Sansome & Chestnut
View southeast across Sansome near Chestnut, Telegraph Hill, Merchants Ice and Cold Storage Co. in the background. United Railroads 34-line streetcar #726, accident report #3712 [U06578]
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Sansome & Chestnut
View northerly toward the Embarcadero, United Railroads 34-line car #730 (ex SSF RR and Power Company class car) [U06760]
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Embarcadero & Green
Motorized trolley 'Side Walk Car' and passengers. James Rolph & Co. Coal Bunkers at Pier 15.
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Washington near Drumm
Produce truck loaded with boxes sign reads 'L. Scatena and A. Galli Fruit Company' 104-106 Washington, north side
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Embarcadero from Pier 29
Embarcadero south from Pier 29, Merchants Ice And Cold Storage Co. on right. [Embarcadero S. From Pier 26 (Sic)] [dpwbook31 dpw8057]
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Front & Vallejo
View southeast from the corner of Front & Vallejo across the Southern Pacific Railyard to businesses on the first block of Broadway. Tower of the Ferry Building visible in the background. Kockos Bros. Wholesale Grocers (Broadway and Davis), Hotel Evans (89 Broadway), Swift & Co. meatpacking (Pacific & Davis), Albers, Coast Auto Works (33 Broadway), Wellman Coffee sign.
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Pacific & Front
View West on Pacific Street from Front Street across an empty lot. Old Ship Saloon, Hans Alsheimer Proprietor visible at Pacific & Battery. Billboard for Beeman's Pepsin Gum.
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Sansome near Union
View north on Sansome Street beneath the steep eastern face of Telegraph Hill. Workers in background, possibly cleaning rock slide.
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Embarcadero & Lombard
Auto ad photo, posed with engine #4 from Belt Line outside roundhouse on Embarcadero
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Pier 11
Freight ship tied up at Pier 11 on Embarcadero. (Present site of Pier 9)
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Embarcadero
[5] Line of lumber trucks with crowd watching; automobiles; police officer on horse; entry way to NW Pacific RR Co. Ferry; west wing of Ferry Building
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State Belt Railroad
Locomotive #4 of State Belt Railroad outside roundhouse at Embarcadero and Lombard Street.
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Front near Green
Elevated view northwest to railcars lined up with fine automobiles and group of men posed with them, perhaps just unloaded? Henry Cowell Lime & Cement (Front & Union) and Sperry Flour warehouses behind.
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Filbert near Sansome
View west to Filbert steps ascending Telegraph Hill. Streetcar on Sansome St., railroad car on left. Woman crossing street and another with a book on right. Bogart Warehouse Emmon Draying Co., Greenwich Bonded Warehouse at right. Victorian uphill at right is Patrick McDermott house, 218-220 Filbert St., built 1861 and 1882, still stands in 2025. Warehouse building at northwest corner of Filbert and Sansome still stands in 2025, but with significant remodeling into office use. Warehouse building at right demolished. [Return to MGM ART]
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Embarcadero near Union
View west up to Coit Tower (built 1932-33) on Telegraph Hill. Railroad cars, tower of warehouse. Top of Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Co. warehouse at lower left.
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Air Ferry Plane 'Santa Clara'
Loening C-2 Air Yacht, operated by Air Ferries, Ltd. between San Francisco and Oakland, 1930-1933
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Embarcadero & Filbert
View of White Angel Boat and bread line. Inset portrait of Lois Jordan. White Angel Jungle was a relief project from 1931 to 1933 during the Great Depression. National Ice and Cold Storage Co. buildings in background. [J.K. Piggott Photo S.F.]
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1934 General Strike
The Embarcadero at Oregon Street. National Guard for General Strike, Harbor Tavern restaurant and Pier Restaurant in background.
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Embarcadero
Parade standing in front of Pier 3. Man raising flag above entrance. Ferry Building in the background with pedestrian overpass bridge.
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Embarcadero
Soldiers posing in front of Pier 3 during 1934 general strike. (negative severely damaged)
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