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Kearny & Washington Aug 1905
View north on Kearny to busy street scene. A Penny Arcade is in what was formerly the entry to the Bella Union Theater at left. At this time, Peter Bacigalupi, a pioneer in bringing moving pictures to San Francisco in 1894, ran this and another Penny Arcade. Also, Pioneer Tom & Jerry Saloon, Saloon with Wunder Beer sign, rooming houses, laundry wagon, restaurants, streetcars and bars. California Hotel in distance at Columbus (then Montgomery Ave.) corner. Telegraph Hill in the distance. [TEH498 Kearny St North of Washington. Aug 1905] (AS)
Photographer Unknown (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)
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