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Market & Castro
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Market & Castro

View east to new Castro Street Muni Metro Station on right and across Castro, 17th St., Market intersection. In distance left, tower of Trinity Methodist Church (Market & 16th Street, built 1929, destroyed by fire October 11,1981). At far right, Twin Peaks bar.

Castro
Transbay Terminal
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Transbay Terminal

View north on Fremont from Howard. Shell Building and Transamerica Pyramid in the background. Fremont House restaurant at right.

South of Market
Geary & 2nd Ave
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Geary & 2nd Ave

View north to Muni C-Line Streetcar about to make the turn onto Geary eastbound. Ben Johnson Motors on northwest corner at left.

Richmond
Market near 5th
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Market near 5th

Elevated view east toward the south side of Market Street between 5th and 6th. Radio tower on roof of Hale Brothers, Emporium, Kress Department Store. Bay City Market

South of Market
Kearny & Market
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Kearny & Market

Elevated view southwest across Market Street to intersection with 3rd Street and Examiner Building (with large vertical electric sign, United States Lines, Pechner Shoes, Wechter's shop for men, United Cigars), Call Building (later Central Tower, with Owl Drugs and Stiegler Bros.), Kamm Building (with Sorenson Jewelers). Market St. Railway (MSRy) #1711. Lundstrom Hats, Wellendorf Book Co., El Sidelo.

Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
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Union Square

Elevated view northeast from St. Francis Hotel; over Union Square to Stockton & Post Streets. Hotel Plaza, Standard Oil Building (completed 1922), Whittell Building. Schroth Building (1908, architect Cunningham & Politeo) at center.

Downtown / Union Square
Mission & 16th
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Mission & 16th

View north on Mission to very busy street scene. Anglo-California Trust Co. Bank on northwest corner at left. Buildings on northeast and southwest corners later demolished for BART station. El Camino Real Mission Bell at right behind telephone pole. Great Western Power Co. truck at far right. Owl Drug Co. Birdcage traffic signal.

Mission
Market & Steuart
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Market & Steuart

Elevated view south on Steuart from across Market. Crowd assembled across the street at the site of the Preparedness Day bombing. Alameda Cafe at left. Pacific Hotel, Hotel Stockholm.

Financial District
Embarcadero near Market
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Embarcadero near Market

Auto on Embarcadero near Ferry Building. Streetcars at Ferry Loop in background.

Financial District
Ferry Building Loop
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Ferry Building Loop

Elevated view east to streetcars on loop tracks in front of Ferry Building. Ferries and Yerba Buena Island in background. Pedestrian overpass at left. Circular grassy median at center.

Financial District
Geary at 34th Ave
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Geary at 34th Ave

View west on Geary near 34th Avenue. 2-Line Muni streetcar #461, heading eastbound. Billboard for nearby Balboa Theatre. (Former MSRY Car #161 renumbered #461 after the merger to avoid confusion with Muni #161.)

Richmond Outer
Mission near 11th
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Mission near 11th

14-line MSRY streetcar #1608, Coca Cola Tower under construction, Hotel Sherman 87 11th Street, looking west on Mission, Twin Peaks in background. Fox Theatre 'That Night in Rio' advertised on front of streetcar

South of Market
Fox Theatre
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Fox Theatre

View northeast across intersection of 10th and Market

Civic Center
Fox Theatre
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Fox Theatre

View west down Market from Larkin, showing south facade of building and marquee.

Civic Center
Folsom & 9th St
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Folsom & 9th St

Looking East. White House Club, Lunch Room.

South of Market