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San Bruno Ave & Alemany
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San Bruno Ave & Alemany

View northwest to approaching Muni H-Line streetcar #163 with wings livery. Bernal Heights at left with Dr. Pepper billboard. Very large Lachman Bros. sign with electric clock in distance right.

Bernal Heights
Mission Street Viaduct
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Mission Street Viaduct

View northwest to Muni 14-Line #961 on the Southern end of the Mission St Viaduct at Trumbull St. St John the Evangelist Catholic Church (1893) in distance right.

Mission Terrace
Church Near 24th
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Church Near 24th

View south to inbound Muni J-Line #137 approaching 24th Street. Noe Valley and St. Paul's Church spires in the background.

Dolores Heights
Market & Duboce
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Market & Duboce

View northwest across Market to 8-Line #104 at Market near Dolores. Buena Vista Park in background left.

Mint Hill
Haight near Market
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Haight near Market

View northwest across Haight to 7-Line #473. (Former Market Street Railway (MSRy) unit #173 renumbered #473 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with MUNI #173.)

Lower Haight
Geary & Collins
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Geary & Collins

View northeast across intersection to Municipal Railway (Muni) B-Line #131 with wings livery on Geary at Collins. Oldsmobile car dealership. 76 gas station.

Lone Mountain
San Jose Near Alemany
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San Jose Near Alemany

View southwest Market St. Railway (MSRy) 26-Line #1553 on San Jose Ave near Alemany. Associated service station and Safeway supermarket at Alemany intersection in distance. Reinstated 26-Line running between Daly City and Onondaga Ave. and Mission St. only during World War II. Site is now under the I280 Freeway and BART elevated tracks.

Outer Mission
Polk near Golden Gate
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Polk near Golden Gate

View north on Polk from Golden Gate Avenue to California Hall, Hotel Polk, cars traffic. Ford parts and repairs on left. Hayes Valley French Laundry 546 Polk on right. [dpwbook27 dpw6665]

Civic Center
Hyde & Ellis
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Hyde & Ellis

View north on Hyde from Ellis [Hyde St. Ellis to O'Farrell dpwbook27 dpw6688]

Tenderloin
Leavenworth near O'Farrell
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Leavenworth near O'Farrell

View north from center of Leavenworth [dpwbook27 dpw6693]

Tenderloin
McSheehy for Mayor Sign
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McSheehy for Mayor Sign

Supervisor James McSheehy for Mayor political billboard. Paid for by Adolph Uhl (later a supervisor and mayoral candidate himself.) [dpwbook33 dpw8992]

Ocean Beach
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Ocean Beach

View north to construction of Ocean Beach Esplanade, 2nd section. Concrete forms lying against seawall. Probably taken near foot of Cabrillo Street, Sutro Heights in background. [Esplanade 2d Section dpwbook31 dpw8009]

Richmond Outer
Market & Beale
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Market & Beale

View southeast across Market toward Beale and the site of the PG&E Building. (completed 1925) Collins-Hencke Candy Company on Beale [Market St. looking east toward Beale St.] [dpwbook32 dpw8596]

Financial District
Market & Steuart
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Market & Steuart

[Market St. at Steuart St.] [dpwbook32 dpw8605] (Coca Cola ad) View southeast across Market to buildings on south side. Ferry Building at left, streetcars left and right. Signage for Reisener's Chocolate, Alameda Cafe, Leighton's, Coca Cola.

Financial District
Bayshore Boulevard
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Bayshore Boulevard

View East from Above Bayshore Boulevard near Marin Street. Islais Creek marsh and Southern Pacific trestle in distance. Union Oil gas station flag at half-mast for the death of President Harding at the Palace Hotel two weeks prior.[Islais Marsh & SP trestle dpwbook33 dpw8890]

Produce Market