Automobile

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Arguello near Irving
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Arguello near Irving

View north on Arguello between Parnassus and Irving (this block has been developed into the UCSF parking garage) showing the results of an auto accident that damage 5 parked cars. Municipal Railway (Muni) N-line streetcar in the background at Irving street. [A total of $500 damage was caused yesterday when a driverless auto rolled the steep grade on Arguello Boulevard near Parnassus and caused a pile up of a total of 5 cars....Julius Kunz, 1570 Sutter, owner of the runaway auto, was cited for neglecting to properly cramp his wheels against the curb.]

Parnassus Heights
Texas near 19th
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Texas near 19th

View north on Texas between 18th and 19th Street toward undeveloped Mission Bay, South of Market and Downtown. [auto accident - truck into building env 53938]

Potrero Hill
Jackson near Mason
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Jackson near Mason

View east on Jackson between Mason and Taylor. Cable car #521. Tracks lead to the Washington-Mason car house.

Nob Hill
Market & Fulton
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Market & Fulton

View east on Market from Fulton (now UN Plaza). Odd Fellows Building, United Artists Theatre. Greyhound Bus

Civic Center
Folsom & Cesar Chavez
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Folsom & Cesar Chavez

View north on Folsom toward Cesar Chavez (then Army Street), Bernal Dwellings, Public Housing on the far corner (now demolished)

Bernal Heights
Barneveld near Jerrold
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Barneveld near Jerrold

View northerly from Barneveld between Jerrold and Loomis (estimated) Heavily loaded moving truck and two men on an unpaved roadway, rubble and fill on both sides. Army Street gas tank and Potrero Hill in the distance at left.

Produce Market
Stevenson & Gough
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Stevenson & Gough

Back side of Lo-Fare Cab Company, 1671 Market at Gough. Men posing with taxicabs. [1928 Whippet]

South of Market
Civic Center
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Civic Center

Flatbed truck parked on Larkin and Fulton Streets with City Hall in background. Truck painted 'The Geo Peak Co. Van Ness Ave at Geary St Distributor Republic Trucks.' Welcome Home Victory column monument in plaza.

Civic Center
Geary & Mason
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Geary & Mason

View west on Geary from Mason. Trianon Steak House, Geary Theatre (showing 'The Only Girl'), Curran Theatre (showing 'Suds in your Eye'). Bouquet-Cohn liquors, Trianon Steak House, Hollywood Florist.

Downtown / Union Square
Kirkham near 7th Ave
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Kirkham near 7th Ave

Young boy and girl posing next to a 4-door sedan.

Sunset Inner
Kirkham near 7th Ave
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Kirkham near 7th Ave

Young boy and girl riding a tricycle. Man seated on running board of auto at left.

Sunset Inner
Playland
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Playland

Young boy in auto ride at Playland at the Beach. Chutes ride in background.

Richmond Outer
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Automobile on Main Drive (now JFK Drive) passing Dutch Windmill.

Golden Gate Park
Eddy near Mason
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Eddy near Mason

Rear wall of Alhambra Theatre on south side of Eddy. Advertising Billboard with many ads for cars and car dealerships, Old Skipper Whiskey, Home Laundry, Forest Hill, Columbia Garage. Ad for Mae Murray in 'Face Value'(opened at Alhambra Theatre, 934 Market St., January 13, 1918). Alhambra Theatre was built as Market St. Theatre, reopened as the Alhambra in September, 1917 and was later known as the Frolic Theatre (1919), the Cameo Theatre (1923) and the Marion Davies Theatre (1929). It was renamed the Esquire Theatre in 1940 and demolished in 1972.

Downtown / Union Square
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Unknown Location

Indoor showroom with Ford cars, sign for Martin-Parry Commercial Bodies and one listing all SF Ford dealers