5th & Market
View north on 5th towards Market, Market Street Railway (MSRy) 40-line #1228.
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Transbay Terminal
Mission Street between 1st and Fremont, view west toward 1st Street. Municipal Railway MUNI PCC K-line streetcar #1021 loading passengers at dusk. Western Pacific neon sign and telephone company building in background.
South of Market
Kearny near Geary
View south on Kearny with Geary, Market and Third Streets in background. Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson's motorcade. Stevenson waving to crowd. Signs for Top Hat Cocktails, W and H Liquors, Dr. Willet Chiropractor and W and H Cigars Liquor on Chronicle Building. Painless Parker Dentist and The Stag at right in Flannery Building. Hearst Examiner Building and Central Tower (Call Building) in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Market near 6th
View west on Market toward Sixth. Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson's motorcade traveling from SF Airport to the Fairmont Hotel.
Tenderloin
Mission & 22nd
View northeast across Mission Street from 22nd Street. New Mission Theatre at left, New Rialto Theatre (aka Wigwam, Crown, Cine Latino) at right showing Lucille Ball in 'Annabelle Take a Tour'. El Capitan and Majestic theatres in the distance. Avalon Coffee Shop< Martha Washington Candies, American Trust Company (later Wells Fargo) Bank at right. Birdcage traffic signal.
Mission
Hal's Drive In
View west across Collins, 2901 Geary at Collins
Lone Mountain
Powell & Market
View north on Powell from Market and Eddy. Powell Street cable car on turntable, Flood Building, Woolworth's at right. Hotel Golden State.
Downtown / Union Square
Market near Van Ness
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.) Merchandise Mart building (Opened 1937) in distance, with radio broadcast antenna on roof.
Civic Center
Oakland
Southeast corner of Ninth and Washington in Oakland. Nichol Building with businesses Shepard's Shoes, Dangott's Loans Pawn Shop, Acme Market, and Arlington Hotel. Built 1877, Oakland Landmark 83-302.
Outside SF
Grant & California
View north across the intersection of California and Grant. Man posing with Trademark Building and Cathay House. Old Saint Mary's visible at right.
Chinatown
Grant & California
View north across the intersection of California and Grant. Man posing with Trademark Building and Cathay House and Sing Chong Co. Old Saint Mary's cathedral visible at right.
Chinatown
Grant & California
View north on Grant across California. California Street cable car intersection decorated for Cable Car Carnival June 2nd (1950) at the Fairmont Hotel.
Chinatown
11th near Market
View northeast across 11th Street between Market and Mission to Muni L-line Taraval streetcar #178 with wings livery stopped in front of roller skating rink (later Legg's Ice Skating). Sign for Bay Area Electric Railroad Association indicates this is a rail fan excursion. Gough Auto Repair in background. See also wnp14.12639.
South of Market
Cliff House
Three people posing on walkway south of 3rd Cliff House. Spire of one of the art deco towers at entrance to Sutro Baths visible at upper right.
Sutro Heights
Market & Powell
View northwest across Market toward the intersection of Eddy and Powell. Powell Street cable car terminal, Bank of America at center, Owl Drug and the Flood Building at right.
South of Market