Contains 155 photos
Clay between Polk and Van Ness. Mr. Hallidie (Andrew Smith-Halladie) on the Platform. This line was not open until Nov 1873. Clay St. Hill RR Co. Car # 7. Watkins' stereo card of this shot bears this legend: "Clay Street Hill R.R., San Francisco, Cal [California]. Run by A.S. Hallidie's patent Endless Steel Wire Rope and Gripping Attachment. Overcomes an Elevation of 307 feet in a length of 2800 feet. Watkins' Pacific Coast. 2370"
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[Behrman's Collection Clay St. Corner Van Ness 1875 STC-21 MB] Three men posing with Clay Street Hill Railroad Co. car and dummy, car #11
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Cable car, Clay St. Hill #11 [Clay St corner Van Ness 1875] [F810 STC-021] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Elevated view southwest to Pacific Heights. Old St. Brigid Church (1864-1897) at Van Ness and Broadway. Lafayette Park at background left. Large house with Mansard roof and rear tower left of center is William C. Talbot house (S.C. Bugbee & Son Architect, built 1872 NE Corner Jackson & Franklin, demolished 1931). Duplicate of wnp26.538.
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View east on Clay Street of cable cars, carriage, and ad for Nolan Bros. shoes. [L. N. Barney?. 1324 Polk St.]
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Elevated view southwest to Pacific Heights. Old St. Brigid Church (1864-1897) at Van Ness and Broadway. Lafayette Park at background left. Large house with Mansard roof and rear tower left of Center is William C. Talbot house (S.C. Bugbee & Son Architect, built 1872 NE Corner Jackson & Franklin, demolished 1931).
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View east on California St. from Van Ness Ave. Cable Cars, dirt streets, ornamental trees lining street.
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View east on California St. from Van Ness Ave. Cable cars, dirt streets, ornamental trees lining street. (Color version with different cropping of wnp26.647)
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View east up hill. Clay Street cable car #9 at terminal. Horse and carriage, piano store in distance. St. Luke's Episcopal Church on corner. [Van Ness and Clay Sts. STC-48]
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Richard Temby's Grocery at 1908 Polk between Jackson and Pacific. Men pose outside with streetcar conductor.
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[Van Ness & Clay Sts. STC-48] Cablecar #9 at terminal. View east. St. Luke's Episcopal Church on right. See wnp4.1460 [G810 STC-048] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Old First Presbyterian Church, southeast corner Sacramento & Van Ness, no cable car tracks on Sacramento
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View east across Van Ness Avenue near California for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. Leon and Bertha Sloss home, 1516 Van Ness with arched entry visible across the street.
Pacific Heights
View east across Van Ness Avenue near California for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. Leon and Bertha Sloss home, 1516 Van Ness with arched entry visible across the street.
Pacific Heights
View east across Van Ness Avenue near California for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. Leon and Bertha Sloss home, 1516 Van Ness with arched entry visible across the street.
Pacific Heights
View east across Van Ness Avenue near California for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. Leon and Bertha Sloss home, 1516 Van Ness with arched entry visible across the street.
Pacific Heights
View east across Van Ness Avenue near California for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. Leon and Bertha Sloss home, 1516 Van Ness with arched entry visible across the street.
Pacific Heights
View east across Van Ness Avenue near California for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. Leon and Bertha Sloss home, 1516 Van Ness with arched entry visible across the street.
Pacific Heights
View southwest across Van Ness to Victorian mansions with street trees. House at center is 1501 Van Ness, at the northwest corner, home to Robert N. Graves , later Capt. Robert R. Thompson (49er who made a fortune in shipping and water companies). George Hearst reportedly owned this house before him. All of these homes were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire , due to dynamiting between Sutter and Clay.
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View northwest across Van Ness near Clay. Crowds of people outside the mansion.
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