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Hartford Building (650 California) under construction, Bethlehem Steel HQ (100 California), International Building, Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Bay Bridge, Russ Building, Standard Oil Building, Alexander Building and Equitable Building.
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View over downtown and waterfront to Yerba Buena and Treasure Islands, bridge, East Bay. Embarcadero Freeway, Old Hall of Justice and adjacent County Jail, Appraisers Building, Golden Gateway under construction, Hartford building (650 California) under construction, International building.
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View northwest to window washer hanging from cable, Grace Cathedral and rectory under construction behind with scaffolding. Clay-Jones Apartments (1930, architect Albert Larsen) with radio tower on roof. Crest Royal Apartments 1310 Jones built 1955, Comstock Apartments built 1961, 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect) opened 1928. 11-story building at 1190 Sacramento St. at lower right completed 1958.
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Looking east over financial district. Bay Bridge in distance.
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View of Russian Hill. Lower foreground is cable car barn.
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View NE to Yerba Buena Island and Treasure Island. Golden Gateway under construction. Embarcadero, Hall of Justice.
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View southwest from unknown building (near California & Jones) toward Buena Vista Park, Mt. Sutro, St. Ignatius, Lone Mountain. St. Marks Church, Carillon Tower Apartments (built 1964) on Cathedral Hill, but no St. Mary's Cathedral. Jack Tar Hotel at center
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View East down California Street from Top of the Mark, 650 California (built 1963) at center
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Left to right: Hartford Building (650 California), International Building, Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Bay Bridge, Russ Building, Standard Oil Building, and Equitable Building. Metropolitan Life Insurance Building (later Cogswell College and Ritz-Carlton Hotel) in foreground.
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Two firemen on ladders operating fire hose at window, two firemen on balcony look on, second fire hose from below [4/4 1190 Pine] (Has duplicate in same folder) (folder: Fire, Pine St. - 1190 Pine)
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Large group of firemen operate fire hose from roof of adjacent building, ladder at lower right [4/4 1990 Pine] (folder: Fire, Pine St. - 1190 Pine)
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Four firemen crowded on balcony operate fire hose at near window, another fire hose from below at far window, smoke rising from roof [4/4 1190 Pine] (Has duplicate in same folder) (folder: Fire, Pine St. - 1190 Pine)
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Two ladder trucks extended, with men at top using fire hoses on roof [4/4 1190 Pine] (Has duplicate in same folder) (folder: Fire, Pine St. - 1190 Pine) Building was demolished after this fire.
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Overhead view, looking down at ladder, firemen climbing up [4/4 1190 Pine] (folder: Fire, Pine St. - 1190 Pine)
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Three firemen atop two ladders operating fire hoses at roof of building, photo taken from roof level [4/4 1190 Pine] (folder: Fire, Pine St. - 1190 Pine) Building was demolished after this fire.
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Across street view of six ladders on building, with onlookers in lower right [Market Liquor] [4/4 1190 Pine] (folder: Fire, Pine St. - 1190 Pine)
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Firemen lowering person in basket from third story window. Two ladders and multiple fire hoses extended to building, windows broken from fire. [4/4 1190 Pine] (folder: Fire, Rescue - Basket)
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View east from center of California St. at Powell. Bay Bridge in background. Hartford Building at 650 California, built 1963-64, in background. International Building , Metropolitan Life Insurance Building (later Cogswell College and Ritz-Carlton Hotel), Rolls Garage and Mohawk Gasoline at right.
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View north on Stockton from the top of the Stockton Tunnel toward Sacramento Street.
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View east on California towards Bay Bridge. Taken from a cable car headed north on Powell. International Building at left.
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