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Box 1

 Container

Contains 108 Results:

[Street scene], 1906 April

 Item — Box: 1, Box: 1
Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 11
Scope and Contents

A view from the bottom of the street looking up the street with people on the sidewalks filled with luggage, apparently walking up toward the top of the hill. On both sides of the street there are large homes and telephone poles lining the streets.

Dates: 1906 April

[Residents with bundled possessions on Van Ness Ave.], 1906 April

 Item — Box: 1, Box: 1
Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 12
Scope and Contents

A street corner where there are many groups of people who are traveling with trunks, bundles and furniture. In the foreground is a woman sitting on a chest, wearing a large coat and a flowery hat. Many wagons, filled with belongings, are going down the hill. On both sides of the street are large beautiful homes. Telephone poles align the streets and wires are scattered across the sky.

Dates: 1906 April

[Business district Including Martin’s Restaurant, 520 Sacramento Street], 1906 April

 Item — Box: 1, Box: 1
Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 13
Scope and Contents

People are standing on the sidewalks of a business street and in the street. Brick rubble is in the street from damaged buildings. Many of the business signs can be read including Martin's Restaurant, What Cheer House, and the New Chicago House offering rooms for a dollar a week. Smoke can be seen at the end of the street.

Dates: 1906 April

[Union Street and Steiner Street], 1906 April

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 14
Scope and Contents

This is a view of a downhill street that is destroyed by buckling. Trolley tracks are seen, and piles of bricks are on the right. The left side of the street appears to be undamaged, but the right side is all crumbled. There are large homes and telephone poles lining the street. A few people with their belongings are walking up the street. A sign on the side of the street is advertising "Lots all sizes for sale; cheap lots for sale".

Dates: 1906 April

[401 California Street at right & Sansome Street], 1906 April

 Item — Box: 1, Box: 1
Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 15
Scope and Contents Large groups of people are standing along a wooden rail fence, looking toward some business buildings. The center building is the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. A few of the businesses housed inside are: The Canadian Bank of Commerce, San Francisco & North Pacific Railroad Co., the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, and a feed company. The building to the left has a sign for Wenderoth and Turner Printers. The building on the right is the Fireman's Fund Insurance Co....
Dates: 1906 April

[401 California Street at right & Sansome Street], 1906 April

 Item — Box: 1, Box: 1
Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 16
Scope and Contents Large groups of people are standing along a wooden rail fence, looking toward some business buildings. The center building is the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. A few of the businesses housed there are: The Canadian Bank of Commerce, San Francisco & North Pacific Railroad Co., the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, and a feed company. The building to the left has a sign for Wenderoth and Turner Printers. The building on the right is the Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. building....
Dates: 1906 April

[City Hall], 1906 April

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 17
Scope and Contents

City Hall, a large building, is shown here damaged and with exposed scaffolding. The entire foreground is covered in pieces of stone and brick. There is a section in the front part of the building towards the top-middle that has fallen off exposing two squared openings.

Dates: 1906 April

[Electra line men], circa 1898-1902

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 90
Scope and Contents

There is a man in a striped shirt, hanging from an electric pole by a harness, standing on a wire.

Dates: circa 1898-1902

[Electra at work], circa 1898-1902

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 103
Scope and Contents

A building is on the left of the picture, surrounded by mist or fog, with a river running in the foreground.

Dates: circa 1898-1902

[Electra Power House area--log boom], circa 1898-1902

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Identifier: MSS P 585 Series 1 Item 104
Scope and Contents

An open area filled with logs; a tree-covered hill is in the background.

Dates: circa 1898-1902