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Contains 940 photos

Post near Montgomery
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Post near Montgomery

[Heald's Business College, S.F. 372] Closing out sale of frame store.

Downtown / Union Square
Grant near California
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Grant near California

Looking north between Pine and California. Sing Fat Co. with stained glass globe streetlamps in front and Sing Chong Co. Delivery men.

Chinatown
Sutter & Fillmore
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Sutter & Fillmore

View northwest across intersection to Muni 3- Line streetcar #227 turning; Reinert - Riley furniture store, Byington Electric Co. radios. Streetcar has poster ad for "Another Part of the Forest" at the United Artists Theatre.

Lower Pacific Heights
Washington & Grant
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Washington & Grant

View east to Portsmouth Square and Hall of Justice under construction in distance (building opened late 1900). 752 (Washington) sign under awning, soldier with rifle passing.

Chinatown
10th Ave & Cabrillo
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10th Ave & Cabrillo

Argonne Pharmacy, 700 10th Ave. Interior view of soda fountain and shelves. Man and woman. Screenland cover with Garbo and Hollywood Magazine in rack dates to Summer, 1934.

Richmond Inner
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

Pharmacy interior, Richmond District? Interior view of soda fountain and shelves. Man and woman same as wnp37.04166

Bush & Grant
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Bush & Grant

View north. White Log Coffee Shop, Astoria Hotel, Washington Garden Restaurant. Before ornamental gate installed. Birdcage traffic signal. Flags strung across street.

Downtown / Union Square
Grant & Washington
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Grant & Washington

View northwest across intersection to Royal Photographic Studio 806 Washington, W. F. Song Photographer 800 Washington, Wing On Co. 903 Grant. Grand Chinese Theatre, also known as Donn Quai Yuen, at far left. People shopping. Duplicate of wnp37.02567.

Chinatown
California & Grant
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California & Grant

View northwest across Grant toward California Street. Hotel Dupont Sing Fat Co. with globe stained glass streetlamps in front. Sing Chong Co. Building. Flags, lanterns and electric lights strung over street.

Chinatown
Stanyan & Parnassus
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Stanyan & Parnassus

Elevated view southeast across Stanyan to Muni 6-Line #450 turning left on Stanyan from Parnassus. Buildings in background still stand in 2023. (Former Market Street Railway (MSRy) unit #150 renumbered #450 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with Muni #150.)

Parnassus Heights
Market near Powell
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Market near Powell

View northeast across Market between Powell and Stockton. 6-line streetcar #136 derailed in front of the Flood Building blocking all streetcar traffic. At this point, post merger of merger of Muni and Market Street Railway, both the tracks and equipment were worn leading to this derailment. The 4 tracks were reduced to 2 the next year. Morgen Jewelry Co., Florsheim Shoes, Moore Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes, Anglo California National Bank with large electric signs on top. Banners strung across street and on streetlamps for Lions International convention parade on July 28, 1947. Phelan Building in distance.

Downtown / Union Square
Fillmore & California
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Fillmore & California

View north across intersection to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 4-line streetcar #218 headed to East Bay Terminal. American Trust building on right. Iron arches at intersections removed in June, 1943.

Lower Pacific Heights
Clement & 6th Ave
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Clement & 6th Ave

View northwest across intersection to Muni 2-line streetcar #461. Coliseum Furs, Ed's Togs, Dr. McGuire dentist. Rail service on this line ended on July 1, 1949. (Former Market Street Railway MSRy unit #161 renumbered #461 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with Muni #161.)

Richmond Inner
Clement & 6th Ave
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Clement & 6th Ave

View west across intersection to Muni 2-Line #241 Eastbound on Clement at 6th Ave, another in distance. Coliseum Furs, Ed's Togs, Dr. G.W. Smith optometrist, Clement Hotel (540 Clement), Nino's Barber Shop on right. Lick Market, Coliseum Theatre in distance on left. Most buildings in photo still stand in 2025. Rail service on this line ended on July 1, 1949.

Richmond Inner
Fillmore Near Sutter
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Fillmore Near Sutter

View north on Fillmore. Ornamental steel arches over intersections. Frederick O. Haussler, Photo Studio, 1759 Fillmore (later site of Haussler Theater). Signs for The Up To Date Hairdressing & Manicuring Parlors, Aloha, The Brand at right. Approaching URR 22-Line streetcar in distance. [United Railroads U02355, Fillmore Street Looking North from Post Street Towards Sutter]

Japantown