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Sutter near Powell circa 1866
Elevated view southwest to Byrne residence, possibly John M. Byrne, importer, 533 Sutter. Man poses looking out of rear window and girl on front porch. In distance, the back of St. John's Presbyterian Church on Post St., built circa 1866. In 1870, the congregation bought the building from St. James' Episcopal Church. Ads on fence for Heuston, Hastings & Co. for Clothes, J.R. Mead & Co. Clothing, Plantation Bitters (with its intentionally cryptic slogan "S–T–1860–X". Plank sidewalk. Houses have Carpenter Gothic barge boards. [South side Sutter bet Powell - Mason Res-Byrnes RE-3] [F810 RE-003] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Photographer Unknown (Martin Behrman Negative Collection / Courtesy of the Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives)
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