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Kearny near Chestnut circa 1885

View west from Telegraph Hill to Russian Hill, Golden Gate, Marin Headlands in background. Fontana Warehouse, Black Point (Fort Mason), White (Tonquin) Point with Selby Smelting Plant at upper center. At center, Empire Malt house with 135 foot kiln tower, on Chestnut near Mason. Pioneer Woolen Mills, California Cable Wire Co. factory complex at center, far right. Presentation Convent Roman Catholic school at far left center, on Powell between Greenwich and Lombard. [3506 Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, Cal.]
Isaiah West Taber (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

Kearny near Chestnut Kearny near Chestnut

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