Folsom & 6th St
View East on Folsom toward 6th Street, Market Street Railway (MSRY) 36-line streetcar tracks. Signal Gasoline, Duart Manufacturing on left, Gilmore Red Lion Gasoline on the right
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6th & Folsom
View North on 6th Street from Folsom. Cozy Corner Cafe at left Heidelberg Bakery, Reno Hotel, Dudley Apartments, Hotel Henry, Signal Gas Station. Golden Gate Theatre in the background at Market Street.
South of Market
7th & Folsom
View north on 7th toward Folsom. Building at left (Doane Paper Company 298 7th Street, built 1926) still stands 2021. Hotel Empire / McAllister Tower at McAllister and Leavenworth in the distance. 7th Street is not yet cut through north of Market. Mobil Gas Station with Gargoyle Mobil Oil sign on right.
South of Market
Folsom & 6th
view south on 6th from Folsom. Gilmore gas station Sun Tent Luebbert Company. Virtually nothing in this view survives. Possibly a Market Street Railway 34-line streetcar approaching on 6th Street (The 34-line franchise expired September 1936, so this is slightly confusing)
South of Market
Folsom & 6th
View west from center of Folsom toward 6th Street. 36-line streetcar tracks, Signal Gasoline on right. Cozy Corner Cafe on the northwest corner (right). Trees at Columbia Square on left. Park Hotel. Birdcage traffic signals.
South of Market
Folsom & 7th
View west on Folsom toward 7th. 36-line streetcar tracks. Buildings on far right corner still stand , 288 - 298 7th Street (also 1100 Folsom Street) built 1926Doane Paper Co. Just beyond, F.H. Harder Mfg. Co. (former Peerless Light factory), 1116 Folsom, built circa 1907, was later converted to offices with a modern 4th story. General Petroleum, Mobilgas station.
South of Market
Downtown view
Elevated view east from rooftop down Pine to Market, Bay Bridge in distance. Mohawk Gasoline. Retaining wall from former Hopkins and Stanford mansions on left.
Lower Nob Hill
Ocean Ave & San Jose Ave
Muni 12-line, #1731, looking southeast across San Jose
Mission Terrace
Presidio Ave & Geary
View northeast across Geary from Presidio Avenue. Muni C-Line Streetcar # 644 with wings livery. Flying-A (Associated) gas station on left. (Former Market Street Railway streetcar #244 renumbered #644 after the 1944 merger in order to avoid confusion with Muni unit #244.)
Lower Pacific Heights
Presidio & Geary
View northeast across intersection to Muni C-Line #662 with wings livery (Former Market Street Railway MSRy unit #262 renumbered #662 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with MUNI #262.). Flying A (Associated) service station.
Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
Southern Pacific Depot
View southeast across Townsend to north frontage of station, Muni F-Line #13 with wings livery. In background left, Libby, McNeill & Libby canners in Harron, Rickard & McCone Building 139 Townsend (Built 1909, still standing 2021) and Union Oil service station.
South Beach
Judah & 26th Ave
View west to Muni N-Line #162 waiting for woman in crosswalk to board. Service station (demolished) at left. 2108 Judah at right.
Sunset Outer
Southern Pacific Building
Elevated view north to new Southern Pacific Building annex at Steuart and Mission. Large S-P sign (installed on roof March 1954) atop building. At left, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop, Coit tower atop Telegraph Hill at far right.
Financial District
Southern Pacific Building
Elevated view north to new Southern Pacific Building annex at Steuart and Mission. Large S-P sign (installed on roof March 1954) atop building. At left, Matson Lines Building, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop. Texaco service station.
Financial District
View from Southern Pacific Bldg
Elevated view southeast, new annex at Steuart and Mission, over large parking lot toward Bay Bridge, Railway Express Agency pier, Harbor Hotel, Embarcadero, YMCA. Ferry Hotel, Audiffred Building (with Mail Box Grill and large replica mailbox sign and clock hanging above corner entrance, Rincon Annex Post Office, Texaco service station at Steuart and Mission intersection. At far left, state agriculture building, 58 Club.
Financial District