4th near Howard
240 4th Street. The Place of New Beginnings, Salvation Army's Harbor Light center on 4th Street prior to construction of the Yerba Buena Square Shopping Center.
South of MarketBusiness
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Clementina near 6th
The Printing Machinery Service Co. was founded by Richard L. Perry in Los Angeles. In 1951, printing presses at this location, noted as being 462 Clementina Street, were managed by W.R. McIntire. Next door the American Elevator Company storefront is for lease. This location is now 456-458 Clementina. Built 1950.
South of Market
Taraval near 19th Ave
Parkside Appliance, 922 Taraval Street, next door to Model Shoe Shop at 930 Taraval. All structures now demolished and replaced with a bank.
Parkside
23rd Ave & Vicente
Richfield Gas Station on NE corner of 23rd Avenue and Vicente St.
Parkside
Judah near 25th Ave
Carey Plumber at 2014 Judah Street, north side of street. Store front with living quarters above, built 1924. Truck with company name parked in front of the business.
Sunset Outer
Church & Day
View east across Church Streeet to Gene Paridy's Chevron Service Station at 1749 Church Street, on the southeast corner of Day and Church. Replaced by a 4 unit apartment building in 1961. J-Church streetcar tracks in front.
Noe Valley
Taylor near Eddy
Residential apartments built in in 1910 at 225 Taylor Street between Ellis and Eddy. The Olympic Hotel on Eddy Street is in the background. The small structure next door has been demolished and the lot is now part of a large multiunit residence.
Tenderloin
Grant & Bush
400 Grant Avenue, built 1913. View northeast across intersection of Grant Ave and Bush Street before the Chinatown Gate was built. Visible in the frame is the Grant Cafe, Western States Importing Company, and Eddie Pond's Kubla Kahn Theater Restaurant, promoted as San Francisco's Most Exciting Chinese Theater Restaurant in 1946. Astoria Hotel sign at left. Lucky Lager and Coca Cola delivery trucks. Within the Chinatown Historic District on the National Register.
Chinatown
Embarcadero near Mission
136 - 142 Embarcadero, built 1907, housed the Emerson Drug Co., Sea Cliff Cafe, Naval Uniforms store, and prominent Bromo-Seltzer sign, flanked by two hotels. All three structures are extant, though altered. Embarcadero Cafe at left, 144 Embarcadero.
Financial District
Gough near Sutter
1505 Gough Street, built 1917 as the Mealy and Collins Apartment Building. Next to the Elizabeth Holloway School of Theater, from which Barbara Eden earned her acting chops. The school and adjacent structure have since been demolished and another apartment house built in their place.
Cathedral Hill
Post & Webster
Frank Matthews' Mobilgas Station, 1800 Post Street, at the Northwest corner of Post and Webster. Every building in this view was demolished or moved during the redevelopment of the area.
Japantown
16th near Harrison
2745 16th Street. American Woodworking and West Coast Industries on 16th Street between Harrison and Folsom.
Mission
16th near Harrison
2741 16th St. near Harrison St.
Mission
Tehama near 5th
Located at 365 Tehama Street, off Gallagher Lane, Sterimatic National Sales & Service Co. sold janitorial supplies, soaps, disinfectants. The 2000-square-foot building was built in 1943.
South of Market
14th near Belcher
736-740 14th Street near Belcher Street. Flats above storefronts, built on north side of block, circa 1905. The storefront at right is a grocery, run by Oscar Rezneck in 1951; advertising Marin-Dell Milk on its awning.
Duboce Triangle