Contains 678 photos
View east on Eddy toward Larkin. George Dobbs Restaurant (now the site of the Phoenix Hotel) Promotional Cable Car #21 in parking lot (the first motorized cable car, built 1952) Hotel Sentinel across the street. [Larkin and Eddy George Dobbs Drive In restaurant. He was the father of Harold Dobbs, co-founder of Mel's Drive-In and a San Francisco Supervisor.
Tenderloin
Polk between Green and Union, converted into gym
Polk Gulch
2055 Union between Webster and Buchanan (now converted into gym)
Union Street
16th Street between Valencia and Guerrero
Mission Dolores
Chestnut near Divisadero. Showing 'Full Frontal.' St. Bechelli's Diner at left
Marina
3290 Sacramento near Presidio Avenue
Presidio Heights
Alcazar Theatre, 260 O'Farrell between Powell and Stockton. The theatre was called United Nations Theatre from 1945 to 1952 [Alcazar #3 SF as United Nations ALZ-06 May 1945]
Downtown / Union Square
Alcazar Theatre, 260 O'Farrell between Powell and Stockton. The theatre was called United Nations Theatre from 1945 to 1952 [Alcazar #3 SF as United Nations ALZ-07 July 1945]
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated night view, Alcazar Theatre, 260 O'Farrell between Powell and Stockton. The theatre was called United Nations Theatre from 1945 to 1952. Marquee advertises 'The Best Years of our Lives', with crowd and spotlights in street. Later site of Handlery Union Square Hotel. [Alcazar Theatre SF #3 as UN 1946]
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view looking down at the intersection of Market & Ellis Streets. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 21-line streetcar #1741 at center with crowd passing in the crosswalk between cars. Pacific Building at 4th and Market in the background. [1741-21-01 EB on Market at Fourth 1938]
Downtown / Union Square
View West on Sacramento toward Polk. Sacramento-Clay line cable cars #15 and #18 at Polk St. Palo Alto Hotel, Safeway market, rear of Old First Presbyterian Church at left. Foster's at right. [CC015-55-02 CC018-55-01 Sacramento & Polk 5 July 1941]
Polk Gulch
Polk near Green St. [Alhambra SF ALH-1C February 1980]
Polk Gulch
Facade of Alhambra Theatre at 2330 Polk near Green St., showing 'Five Easy Pieces' and 'I Never Sang For My Father.' [Alhambra SF ALH-3C June 1971]
Polk Gulch
Marquee of American Theatre, 1226 Fillmore Street. [American SF AME-01 23 October 1943 Air Raid Wardens]
Western Addition
Exterior of American Theatre, 1226 Fillmore Street. [American Theatre SF Color]
Western Addition