Nob Hill

Contains 1472 photos

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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Jackson near Hyde
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Jackson near Hyde

View east on Jackson toward Hyde. Municipal Railway (Muni) cable car #527

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California near Powell
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California near Powell

View east on California, Art Guild Building at left and Bay Bridge in the distance. California Street Cable RR Cable Car #4.

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California & Stockton
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California & Stockton

California Street Cable Car RR #10

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Powell near Bush
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Powell near Bush

View taken from a cable car heading south on Powell towards Market St.

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California near Powell
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California near Powell

View east towards Bay Bridge. Crest Garage.

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Mason near California
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Mason near California

Looking south from California St. Mark Hopkins Hotel at left.

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Powell Street Cable Car
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Powell Street Cable Car

Looking south from California to approaching cable car. Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel) at right.

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Powell & California
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Powell & California

Fairmont Hotel. Cable car RR #2

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View NE from Nob Hill
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View NE from Nob Hill

North Beach, Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower, viewed from Fairmont Hotel. Warships at piers.

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California near Stockton
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California near Stockton

California between Powell & Stockton, looking east. California Street cable car #4.

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Washington near Taylor
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Washington near Taylor

Powell cable car #513 descending Washington St. between Taylor and Mason.

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California & Hyde
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California & Hyde

View northeast to westbound California Street Cable Railroad Co. Cable Car #9

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Mason & Sacramento
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Mason & Sacramento

Looking north down Mason from Sacramento. Washington Grammar school. Washington/Mason Cablecar barn. Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church. Trackage from old Sacramento-Clay line. Russian Hill in background left. Fog rolling in.

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Clay near Jones
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Clay near Jones

View east toward Ferry Building, Bay Bridge. Building at right demolished, most others on Clay remain in 2019.

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City view
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City view

Flags at half mast for President Roosevelt's death: view from Mark Hopkins southwest to Twin Peaks

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Top of the Mark
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Top of the Mark

Grace Cathedral, Huntington Park, fog coming in through Golden Gate, Clay-Jones Apartments with radio transmission tower atop (1930, architect Albert Larsen), 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect, 1928), Palace of Fine Arts.

Downtown
Top of the Mark
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Top of the Mark

View northwest to thick fog coming in through Golden Gate. Palace of Fine Arts in distance left. Marin Headlands and Mt. Tamalpais. Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) with radio tower on top. Clay-Jones Apartments with radio tower atop, 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect) opened 1928. At far left, Chambord Apartments at Sacramento and Jones. Grace Cathedral with bell tower at lower left.

Downtown
View E from Mark Hopkins
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View E from Mark Hopkins

View of Financial District from Mark Hopkins Hotel

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Powell near Washington
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Powell near Washington

View southeast across Powell to stopped Powell & Mason Cable Car #509 with poster ad for 'Voice of the Turtle at Geary Theatre. Conductor pulls track switch lever in street at center. Buildings in view still stand in 2020. Garage at left is now Chinese Hospital Parking Garage.

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