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View from Nob Hill
View east from Nob Hill above Powell Street between Sacramento and Clay to Ferry Building over Chinatown. Earthquake and fire ruins exist, but much reconstruction has occurred. In left center distance, Appraisers Building, Montgomery Block, U.S. Customs House under construction. Bank of Italy Building at Montgomery and Clay. Donaldina Cameron House at Sacramento and Joice street at right. At far right, Kohl Building, Alaska Commercial Building (1907, Meyers and Ward, Architects). Posters on fence on Powell for the last week of David Warfield's engagement at the Alcazar Theatre and the Emporium's grand reopening on Market Street. Warfield's run concluded on October 10th and the Emporium, then California's largest store, reopened on October 1, 1908. (AS)
1908
Nob Hill
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O'Farrell near Stockton
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east toward Market Street and the Call Building. Ruins and rubble after the earthquake. Ruins of Alcazar Theater, 116 O'Farrell, and Delmonico Restaurant, 110 O'Farrell, on left, Orpheum Theater, 119 O'Farrell, on right. In distance, Call Building, Call Building Annex, Kamm Building on Market Street. [Call Bldg, Looking down O'Farrell St.] Same image as 27.0130 with different cropping.
1906
Downtown / Union Square
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Van Ness near Fulton
Elevated view west, probably from City Hall, to float carrying Liberty Bell arriving in city for display at PPIE. Billboard for English stage actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940) in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, opening July 19th, 1915 at the Columbia Theatre. City Hall Store, Auto Painting 345-347 Van Ness, Auto Repair Shop 349 Van Ness. Postcard.
1915
Civic Center
