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Union Square

Maiden Lane/V.C. Morris Gift Shop

Grant & Morton sts. 1879

Grant & Morton sts. 1879

Grant & Morton 1906

Grant & Morton 1906

V.C. Morris calling card 1948

V.C. Morris calling card 1948

Guggenheim concept

Guggenheim concept

1949 pix

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Xanadu Gallery

1979 -2015

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Grant & Morton sts. 1879

Grant & Morton 1906

Guggenheim concept

1949 pix

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Xanadu Gallery

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Notable Union Square Personalities

Mayor John Geary

Mayor John Geary

1st Mayor of San Francisco. Set aside land for Union Sq.

Thomas Starr King

Thomas Starr King

Unitarian minister. Abolitionist who influenced California to come down on the side of the Union

Admiral George Dewey

Admiral George Dewey

President William McKinley

President William McKinley

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Teddy Roosevelt dedicating the Dewey Monument. 1903

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Alma DeBretteville

Alma DeBretteville

Adolph Spreckles

Adolph Spreckles

Big Alma 1960

1914

Moving the Spreckles mansion up Sacramento St. past Lafayette park.

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle

Enrico Carusso

Wedding of Robert Shields & Lorene Yarnell

Wedding of Robert Shields & Lorene Yarnell

10/28/72

President William McKinley

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1914

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle

10/28/72

Around The Square

1855

Calvary Presbyterian before the St. Francis

1858

1870

North side of Union Square

1867

Temple Emanu El

1869

Trinity Church

1890

1857

1st Mechanics Pavilion

1865

Mechanic’s Institute

1870

1871

Velocipedes

1880

1904

St. Francis two towers

1909

St. Francis with third tower

1900

East end of Union Square

1905

South side of Union Square

1925 to now

1929

1934

Knights Templar Conclave

Cathedral Monument over Dewey Monument for Knights Templar

Cathedral Monument over Dewey Monument for Knights Templar

1912 - 1981

Bernstein’s Fish Grotto

Inside Fish Grotto

Inside Fish Grotto

1858

1870

1867

1869

1890

1857

1865

1870

1871

Velocipedes

1880

1904

1909

1900

1905

1929

1934

Inside Fish Grotto

Union Square And The Quake

Union Square During the Fire

Union Square During the Fire

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1906

Temporary housing in the park

Union Square During the Fire

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1906

Ruth Asawa’s Fountain

Ruth Asawa

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Artists who worked on the fountain

Artists who worked on the fountain

Fountain Legend

Fountain Legend

11/23/1889

1st Juke Box at Palais Royale, 303 Sutter St.

1893

Original Shreve Building

Ruth Asawa

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Artists who worked on the fountain

Fountain Legend

11/23/1889

1893

Palace Hotel

Lotta's Fountain

1 Kearny

Union Square

Harlan Place & The Dragon Gate

St. Mary's & California Street