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Folsom & 9th St
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Folsom & 9th St

View south down 9th to Potrero Hill in far distance. American Automatic Electric Sales Co. 325 9th, at left. Buildings at left (and some others) still stand, 2022.

South of Market
Folsom & 6th
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Folsom & 6th

View 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 Market
Bryant off Embarcadero
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Bryant off Embarcadero

View west on Bryant towards remnant of Rincon Hill and Bay Bridge approach. Monarch Finer Foods

Rincon Hill
Market & Clayton
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Market & Clayton

Elevated view north to Market Street Railway (MSRy) #33-Line #56 negotiating sharp turn onto Clayton. Mt. Olympus and Triumph of Light statue in background right.

Clarendon Heights
Geary near Arguello
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Geary near Arguello

View northeast across Geary to Municipal Railway (Mun) C-Line streetcar #203 with wings livery. Larkins Building (former Park & Ocean Railroad Co. Geary St. Carbarn), with signage for Brown Buick Co. in background. E.L Coburn & Co. Insurance, 3738 Geary at left. The B and C cars ended service on December 29, 1956.

Richmond Inner
Judah near 48th Ave
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Judah near 48th Ave

View east to Muni N-Line #155 with wings livery entering terminus turnaround loop.

Sunset Outer
Judah & 26th Ave
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Judah & 26th Ave

View west to Muni N-Line #162 waiting for woman in crosswalk to board. Service station (demolished) at left. 2108 Judah at right.

Sunset Outer
Market & Van Ness
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Market & Van Ness

View northwest to Muni N-Line #177. Masonic Temple at Oak St. corner at right. Behind Masonic Temple is Young Men's Institute/International Center, 50 Oak St. (1914), extensively remodeled in 2000's for San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Civic Center
Southern Pacific Building
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Southern Pacific Building

Elevated view north to new Southern Pacific Building annex at Steuart and Mission. Large S-P sign (installed on roof March 1954) atop building. At left, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop, Coit tower atop Telegraph Hill at far right.

Financial District
Southern Pacific Building
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Southern Pacific Building

Elevated view north to new Southern Pacific Building annex at Steuart and Mission. Large S-P sign (installed on roof March 1954) atop building. At left, Matson Lines Building, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop. Texaco service station.

Financial District
Fox Theatre Demolition
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Fox Theatre Demolition

View southwest to late stages of demolition. Rear of Market St. facade seen from Hayes St.

Civic Center
Columbus & Kearny
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Columbus & Kearny

Columbus Tower. View from Jackson Street. Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower in background

North Beach
Fox Theatre
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Fox Theatre

View northeast across Market at 10th Street to Fox Theatre, playing 'Absent Minded Professor', Gold Room cocktail bar, Riviera Snack Bar in retail space. Larkin Lane restaurant across Larkin in distance. 100 McAllister, former Empire Hotel, in distance.

Civic Center
Fox Plaza Construction
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Fox Plaza Construction

View north on Market between 9th and 10th Streets. Civic Auditorium in background.

South of Market
Nikita Khrushchev visit
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Nikita Khrushchev visit

Khrushchev's car headed north, Interstate I280 (I280) under construction, Bernal Heights in background left.

Bernal Heights