32nd Ave & Balboa
In 1951, the J. & D. Press Co. occupied a small structure built in 1940 at 695 32nd Ave near Balboa.
Richmond OuterBusiness
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Judah & 46th Ave
Storefront with apartments above, built in 1935, at 4101 Judah Street and 46th Avenue. In 1951 it was the Sunset Village Shopping Center. Later a diner, it was purchased in 1971 and has since been Thanh Long, reportedly San Francisco's first Vietnamese restaurant.
Sunset Outer
Balboa & 38th Ave
Bank of America branch at 3701 Balboa Street, built 1928. Sterling Cleaners occupies a storefront integrated into the building, at right. Next door is the Balboa Club. Walter's Creamery is at far right, featuring Spreckels Ice Cream. A Spreckels-Russell Dairy truck is parked in front.
Richmond Outer
560 Castro
between 18th and 19th. M & R Electric Company. The building still stands.
Castro
California & Montgomery
Looking east on California Street near Montgomery showing from left Wells Fargo in Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams), Express Building, Safe Deposit Building, the second Merchants' Exchange Building, Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Co. at far right with pole in front. Watkins mobile studio at right, horsecar.
Financial District
Montgomery near California
Elevated view north across intersection to buildings on east side of Montgomery, Express Building on northeast corner. Sam Brannan's Armory Building in distance at Sacramento corner. Telegraph Hill in distance.[126. Montgomery Street - Looking North from California]
Financial District
Montgomery & California
Elevated view northwest across Montgomery to buildings on west side of street, from Eureka Theater, which was at 320 Montgomery Street. Selleck's Photographic Gallery, Kennedy & Bell Carpets. Wells Fargo Express and Bank in Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams) at center. Two horsecars approaching. [150. Montgomery Street, from Eureka Theater]
Financial District
Montgomery & California
Elevated view northeast to buildings on east side of Montgomery. Express Building at right, carriages, crowd of men on corner. Sam Brannan's Armory Hall at Sacramento corner. Same original image as wnp71.0388; [173. East side Montgomery Street Looking (north)]
Financial District
Sacramento near Montgomery
Elevated view, Sacramento between Kearny & Montgomery. Chy Lung & Co, Sacramento St, 1796. Store located at 640 Sacramento Street. J.W. Whitaker signmaker, Bartlett, Pratt & Bartlett Law Office.
Chinatown
California & Sansome
View northwest across intersection to north side of street. Stock brokerages and insurance companies. London & San Francisco Bank, completed 1874 at Leidesdorff corner, Bank of California at right. Express Building and Parrott Block at far left.
Financial District
Washington & Hotaling
View north to Cerruti Mercantile Co. wholesale liquor dealers at 534 Washington Street (today 582). Men posing with barrels. Italian posters, and signs for Swayne, Hoyt and Co. Custom House Brokers, F. E. Mayhew & Co. View north on Hotaling at right.
Financial District
Unknown Location
Trucks. Flower shop? Iron archway over street at far right. (possibly south of Market, 5th street near Howard)
Market & Battery
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest to information kiosk set up in front of the Donahue Monument after 1906 earthquake and fire, with woman selling buttermilk for 5 cents a glass and signs promoting buttermilk for health and longevity. Merchants Exchange in background.
Financial District
Kearny & Clay
Daguerreaen Gallery, Optician, Boot Store
Chinatown
Mason & O'Farrell
The three-story brick building at 300-304 O'Farrell Street, at the northwest corner of Mason, was built in 1865 as the groceries and liquors store of Robert Hampton. The three two-story houses next to it, on Mason Street, were built in 1871. [WMK] Charles Crocker mansion on Nob Hill visible at extreme right.
Tenderloin