Contains 101 photos
Elevated view southwest across California. Merchants Exchange on left, Nob Hill in distance right. Safe Deposit Building (California Safe Deposit & Trust Co. Bank) on southeast corner, reduced from 6 stories by demolishing top 4 stories of ruins and refurbishing bottom 2. On southwest corner, 7-story Thomas Clunie Building under construction (demolished 1969).
Financial District
No. 9 Fishermen's Grotto at Taylor and Embarcadero. Four Sailors in Rain
Fishermans Wharf
View west to Market St. at Ferry Loop. 6-Line Muni #148 on a rainy day. Grand Cafeteria, Southern Pacific, Matson lines and PG&E Buildings in background. Mobilgas sign on right.
Financial District
Elevated view west to crowd surrounding wrecked California Street Cable Railroad cars at California and Sansome Streets. J. Harold Dollar Building at left. Alaska Commercial Building at far right. buildings on north side of California, include Bank of California, London & San Francisco Bank Building with 4th story addition, Mercantile Trust Co. Building (1903,Albert Pissis, Architect), Kohl Building. Streetlamps with multiple globes.
Financial District
Flooded street view looking East on Market, outbound 8-line streetcar #1569. Building at left, now demolished, was at the northeast corner of Church and Market, now the site of a parking lot. [1th Market Flood]
Mission Dolores
Tornado House. John Voltz' house at 46th Avenue and Ortega Street was hit by a tornado on February 24th, 1930. The house, originally built 1911, was repaired and exists at the same location, 1896 46th Avenue.
Sunset Outer
Pillar marking neighborhood entrance in foreground
1-Line Muni #209 with zip stripe livery, looking north across California toward Locust
Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
View south on Church to flooded street and Market Street Railway (MSRy) 22-line car #871 with zip stripe livery; during WWII.
Duboce Triangle
Elevated view south to Market and 6th Streets on rainy day. At center is the David Hewes Building built 1908 and still stands today. (with modern cladding) Market Street Railway (MSRy) 9-line streetcar #17xx at left. Summerfield & Haines Clothiers, Owl Drugs, Walgreen Drugs. Duplicate of wnp5.51025, wnp27.2631.
Tenderloin
View southwest across the intersection of 33rd and Geary Boulevard. Yellow cab collided with inbound 2-line streetcar #211 (with zip stripe livery) as it turned from Geary onto 33rd Avenue on a rainy night.
Richmond Outer
View Northerly on Mission from Sickles & Acton. 14-Mission 14-line, Market Street Railway streetcar #1629, State Theatre (Now SF Christian Center) at Mission and Lawrence in the distance.
Outer Mission
Elevated view east from center of Market toward 1st Street to cars parked in the middle of the street during Municipal Railway (Muni) Strike. Parking regulations were suspended to allow cars to park on unused streetcar tracks. The strike lasted from Sunday February 17 through Saturday February 23, 1952. From left Donahue Mechanics Monument, Union Carbide in Postal Telegraph Building, Tilden Sales Building , Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building, Ferry Building, PG&E Building,
Financial District
Elevated view northeast from Civic Auditorium across intersection to United Service Organization (USO) Hospitality House (constructed between March and August, 1941), a clubhouse for enlisted men. WACs (Women's Army Corps) marching across intersection. In background from left, Main Public Library, Old Federal Office Building, Orpheum Theater, Lick Pioneer Monument (in original location). Standard Oil of California truck with bunting and sign for AAF (Army Air Force) Oil for Winged Victory. Posters on streetlamp poles for War Show at Seals Stadium. Probably related to production at this time at Opera House of Moss Hart play "Winged Victory". [Winged Victory]
Civic Center
View northeast across Mission to approaching 11-line streetcar #792 with Muni (Former Market Street Railway) Crane car #0130 behind it on a rainy day. Mission 16th Market at right on the later site of the 16th street Bart plaza. Anglo-California National Bank (later California Savings), Armory in distance. Birdcage traffic signals.
Mission