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St. Francis Hotel and Union Square, San Francisco, California

Subjects
Hotels & InnsMonuments & MemorialsSquares & Plazas
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of St. Francis Hotel and Union Square, San Francisco, California, c. 1915 real photo postcard
Front
Back of St. Francis Hotel and Union Square, San Francisco, California, c. 1915 real photo postcard
Back

About this subject

View of Union Square in San Francisco, with the St. Francis Hotel rising behind the square. A tall monument column stands in the center, and a pedestrian underpass or subway entrance is visible in the foreground. Streetcar tracks run across the bottom.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hi Wit — Spending the evening in S.F. — still in transit to my new post. am no longer attached to McQuide. Best Bobs.

PublisherPiggott
ST. FRANCIS HOTEL UNION SQUARE, SAN FRANCISCO Piggott 579 --- POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS BUY WAR SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS
PostmarkedSan Francisco, CA, November 30, 1943, 23:30
Stamp
Addressed to
Vernon Witwer

J.C. Murphy Co., 12 West St., York, Pa.

Postcard record

Postmarked, San Francisco, CA
Series579
ConditionGood
Place addressedVernon Witwer, 12 West St., York, PA
Place depictedSt. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Place depictedUnion Square, San Francisco, CA
Place depictedSan Francisco, CA
Stamp1c Statue of Liberty, green
NotesWhite border; sepia-toned real photo; some surface wear and spotting. Postmark: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. NOV 30 11 30 PM 1943. Divided-back WWII-era card with 'BUY WAR SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS' slogan cancel; white border, glossy sepia real-photo front (Piqott 579). Light edge wear.

Cite this card

St. Francis Hotel and Union Square, San Francisco, California, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/st-francis-hotel-and-union-square-san-francisco-california. Accessed October 5, 2026.