Presidio & California
View south from center of Presidio to approaching Muni 3-Line #622 with wings livery. Jewish Community Center at right (Former Market Street Railway (MSRy) unit #222 renumbered after merger)
Presidio HeightsDrug Store
Contains 142 photos
Castro & 18th
View northwest across Castro to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Castro Cable Car #5 at terminus. Wulzen's Drugs with Dr. R.D. Crittenden dentist on 2nd floor and "Re-elect assemblyman Ray Williamson 26th District" sign, Eureka Bakery in background.
Castro
Hyde & California
O'Farrell Jones and Hyde cable car on Hyde, sailors on board.
Nob Hill
Geary & Larkin
[Crossing of Cable roads, Geary and Larkin Streets., S.F.] Larkin St. View northwest to Drugstore, Geary, Park and Ocean car and dummy trailer #18, M. P. O'Connor plumber, two cars of the Sutter Street Railway's Larkin Street line. Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railway began operations in 1880 and was purchased by the Market Street Railway in 1887. Very similar to Carleton Watkins stereoview titled "Geary St., Park and Ocean Railroad Crossing Larkin St, R. R. Constructed by W. Eppelsheimer and operated under his patents."
Tenderloin
Third & Market
View north on Third St toward Market. Magee Building at far left (with Owl Drug Co. 710 Market, Tom Dillon Hats 712 Market), Mutual Savings Bank Building (with Paul T. Carroll Knox Hats store), Flannery Building (with signage for C.M. Wooster Co. Country Lands), Johann Schmidt Building at far right (Herman Barth architect, 1908) with large ads for 'San Carlos Park' development on Peninsula. horse drawn wagons. Cropped version of wnp30.0077.
South of Market
Market near 3rd
Elevated view southwest across Market from Geary, showing large crowd watching fire on south side of Market between 3rd and 4th. Appears to be the fire of April 30, 1886, that destroyed the Bancroft Building (seen just above the stream of water in the distance) and several adjacent buildings. Lotta's Fountain in foreground. At left, Philadelphia Boot & Shoe Co., 10 3rd Street, J.H. Widber druggist 701 Market, Wm. R. Gallagher Furniture 705 Market.
Downtown / Union Square
2nd & Market
Elevated view west on Post from south side of Market to Montgomery & Post. Mechanics Institute at left, Masonic Temple at right (with tower completed 1868), Hinckley Apothecary, Trinity Church (built 1867) at Powell and Post in the distance, Grand Hotel under construction in foreground. Piano and organ store at right.
Financial District
Market near 3rd
View southeast across Market toward 3rd Street at dusk. Owl Drug, Morris Plan Company in Kamm Building with modern facade, Carl Wilke Cafeteria, Progressive Optical, Central Tower (Call Building), and Examiner/Hearst Building.
Downtown / Union Square
Post & Mason
[Post Street from Mason, view east 1393] Trinity Church at Powell and Post in background. Temple Emanu-el at left. Plank sidewalks.
Lower Nob Hill
Church & 30th
View northwest across Church from near 30th toward Day Street. Muni streetcar #1 with wings livery. Women in long skirts. Rexall Drugs at left.
Noe Valley
Powell & Sutter
Cable Car Ride, View north on Powell from near Sutter. Parsons Optical, University of California Extension on right. Sears Fine Food on left.
Downtown / Union Square
Grant & Washington
[B 5397 Chinese Apothecary. Chinatown] Five men posing inside shop with shelves, boxes, and containers. Quong Sang Tong & Co. apothecary, 900 Dupont (later Grant) Street. Same apothecary as wnp37.01163.
Chinatown
Geary near Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from center of Geary toward Market; earthquake damage in street; Lengfeld's Pharmacy; Whittell Building under construction; Palace Hotel; Mutual Savings Bank Building. Taken before fire destroyed area.
Downtown / Union Square
Fillmore Near Sutter
View north on Fillmore. Ornamental steel arches over intersections. Frederick O. Haussler, Photo Studio, 1759 Fillmore (later site of Haussler Theater). Signs for The Up To Date Hairdressing & Manicuring Parlors, Aloha, The Brand at right. Approaching URR 22-Line streetcar in distance. [United Railroads U02355, Fillmore Street Looking North from Post Street Towards Sutter]
Japantown
York Theatre
View southeast to York Theater, 24th Street near York. Later became the 'Brava Theatre Center.' Bell Rexall Pharmacy
Mission