
Washington & Fillmore
View north across Washington to Washington & Jackson St. Muni Cable Car #518 with passenger. Joe's Smoke Shop in background.
Pacific HeightsContains 47 photos
View north across Washington to Washington & Jackson St. Muni Cable Car #518 with passenger. Joe's Smoke Shop in background.
Pacific HeightsView across intersection to northwest corner of Columbus & Kearny St. Hotel Vendome. Streetcar #16. In distance left, St. Francis of Assisi Church being rebuilt, with ladders and scaffolding. At right, Hotel Broadway, New Commerce Hotel. At far left Hirsch Bros. clothing.
North BeachViwe east down Washington to restaurants, U.S. Appraiser's Building, Bay Bridge. New City Co. sundries, 867 Washington. Taken from backseat of car
ChinatownView west from center of Folsom toward 6th Street. 36-line streetcar tracks, Signal Gasoline on right. Cozy Corner Cafe on the northwest corner (right). Trees at Columbia Square on left. Park Hotel. Birdcage traffic signals.
South of MarketLooking 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 MarketElevated view across Market northeast to Crocker Building (architect A. Page Brown, demolished 1966), Union Trust Building AKA Nevada Bank Bldg, Wells Fargo Union Trust Building (built in 1893-1894, demolished in 1966), Hobart Building in background right. Muni M-Line streetcar at bottom right.
Downtown / Union SquareView north to removal of streetcar tracks, West Hotel, Penn Drugs, Peerless Theatre 148 3rd St. at left. Aronson Building, Central Tower (Call Building), Mutual Savings Bank Building, Hearst Examiner Building in distance on Market St.. Lee's Market, Hotel Argus, Williams Building on right.
South of MarketView east on Washington past Chinatown storefronts and multiple Chop Suey restaurant electric signs. Hing Choy Cafe 854 Washington. U.S. Appraiser's Building in distance.
Chinatown2 kids sitting on garbage can, man standing. Board of Trade Building in background.
Financial DistrictView north across Washington to Muni Washington & Jackson Cable Car #522 stopped at Fillmore. The last run on this line was September 2, 1956.
Pacific HeightsElevated east toward Ferry Building, Board of Trade / Tilden Sales Building (with recruiting and induction headquarters at street level), Southern Pacific, Matson and PG&E Buildings. Original Bimbo's 365 Club, 365 Market at Fremont. and Market. Donahue Mechanics Monument at lower left. Mobilgas sign above Fife Building. 450 Market Restaurant, Warner Bros. Radio, Navlet's Seeds and Flowers, Williams Bros. Cutlery.
Financial DistrictView northeast across intersection to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 22-Line #852 on Fillmore Street. Steel decorative arches over intersection. [852]
Lower Pacific HeightsView west from center of Market to B-line Streetcar #81, 8-line Castro trolley #762. At left, Balboa Building, Santa Fe/West Coast Life Building, Fred Bass cameras, Wagner Luggage, Sprawkins Golf Shop, Fack's night club. At right, Chancery, Hobart, Crocker, 660 Market, Chronicle Buildings. Ashe's Chevy Chase Buffet, Grant's Pipe Shop, Kauffman's Camera Mart, Brady's Tailors.
Financial DistrictView northeast across Washingto to Muni Washington & Jackson Cable Car #524, heavily decorated on front sides and top as Irwin Blood Bank Special for Red Cross Procurement Project. Car ran past the blood bank, then at Washington and Laguna Sts.
Pacific HeightsView northeast from center of Market to Municipal Railway (Muni) B-Line #130 with wings livery. Ferry Building, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop , PG&E Building in distance. The Steinhouse, Service Men's Center. Banners strung across Market Street.
Financial District