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Market & Haight
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Market & Haight

View west across Market and up Haight Street. Hub Pharmacy at center, Safeway Supermarket, See's Candies, Norwitt Motors Porsche dealership, Sam Krieger Used Cars and First Baptist Church in left distance.

Civic Center
Market near New Montgomery
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Market near New Montgomery

View west on Market between 2nd and New Montgomery in front of the Weinstein Company, 615 Market. A long Line of people wait to buy cigarette during a cigarette shortage. Next door is Hoffman's Grill, 619 Market declared a landmark in 1981 (SFLandmark 144), it was gutted in 1985 and surrounded by a highrise building. The facade remains.

Financial District
Castro & Market
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Castro & Market

View west across the intersection of Market and Castro. Municipal Railway (Muni) L-Line streetcar exiting the Twin Peaks Tunnel. Bank of America at left. Future site of the Castro Muni Metro Station and Harvey Milk Plaza. Blue and Gold livery on the streetcar dates this before January 20, 1949, date is estimated. (EE) At right, Cora Lou Confectioners at 2500 Market, with large sign for Sebbelov Tom 'n Cherries candies on roof. Birdcage traffic signals.

Castro
Seals Stadium
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Seals Stadium

View from outfield toward home plate and right field stands while a baseball game is in progress. Hamm's Beer sign with neon beer glass in background.

Mission
Fisherman's Wharf
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Fisherman's Wharf

View west from parking lot, Alioto's, #9 Fishermen's Grotto, Taylor Street

Fishermans Wharf
Alhambra Theater
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Alhambra Theater

View north across Polk to Alhambra Theatre at night, Phyllis Haver & Harrison Ford in "The Nervous Wreck". Walter Rudolph's Melody Masters. Timothy Pfleuger and J.R. Miller, Architects. Opened November, 1926. Marina Hardware, Olden's Bakery [Jack Tillmany Collection SC9]

Polk Gulch
Eddy near Taylor
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Eddy near Taylor

Little boy posing next to car in front of Ritz Hotel at 216 Eddy St. Oxford Lunch

Tenderloin
Geary & 21st Ave
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Geary & 21st Ave

View west on Geary from 21st Avenue. Municipal Railway (MUNI) B-line streetcar #108 with wings livery, St. Monica's Church in background center. Safeway and Harrington's at right.

Richmond Outer
Balboa & 38th Ave
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Balboa & 38th Ave

View east on Balboa from 38th Avenue, B-Line Streetcar #84 passing Dom DiMaggio's bar on the corner. Balboa Theater in the background. Cocker spaniel in the street

Richmond Outer
Chestnut Near Avila
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Chestnut Near Avila

View northwest across Chestnut toward Scott St. Municipal Railway (Muni) F-line Streetcar #37 with #361 on an excursion (signed for route 25). Marina Chop Suey, Walnut Cleaners, Vincent's Cocktail Lounge, Ritz Cleaners, Anchorage Bar, McGregor's, on right. Buildings on north side of Chestnut still stand in 2023. In distance beyond Scott St., the upper part of the facade of the Presidio Theatre, then known as the El Presidio.

Marina
McAllister & Larkin
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McAllister & Larkin

View east on McAllister across Hyde, Municipal Railway (Muni) 5-line streetcar #819, passing the Main Library (now the Asian Art Museum) at right, Hotel Astor at left.

Civic Center
Seals Stadium
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Seals Stadium

Sailors working on floats during WWII

Mission
Seals Stadium
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Seals Stadium

Giants Opening Day Lineup. Players holding bats. Hamm's Brewery sign in background.

Mission
Seals Stadium
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Seals Stadium

Giants Opening Day, Ruben Gomez posing

Mission
Fishermen's Grotto
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Fishermen's Grotto

Taylor and the Embarcadero. View north from parking lot

Fishermans Wharf