Guerrero & 19th
698 Guerrero Street. Two older men sit atop their luggage near a mailbox outside of Habeeb's Guerrero Groceteria, later Mereb Market, on Guerrero Street at 19th Street
Mission DoloresBusiness
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Shotwell near 16th
Small office and warehouse at 174 Shotwell Street, built 1950. West side of block.
Mission
Mission & 24th
View southwest across intersection to 2800 Mission Street. Before construction of the 24th & Mission Bart Station, this site was home to Pat's Coffee Shop, Save-On Yardage, Golden State Linoleum, Sun Vacuum Stores (2806 Mission). Eastbound Muni 35-Line #13? at far right, in front of 1 and 3 story buildings that still stand in 2023..
Mission
Mission & 22nd
View northeast across intersection to the American Trust Company bank (which merged with Wells Fargo in 1960)and The White Cow cigar store on Mission Street. Since modified, this building still exists in the same location as a Wells Fargo bank. Birdcage traffic signal.
Mission
Cortland & Wool
Arrow Pharmacy at 439 Cortland Avenue, built 1910. When it was sold by owner Michael Anthony Callagy, Jr. in 1996, San Francisco Chronicle columnist Steve Rubenstein penned Ode to a Pharmacy's Passing - For seniors, S.F. druggist's closing is a bitter pill, in memoriam.
Bernal Heights
9th near Howard
The Wells Manufacturing Co., at 220 9th Street, founded by George F. Wells in 1920, produced electric cooking products.
South of Market
14th near Folsom
115 14th Street near Folsom Street
Mission
Ellis near Jones
Hotel Coronado at 373 Ellis Street, and the El Coronado Restaurant, built 1910. Now a Community Awareness and Treatment Services (CATS) hotel. To the left is the Golden Gate Photo Engraving Co., and to the right is a restaurant.
Tenderloin
Mission & Avalon
Al's Service, run by Albert Belingheri at 4401 Mission Street, southeast corner of Mission and Avalon, featured Chevron gasoline.
Excelsior
Mission near 16th
Selective Service System office at 2038 Mission Street, built 1902 and heavily altered. Local Boards 37-39-41. Signage for Tres Joli store on building next door.
Mission
Balboa & 37th Ave
Shell Station, 3598 Balboa Street on the NE corner of 37th Avenue and Balboa. Advertisement sign for the Shell News on KRON-TV at center. The Soda Barn is advertised at right. (Today the site is occupied by an apartment building with ground floor commercial storefronts.)
Richmond Outer
Union near Gough
The Theodore School of Music at 1666 Union Street was an accordion school in the late 1950s, much like its architecture would imply. The building, built in 1950, still exists, though the music-themed embellishments are largely gone. The building on the right has been demolished and replaced.
Union Street
Union & Gough
View north to northeast corner, 1686 Union, Plaza Drugs.
Union Street
Irving near 41st Ave
H.Shnider Clothing Store 3932 Irving Street, between 40th and 41st Avenues. Harry Shnider and his wife lived above the shop at 3934 Irving, and had another store on Geary Street.
Sunset Outer
Jefferson & Hyde
View northwest across Jefferson to Johnson & Joseph / CJ Hendry Marine Supplies at 496 Jefferson St, Fisherman's Wharf. Oswald Machine Works at left.
Fishermans Wharf