Contains 156 photos
View south across Market from Jones and McAllister. Studio Theatre (later the Guild, formerly the Egyptian), Roundup Theatre and United Artists Theatre. Street decorated for Shrine Convention. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) M-line streetcar #139
Tenderloin
View east on Market from Kearny. Chronicle Building and Lotta's Fountain at left. Palace Hotel, Metropolis Bank Building at right. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) L-line streetcar #152 outbound on Market at Kearny. Signs on buildings for Florsheim Shoes, Hymans Leasing, Peck-Judah. Birdcage traffic signal. Flags hung over Market for Lions International convention.
Downtown / Union Square
View east on Market from Mason. Esquire (showing Abbot & Costello 'The Time of Their Lives') Pix Theatres at left, Flood Building. Emporium (showing Abbot & Costello 'The Time of Their Lives'), 50th anniversary billboard. Hale Bros., J.C. Penney Decoration for unknown event. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 5-line outbound Market St. at Mason.
Downtown / Union Square
View east on Market from Van Ness. Gene Compton's Cafeteria at left, Fox Theatre in background. Fur Doctor at right. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) H-line Streetcar #928 crossing to 11th from Van Ness
Civic Center
View southeast across Market from Davis. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) L-line Magic Carpet Car #1001 with wings livery passing Matson Building and PG&E Building. Ferry Building and Southern Pacific Building, Lincoln Hotel in background. Ad for 'The Story of Mary Surratt' with Kent Smith and Dorothy Gish at the Geary Theatre.
Financial District
View east on Market from 8th. Orpheum Theatre at left. Embassy Theatre, Benatar's Department Store, Crystal Palace Market in background. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) N-Line and 21-line Streetcar #109. Flags and banners over Market Street for Community Chest campaign.
Civic Center
View south toward Market from Powell. Muni Cable Car on turntable at center on a rainy day. Douglas Building at right with Gray's Suits later demolished for Hallidie Plaza. Lincoln Building, Hale Bros in background. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) Cable Car #506 on turntable. Birdcage traffic signal.
Downtown / Union Square
View southeast from Gough toward Market. Jack Pinsler Cigar Store and Thrifty Cleaners in Finck Building at left. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 7-line streetcar #178. Food Center Market and Corbett Grill at right. - Haight at Gough & Market St.
Civic Center
View southeast on Market from 8th. Orpheum Theatre at left showing Rita Hayworth in 'Down To Earth'. Embassy Theatre, Benatar's Department Store, Crystal Palace Market, McCarthy's bar in background.
Civic Center
View east on O'Farrell toward Market & Grant, California Street Cable RR Cable Car #46, O'Farrell, Jones & Hyde Street line. American Trust Company Bank and Union Trust Building at left. Remodeled Central Tower/Call Building in center background. Seven-Eleven Restaurant 711 Market, Morris Plan in Kamm Building before facade makeover, Progressive Optical, Fun Center, Silver Palace (later Hub) Theatre, Schwabacher-Frey stationers, birdcage traffic signals. L-Line #143, Market St. Railway (MSRy) 21-Line streetcars on Market. Banners strung over Market St.
Downtown / Union Square
View east from Drumm toward California Street and Ferry Building. Foster's Lunch in Santa Marina Building and Weinstein Company. (Buildings demolished). Cal Street Cable RR Cable Car #1 at California, Drumm & Market
Financial District
View west toward Sacramento Street behind Market Street Railway (MSRy) 31-line streetcar #979 with zip stripe livery. Hotel Terminal, Heinz 57 sign, landscaped area in center of plaza with Muni starter kiosk. (Buildings demolished for Embarcadero Center and Embarcadero Plaza)
Financial District
View west across Market up Geary. Lotta's Fountain at right center. From left, Flood Building, Phelan Building, Bankers Investment Building, Magee Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building with Bank of America branch, Flannery Building (with Painless Parker Dentist branch opened September, 1946, The Stag Bar and Acme Beer signs). Whittell Building, Granville's Jewelers at right. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 7-line Streetcar #161 at center, B and C-Line streetcars at right. Dr. Willetts Chiropractor, W & H Cigars & Liquors, Foster's Cafeteria.
Downtown / Union Square
View south on 5th Street from near Market. Hale Brothers, F. W. Woolworth, Hotel Lankershim, Pickwick Hotel. Crowd of passengers trying to board the car. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 40-line Streetcar #1241, 5th & Market St.
South of Market
View south on Mission across S. Van Ness intersection, Motorola G. Hadicke Co., Firestone Tire Service Co, H & L Block sportswear 1563 Mission, and Union 76 Gas Station to left. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 9-line Streetcar #1531, Mission at S. Van Ness. Birdcage traffic signal.
South of Market