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Montgomery Street

West Side of Montgomery

1st Post Office 1847

The Shoreline Was Montgomery Beach.

SW Corner of Commercial & Montgomery - 1854

Location of the Wells Fargo branch where James King of William was shot by James P. Casey.

1865

West Side of Montgomery from Commercial to Washington Streets.

1866

West Side of Montgomery from Commercial to Washington Streets.

1851

NW corner of Clay and Montgomery Streets.

Shreve in 1870

Before moving to its Union Square location in 1905 [-2015], San Francisco's oldest retail establishment, Shreve Jewlers was located at the SW corner of Clay & Montgomery.

Savings & Loan Society 643 Clay

Notice the Helios logo on the back of the wagon. This was the picture developing wagon of Edward Muybridge, the inventor of the moving picture.

Inside the Helios Wagon

1868 McGuires Opera House

McGuires Opera House on Washington between Montgomery & Kearny housed in its basement Buckly's Snug Saloon.

Inerior of McGuires Opera House

Black Bart

Charles Bolton/Boles, the bandit who robbed Wells Fargo stage coaches frequented the Snug Saloon along with Ulysees Grant, William T. Sherman, Mark Twain, Joshua Norton and Bummer & Lazarus.

Where MIners Exchange was

1856

The Miner's Exchange at Montgomery & Jackson was San Francisco's 1st stock exchange.

Bank of Italy

Morning Call 1859

A.P. Giannini

Columbus Savings Bank 1906

Bank of Italy 1880

Original Bank of Italy

Bank of Italy Ruins

New Bank of Italy

Rudolf Valentino in front of the Bank of Italy

Giannini's Desk still there in the 1990s

Montgomery Block / Trans America Building

Montgomery Block 1860

Montgomery Block 1870

Montgomery Block from 1878

The Montgomery Block was the tallest building in San Francisco in 1853. Seen here in the upper left from the corner of Stockton and Bush streets.

Bank Exchange 1912

The Bank Exchange was a saloon and spa in the basement of the Montgomery Block. It was the home of San Francisco's official cocktail through the late 19th century, Pisco Punch. Inventor of the Pisco Punch, Duncan Nicol, is seen here on center behind the bar.

Tom Sawyer

1906 With Coppa's foreground

Jack & Charmain London 1906

Coppa's

Mural at Coppa's Black Cat

The walls of Coppa's were originally painted an ugly red which many of the artist patrons hated. They took to painting murals on the walls - one of which by painter Xavier Martinez included stenciled black cats which gave the restaurant its nickname.