
Market & Van Ness
View southeast across Market to damaged street, Symon Bros. Wreckers, Central Plumbing Supply, Hotel Whitcomb in distance left. [Market Street and Van Ness Avenue 5:00 PM] - United Railroads [U05369]
Civic CenterContains 268 photos
View southeast across Market to damaged street, Symon Bros. Wreckers, Central Plumbing Supply, Hotel Whitcomb in distance left. [Market Street and Van Ness Avenue 5:00 PM] - United Railroads [U05369]
Civic CenterElevated view southeast across Market to Grand Hotel, Palace Hotel and Nucleus Block building at right, under construction, 3 of its eventual 5 stories completed. Lotta's Fountain at lower left. Horsecar tracks. Poster for Yerba Buena Bitters on fence at right. [Palace Hotel, from Market Street, view East. 3547]
Downtown / Union SquareView northeast across Mission Viaduct over Alemany to southbound Market Street Railway (MSRy) 12-line Car #1645. St. Mary's Park neighborhood, Junipero Serra Elementary School in background left.
Mission TerraceView northeast across Geary B-line #83 with wings livery; Larkins Building (former Park & Ocean Railroad Co. Geary St. Carbarn), with signage for Brown Buick Co. in background. E.L Coburn & Co. Insurance, Snack Bar in background left. The B and C cars ended service on December 29, 1956.
Richmond InnerView southwest down Market to Castro and Market cable car with Twin Peaks (with giant sign for Cook's Water) in background. Wulzen's Drugs on corner. Same image with slightly different cropping at wnp33.00531.
CastroElevated view west on Market to Call Building, Chronicle Building, Crocker Building, Union Trust / Wells Fargo Building, original Hobart Building. Busy street scene with cable cars, dray wagons. Large Wieland Beer signage. [Market St. July 1905 T.E. Hecht] TEH
Financial DistrictView east across Van Ness to Republic Tires & Rebublic Trucks signs, Henry Apartments with Lee Union-Alls sign (Ellis St. Apartments in 2019); Whitestone Apartments (built 1915, extant 2019).[SC5]
Cathedral HillView northwest to man walking with streetcar approaching. Margaret Neiderholzer Collection
South of MarketView northeast to mother and son in stroller at St. Mary's Square. Helvetia Hotel, Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel) in background. Lee Collection
ChinatownView northwest across Geary to C-line streetcar, Muni #1 "Special" with wings livery, Bekins Storage building in background. Disabled passengers getting off.
Anza Vista[Main artery of the city from the south is Bayshore Boulevard, shown here looking north at the intersection with Third Street]
Candlestick PointSt. Charles Bachelor Hotel 456 Sixth Street; associated gas; L. D. Allen auto and truck ads
South of MarketCView south on Van Ness toward City Hall. At right, Countryman Building, Hotel Savoy, Masonic Temple in distance. At left, group of men in front of wooden shack with piles of wood, Henry Apartments 864 Ellis. Shell Oil Co. Gas station with decorative lamp posts at Ellis St. corner, Geneva Apartments 840 Van Ness. Same image with different cropping at wnp4.1403.
TenderloinView northwesterly across Market from 10th Street toward Polk and Fell. S. A. Scherer Auto Loans; Dog & Cat Hospital, U.S. Navy Clinic in the background center[10th & Market Sts. Northwesterly to Fell & Polk Sts.][dpwA5143]
South of MarketView west uphill towards Nob Hill. Cable car upper center. Yamato Sukiyaki, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Building at left. 720 California building at far right.
Chinatown