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View northeast past Huntington Park, Grace Cathedral, and apartment towers to Golden Gate Bridge in distance. In center distance, Chambord Apartments, Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) with radio tower on roof, Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect, 1928). [San Francisco Jan. 57. Huntington Park, Presidio, Golden Gate]
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View over Huntington Park and Russian Hill apartment towers to Golden Gate Bridge and Marin Headlands in distance. Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) with radio tower on roof in distance. Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect, 1928). Sproule Mansion, Park Lane Apartments at lower left. [San Francisco Jan. 57. Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Palace of Fine Arts, Marina, Golden Gate]
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View over North Beach to bay. [San Francisco Jan. 57. Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower, Columbus, Richmond-San Rafael Bridge]
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View south. Sir Francis Drake Hotel on left. [San Francisco Jan. 57. Down Nob Hill]
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Posed photo taken from Top of Mark - Bay Bridge in background
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Fire Station 41, Leavenworth between Clay and Washington [1325 Leavenworth Street. Engine 41. This shows the firehouse built in 1910 before it was remodeled in 1957. The apparatus is a Seagrave pumper. Seagrave was founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1881. It is still in business.]
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View north on Mason from Sacramento. Cable car in the distance. Ss. Peter & Paul Church at right.
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View northwest from Huntington Hotel at California and Taylor toward Russian Hill and the Golden Gate. Unfinished Grace Cathedral at center, Huntington Park at right. Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) with radio tower on roof in distance. Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect) opened 1928. On northeast corner of Sacramento and Taylor at far right, 11-story building at 1190 Sacramento St. completed in 1958, under construction here.
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View northwest from Huntington Hotel at California and Taylor toward Russian Hill, Angel Island, Alcatraz and North Beach. Grace Cathedral at left, Huntington Park at center. Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) with radio tower on roof in distance left. On northeast corner of Sacramento and Taylor at center, 11-story building 1190 Sacramento St. completed in 1958, under construction. At lower right, Sproule Mansion (1907-1967, northeast corner of Sacramento and Sproule Lane), built for George Whittell and sold in 1917 to William Sproule (1858-1935), president of Wells Fargo Express and the Southern Pacific Railroad). It was then extensively remodeled by Bliss & Saville architects. It was demolished in November, 1967 after an unsuccessful fight for its preservation
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View north on Jones Street from California. Grace Cathedral at right. Chambord Apartments, Clay-Jones apartment building in distance.
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View south on Jones St. between California and Pine Streets.
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631 O\'Farrell near Leavenworth
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View from Top of the Mark.. Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island
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Fog approaching Civic Center and Buena Vista Park
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View south on Jones between California and Pine. Empire Hotel in the distance.
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Mason Street between Sacramento & Clay
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View northwest from Mark Hopkins Hotel, Top of the Mark. 11-story building at 1190 Sacramento St. (far left) completed in 1958. Behind it the 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect) opened 1928. Center bottom, roof of Sproule Mansion, demolished 1967, Park Lane Apartments.
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View east from Mark Hopkins Hotel's Top of the Mark to Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island. At far left, old Hall of Justice on Portsmouth Square and County Jail, U.S. Appraiser's Building. California St. at center with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 720 California St. after 2 story addition (then Hartford Insurance Building), Old St. Mary's Church. Fireman's Fund Building with Colonial tower atop (built as Home Insurance Company Building 1951, demolished 1983). Clunie Building Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel). Russ Building at right. Ferry Building, Southern Pacific Building (with large S-P sign atop) in distance.
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Nob Hill. Uncle Robie and Hazel in the Mark Hopkins Parking Lot. Grace Cathedral, Chambord Apartments, Pacific Union Club (originally the Flood Mansion) in background
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Nob Hill. [Uncle Robie and Bob across from the Fairmont Hotel, Brocklebank Apartments in background]
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