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Elevated view southeast from Russian Hill, Vallejo Street on the left. Appraisers Building and Ferry Building in distance center, Merchants Exchange Building on far right. In foreground 'House of the Flag,' San Francisco Landmark No. 46. Built circa 1860 and remodeled in the First Bay Tradition style in 1903. Post-1906 reconstruction underway. One of four images in composite photograph. (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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View to southeast corner and Hotel du Midi with a row of children posing in front. International Cafe bar on ground floor. European Shoe Repair Store. Building extant but heavily modified in 2018.
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Elevated view northwest from Russian Hill (about Francisco and Larkin) toward Fort Point, Marin Headlands, Gas House Cove, San Francisco Gas Works, Harbor View. Van Ness and Francisco in foreground.
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[J-21 Fort Mason and San Francisco Bay] View northwest from Russian Hill over Fort Mason to Marin Headlands, sailing ships, Fontana Warehouse. Belvedere Island in right background.
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Looking east up Lombard. Junk dealer with wagon and horses
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View east on Greenwich from Leavenworth
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Enlargement of wnp27.3798 View from Russian Hill looking east to Telegraph Hill showing reconstruction of North Beach. Washington Square at center right.
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View from Russian Hill looking east to Telegraph Hill showing reconstruction of North Beach. Cropped detail from this image at wnp27.3799.
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PPIE Proposed Site. View west to Fair site from Larkin St. [dpwbook4 dpw596] Cow Hollow; looking west from Larkin near Chestnut on Russian Hill. San Francisco Gas Works. Ferry Bros. Hay & Grain, 2955 Van Ness near Francisco at center. Houses on bottom right on Culebra Terrace still stand 2022. John Sievers & Co. greenhouses at lower left. Presidio, Marin Headlands, Golden Gate in distance.
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Greenwich & Hyde. View northwest from top of berm around reservoir. Now the site of the Alice Marble Tennis Courts. [Lombard St look NW dpwbook6 dpw1620]
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[Francisco Street Reservoir looking. NE dpwbook6 dpw1624] View from approximately Larkin and Francisco Streets. Water entering reservoir through fill pipe at center.
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[Francisco Street Reservoir looking. E dpwbook6 dpw1625] View east from approx. Larkin and Francisco Streets across reservoir. Humphrey's Castle (1852-1949), early mansion with crenellated roofline, toward upper right.
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View west across the Francisco Street Reservoir from Hyde Street. The wall in the center subdivided the original 1859 reservoir into a primary storage basin on the right and an overflow area on the left. [Francisco Street Reservoir] [dpwbook6 dpw1627] The capacity of the primary basin was increased in 1919 by raising the walls.
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Reservoir keeper's house for the Francisco Street Reservoir keeper's house, located on southwest corner of Hyde and Bay Streets. [Francisco Street Reservoir (SW Hyde & Bay) dpwbook6 dpw1628]
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Jean Parker School, 840 Broadway, north side between Mason and Powell. The building has been replaced by a new one, but the arched entrance at center was retained and incorporated into the new structure. Jean Parker was the principal at The Broadway School from 1880 to 1901. When she retired, the school was renamed for her. [dpwbook7 dpw1664]
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Filbert between Taylor & Jones, Hancock School [dpwbook7 dpw1665]
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View east over Lombard Street Reservoir toward Hyde and Greewnich. Apartment building at right, 2200-2210 Hyde (built 1911) on northeast corner extant 2021. Now the site of the Alice Marblew Tennis Courts. [Lombard St look E dpwbook6 dpw1619]
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View west from about Chestnut and Larkin, houses on Culebra Terrace in foreground (houses still stand). Expansive vista of cleared land and construction of Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE) with Golden Gate beyond.
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View west from Russian Hill. Letterman Hospital complex at center, Montgomery Street barracks at upper center, Fort Winfield Scott barracks at top.
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View northwest across the intersection of Hyde and Greenwich, stairs leading up to the Lombard Street Reservoir. (now the site of the Alice Marble Tennis Courts) Cable car tracks lead north. [Lombard St reservoir Greenwich & Hyde dpwbook6 dpw1618]
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