Contains 678 photos
View north on Van Ness across Jackson. Washington-Jackson cable car #517 crossing intersection. The Medical Arts Building at 2000 Van Ness, built in 1909 originally as an automobile dealership and converted to a medical building in 1927, is on the corner at right.
Polk Gulch
View north across Judah toward La Playa, Municipal Railway MUNI N-line streetcar #1015 with wings livery. Dick's at the Beach in the background.
Sunset Outer
View east from center of Market between Van Ness and 12th Street. Municipal Railway (Muni) interurban streetcar #1234 likely on a fan trip excursion. (40-line Interurban usually ran on Mission Street.) El Patio Ballroom (future site of Fillmore West) at right. Merchandise Mart building (Opened 1937) in distance, with radio broadcast antenna on roof.
South of Market
View west, Market Street Railway (MSRy) 12-line Streetcar #1615, Ocean Avenue eastbound at Faxon Avenue. El Rey Theatre in background. Homewood Terrace at right. Sunset Seed and Nursery. Banners with stars hung across street.
Ingleside
View west, Market Street Railway (MSRy) 12-line Streetcar #1566, Ocean Avenue westbound at Faxon Avenue. El Rey Theatre in background. Homewood Terrace at right. Sunset Seed and Nursery. Texaco gas station on left with sign advertising their restroom.
Ingleside
View northwest across Market toward Montgomery. Municipal Railway (Muni) E-line Excursion Streetcar #371 passing Chronicle Building. Dr. Willett Chiropractor, Florsheim Shoes.
South of Market
View southeast across Market Street between 7th and 8th, opposite Fulton. Market St. Railway 9-line streetcar #1608. United Artists, Embassy and Strand Theatres. Grant Building, Odd Fellows Building, Serbin's Tailor 1129 Market.
Civic Center
View west on Geary toward Grant. Municipal Railway (Muni) E-line Excursion Streetcar #371. Hotel Graystone and Safeway store at right
Downtown / Union Square
View east on Sutter toward Stockton. Municipal Railway (MUNI) 2-Line streetcar #248. Paul Elder Books at right. Hunter-Dulin building, White House Department Store in the distance at left. Buildings on right have been demolished, now the Grand Hyatt Hotel.
Downtown / Union Square
View northeast across intersection of Mission and 16th Street. Market St. Railway (MSRy) 14-Line streetcar #1591. Mission 16th Market with Owl Drug in background (demolished for 16th Street BART plaza). Birdcage traffic signal.
Mission
View east on Market towards Stockton Municipal Railway MUNI streetcars #1006 and #1014. Bartel's Coats at left.
South of Market
View north on Mission from College Avenue. Crescent Avenue at right, Market Street Railway (MSRy) 14-line streetcar #1586. College Cavern at left and St. Mary's Pub in the background, Bethel Full Gospel Church (now Casa de Barro).
St. Marys Park
View northeast across Market, Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcar #1229 on fan trip excursion passing the Warfield Theatre. Hotel Oxford, Dean Building (1906, demolished 2018, with Art Deco remodel), Mechanics Savings Bank Building, Garfield Building, Esquire and Telenews Theatres, and Flood Building in background. Stanley's suits and coats, Margaret Burnham's Cottage Candies on left. Birdcage traffic signals. Banners strung over Market, some with 'U.S. Army.'
South of Market
View northeast across Market toward Sansome, 544 Market Flatiron Building at left with Argonaut sign. Municipal Railway (Muni) L-line streetcar #44 with wings livery. Shell Building, Postal Telegraph Building (1908, Lewis Hobart architect) in center distance, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop, Ferry Building in distance right. Banners strung across Market.
Financial District
View southeast across Market near 7th, Municipal Railway MUNI J-line PCC #1152 passing the Embassy Theater. Trolley bus #5308 at left. Odd Fellows building, Grant building in the background.
Civic Center