What San Francisco looked like in the 1920s through these Fascinating Historical Photos

#1 Civic Center Plaza and City Hall in the 1920s.

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#2 Mission Street at Onondaga in 1926.

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#3 Main Library in the 1920s.

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#4 Bayshore in the 1920s.

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#5 Broadway in the 1920s.

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#6 Commuters converging on the Ferry Building in the late afternoon in the 1920s.

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#7 Market Street in the 1920s.

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#8 Market Street in the 1920s.

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#9 Ferry Building in the 1920s.

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#10 Men working on Harding Blvd. at Lands End in the 1920s.

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#11 Men working on Harding Blvd. at Lands End, 1920s.

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#12 California Street circa 1920.

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#13 Siberia Maru leaving the port of San Francisco in 1927.

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#14 Panoramic view of Market Street during a parade in the 1920s.

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#15 Lotta’s Fountain at the corner of Market east of Kearny Street in 1921.

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#16 Bayshore Boulevard in 1929.

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#17 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company building on Bush Street in 1928.

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#18 Esplanade, Ocean Beach in 1929.

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#19 Castro and Day streets in 1927.

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#20 Market at Powell Street looking east in the 1920s.

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#21 Storefronts along Geary Street in 1927.

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#22 Great Highway – Ocean Beach Esplanade, Winter Scene in 1920.

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#23 Heart of the Mission district, looking downtown in 1927.

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#24 California Street between Kearny and Mason, looking west in the 1920s.

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#25 Howard Street between 18th and 19th in 1927.

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#26 Immigration station at Angel Island in the 1920s.

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#27 Howard Street between 21st and 22nd in 1927.

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#28 Detention building at Angel Island immigration station in 1928.

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#29 View of San Francisco, looking south from the Hall of Justice in 1921.

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#30 Castro and 29th street in 1927.

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#31 Columbus Avenue at Jackson in 1929.

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#32 Dining area in Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company building in 1929.

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#33 Convenience Station at the beach in the 1920s.

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#34 Car & Bus at the end of “B” Line in 1927.

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#35 The Last General Inspection Before Embarkation in the 1890s.

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#36 California Street at 27th Avenue in 1926.

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#37 Looking east from Mission and 22nd Street in 1927.

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#38 Crowd of people on the Embarcadero, near the Ferry Building in 1924.

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#39 Crowds gathering at Ocean Beach in 1924.

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#40 Bush Street and Grant Avenue in 1928.

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#41 Post Street at Gough in 1928.

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#42 View of downtown in 1926.

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#43 Van Ness Avenue at McAllister Street in 1928.

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#44 Group of people gathering around a cable car on Montgomery and California Street in 1926.

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#45 View of waterfront and Yerba Buena Island in the 1920s.

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#46 Mission Street at Sickles in 1929.

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#47 Advertising billboards along Geary Street at 33rd Avenue in 1927.

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#48 Market Street in 1929.

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#49 Geary Street at Park Presidio Drive, 1926

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#50 San Francisco waterfront, near Pier 32 in 1928.

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#51 Oil dock at San Francisco waterfront in 1929.

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#52 Presidio of San Francisco in 1898.

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#53 Market Street at California in 1921.

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#54 View of the Presidio, army barracks and tents, and San Francisco Bay in the background in 1898.

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#55 Mission Street at Precita in 1926.

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#56 Fisherman’s Wharf in 1928.

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#57 Crowds gathering on Ocean Beach in the 1920s.

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#58 Aerial view of Civic Center in the 1920s.

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#59 Aerial view of Market Street in 1920.

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#60 Aerial view of North Beach district in 1927.

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#61 View of downtown in the 1920s.

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#62 Downtown, East from Mark Hopkins hotel in 1927.

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#63 Powell Street between Filbert and Greenwich in 1926.

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#64 Mission Street at Precita in 1926.

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#65 Crowd of people on a dock at Angel Island in 1920.

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#66 Mission Street, between 29th and 30th in 1928.

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#67 Aerial view of Ferry Building and surrounding area in 1925.

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#68 Castro and 18th Street in 1927.

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#69 Captain P. B. Lamb, Charles S. Tripler, and Mark Fontana at the Marina Yacht Harbor, 1920s

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#70 Third Street at Twenty-second Street in 1927.

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#71 Aerial view of downtown San Francisco and its waterfront in the 1920s.

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#72 Van Ness Avenue at Market Street with a superimposed photo of a police officer directing traffic in 1927.

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#73 View of piers in San Francisco in the 1920s.

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#74 Construction of Bayshore Boulevard in 1928.

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#75 Aerial view of San Francisco in 1927.

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#76 Howard Street at 10th in 1929.

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#77 Shriners Convention Parade at Civic Center Plaza in the 1920s.

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#78 Market and 8th Street in 1927.

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#79 O’Farrell Street at Divisadero in 1926.

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#80 Construction at Castro and 18th streets in 1927.

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#81 Howard Street between 6th and 7th in 1927.

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#82 View of the shoreline from the bay in 1946.

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#83 Ocean Beach & Esplanade in 1927.

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#84 Old Bayshore Boulevard in 1929.

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#85 City Hall illuminated at night in 1929.

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#86 Chestnut at Pierce Street in 1925.

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#87 Sansome at California Street in 1926.

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#88 Castro and Chenery Street in 1927.

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#89 Third and Twenty-second streets in 1927.

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#90 Mission Street near Brazil in 1925.

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#91 Mission Street at 12th in 1928.

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#92 Cars parked on Twin Peaks in the 1920s.

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#93 Aerial view of downtown San Francisco and its waterfront in 1925.

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#94 View of San Francisco in 1922.

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#95 Civic Center in the 1920s.

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#96 Castro near Market Street in 1927.

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#97 View of the United States Military Reservation, The Presidio, around 1912.

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#98 Bayshore Boulevard at Third Street in 1929.

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#99 View from the Hall of Justice looking south over San Francisco in 1921.

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#100 Van Ness Avenue at McAllister Street in 1921.

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#101 Geary Street at 9th Avenue in 1928.

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#102 Geary Street at Grant Avenue in 1928.

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#103 Howard Street at 13th in 1926.

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#104 Market near Drumm Street looking toward the Ferry Building in 1927.

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#105 Howard Street between 3rd and 4th in 1926.

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#106 Civic Center Plaza in the 1920s.

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#107 Market at Dolores Street in 1927.

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#108 California Street between Sansome and Montgomery around 1920.

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#109 Insurance Center Building at Sansome and Pine Streets in 1928.

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#110 Cable car on Sacramento and Grant in 1942.

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#111 Mission Street, south of Bosworth in 1926.

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#112 Grant Avenue and California Street in the 1920s

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#113 Corner of Sutter and Montgomery Streets, 1924

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#114 Bayshore Boulevard Section B south from Fitzgerald Avenue, 1928

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#115 View of San Francisco northwest from the Hall of Justice, 1921

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#116 View of downtown San Francisco from Stockton and California Streets, mid-1920s

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#117 Immigration Headquarters on Angel Island, San Francisco Bay, 1928

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#118 St. Francis Hotel across from Union Square, 1928

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#119 Union Square and Post Street, 1925

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#120 Civic Center Plaza in the 1920s

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#121 Looking south on Van Ness Avenue from Hayes Street, 1920

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#122 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company business office, 1928

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#123 Post Street at Leavenworth, 1926

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#124 Powell Street side of Union Square, 1928

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#125 Chestnut Street in the 1920s

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#126 Aerial view of Van Ness Avenue at McAllister Street in the 1920s

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#127 Geary Street at 4th Avenue, 1926

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#128 Aerial view of the Civic Center, 1923

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#129 Incinerator yard, 1929

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#130 Aerial view of the city onto Sacramento Street, 1924

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#131 Market Street in the 1920s

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#132 Montgomery Street, 1927

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#133 Mission Street at 22nd, 1924

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#134 Kearny Street, 1927

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#135 Cable Car restaurant closure, 1950

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#136 Northwest corner of Grant Avenue and Clay Street, 1929

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#137 North on Castro Street, 1927

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#138 Geary Street at 18th Avenue, 1928

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#139 Pine Street between Stockton and Grant, 1928

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#140 Haight Street at Clayton, 1929

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#141 Advertising billboards along Geary Street at 33rd Avenue, 1927

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#142 Mills Field before becoming San Francisco Municipal Airport, 1927

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#143 Ship docked at San Francisco waterfront pier in the 1920s

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#144 Cafeteria in Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company building, 1929

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#145 Marina Yacht Harbor, 1927

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#146 Marina district incident location of J. Derrig’s car in the bay, 1929

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#147 View of San Francisco southeast from the Hall of Justice, 1921

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#148 Embarcadero at Clay Street, 1927

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#149 Construction around Civic Center Plaza in the 1920s

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#150 California Street at Lyon, 1926

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#151 Grant Avenue in the 1920s

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#152 Sansome Street, 1928

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#153 Intersection of Kearny and Clay Streets, 1924

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#154 Construction on Castro and 18th Streets, 1927

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#155 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company building at 450 5th Avenue in the 1920s

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#156 Third Street at Minna, 1929

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#157 Mission Street at Excelsior, 1928

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#158 William Taylor Hotel in the Civic Center in the 1920s

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#159 Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company building on 19th Avenue, 1928

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#160 Esplanade at Ocean Beach in the 1920s

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#161 Howard Street, 1927

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#162 Market and Haight Street, 1920

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#163 Mission Street at France Street, 1929

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#164 View of San Francisco west from the Hall of Justice, 1921

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#165 Montgomery and Union Streets, Telegraph Hill, 1920

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#166 Embarcadero opposite Pier 11, 1926

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#167 Aerial view of the Civic Center during Diamond Jubilee, 1925

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#168 O’Farrell Street at Scott, 1927

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#169 Mission Street at Onondaga and Russia looking north, 1925

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#170 Van Ness Avenue between Grove and Hayes, 1929

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#171 Market Street near Granada Theater in the 1920s

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#172 Crowds at Ocean Beach in the 1920s

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#173 Man crossing train tracks on Geary Street at 4th Avenue, 1926

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#174 View of Hunters Point drydock, 1924

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#175 Post Street between Fillmore and Steiner, 1929

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#176 Downtown view in the 1920s

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#177 McAllister at Polk Street, 1926

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#178 East side of Montgomery north of California Street, 1922

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#179 Aerial view of San Francisco up Market Street from near Ferry Building, 1927

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#180 Fillmore Street north from Chestnut, 1926

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#181 Aerial view of the Western Addition district, 1927

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#182 North Beach from the Fairmont Hotel in the mid-1920s

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#183 Columbus Avenue in the 1920s

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#184 Van Ness Avenue at O’Farrell Street, 1925

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#185 Fountain in Civic Center Plaza in the 1920s

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#186 Ferry Building with Yerba Buena Island, circa 1926

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#187 California and Market Streets, circa 1926

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#188 Fillmore Street at Chestnut, 1929

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#189 Civic Center Plaza, 1927

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#190 Crowds in Civic Center Plaza across from San Francisco Public Library in the 1920s

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#191 Ocean Beach near Playland, 1922

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#192 Howard Street at 15th, 1929

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#193 Waterfront view of Alcatraz and Angel Island in the 1920s

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#194 Aerial view of Embarcadero in the 1920s

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#195 Market Street near the Ferry Building, 1927

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#196 Lombard Street during construction, 1922

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#197 Mission Street at Brazil, 1929

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#198 Bayshore Boulevard, 1929

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#199 Geary Street at Presidio Avenue, 1928

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#200 View of San Francisco down Market Street from Twin Peaks in the 1920s

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#201 Geary Street at 33rd Avenue, 1927

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