Steuart & Embarcadero
View north to Hills Bros Coffee with boxcars on Steuart St. siding. Ferry Building tower at right. Rear of Sherwin-Williams sign.
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Turk & Mason
Marching band on Market St. Baton twirlers and drum major - American Legion Parade
Tenderloin
Bryant off Embarcadero
View west on Bryant towards remnant of Rincon Hill and Bay Bridge approach. Monarch Finer Foods
Rincon Hill
Powell & Post
View northwest at intersection to Market St. Railway Co. Washington and Jackson Line cable car #527.
Downtown / Union Square
Mission at 22nd
View north toward the west side of Mission street from 22nd Street. Muni 11-line #109 (ex MSRy), southbound, Fink's, Hales Mission Store, New Mission Theater. Birdcage traffic signal.
Mission
Mission & 22nd St
View northeast across intersection to. Muni 14-line #961, southbound. American Trust Co. Bank (decorations over doorway and on marquee later removed) in background right. Crown Theatre, Manhattan Lunch.
Mission
Hunters Point
View northeast from Hunters Point toward the Naval Shipyard (part of a panorama)
Hunters Point
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
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
Southern Pacific Building
Elevated view north to new Southern Pacific Building annex at Steuart and Mission. Large S-P sign atop building. At left, Rincon Annex Post Office, Matson Lines Building, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop.
Financial District
Old Mint
Elevated view northwest across 5th & Mission to Old U.S. Mint. Cornices had been removed as earthquake hazards.
South of Market
Grace Cathedral
View northwest across California from near Mason Street. Grace Cathedral rectory and one bell tower built. Main cathedral building incomplete. Huntington Park at center with flag.
Nob Hill
Skyline from the Bay
View northwest approaching Pier 22 and Bay Bridge. Taken from bridge of outbound ship. The Embarcadero Freeway looks completed (May, 1959); and the old S-P sign (center right edge of image) on the Southern Pacific Building is still there (removed, Sept. 1961).
SF Bay
Embarcadero & Bryant
View southwest across The Embarcadero toward Bryant. Railroad yard and Reid, Murdoch & Co Importers
Rincon Hill
S.P. Tunnel #4 South End
View north to Southern Pacific Bayshore Station, Number 4 Tunnel entrance and approaching train. Bayshore Hill in distance right. Houses along Tunnel Ave. and Blanken Ave. in distance still stand in 2025.
Outside SF