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Elkhart near Main May 24, 1921

View east on Elkhart Street toward Main Street. Sailors Home (formerly U.S. Marine Hospital) in background right. Small boats, buildings, boat parts, shacks [dpwbook29 dpw7006] (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.)
DPW Horace Chaffee (SF Department of Public Works / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

Elkhart near Main Elkhart near Main

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