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Post & Kearny
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Post & Kearny

Cigarette Shortage, Line of Customers

Downtown / Union Square
Golden Gate Bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge

Navy planes flying over bridge during open day festivities.

SF Bay
Sunset Tunnel
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Sunset Tunnel

Sunset Tunnel dedication near Carl and Cole. Mayor James Rolph at controls of first N-line streetcar through the tunnel. [DPW A1493] [Duboce Judah Dedication]

Cole Valley
School Street, Daly City
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School Street, Daly City

United Railroad's special sightseeing streetcar, the 'San Francisco' in its original 1904 livery. Cars lined up for the Jimmy Britt - Battling Nelson fight.

Outside SF
Peralta near 7th, Oakland
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Peralta near 7th, Oakland

Elevated view of crowd gathered to watch lowering of cornerstone for Alcatraz Masonic Lodge Hall. The hall was dedicated on June 28, 1900. See companion photo wnp27.0577.

Outside SF
Peralta Near 7th, Oakland
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Peralta Near 7th, Oakland

Elevated view of Masons parading down Peralta Street, for lowering of cornerstone for Alcatraz Masonic Lodge Hall. The hall was dedicated on June 28, 1900. See companion photo wnp27.0576.

Outside SF
North Beach Playground
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North Beach Playground

View south, the intersection of Powell and Greenwich in the background. Girls running competition [No. 28, North Beach Play Grounds, July 4, 1914]

North Beach
North Beach Playground
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North Beach Playground

Opening, boy acrobats doing a pyramid [No. 5 Opening North Beach Playground, August 7, 1910]

North Beach
South Side Playground
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South Side Playground

South Side Playground (later known as Father Crowley Playground) on the site of the current Hall of Justice, Handball courts [No. 6 Opening South Side Playgrounds, Sep 1, 1910]

South of Market
North Beach Playground
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North Beach Playground

Boys line up to dive into North Beach Playground swimming pool [No. 23 North Beach Play Grounds, July 4, 1914] See duplicate, wnp33.00031.

North Beach
Ewing Field
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Ewing Field

View south from the grandstand at Ewing Field, now the site of Ewing Terrace, toward Turk St. Built for the San Francisco Seals baseball team, it opened May 16, 1914. The building at center, built as Presentation Convent in 1912, still stands in 2021 (without the cupola) at Turk and Masonic. Trees of Calvary Cemetery at left across Masonic Avenue. A sign in left field reads 'Ten Dollars Reward for the arrest and conviction of cushion throwers'

Lone Mountain
Castro & 18th
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Castro & 18th

View south from center of Castro to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Castro Cable Car #7, last car on line at terminus, with funeral-themed decoration and funeral wreaths from Castro Flower Shop.

Castro
26th & Castro
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26th & Castro

View southeast across intersection to last day of operations of Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) Castro St. cable car line. Car decorated for occasion. Spectators help push car on turntable.

Noe Valley
Sports Center Fire
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Sports Center Fire

View from about Eugenia and Winfield, Sports Center Bowling Alley on the east side of Mission between 29th and Virginia. 1 of 4.

Bernal Heights
Sports Center Fire
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Sports Center Fire

View from about Eugenia and Winfield, Sports Center Bowling Alley on the east side of Mission between 29th and Virginia. 2 of 4.

Bernal Heights