View from Nob Hill
View northeast toward Telegraph Hill from the roof of Washington Grammar School on the southwest corner of Washington and Mason. St Francis of Assisi Church at center.
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View from Nob Hill
View looking northwest from Fairmont Hotel towards Russian Hill, Marin Headlands, and Mt. Tamalpais.
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6th & Market
Elevated view north from top of the Hewes Building to Nob Hill. Taylor St. at left. Mark Hopkins Hotel opened December, 1926. [DPW A627]
South of Market
View of Downtown
Taken from the top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel, looking East to bay, Yerba Buena Island, Old Federal Reserve Bank, Ferry Building, Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, Commercial Union Assurance Bldg.(315 Montgomery) Russ Building under construction, Old Standard Oil Building. [DPW A122]
Downtown
San Francsico
View from Mark Hopkins Hotel. SF Skyline, G. Moulin Studios
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Grant & Sacramento
view looking North to Sacramento intersection
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California & Powell
View east on California Street to Bay and East Bay Hills from Fairmont Hotel. Old Federal Reserve Bank (1924), Ferry building, Old St. Mary's Cathedral, Southern Pacific building. Building at center is Financial Center Building, opened 1927, later Omni Hotel. PG&E (1925), Matson Buildings at right.
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California near Taylor
[California W of Mason dpwbook41 dpwA936] Photo caption is incorrect, block is California between Taylor and Jones.
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Sacramento near Jones
Nob Hill look east, showing Fairmont, Mark Hopkins and Huntington hotels. Flood Mansion (Pacific Union Club) at center. Site of Grace Cathedral at right.
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Mark Hopkins Hotel and Stanford Court on Nob Hill, from south
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California near Taylor
View east on California toward Taylor. Street being repaved. Flood Mansion (Pacific Union Club) and Fairmont Hotel at left. Cropped version of wnp36.03618, dpwbook41 dpwA936.
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Financial District view
View east from Top of Mark Hopkins Hotel toward Financial District and its skyscrapers. California Street at left center. Along Montgomery Street, from left, Financial Center Building (1927), American National Bank Building, Clunie Building, Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Russ Building . In distance, Ferry Building, Southern Pacific Building, Fife Building with Chevrolet sign atop, Matson Lines and PG&E Buildings. Shell Building, completed 1929, still under construction behind Russ Building at upper right. Top of Old St. Mary's church at lower left.
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Elevated view southeast from the Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) toward Nob Hill summit. Huntington Park, Pacific-Union Club (Flood Mansion), Fairmont Hotel at center. Brocklebank Apartments, Park Lane Apartments (after 1929 addition of 3 stories, Eugene Fritz, Jr. architect), William Sproule Mansion (1907-1967) northeast corner Sproule Lane and Sacramento St. on left. Mark Hopkins Hotel, Shell Building under construction in the distance. Russ Building, 450 Sutter at right. Hunter-Dulin Building (1927) in distance center. to right of center, Morsehead Apartments, 1001 California, on the southwest corner of California and Mason, Hotel Huntington. Grace Cathedral grounds and rectory at lower right. [12848]
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View E from Nob Hill
Downtown and SF Bay. Ferry Building and ferryboats in Bay. Probably taken from Mark Hopkins Hotel. Shell Building in center background, completed 1929, still under construction.
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View NE from Nob Hill
Financial District, Yerba Buena Island, waterfront. California St. at right. Probably taken from Mark Hopkins Hotel
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View W from Nob Hill.
View west from Mark Hopkins Hotel toward Golden Gate before bridge. California Street, Huntington Hotel, Cathedral Apartments 1201 California (1927) at left. Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen). Early construction work on Grace Cathedral. Huntington Park, Pacific Union Club (Flood Mansion) in foreground.
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California St Cable Car
Men investigating damaged cable car in California Street Cable Barn at Hyde and California Streets.. [California Street cable car auto wreck December 18th, 1930]
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Taylor & California
Elevated view east over Nob Hill to Bay, East Bay and Yerba Buena Island on clear day. Flood Mansion (Pacific Union Club), Park Lane Apartments (at left, after 1929 addition of 3 stories, Eugene Fritz, Jr. architect) Brocklebank Apartments (1927, Weeks & Day architects), Fairmont Hotel, Mark Hopkins Hotel, Huntington Hotel at right (1924, Weeks & Day architects) and Ferry Building. Grace Cathedral Rectory at lower left.
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Downtown aerial
Elevated view east to Fairmont Hotel and Pacific Union Club (former Flood Mansion) in foreground; at lower left, Park Lane Apartments (after 1929 addition of 3 stories, Eugene Fritz, Jr. architect), behind it Brocklebank Apartments (1927, Weeks & Day architects), Mark Hopkins Hotel at right. Skyscrapers along Montgomery Street including Hunter Duling Building, Alexander Building, Russ Building, California Commercial Union Building (315 California). Recently completed Shell Building (1929, George Kelham architect), Pacific National Bank Building just beyond Brocklebank (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, completed 1930, demolished 1969), and Standard Oil Building. PG&E and Matson Buildings at far left. U.S. Navy battleships and aircraft carriers anchored in Bay.(AS)
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California near Mason
View east from automobile going down California. Cable car signal station at right of intersection. Stanford Court Apartments (1912, later Stanford Court Hotel) on right, Fairmont Hotel at left.
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