Contains 2324 photos
View northwest across Market to Masonic Temple at Oak and Van Ness. California Volunteer's Monument in its original location. At left, Young Men's Institute/International Center, 50 Oak St. (1914), extensively remodeled in 2000's for San Francisco Conservatory of Music. [Masonic Temple S.F. Cal.]
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View south across Market to Shriners marching band going past New SF Wire & Iron Works, 1285 Market; O.A. Bremer Guns, Grandstand
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Newly completed Fire Department drill tower aka Training Tower, it would be demolished in October 1951 to make way for the Central Freeway. [Drill Tower SFFD dpwbook33 dpw8687]
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Elevated view northwest across Market to fire at 660 Market (Realty Building), which started in the basement of the Waldorf Cafe. The building was demolished shortly thereafter. Its demolition had been planned before the fire to enable the building of a replacement by its owner, the Crocker Estate, and some tenants had already vacated earlier in 1923. The replacement at 660 Market, designed by Lewis Hobart, still stands in 2022 . This photo appeared on the page 3 of the San Francisco Chronicle for November 6, 1923 with the caption "Fighting one of SF's Biggest Fires in 17 Years." [Crocker Estate Album]
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Elevated view northwest across Market to fire at 660 Market (Realty Building), which started in the basement of the Waldorf Cafe. The building was demolished shortly thereafter. Its demolition had been planned before the fire to enable the building of a replacement by its owner, the Crocker Estate, and some tenants had already vacated earlier in 1923. The replacement at 660 Market, designed by Lewis Hobart, still stands in 2022 . This photo appeared on the page 3 of the San Francisco Chronicle for November 6, 1923 with the caption "Fighting one of SF's Biggest Fires in 17 Years." Duplicate with different cropping wnp27.4530. [Crocker Estate Album]
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View north across New Montgomery to Crocker Building, Crocker First National Bank, Hunter-Dulin Building under construction, Union Trust Building. United Bank, with large clock projecting from Market St. corner, at right.
Downtown
Looking north to Market street; Hobart Building, Palace Hotel
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Auto Advertising Car - Wm. L. Hughson Co - "Ride on 5 Dollar a Week Plan", Masonic Temple and California Volunteers monument in background, looking west from 11th
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140 New Montgomery Construction site of New Telephone Building, demolishing old building, Call Building dome in background
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[CK011 Embassy as Rivoli Opera House circa 1925] Former American Theater and Rialto Theater, became Rivoli Opera House in October, 1922 (later Embassy Theatre). Western College of Chiropractic. Building at left under construction.
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Elevated view north toward Chronicle Building under construction, old U.S. Mint, Flood Building
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Newspaper office, reporters' desks, calendar shows July 1924.
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Construction work on foundations for Telephone Building. [dpwbook34 dpw9269]
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Elevated view north on Kearny from across Market, Parade passing the intersection with large American flag. Flannery Building on left with C.H. Strub Dentist and J. Edlin Merchant Tailor signage, Chronicle Building (with large clock over entry), Maskey's Candies sign on Maskey Building, Hearst Examiner Building on right. Boys Week banners strung over intersection. [25,000 SF School Boys Celebrate Boys' Week. Boys marched May 1 in honor of national Boys' Week. Photo shows Old Glory being carried by school boys in the line of march.]
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Elevated view east on Market Street. Streetcar. Crystal Palace Market (opened November 1922) on right. Orpheum Theatre would be built at left (opened 1926) [W10385]
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Construction of Telephone Company Building at 140 New Montgomery
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View northeast to 140 New Montgomery, Pacific Telephone Building under construction. Rialto Building at left. Hobart and Standard Oil Buildings in distance left, Natoma Street and Yerba Buena Island at right. [San Francisco, Calif Coast Div Executive Bld. Progress Rear 8-21-24]
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View north from New Montgomery and Minna toward the Hobart, Standard Oil Building, and Financial District.
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Elevated view southwest to M.A. Gunst Building (Lansburgh and Joseph, Architects), corner of Mission and 3rd, built 1907. Rochester clothing store at street level, California Lamp Shade Co. and U.S. Army Recruiting Station on upper floors. Present day site of Yerba Buena Gardens. At left, Colorado House rooming house, J.J. Bolger men's clothes, Provident Jewelry Co., Frank's Coffee Parlor. At right, United Auto Supply Co., Saltzman's Furniture.
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A. Sweetman Union 76 gas station;; Golden Gate Ironworks, Texaco station; streetcar tracks; looking west
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