View from Ferry Building
View west from Ferry Building tower. Market Street at left, Sacramento Street at right, over current site of Embarcadero Center. [San Francisco looking west from the Ferry Building 1956]
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Ferry Building
View south on Embarcadero in front of the Ferry Building. State Belt Railroad locomotive belching smoke, Muni E-line streetcar Market Street Railway 16-line streetcar #944, and a row of taxis. Pedestrian overcrossing in background. (superior version of wnp4.1374)[0949-16A-01 NB at North Ferry Terminal 1939]
Financial District
Turk & Mason
View west on Turk at Mason. Hotel Dalt and Hotel Oxford. MUNI 31-Line streetcar #985 with zip stripe livery. [0985-31-01 TURK & MASON 1948]
Tenderloin
Main Library
View northeast to library from Larkin St across Fulton St. William Taylor (Opened in 1930, later Empire Hotel, later 100 McAllister) in background right. [The San Francisco Library with William Taylor Hotel at right. ZS 113]
Civic Center
Market near 8th
View south across Market Street between 8th and 9th, entrance to Hotel Whitcomb.
Civic Center
Grove & Van Ness
View north on Van Ness from Grove toward SF Opera House and Veterans' Memorial. Hotel Alden in background left.
Civic Center
Market near 8th
View south across Market Street between 8th and 9th, entrance to Hotel Whitcomb.
Civic Center
Market near Annie
View west on Market between Montgomery and 3rd Street, Palace Hotel at left. Mutual Savings Bank and Flannery Building (Painless Parker Dentist, Acme Beer sign, The Stag Bar) at right.
South of Market
7th near Mission
View north on 7th from Mission toward Market, Empire Hotel at background center. US Post Office (Now US Court of Appeals) at right. Greyhound Bus Depot and Odd Fellows Building at left.
South of Market
Market near 7th
View east on Market from 7th McAllister. United Artists Theatre, Merrill's Drugs, Federal Hotel. Street decorated for Shriner convention. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) Streetcars on Market St. Birdcage traffic signal. Jane Russell in The Outlaw at the United Artists; Shriners Parade was Sunday 21 July 1946.
Civic Center
Market & 9th
View east on Market from 9th toward Whitcomb Hotel, Victory Coffee Shop, Below Deck. Muni streetcar decorated for Shrine Convention. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) N-line Streetcar #148. Garibaldi Cafe. Birdcage traffic signal. Crystal Palace Market, Embassy Theatre in distance.
Civic Center
Market & Kearny
View southeast across Market from Kearny. Palace Hotel and Monadnock Building with Eureka Federal Savings & Loan, Air Agencies Ticket Office in background. Lotta's Fountain at left. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) N-line Streetcar #97. Banners strung across street for Lions International convention parade on July 28, 1947. Birdcage traffic signal.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
View north on Powell toward Powell and Eddy Cable Car Turntable. Hotel Powell , Paul's Flower Stand, Pig 'n Whistle, Hotel Manx at left. Flood Building with Florsheim shoe store at right. Market Street Railway (MSRy) Cable Car #509. Birdcage traffic signal.
Downtown / Union Square
Market at Davis
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
Ferry Loop
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)
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