Embarcadero near Market
View west across Embarcadero to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 12-line streetcar #1684 at the terminal. Billboard for Sunkist Oranges in the background. Southern Pacific Building visible between billboards.
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Fulton near Hyde
View northeast from Fulton between Larkin and Hyde. Fleet of trucks lined up in front of Main Library (now Asian Art Museum). Federal Brand trucks and Lee Line trailers. Large sign atop Methodist Book Concern Building, 3 City Hall Ave. (Now 83 McAllister) in distance right, behind Red Cross building on Hyde & Fulton.
Civic Center
Fulton near Hyde
View northeasterly from Fulton between Larkin and Hyde. Truck lined up in front of Main Library (now Asian Art Museum). Federal Brand trucks and Lee Line trailer.
Civic Center
Eddy near Mason
Rear wall of Alhambra Theatre on south side of Eddy. Advertising Billboard with many ads for cars and car dealerships, Old Skipper Whiskey, Home Laundry, Forest Hill, Columbia Garage. Ad for Mae Murray in 'Face Value'(opened at Alhambra Theatre, 934 Market St., January 13, 1918). Alhambra Theatre was built as Market St. Theatre, reopened as the Alhambra in September, 1917 and was later known as the Frolic Theatre (1919), the Cameo Theatre (1923) and the Marion Davies Theatre (1929). It was renamed the Esquire Theatre in 1940 and demolished in 1972.
Downtown / Union Square
Mission near 1st
View west on Mission toward 1st Street. Skaggs-Stone General Merchandise on southwest corner. Pacific Telephone Building in the background.[Tallest Building in SF]
Financial District
Fox Theatre
View northwest across Market between Larkin and Polk to Fox Theatre (demolished July 1963) 'Luck of the Irish' with Tyrone Power opened September 15, 1948. Municipal Railway (Muni) M-line streetcar passing.
South of Market
Baker & Fell
View east across Baker toward the corner of Fell Street, large number of billboards, including a poster for the Southwell Opera Company at the Grand Opera House, April, 1899, performing 'The Queen's Lace Handkerchief'. Shadow of photographer's head at bottom. (Current site of DMV office)
Panhandle
Union Square
Elevated wideangle view southeast from Post and Powell across Union Square. Powell Street cable car #518 at right.[11416]
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Stockton
View east on Market toward Call Building. Midway Plaisance 'Big Show Burlesque', Sanborn Vail & Co. Dixon's Hatter & Furnisher, Hearst Examiner Building, Palace Hotel in distance. Lion Drug Co. listed in City Directories 1901-1904
Downtown / Union Square
Market near Van Ness
View east from center of Market between Van Ness and 12th Street. Municipal Railway (Muni) interurban streetcar #1234 likely on a fan trip excursion. (40-line Interurban usually ran on Mission Street.) El Patio Ballroom (future site of Fillmore West) at right. Merchandise Mart building (Opened 1937) in distance, with radio broadcast antenna on roof.
South of Market
Onondaga & Alemany
View northwest from southeast corner of Onondaga and Alemany. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 12-line Streetcar #1589, Mt Davidson (cross) in background. Left corner became Garrett's Ice Cream Parlor in 1950s.
Cayuga
Divisadero near Oak
View north on Divisadero to Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcar #1567 marked as "Special Car", on fan excursion. Oak Grill on left, Paul's Lunch at right. Most buildings in view now demolished or moved. Barely visible in distance, marquee of Harding Theater, later a church and Emporium SF, a video arcade and performance space.
Lower Haight
Ulloa & West Portal
View southeast on Ulloa from Lenox toward West Portal Avenue. Municipal Railway (Muni) streetcar #1 with sign for J-line possibly on fan trip excursion. Mt. Davidson in background.
West Portal
Polk & North Point
View northeast across Polk toward North Point, Market Street Railway (MSRy) 19-line #983, Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory in the background. Advertisements for San Carlo Opera, ice skating, Polack Bros. Circus.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Sloat & Palos Place
View northeast, Market Street Railway (MSRy) 12-line Streetcar #1725, Sloat Blvd westbound at Palos Place. Paul Wolter Homes sign
Merced Manor