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Embarcadero near Main

May 24, 1921

View northwest across Embarcadero to abandoned Sailors' Home (formerly a U.S. Marine Hospital) at right at corner of Spear & Harrison. Pacific Pipe Co. 451 Main. Sherman Clay warehouse at right, known as Hathaway Warehouse, 400 Spear St. still stands in 2021, converted to housing. Hobart Building in distance left. [Block bounded by Main-Spear-Harrison and The Embarcadero] [dpwbook29 dpw7023] (The U.S.Marine Hospital opened in 1853 but later moved to the Presidio in 1875. This large building then became a sailor's boarding home operated by the Ladies' Seaman's Friend Society.)