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Fisherman's Wharf
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Fisherman's Wharf

View east on Jefferson between Jones & Taylor. Di Maggio's Restaurant, Rosario's Fine Foods, Tokyo Sukiyaki.

Fishermans Wharf
Powell near Sutter
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Powell near Sutter

Powell from above Sutter looking south

Downtown / Union Square
Stanyan & Haight
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Stanyan & Haight

Elevated view east on Haight from across Stanyan. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 7-line streetcar #467 turning onto Stanyan. Buildings on both side of this block have been demolished. (Former Market Street Railway (MSRy) unit #167 renumbered #467 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with Muni #167.)

Haight Ashbury
Castro & Market
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Castro & Market

Castro Theater, looking South on Castro, Bill & Bye (now Twin Peaks Bar). [DPW]

Duboce Triangle
Grant & Pine
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Grant & Pine

Chinatown. Looking north on Grant Ave from Pine St. Signs for Daibutsu, Shanghai Low, Chop Suey

Chinatown
Market & Davis
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Market & Davis

View southwest from center of Market; Admission Day Centennial decorations on lamp posts. On right, Bourn (formerly Sherwood) Block (320 Market), Boyd Block and Board of Trade Building. Hobart Building in distance. At left, Bimbo's 365 Club, Sheldon Building in distance.

Financial District
Market & Fourth
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Market & Fourth

Looking west; long exposure night shot; Admission Day Centennial decorations. Pacific Building, Emporium, Roos Bros., Feltman & Curme shoes.

Downtown / Union Square
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

The Loop Barber shop, 3 Market Liquors, Ensign Cafe, Mack's, and a group of Municipal Railway buses. Ferry building sign reads 'Port of San Francisco'

Financial District
11th & Mission
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11th & Mission

Elevated view southeast across the intersection of 11th & Market toward the art deco Goodyear Tire Shop. Twin Spires of St. Joseph's Church, 10th & Howard, in the background. The Ganter & Mattern Building (built 1912) at left still stands in 2022. George Read & Son, California Belting Company

South of Market
Van Ness & Geary
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Van Ness & Geary

View northwest across intersection to Ford dealership on corner. Signs for Fords, Federals, Fordson Tractors; ad for Rolph for mayor. Sign for Division 4, Red Cross headquarters.

Cathedral Hill
Van Ness near Sacramento
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Van Ness near Sacramento

View northwesterly on Van Ness toward Sacramento. The Paige Motor Car Company building under construction at left (an addition with 2 more bays was made in 1922 and the building still stands in 2022), J. W. Leavitt & Co. Oldsmobile Dealership, Claus Spreckels Mansion at Clay Street.

Pacific Heights
Market & Van Ness
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Market & Van Ness

[dpw 3705 3-28-33 Van Ness Ave. extension Sly. from Market St.] El Patio nightclub. Sign for 'Lachman Bros. Give Time Home Furnishings Mission & 16th Sts.'; Alcone Mills and Firestone on right.

Civic Center
Jefferson near Jones
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Jefferson near Jones

View southwest across Jeffeson near dusk, neon sign for The Cannery. Fontana Apartments

Fishermans Wharf
Taylor & Jefferson
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Taylor & Jefferson

Fisherman's Wharf sign with former gas station, Franciscan Restaurant sign.

Fishermans Wharf
Grant near Commercial
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Grant near Commercial

Grant Avenue; Yuke Bail Low Chop Suey; Noodles Hang Far Low; couple walking; sailors

Chinatown