Our recent 125th Anniversary Gala inspired a fresh interest in historical aspects of our Club. As part of that pursuit we have combed our records looking for old photos of the Club in past decades. Some were on display at the Gala. Those and more are posted here.
For those who would like to see some of the original formation documents enlarged go to Historial Documents.
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| Lower left building is Stanford stables taken in 1877. It was later destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and is the site of our Clubhouse today. California Street is in the foreground. |
Signature page from original Bylaws of the Club signed August 8, 1890. |
California Street after the earthquake of 1906.
Fairmont Hotel on upper left. Our site has lower walls remaining from the stables and you can see Miles Alley in same place as today. |
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| The Club's original location on Sutter Street. |
The Library in the Sutter Street original location. |
Front Office of Sutter Street building. |
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| Dining Room and staff at Sutter Street. |
4th Floor Lounge in our existing Clubhouse in June 2015. We still use some of the same furniture! |
Main Dining Room (3rd floor) in our Clubhouse in June 2015. Note the buffalo on the studded leather walls. |
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| From an article about our building in the June 1915 edition of The American Architect. We have a doorman! |
Front of our Clubhouse in June 2015. |
Menu of the day from August 1, 1894. |
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| An early dinner in the Main Dining Room with even more animal heads on the walls. Note the English boarding school style of dining table setup. |
California Street taken from the Powell Street intersection in July 1947. Our Clubhouse on the left. |
Our Clubhouse and cable car from 1940's. |
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| Clubhouse entrance 1954. |
Clubhouse circa 1950's. |
Rear of Clubhouse circa early 1950's. |
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| 4th Floor Bar before the windows were boarded up. |
Lounge on 4th Floor. Note same large table (behind couch) from the 1915 Lounge photo above. |
Main Dining Room around 1950's with same
chairs as 1915 photo. |
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| If you would like more information on any of these photos send us an email. |
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