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View from Telegraph Hill

January 1, 1944

View southwest from Telegraph Hill over North Beach and Chinatown toward Nob Hill. Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel), Fairmont and Mark Hopkins Hotels, Brocklebank and Park Lane Apartments. Grace Cathedral with completed bell tower, Cathedral Apartments behind. In distance right, Clay-Jones Apartments (1930), 10-story 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect, 1928). At lower right Lyon Van & Storage Co. with large 'Moving' sign on roof on Stockton, near Green. St. Francis of Assisi Church at bottom left. (Ansco Color transparency)