Market near 6th
View east across Market toward Golden Gate Avenue, Fox Warfield, Crest Theatre, Tro Harper Books. Muni PCC #1162 approaching. Fox Plaza, Hotel Shaw in distance left.
South of MarketRetail
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Post near Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north through ruins of Boericke & Runyon homeopathic pharmacy, 330 Post. Fairmont Hotel and J.C. Flood Mansion on Nob Hill in distance. [Fairmont Hotel - as seen through a Post Street Drug Store Window]
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Van Ness
View west from center of Market. Valencia Street powerhouse smokestack on left. Twin Peaks in distance. Valencia cable car. Decorative banners strung across street. Oriel Hotel (Hotel Franklin in 1900) with dome at right, corner Franklin, Page & Market.
Civic Center
Market near 3rd
Elevated view southwest across Market from Geary, showing large crowd watching fire on south side of Market between 3rd and 4th. Appears to be the fire of April 30, 1886, that destroyed the Bancroft Building (seen just above the stream of water in the distance) and several adjacent buildings. Lotta's Fountain in foreground. At left, Philadelphia Boot & Shoe Co., 10 3rd Street, J.H. Widber druggist 701 Market, Wm. R. Gallagher Furniture 705 Market.
Downtown / Union Square
Taylor near Jefferson
Fisherman's Wharf, View north to Woman and Child looking at crab and lobster. Pier 45 pier shed in background.
Fishermans Wharf
Castro near 18th
View north to Market St. Railway Co. of Castro line cable car #4. Castro Theatre, Eureka Florist, Bon Omi Store, Castro Flower Shop in distance left. Hibernia Bank, Castro diner, Castro Dept. Store, 515 Castro, vacant, Variety Pork Store.
Castro
Rhode Island & 24th
View south to United Railroads (URR) 35-Line streetcar #625 (Howard & 24th Street line) at terminus. Corner grocery store behind.
Potrero Hill
Grant and Pine
View north on Grant from Pine, Shanghai Low restaurant, Sing Chong and Sing Fat Buildings in distance. [My own picture of Chinatown, Grant Avenue in order to show lamp post and dragons.]
Chinatown
Grant near Pine
Snapshot, View South on Grant from Pine, east side of the street. Tung Sing Co. 444 Grant, Pacific Dry Goods Co. Washington Hotel on Bush St. corner in distance. [The beginning of Chinatown]
Chinatown
Taylor near Jefferson
Fishermans Wharf, Steamed crabs piled up at crab stand
Fishermans Wharf
Powell & Market
View northeast from crosswalk to Powell Street turntable and Muni cable car #509. In background, Woolworth's in the Flood Building is being constructed. When it opened in October, 1952, it occupied three floors and was at the time the largest store in the national chain.
Downtown / Union Square
Market near 6th
View east on Market between 5th & 6th, St. Francis Theatre (playing The Naked Runner) at right. Esquire Theatre at left. Kress Department Store, Emporium
Tenderloin
Grant & Washington
[B 5397 Chinese Apothecary. Chinatown] Five men posing inside shop with shelves, boxes, and containers. Quong Sang Tong & Co. apothecary, 900 Dupont (later Grant) Street. Same apothecary as wnp37.01163.
Chinatown
Market near Turk
View northwest across Market to north side of street. Victorian flats, buggies, delivery wagon and Market St. Cable Railway cable car #8.
South of Market
Montgomery & Gold
Elevated view northeast across Montgomery to intersection with Gold St., Pioneer Hall 808 Montgomery (Samuel Charles Bugbee, 1812-1877, architect, built 1862), Society of California Pioneers, first home of Hastings College of the Law (in 1879). Vanderslice & Co. Silversmiths (810 Montgomery). Pacific Street at upper left. Cannon on corner sidewalk points to doorway. (AS) [260. Hall of California Pioneers Helios]
North Beach