Tehama near 5th
Located at 365 Tehama Street, off Gallagher Lane, Sterimatic National Sales & Service Co. sold janitorial supplies, soaps, disinfectants. The 2000-square-foot building was built in 1943.
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14th near Belcher
736-740 14th Street near Belcher Street. Flats above storefronts, built on north side of block, circa 1905. The storefront at right is a grocery, run by Oscar Rezneck in 1951; advertising Marin-Dell Milk on its awning.
Duboce Triangle
Mission near 2nd
575 Mission Street was home to the Continental Merchandise Company. It and the surrounding structures have all been demolished.
Financial District
Mission & Shaw
View south across Mission to 545 Mission, constructed in 1906-7, the first major commercial loft building constructed in the South of Market after the 1906 Earthquake. Designed by architect Henry A. Schultze for the Greenwood Estate, to house their Pacific Coast Paper Company. Photo taken after facade was modernized in 1950 by Hertzka & Knowles architects. Tenants in 1951: Ken Edwards, Weil-Kalter Co., Leisenring Printing Co., Andre Paper Box Co., and Arnell of California. Ets-Hokin & Galvan (electrical contractors) in 551 Mission at right. All buildings in view except 545 Mission have been demolished and Shaw Alley at left has been converted to pedestrian use.(AS)
Financial District
14th & Belcher
Dura-Brick Home Modernization with residential apartments above. 742 14th Street.
Duboce Triangle
1415 3rd St
View northeast across 3rd Street between Mission Rock and China Basin Streets. 1415 3rd St near South St. Tanks say McKales.
Mission Bay
9th near Brannan
View northeast across 9th to Webb's Sandwich Shop, at 633 9th Street between Brannan and Division. This was an industrial area crisscrossed with railroad tracks prior to the construction of the Central Freeway and the extension of the Bay Bridge Approach. In the background is the tower of paper company, Blake, Moffitt and Towne, the building now known as 888 Brannan (Built as the National Carbon Building).
Showplace Square
Howard & 8th
1198 Howard Street. In 1951, it was home to Bell Brook Milk. An advertisement from 1943 boasted "Bell-Brook is Healthful, Delicious! Milk is a 'must' for our wartime nutrition. Ask for Bell-Brook Milk--and enjoy the richer, finer flavor of this balanced blend of Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein and Ayrshire milk. Sold only by Quality Independent Grocers."
South of Market
9th & Howard
This building at 190 9th Street is currently home to the San Francisco Public Library Collection Development Office.
South of Market
16th near Capp
View south across 16th Street, between Capp and South Van Ness, La Cabana Tamale & Tortilla Factory, 2931 16th Street, opened in 1949 by the family of Senorino Hernandez. The Hernandez family owned a string of grocery stores and other food-oriented businesses South of Market and in the Mission District. All buildings in view still stand in 2021.
Mission
Masonic & Turk
Associated Gas station, 2290 Turk Street at Masonic Avenue, now the site of the Blood Centers of the Pacific (Irwin Memorial Blood Bank) which moved to this location in 1955. View east from Masonic.
Anza Vista
9th near Bryant
In 1951, this commercial building at 540 9th Street sat next to an empty lot and housed the Arnstein Carpet Company.
Showplace Square
Natoma near 8th
740 Natoma Street. North side of Natoma between 8th and 9th St. Built 1907, this building has undergone extensive remodeling to become two units with garage.
South of Market
Howard near 2nd.
608 Howard Street. View north across Howard. This location has had many incarnations: as Dan McCarty's Livery Stable in 1884, as Indian Warehouse Supplies in 1916, and as home Nanco Incorporated in 1951.
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Folsom near 1st
The Anchor Equipment Company at 526 Folsom Street was established by T.S. Jerstad and A.H. Scurfield in 1947.
Rincon Hill