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Contains 133 photos

DeBoom & 2nd Street
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DeBoom & 2nd Street

View East on DeBoom Street from 2nd Street. Building in distance left is Weston Basket & Barrel Co., 58-60 Federal St., still standing 2021, as is Edwardian apartment building at left, built in 1914 as Vosti Grocery Building 555 2nd St. [dpwbook26 dpw6290]

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2nd & DeBoom
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2nd & DeBoom

View northeast across 2nd Street. At center, apartment building built in 1914 as Vosti Grocery Building 555 2nd St. In background right, Weston Basket & Barrel Co., 58-60 Federal St., Left of center at Federal St. corner, is 533 2nd Street, built 1906. All 3 buildings still stand in 1921. [2nd Street east side of DeBoom to Bryant dpwbook26 dpw6291]

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Brannan near 2nd
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Brannan near 2nd

View East on Brannan, North side, from Second Street, Whatever's Right Saloon & Restaurant, Vermont Marble Co. (at Japan Street) in distance [dpwbook26 26 dpw6292

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Colin P. Kelly & Brannan
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Colin P. Kelly & Brannan

View north across Brannan at Japan Street (now Colin P. Kelly, misleading original description since Japan Street only spanned 1 block behind the photographer), Vermont Marble Co. Working platform over rail cars for J.P. Holland Grading and Excavating, 540 Brannan. [Japan St. dpwbook26 dpw6293]

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Dover & Brannan
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Dover & Brannan

View north across Brannan St. to Dover Alley (between 1st and 2nd), H.S Crocker printing plant building at left still stands at 250 Brannan, Rincon Hill in background with large Edwardian apartment building atop. South End Warehouse at far right still stands in 2021. [dpwbook26 dpw6294]

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Brannan & Delancey
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Brannan & Delancey

View northwest on Brannan from 1st Street (now Delancey), New Neptune Restaurant and Coffee Saloon, Marine Sheet Metal and Plumbing Co. H.S. Crocker Co. printing plant at left. Weston Basket and Barrel Co. in background, 60 Federal. [dpwbook26 dpw6295]

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Rincon Hill
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Rincon Hill

[Rincon Hill dpwbook25 dpw6398] View north from Brannan between 1st and Fremont. South End Warehouse on left still stands in 2021, converted to housing.

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Embarcadero near Brannan
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Embarcadero near Brannan

View northwest across Embarcadero and railyards toward Rincon Hill. Water tower at right is at Hobbs, Wall & Co. Box Factory, Beale & Bryant. [Rincon Hill dpwbook25 dpw6399]

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Brannan & 1st
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Brannan & 1st

View west on Brannan from 1st Street (now Delancey). H.S. Crocker, stationery and printing building still stands (2020)at 250 Brannan. Rosenberg Brothers & Co. dried fruits and D.N. & E. Walter Company warehouse at 2nd Street all still stand. (part of the South of Market Historic Resource Survey). New Neptune Restaurant and Coffee Saloon, Marine Sheet Metal and Plumbing Co. at right. [dpwbook27 dpw6696]

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Brannan & Colin P. Kelly
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Brannan & Colin P. Kelly

View north across Brannan at Japan Street (now Colin P. Kelly) to spur lines for Vermont Marble Co. and working platform over rail cars for J.P. Holland Grading and Excavating, 540 Brannan. Schmidt Lithography Clock Tower (built 1921) in background left. [North side bet. 2nd & 1sd opposite Japan St.] [dpwbook29 pw7021]

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Federal near Japan
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Federal near Japan

Federal St. & building cutting off street at Japan (produced) Weston Basket & Barrel Co., R.M. Hollingshead Co., Wedron White Sand Co. [dpwbook29 dpw7025]

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Bryant & Rincon
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Bryant & Rincon

View south across Bryant between Sterling and Rincon to the Ondawa Building, built 1920, Earl B. Scott, architect, W.H. Ellison, Engineer. Spur railroad track leading into building from Bryant. Building still stands in 2021. [Spur track into Bldg. - south side Bryant bet. 2nd & Rincon] [dpwbook29 dpw7029]

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Brannan near Delancey
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Brannan near Delancey

View north from Brannan between 1st (now Delancey) and The Embarcadero. Rear view of City Coal Company. Rincon Hill in the background. [dpwbook29 dpw7118]

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Brannan near Embarcadero
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Brannan near Embarcadero

View north across Brannan between 1st Street (now Delancey) and the Embarcadero Office of the City Coal Company. Rincon Hill in the background. [dpwbook29 dpw7125]

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Brannan near Embarcadero
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Brannan near Embarcadero

View northwest across Brannan between 1st (now Delancey) and The Embarcadero. City Coal Company exterior front [dpwbook29 dpw7126]

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Townsend & 3rd
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Townsend & 3rd

View east on Townsend from center of 3rd Street. At right, Pacific Oil & Lead Works coconut oil plant with copra and oil storage tanks, 155 Townsend, now demolished; Harron Rickard & McCone Bldg, 139 Townsend, still stands 2021. [Townsend St. 3rd to 2nd dpwbook30 dpw7184]

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Townsend & 2nd
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Townsend & 2nd

View east on Townsend Street from 2nd Street towards the Embarcadero. Railroad tracks, Pier 34, Pier 36, & Pier 38 visible. [7187 8/11/21 Townsend St - 2nd to 1st] [dpwbook30 dpw7187]

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Brannan & Delancey
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Brannan & Delancey

View west from center of Brannan from 1st Street (now Delancey Street) H.S. Crocker Building at right still stands in 2021. Rosenberg Bros. Dried Fruits at left, New Neptune Restaurant and Coffee Saloon at right. [Brannan St. 2nd to 1st] [dpwbook30 dpw7189]

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Townsend & Stanford
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Townsend & Stanford

View southwest across Townsend to street work crew. On south side of Townsend, Haslett Warehouse Co. Townsend St. Warehouse, Harron, Rickard & McCone machinery manufacturers, 139-149 Townsend, copra storage tank on Pacific Oil & Lead Works coconut oil plant, 155 Townsend, now demolished. [Regrading Townsend St. 2nd to 3rd St. [dpwbook31 dpw7720]

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Townsend & Stanford
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Townsend & Stanford

View northwest across Townsend to regrading. [Regrading Townsend St. 2nd to 3rd Sts.] [dpwbook31 dpw7721] Mailliard & Schmiedell importers, American Druggists Syndicate (109 Townsend), Wickwire Spencer Steel Corp.

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