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Hotel St. Francis facing Union Square, San Francisco, California, circa 1910

Subjects
Hotels & InnsSquares & PlazasStreet Scenes
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Hotel St. Francis facing Union Square, San Francisco, California, circa 1910, Charlotte Barrett, MA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Hotel St. Francis facing Union Square, San Francisco, California, circa 1910, Charlotte Barrett, MA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The picture shows the Hotel St. Francis, a tall three-winged Beaux-Arts hotel, rising over Union Square in San Francisco, with a streetcar and horse-drawn traffic on the street below and the Dewey Monument column at the right edge of the square. The hotel, designed by Bliss & Faville, opened in 1904 on the west side of Union Square and became one of the city's best-known hostelries, surviving the 1906 earthquake and fire. The column topped by a figure of Victory is the Dewey Monument, dedicated in 1903 to Admiral George Dewey's victory at Manila Bay.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pencil

Sept 10-08. from Oakland

Hotel St. Francis facing Union Square, in the heart of San Francisco. --- POST CARD This space for correspondence This side is for the Address.
PostmarkedSan Francisco, CA, December 10, 1908, 11:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte Barrett

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, San Francisco, CA
ConditionGood
Place addressedCharlotte Barrett, Amesbury, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesColour lithograph printed to the edge with no white border; a diagonal crease and light wear at the upper left corner; a flag reading "St. Francis" flies from the roof. Postmark: SAN FRANCISCO CAL DEC 10 11:30 AM 1908. Divided-back private "POST CARD" stock with green Franklin 1-cent stamp; pencil message; light wear and toning at edges.

Cite this card

Hotel St. Francis facing Union Square, San Francisco, California, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/hotel-st-francis-facing-union-square-san-francisco-californi. Accessed October 24, 2026.