BAY AREA CITY STREETS IN THE EARLY 1900s
Telegraph Avenue in
Berkeley, Calif.
Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, the Shattuck Hotel on the near left.
Berkeley’s Center Street.
Berkeley celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 1916 on Shattuck Ave.
An early look at the campus
of the “University of California at Berkeley”.
Charter Day was March 23, 1868.
Street scene in
Oakland, Calif.
An earlier bird’s eye view
of the same scene taken from a greater distance.
Waiting for a street car in Oakland.
I don’t know what the fancy
building on the corner was, but I recognize the shorter building behind it with
the “H.C. Capwell Co.” sign above it. "Capwells" was a big department store where, in the 1960s, I used to shop when I worked in Oakland.
Couldn’t help it. I walked right
by it on my way to and from my bus stop.
The lure was too strong. They had
a great basement store then with things at prices a working girl could afford –
especially their basement jewelry counter. Great ‘bling’ at the time! I still have some of the pieces I bought
there. J
San Francisco city streets
were busy in all sorts of ways. Was this
maybe a class on a field trip of some sort? Looks like it might have been a bit of a windy day?
I don’t know where this was? I don’t see any street cars or cable lines,
so I know it isn’t Market Street.
Whatever street it is, it was busy!
The plaza at the foot of
Market Street In front of the Ferry Building.
San Francisco's Market Street cable railway at its junction with Geary Street. Way on down there in the distance, lost in the haze, is the Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street.
Men’s Day Out? Not a skirt in sight! The words at the bottom
of the photo read "Grant Ave. south Geary St."
Interesting hanging object? Was it a permanent fixture or put up for something special? Unfortunately I don’t know where
this was?
Market Street with "The Emporium" on the right. "Woolworth’s" famous 'five & dime' store was eventually housed on the left in the James C. Flood Building with the rounded corner at the intersection of Powell & Market Streets. I shopped in both places in the late ‘50s & ‘60s when working in the City.
Another view of the Flood Building at the corner of Market & Powell Streets which eventually housed “Woolworth’s” though they didn’t move in there until 1952.
San Francisco’s Union
Square. The six story light-colored building
at the far end of the square on the right was “The City of Paris” department store. I used to shop there too. Also on or near Union Square, unseen in this
photo, were "Macy’s" (opened in 1929 as "O’Connor, Moffat, & Co." acquired by "Macy's" in 1949), “The White House” department store, & “I. Magnin’s.” I shopped in “The White House”. In fact I modeled for them for a while. I don’t know why I never shopped in Macy's? But I definitely had to be satisfied with window shopping at “Magnin’s”.
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La Nightingail
Oh thanks so much for reminding me of downtown department stores! And shopping for bargains in the basements! There were even some with second level basements where you had to be careful of the quality of things. Loved seeing these old streets, and your having been to some of the buildings too!
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