Contains 340 photos
View west on Sloat from Junipero Serra Boulevard, St. Francis Circle. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 12-line streetcar tracks turning onto Sloat. Future Stern Grove and Spring Valley Water Co. Central Pumps visible in the distance. [Sloat Blvd W. from St Francis Circle] [dpwbook25 dpw6068]
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View southwest from the end of West Portal Avenue toward St. Francis Circle. [St Francis Circle Track work dpwbook23 dpw5727]
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[Twin Peaks Tunnel - W. Portal dpwbook23 dpw5679] West Portal when new.
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View westerly on Portola Drive between 14th and 15th Avenues. 1530 Portola (built 1919) and 1520 Portola (built 1918)
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West Portal Avenue looking east [dpwbook30 dpw7354]
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Elevated view easterly from 200 Vicente street across empty lots at Madrone Avenue and Wawona (site of 198 Wawona, built 1926) toward the West Portal of Twin Peaks Tunnel. Edgehill in the distannce. [West End Twin Peaks Tunnel] [dpwbook30 dpw7353]
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View easterly on Claremont toward the intersection of Ulloa. The scene of an apparent auto accident at the corner. One car being towed with one car still in the bushes. Damaged Billboard reads (in part) 'Forest Hill Extension - Claremont Court Lots - Kahn, _eder and Brandt, Agents' 266 Claremont up the hill at left. A foggy day, kids on bicycles
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1441 Portola Drive with tilework around entry and red clay tile roof. Designed by architect Ida McCain and built in St. Francis Wood in 1923.
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View southeast across the intersection of 19th and Taraval. Nothing in this view remains in 2021. [Taraval St. S. Side E of 19th Ave] [dpwbook33 dpw8915]
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View looking east on Taraval Street from 17th Ave, showing residences on north side of Taraval. [Taraval E from 17th (N side) dpwbook33 dpw8916]
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View east on Taraval from 17th Avenue. no construction other than the streetcar line [Taraval St. S. Side E of 17th Ave.] [dpwbook33 dpw8917]
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Interior view to side exit and screen with heraldic shield reliefs. Just before opening as Portal Theatre.
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View to Portal Theatre just before opening on December 26, 1925. Later named Empire Theatre.
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Interior View from stage to seats. Dating to when theatre was known as the Portal Theatre and just before opening.
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View northerly on unpaved Lenox from Ulloa St. Workers shoveling dirt next to the West Portal of Twin Peaks Tunnel [Lenox & Ulloa][dpwbook36 dpw10272]
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View north on Lenox between Ulloa and Taraval. Homes being constructed and street graded. West Portal School site in the distance at right.[Lenox Way north of Ulloa][dpwbook36 dpw10271]
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View north on Lenox between Ulloa and Taraval. Homes being constructed and street graded. Twin Peaks Tunnel top and West Portal School site at right. [Lenox Way north of Ulloa][dpwbook36 dpw10267]
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West Portal of Twin Peaks Tunnel viewed from Ulloa St. [West Portal dpwbookBROWNBOOK dpw10607]
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View north on Lenox from Ulloa. West Portal Library site at left. Possibly the results of a rainstorm depositing mud at the bottom of the hill. Homes being constructed in the distance. Wawona street visible at left. [Lenox Way North of Ulloa][dpwbook36 dpw10269]
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View north on unpaved Lenox from Ulloa. West Portal Branch Library site at left, West Portal of the Twin Peaks Tunnel at right. A work crew with shovels seem to be grading the street by hand. 120 Lenox under construction in the background. A rainy day. [Lenox St at Ulloa] [dpwbook36 dpw10268]
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