Nob Hill

Contains 1472 photos

Financial District
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Financial District

View from Mark Hopkins Hotel looking east to Bay Bridge

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Telegraph Hill
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Telegraph Hill

View from Fairmont to Telegraph Hill

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Financial District
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Financial District

View from Mark Hopkins looking down California Street to Bay Bridge, Blurry

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Powell & California
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Powell & California

Powell Cable Car #510 Passing Fairmont Hotel

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Stockton near California
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Stockton near California

Asian woman on stairs of Metropolitan Life Building. See also wnp27.2189 and wnp27.6160

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Cushman near Sacramento
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Cushman near Sacramento

View north toward Sacramento Street. The brown house on the corner of Sacramento St. and Sproule Lane is the Sproule Mansion (1907-1967), built for George Whittell and sold in 1917 to William Sproule (1858-1935), president of Wells Fargo Express and the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Pacific-Union Club across the street. It was then extensively remodeled by Bliss & Saville architects. It was demolished in November, 1967 after an unsuccessful fight for its preservation. Park Lane Apartments (1925, Eugene Fritz, Jr. architect) at upper right.

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Clay near Mason
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Clay near Mason

View west on Clay, between Mason and Taylor. Cable car #21 inbound, conductor switching a track. Possibly a fan trip.

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Hyde & California
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Hyde & California

View south on Hyde toward California. Cable Car Powerhouse on Hyde across California (now demolished). Women in street boarding O'Farrell Jones and Hyde St. cable car. Conradi's Fountain Drugs, Hyde St. Market, Young's Cafe.

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Hyde & California
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Hyde & California

O'Farrell Jones and Hyde cable car on Hyde, sailors on board.

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Washington & Mason
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Washington & Mason

View northwest across intersection to Market St. Railway (MSRy) Cable Car #512. Help Wanted Men & Women sign on MSRy carbarn building. [MSRy Cable Car #512]

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View from Mark Hopkins
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View from Mark Hopkins

View east from Top of the Mark toward Bay Bridge. Ferry Building at center. (Ansco Color transparency)

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Top of the Mark
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Top of the Mark

View across the cocktail lounge. (Ansco Color transparency)

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View from Mark Hopkins
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View from Mark Hopkins

View east from Top of the Mark toward Yerba Buena Island and Bay Bridge. Hall of Justice, U. S. Appraisers Building built 1944, Ferry Building, Federal Reserve Bank. (Ansco Color transparency)

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View from Mark Hopkins
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View from Mark Hopkins

View north from Mark Hopkins toward Coit Tower and Telegraph Hill. North Beach, St Francis of Assisi Church. (Ansco Color transparency)

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View from Nob Hill
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View from Nob Hill

View southeast probably from Mark Hopkins Hotel. Russ, Alexander, Standard Oil, Hunter-Dulin, Pacific Telephone Buildings. Bay Bridge in background.(Ansco Color transparency)

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View from Mark Hopkins
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View from Mark Hopkins

View west from the Mark Hopkins Hotel (Top of the Mark) toward Lone Mountain in the distance. Cathedral Apartments, 1201 California, at right, Huntington Hotel at bottom right. (Ansco Color transparency)

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Top of the Mark
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Top of the Mark

Interior view of the Top of the Mark cocktail lounge in the Mark Hopkins Hotel. (Ansco Color transparency)

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View from Mark Hopkins
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View from Mark Hopkins

View southwest from Top of the Mark. City Hall and Twin Peaks. (Ansco Color transparency)

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Top of the Mark
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Top of the Mark

Interior view of the Top of the Mark cocktail lounge in the Mark Hopkins Hotel. View northwest toward Russian Hill. (Ansco Color transparency)

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Top of the Mark
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Top of the Mark

Interior view of the Top of the Mark cocktail lounge in the Mark Hopkins Hotel with patrons looking out at view. View northwest toward Golden Gate Bridge. Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) at center, Grace Cathedral at lower left. (Ansco Color transparency)

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