Onondaga near Alemany
MSRY 14-line streetcar #1722. View northwest from southeast corner of Onondaga and Alemany, Mt. Davidson in background.
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3rd near Townsend
View northeast across 3rd from front of Southern Pacific Depot to Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcars: 16-line #945, 29-line #960, 15-line #820 with zip stripe livery. Depot Coffee Shop 711 3rd St., Louis E. Brown Watch Repair (Authorized Watch Inspector, Southern Pacific and Western Pacific Railroads) 709 3rd St. MJB Coffee office and factory in background left, 665 3rd St. (M.J. Brandenstein Building, Built 1916, architect G. Albert Lansburgh.) At far left background, Transcontinental Freight Co. Building, 1908.
Mission Bay
Fillmore & Turk
Elevated view northwest to Turk St. Car House, southwest corner of Turk and Fillmore. Turk Hotel on northwest corner. 22-line streetcar #876 with zip stripe livery. July 31, 1948 was the last day of rail service on this line.
Western Addition
San Bruno & Alemany
View northwest to approaching Market Street Railway (MSRy) 25-line streetcar #281. Bernal Heights in background, near site of Alemany farmers market. Sign painted on fence in background for Kresteller Plymouth DeSoto.
Bernal Heights
Van Ness & Geary
View southwest across intersection toward Saint Mary's Cathedral (burned September 1962), Van Ness Oldsmobile used car lot and Tommy's Joynt in 4 story building. Municipal Railway (Muni) C-line #194 with wings livery entering intersection. (The B and C cars ended service on December 29, 1956).
Cathedral Hill
Market & Clayton
Track construction at Market and Clayton Switchback, view north toward Corona Heights, Miller-Joost House at left. Work streetcar on track at center.
Eureka Valley
Market near 4th
Elevated view northeast down crowded Market Street. Phelan Building, S.N. Wood & Co. store, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Chronicle Building, Crocker Building, Call Building, Sanborn, Vail & Co. [Down Market Street from 4th Showing Skyscrapers of America's Most Cosmopolitan City, San Francisco, California copyright by E. W. Keller]
South of Market
Kearny near Jackson
View across vacant lot at the site of the International Hotel (838 Kearny in 2018) to Calistoga advertising mural on back of Columbus Avenue brick building.
Chinatown
Market near 7th
View east from center of Market, accident between Municipal Railway (Muni) K-line PCC streetcar #1027 and auto. Westward Ho! Bar, Rialto Billiards, Army Navy Store, Service Mens Locker Club, sign pointing to Greyhound Station at 7th & Mission, Hotel Shaw, Paramount Theatre on left. David Hewes, Grant, Odd Fellows Buildings, Columbia clothing store 1111 Market, on right. Birdcage traffic signal. (dated circa 1953 based on the license plates and streetcar configuration)
Civic Center
Ferry Loop
[Return to MGM Art Dept., File 11 Loc 6 City Sts] View north on Embarcadero to 26-line Market St. Railway (MSRy) streetcar #915 at terminus and switch tower. Pedestrian overpass in background.
Financial District
Grand Hotel
Elevated view across Market toward intersection of Market and New Montgomery Street. Five carriages outside entrance of Grand Hotel on New Montgomery, City Railroad Company horsecar #53. Palace Hotel construction site excavated at right. Market Street Horse car tracks. [30, T.E. Hecht, Grand Hotel April 1874, HO-18A] (G810 HO-018A) (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) TEH30.
Downtown / Union Square
2nd & Market
Elevated view south across Market and down 2nd Street from Hobart Building to Santa Fe Building/West Coast Life Insurance Building (built as Santa Fe Railroad headquarters, Wood & Simpson architects, 1917), southeast corner of 2nd and Market. This view predates the 1921 addition of 2 more floors.[G810 OF-083] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Financial District
Union Square
People sitting on benches in Union Square, view east toward Stockton and Post Streets. Fred Benioff sign, Old Grand-Dad billboard. [Union Square]
Downtown / Union Square
California near Stockton
View east downhill toward Financial District, cable car approaching. From left, 720 California building before 2 story addition, Trademark Building with Cathay House Restaurant, Old St. Mary's cathedral and rectory with crowd leaving, Home Insurance Company Building under construction at Kearny St. corner in distance (completed 1951, later Fireman's Fund building), Muni bus with wings livery crosses Kearny intersection, States Hotel. Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery).
Chinatown
9th & Jessie
Elevated view north to construction on Merchandise Mart Annex, 9th Street between Market and Jessie. F. Thomas Parisian Dyeing & Cleaning Works on left, in building which has since been demolished. Civic Auditorium and City Hall in background. On Market Street in distance, 76 gas station with large sign on tower, Chase Hotel (built 1907), SF Radio store. [Furniture Mart Annex - Cahill]
South of Market