North Beach

Contains 675 photos

Union near Grant
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Union near Grant

Union W near Grant [dpwbook13 dpw2699] View west on Union between Grant and Jasper Place

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Kearny near Broadway
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Kearny near Broadway

View south on Kearny St from Broadway towards Pacific. [dpwbook13 dpw2702]

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Francisco near Stockton
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Francisco near Stockton

View west on Francisco between Stockton and Powell. In distance, Bauer-Schweitzer Hop and Malt factory, designated San Francisco Landmark #129 and converted to housing in the early 2000's. [dpwbook13 dpw2692]

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Chestnut near Stockton
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Chestnut near Stockton

Chestnut W near Stockton [dpwbook13 dpw2693] Between Stockton & Grant

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Stockton & Francisco
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Stockton & Francisco

View toward southwest corner of Stockton and Francisco. SF Fire Department storage and repair shops. Now the site of the playground of Francisco Middle School. (2021) [dpwbook13 dpw2614]

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North Beach Playground
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North Beach Playground

Lombard between Mason & Powell. North Beach Playground, elevated view north from slide to swings, pool and bathing pavilion. Bauer-Schweitzer Hop and Malt factory complex, large gas storage tank at foot of Powell St. in background right. [dpwbook13 dpw2551]

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Lombard near Mason
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Lombard near Mason

North Beach Playground with children posed in the swimming pool [dpwbook13 dpw2550]

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Broadway & Columbus
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Broadway & Columbus

Broadway East from Columbus. Fior d'Italia Restaurant

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Powell near Filbert
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Powell near Filbert

View looking north on Powell Street from Filbert. Gas holding tank (gasometer) in distance at intersection of Powell St. and Embarcadero. [dpwbook13 dpw2705]

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Powell & Columbus
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Powell & Columbus

Washington Square Theatre, View west toward Powell & Columbus Streets, across from Washington Square. Opened 1908, later the Milano Theatre, Palace Theatre, Pagoda Palace Theatre. Demolished August 2013.

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Stockton & Vallejo
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Stockton & Vallejo

View north on Stockton toward Vallejo, Municipal Railway (Muni) F-Line streetcar, b-type car. [dpw3769]

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Pacific & Kearny
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Pacific & Kearny

Barbary Coast, View northeast across intersection of Columbus, Kearny, and Pacific up Kearny toward Broadway. Parente Brothers Tavern, with stained glass signage on the corner awning for Wreden's Lager, Old Kirk Whiskies, North Star, and ads for Rainier Beer, shoe shine stand to left of doorway. 16-Line Streetcar in background left in front of New Broadway Hotel, having just turned from Broadway. A posed photo, proprietors standing in each business doorway. Most of the buildings in this view still stand in 2021. In doorway of Parente's are posters for a fight promoted by Louis Parente in Coffroth Daly City Arena, Ad Wolgast and Willie Hoppe, set for 9-22-16, but postponed and cancelled, because of weather and threat of legal prosecution. [BC-7][F810 BC-007] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)(AS)

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Powell & Vallejo
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Powell & Vallejo

[U05438 Powell & Vallejo Sts. Looking north, A.R. 3772] Fisherman's Wharf gas tank in background.

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Sansome near Broadway
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Sansome near Broadway

Sansome between Pacific & Broadway looking North. Work crew paves street. [dpwbook15 dpw3019]

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Sansome near Broadway
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Sansome near Broadway

Sansome between Pacific & Broadway looking N [dpwbook15 dpw3020]

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Stockton near Greenwich
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Stockton near Greenwich

San Francisco Fire Department Engine House (Stockton St) [dpwbook19 dpw4284]

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Broadway near Osgood Pl.
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Broadway near Osgood Pl.

View north across Broadway to Washington Irving School, later John Yehall Chin Elementary School, extant 2020. [dpwbook19 dpw4283]

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Pacific near Osgood Place
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Pacific near Osgood Place

Engine Company No. 1 - Built 1908, 451 Pacific. In use as firehouse until 1958, later converted to offices, still standing in 2025. [dpwbook19 dpw4282]

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Powell near Green
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Powell near Green

View north on Powell from Vallejo toward the intersection of Green ( original description on image is incorrect) [dpwbook23 dpw5603]

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The Thalia Dance Hall
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The Thalia Dance Hall

Barbary Coast post earthquake; 514 1/2 Pacific Ave. Posters for Salome and Texas Tommy Dancing. Columbus Suit Cleaning.

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