Market near 7th
View northeasterly on Market toward 7th Street. Municipal Railway (Muni) N-line PCC streetcar #1142 at left. Hotel Shaw, Odd Fellows building, Paramount Theatre
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Market & Fulton
View east on Market from Fulton (now UN Plaza). Odd Fellows Building, United Artists Theatre. Greyhound Bus
Civic Center
Geary & Mason
View west on Geary from Mason. Trianon Steak House, Geary Theatre (showing 'The Only Girl'), Curran Theatre (showing 'Suds in your Eye'). Bouquet-Cohn liquors, Trianon Steak House, Hollywood Florist.
Downtown / Union Square
Grant & Pine
Postcard view north on Grant from Pine. Shanghai Low restaurant at right. New Grant Hotel, Hotel Yamato, Sing Chong Co. Far East Cafe and Hang Far Low noodles in distance. [San Francisco's famous Chinatown, the largest outside China itself.] [Zan 1701]
Chinatown
Fisherman's Wharf
View east from present day Al Scoma Way. Fishing boats at the pier, Tarantino's Restaurant, DiMaggio's Restaurant, and gas tank (gasometer) and gas works in the background.
Fishermans Wharf
Grant & Bush
View northeast across intersection, before Dragon Gate entrance to Chinatown was installed in 1970. Grant Cafe, City of Hankow Tassel Co. Lanterns along and across Grant.
Chinatown
Grant near California
View north on Grant from California Street. Old St. Mary's Church at right, Far East Cafe, Lotus Bowl, Tai Ping chop suey, Shangri-la Art Goods, United Dept. Store.
Chinatown
Lombard near Fillmore
Chuck Wagon Restaurant 2036 Lombard between Fillmore and Webster. Building on left demolished.
Marina
Fisherman's Wharf
Fishermen's Grotto, Taylor Street at Embarcadero.
Fishermans Wharf
Fisherman's Wharf
View north on Taylor across Jefferson to Excelsior Fish Market, Sabella-Latorre, The Lighthouse, Alioto's, Fishermen's Grotto with construction in front, and Pier 45 in the background.
Fishermans Wharf
Mission & 1st
View northeast across intersection of Mission and 1st Street. Municipal Railway (MUNI) 11-Line streetcar #805 passing Foster's Cafeteria in the C. C. Moore Building.
South of Market
Market near 5th
Human Rights March to Civic Center, 35,000 attended. Visible marchers John Lewis (future US representative and then head of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee), William Chester (march coordinator and Northern California Regional Director of the ILWU), James Farmer (activist and leader of CORE - Congress of Racial Equality), Reverend Hamilton Boswell ( Jones Street Methodist Church), Jackie Robinson ( Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player)
Downtown / Union Square
Market near Grant
Human Rights March to Civic Center, 35,000 attended. Visible marchers John Lewis (future US representative and then head of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee), William Chester (march coordinator and Northern California Regional Director of the ILWU), James Farmer (activist and leader of CORE - Congress of Racial Equality), Reverend Hamilton Boswell ( Jones Street Methodist Church), Jackie Robinson ( Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player and civil rights activist)
Downtown / Union Square
Seals Stadium
Opening Day, 1956. Seals vs Vancouver. Crowd and teams standing for the national anthem before the game. Military Color Guard presents the flag. Hamm's brewery and neon sign in the background
Mission
Seals Stadium
Opening Day, 1956. Seals vs Vancouver. View north down the right field line before the game showing crowded grandstand. Hamm's Brewery and neon sign in the background
Mission