The San Francisco call. [volume], October 20, 1907, Page 12, Image 12

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RARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF OLD
SAN FRANCISCO
THEREIs a certain amount of, in
terest-In the rare- old photo- .
graphs -of San Francisco -of the
long ago that cannot 'be » pro- •
duced by. any amount of *-.writ
ins of the highest 'descriptive,, style.
The pictures V speak more /eloquently x
than "words : of historical points' of ftlie .
c!ty before the- march of '.^progress
obliterated many of the landmarks. ? y
Of. the photographs reproduced -In
this Issue there iis :shown In < No. %Is a "i
view of the Buss house ; as . it appeared '
three years after It was, completed. ;In
the very early, days the site , on which'
v th!s hotel w^as" erected was "a sand waste
acquired by Henry Russ, . a : pioneer ; of ,
1547, who started the famous Russ gar
dens of oarly'days at Sixth 1 and Harrl
eon streets.' After his "death the prop- ,
erty became an estate \ for the \u25a0 benefit
of his wife and children. 'The three
story building was erected on '\u25a0 the site
and was opened as a hotel in 'April,;
IS 62, by J. R. Ilardenburgh and <J.* P.
Dyer as the Russ house, being named
for the; old pioneer. When-opened 'the
hotel contained 130 rooms. and 46-par
lors. On the opposite Bide ' of Pine
street from theihotel Is the oldlMeaa'
house.' known "as one of the; places
wnere faro-games flourished. - .:-- • :\u25a0 r.-'r
' Photograph -> Nd. is a reproduction
from the architect's drawing •' of ' .the.
sastle that: was built' en top of Tele
graph ? bill - known as !'the Telegraph
hill . observatory." • located . at the "f cor
. ner of "Greenwich and' Kearny. streets.
'•it; took- the place of = the- original; ob«
eenratory »buslt by Sweeney &ißaugh,
and vras a pleasure resort with "» paf
vilion and dance hall. \u25a0 In the opinion
of the ; flr«t lessee,' G. F.VWalter,iwho
subsequently opened the Wigwam ' the
ater at Geary and Stockton streets and
th« Orphoum - on . O'Farrell ; street, V it
was to become -• the irroatest;, shbw ; on
earth. There was \u25a0a - traction y rail
road on Chestnut street } built \u25a0by-R. -G.
Layman and associates- to run : to the
observatory from the .line? of,* Powell
atreet. . £ The * road; was a failuro, and
the observatory did not' realise the ex
pectations of- the founder. -, Opened? ln
3 813; It "passed frcm' Walters- to rix>uis
Rollsr. -then ytoiJ.^Llobeman, and
finally \u25a0 became ~ a .' "tough {joint" ..A and ',.;
was. closed, as, it'did not pay. : I
> : Reproduction ; No.* 3 : shows r both , sides •
of ' Calitdnia-: streets from ? Montgomery^
west ' On ; the : right f hand side ; of £theV
picture ,1a 'seen* the ; iron -front housed
that I was ,'buift 'for 4 Thomas '• H. i Selby,tr
once^mayor.of of the
Spring -Valley I water £ company/ 'estab
lished' at that* place. ln** 1865;- Saulmantfs I
coffee houses whlcti was ;oneol. the fash^-V
lonable >places for merchants ! and was as I
popular: as/; was. 'the j: Palace -{grille in
later days. ' There /isJAlso" shown i^thef
German-: savings; bank. of whichj; Louis
Goettlg ! was for \ manyj years;;
which -•.moved; from * the? south", side j of ;
California street to> the -north? side tat]
the corner; of vWebb in May/: 1872. •: Just
above, \ at Kearny, . is :" the t building rin
which Bill JelU son - had a resort; on Uhej
ground % floor '. and JPdouart ;; a" ptioto-^
.graphic, gallery onithe-top'ohe.^ In; the,
block \u25a0 above,, on * the V same :. side : of j the :
street,- are . seen *' some".: of i the ;\ build-'
'. ings \u25a0;= erected -.. in A\l&B2-r-'the \ California;
house, j St.': Mary's /cathedral >' and^ many j
residences on the hill.' ; On the opposite;
. side of the / street 3 in'' the foreground
'is " the v Stevenson ; housed afterward
Clunie building,: California market /and
other* buildings j that .were , ."fired- out"
or. existence: in April.; 1906. \, " :: ...:;\u25a0•.'•
Photo No. 4fis' a- view, of the, Lincoln^
grammar fclibol, in ' s?if Ui, . street^be-1
tweenjMarket; and;' Jessie, v- which "was:
named ,for-", for-" Abraham; lAjicoln^Jn i.the
foreground * is' 'the- immense i' statue, of
.the :, : president by \ Calif ornia's VJ* earlyj
| sculptor,:' Mezrara.V The \ school-^ wasj
jop'ened; in July. 1865, -and; that,-. time
. contained" 23 "classrooms t and ; a ;' large
assembly'' halli •\ >. \u25a0:\u25a0_ -. ; v. ; «; :*: *
iSouth of the ischoolfis^part'jOfLthe
Metropolitan' temple,', in", which -?Kal
loch,; when - candidate > for v mayor, -was
shot by< Charles i -de -Young. l ' V C *;*\u25a0*'£
\u25a0-. In iphoto No. 5' Is shown -.one-; of ''-.thft
s early, means ;of .^transportation Vlto
; Gblden Gate park. % lit Is ;. the ? steam J ex-;:
tension'- of : the •Geary^strjeet|road.: ; It
: started? froni "Central,^; now. 's Presidio
avenue, i ran /along VitheV Point 'g Lobbs
I road,! turned : into i one^of |the i avenues
. west' of the': cemeteries,-? and? thenf into
h Fulton 1 ' landingflpassengersffat
the Fulton stteetentrancejof the -park."
,^lt- r was ithe -first lineJto'carryjpassen^
'-\u25a0- gers « to { the park. •-' It I was Mn ; operation
!T In>lßß3J ; The:Bmall;shanty;io|the}l«sft
gof Vth«"cteam, dummy was ithe)passen
*g*'rJ station, "r " • r " '--' ; ' '."
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