Market & 1st
Municipal Railway (MUNI) L-Line #1020, looking west from First Street, near Bush and Battery intersection. Crown Zellerbach Building (One Bush Plaza) in background right, Hunter-Dulin Building at background left
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O'Farrell near Market
View east to California St. Cable Railroad Co., O'Farrell, Jones & Hyde cable car on O'Farrell at Grant. American Trust Bank, Wells Fargo Union Trust Bank at left. Central Tower (former Call Building) at center, Kamm Building, Bancroft Building, Progressive Optical, True Blue Cafeteria. Schwabacher-Frey Stationers in background. Birdcage traffic signal at right obscures entrance to Silver Palace Theatre.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Sansome
View north across Market toward Sansome. The Fageol 'Super Twin' articulated bus (motor coach) ran as a demonstrator for 1 year and was sold to the Chicago Transit Authority in 1948. Only 15 were ever made. This block now the site of Zellerbach Plaza. Anglo California Trust Company Building at Sansome Street corner, Adam Grant Building, Heineman Building and Shell Building on Bush in background. Harrington's. Flags and banners strung across Market. Birdcage traffic signal.
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Castro & Market
View south across Market, toward Castro Theater and Bank of America. Birdcage traffic signals.
Duboce Triangle
Howard & 3rd
Looking north up 3rd Street, on left Peterson's 5 & 10, Milton House rooming house, Chicago Cafe, 182 3rd St, California State Hotel, West Hotel, Peerless Theater 148 3rd St., Rochester building, 709 Mission (aka M.A. Gunst Building, Lansburgh and Joseph, Architects, southwest corner of Mission and 3rd, built 1907), Central Tower (Call building), Mutual Savings Bank building with Bank of America signage, Hearst Examiner Building with work being done on roof, Alta Hotel 165 3rd, Big Ben Money Loaned, Mutual Loan Office.
South of Market
Grant & Geary
View to southeast corner decorated with flowers, H. Liebes Department Store, in old I. Magnin building, Union Trust Bank building (then Wells Fargo) - Birdcage Traffic Signal. 49 Mile Scenic Drive sign.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Jones
Elevated view from roof of Hibernia Bank, looking east on Market Street at dusk to Crocker Anglo Bank. David Hewes Building, before installation of modern cladding, in distance right.
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Montgomery from Market
View North on Montgomery from Market, Crocker Bank building (1908) before upper stories demolished at left. Union Trust/Nevada Bank Bldg (1894-1966) at right
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Market & Powell
Looking East on Market Street showing Woolworths in Flood Building at left, and Emporium and Hale's department store at right. Municipal Railway (Muni) streetcar #1108.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Grant
Market at O'Farrell & Grant. Busy street scene, looking north on Grant. On right Union Trust (Wells Fargo) building, old I. Magnin building, H. Liebes, White House department store. Geary line streetcar in background
Downtown / Union Square
Sutter & Sansome
Muni 3-Line, streetcar #228, looking north across Sutter to Sansome intersection. Anglo and London Paris National Bank,Crocker Anglo Bank, Crocker Bank.
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Hibernia Bank
Jones and McAllister, Trolley Bus Flower Shop
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Sutter & Sansome
View west to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 1-line Streetcar #234; background center right: Holbrook Building 58 Sutter. Anglo and London Paris National Bank, Crocker Anglo Bank, Crocker Bank (Albert Pissis, architect) at right. At left, Haas Candy, Patrick & Co.
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Sutter & Sansome
View west across Sansome to Municipal Railway (Muni) 2-Clement line demonstration bus, in early 1950s. Anglo and London Paris National Bank, Crocker Anglo Bank, Crocker Bank at right (Albert Pissis, architect)
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Alcoa Bldg construction
Alcoa Building (One Maritime Plaza) from roof garden of Russ Building
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