Contains 1735 photos
View northeast across Powell to Market Street Railway (MSRy) cable car #504 at turntable. Flood Building, Owl Drug, Clinton Cafeteria, Frank Werner Shoes, Hotel Golden State in background. Approaching MSRy cable car #509? at left.
Downtown / Union Square
MSRY Cable car #502 on turntable. View north
North Beach
View north on Laguna from between Jackson and Washington. Whittier Mansion, former home to California Historical Society, at center.
Pacific Heights
South side of street view east from Powell. Grace Church (Cathedral)
Nob Hill
View northwest from Embarcadero. Horse drawn wagon at right.
Financial District
Cable car #511 with three sailors on outside step.
Russian Hill
View east toward Bay Bridge. Old St. Mary's cathedral and rectory, Stauffer Chemical Co. building, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (1954) under construction, Home Insurance Co. Building (1951, later Fireman's Fund, demolished 1983). At right, St. Mary's Square Park and Parking Garage (1954) House of Lee, Yamato Sukiyaki in Sun Fat Building. Southern Pacific Building with large S-P sign on top in center distance, installed March, 1954.
Chinatown
View southeast across intersection to Union Square, I. Magnin & Co., Macy's, Dohrmann's, George S. May, Western Airlines on Geary. Cable Car #509. Very large Union Pacific Railroad Billboard, Old Crow Billboard. Birdcage traffic signals.
Downtown / Union Square
Cable car on turntable. Bank of American in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Mason Street cable car #511 on turntable looking north. Powell Hotel and Powell Theatre at left.
Downtown / Union Square
View east on California Street from a Powell Street Cable Car. Bay Bridge and Southern Pacific Building (with SP sign added March, 1954) in the background. At center, 720 California St. Building (then Hartford Insurance Building) with 2 story addition, Old St. Mary's Church, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (completed 1954, demolished 1991). Home Insurance Co. Building with Colonial tower (finished 1951, demolished 1983), Financial Center Building, later Omni Hotel.Delis Garage on right with Chevron gas station.
Nob Hill
View south across intersection to Muni cable car #503 on turntable, passengers boarding.
North Beach
View northeast across intersection to approaching California Street Cable Car #11 with signage for D. Zelinsky & Sons Painters on front and top, Old St. Mary's church and rectory, Stauffer Chemical Co. building, Home Insurance Co. Building under construction at Kearny corner (1951, later Fireman's Fund, demolished 1983). Southern Pacific Building and Bay Bridge in distance right.
Chinatown
View northeast across Powell to Cable Car #504, Marlow Hotel, Hotel Stratford, Fitzhugh Building, and Omar Khayyam's restaurant.
Downtown / Union Square
View north across Market and up Powell St. Flood Building, Owl Drug .Co, Cable Car on turntable, St. Francis and Sir Francis Drake Hotels in distance. Bank of America Building, Powell Theatre on left. Birdcage traffic signals. Woolworth's opened in Flood Building street level in October, 1952.
Downtown / Union Square