mason St. Frisco]

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View from Nob Hill
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View from Nob Hill

View east toward SF Bay. Yerba Buena Island, Ferry Building, Southern Pacific, Matson Building under construction, Standard Oil Building, Bank of America, Metropolitan Life Insurance. Federal Reserve Bank (George Kelham architect, completed 1924) under construction at left. (positive film)

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Jones near California
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Jones near California

View north on Jones toward California Street. Men posing on cobblestone street with 1923 Overland automobile. Chambord Apartments visible in the background at Sacramento and Jones

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Downtown from Nob Hill
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Downtown from Nob Hill

View east from Stanford Court Apartments. Metropolitan Life Insurance Bldg. in left foreground, overlooks Bay and East Bay

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View from Nob Hill
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View from Nob Hill

Rooftop view northeast to Telegraph Hill over North Beach and Chinatown. Steeple of Ss. Peter & Paul Church (completed 1924) under construction at far left. St. Francis of Assisi Church in center distance. Garfield Elementary School in distance near top of Telegraph Hill. [Telegraph Hill]

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Downtown SF
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Downtown SF

Aerial View above Nob Hill looking East toward Piers

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California & Powell
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California & Powell

View east on California from Powell. A Flint automobile traveling uphill on the cable car tracks. Old St. Mary's in background.

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Sacramento near Mason
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Sacramento near Mason

Sacramento Clay Car #17 ascending Sacramento Street Westbound just before Mason. Fairmont Hotel on the right.

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Sacramento & Mason
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Sacramento & Mason

Looking east to Ferry Building, cable car tracks. Fairmont Hotel at right

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View from Russian Hill
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View from Russian Hill

[Telegraph Hill] View northeast from Russian Hill over North Beach. Woman standing on unidentified rooftop. Yerba Buena Island in distance far right. Spires of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church at far left center.

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Fairmont Hotel
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Fairmont Hotel

Mason & Sacramento. Pacific Union Club at right

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View from Nob Hill
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View from Nob Hill

[San Francisco from the Fairmont. P.P. Co. No. 985] Photo postcard. Call Building, Whittell Building, Humboldt Bank building.

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View NE from Nob Hill
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View NE from Nob Hill

View northeast from Nob Hill towards North Beach and Telegraph Hill. St Francis of Assisi Church at center.

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Fairmont Hotel
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Fairmont Hotel

Elevated view west from Powell between California and Sacramento. Gardens of the Fairmont Hotel

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Fairmont Hotel
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Fairmont Hotel

Postcard view northwest from Powell and California

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View from Nob Hill
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View from Nob Hill

Elevated view east from Nob Hill probably from the Mark Hopkins Hotel toward the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building at center, Bay and Yerba Buena Island beyond. Notable skyscrapers include Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Standard Oil Building, Hobart Building, Matson Building, PG&E Building (under construction, completed 1925). Pacific Telephone Company business offices (430-444 Bush) under construction between Bush and Pine at right center, across from Pacific Telephone Building at 445 Bush. Original Federal Reserve Bank, Montgomery Block, Appraisers Building, Bank of Italy at left. At right of center, Mills Building, Alexander Building. (Notably absent is Russ Building, 1927).

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California near Powell
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California near Powell

View east on California from Powell St., cable car in the distance about to cross Stockton St.

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Fairmont Hotel
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Fairmont Hotel

Elevated view toward Fairmont Hotel on California and Mason.

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