wnp71.0379

Market & Post

January 1, 1880

View west across Market from 2nd Street, down Post. Sign pointing to Overland Railroad Ticket Office No. 4 in Palace Hotel, James W. Burnham & Co. Carpet & Furniture Ware Rooms (618 Market, 15-17 Post), Omnibus Railroad Co. horsecar, Masonic Temple, Joseph Larsen painter, Hansen & Beck cigars and tobacco (538 Market), Doane & Co.; Steeples of 1st Congregational Church and Trinity Episcopal Church in distance. [SS-89] [G810 SS-089] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346). Watkins title on Boudoir Card, B3671: 'Post St. from Market; view west. S.F.'

Date changed from 1875 based on https://csl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/view/delivery/01CSL_INST/12136813180005115

Location

544 Market St, 94104

Financial District

Keywords

Artifact

Citation: Carleton Watkins
Date Added: September 6, 2018
Contributor: Courtesy of the Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives

Rights

Downloadable: Yes

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