Union & Fillmore
Elevated view down to northwest corner of Union and Fillmore. Eastbound Muni E-line Union Streetcar #356? and southbound Market Street Railway (MSRy) Fillmore Counterbalance Car #625? in intersection. B & L Pharmacy.
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Van Ness & Vallejo
Southeast corner of Van Ness and Vallejo, French Grocery, 2 cars (Cleveland and Chandler autos), police safety demonstration. Corner building in background still stands in 2023, but had a 2 story vertical addition around 2006.
Polk Gulch
24th & Rhode Island
View south to United Railroads (URR) 35-Line streetcar #625 (Howard & 24th Street line) at terminus. Corner grocery store behind.
Potrero Hill
Sacramento & Grant
View northeast across intersection to Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) Cable car #23 on Sacramento and Clay line. View east on Sacramento to original Federal Reserve Bank Building in distance. Chinese Village, China Importing Co.
Chinatown
Grant near Sacramento
View north on Grant Avenue toward Sacramento. Market Street Railway (MSRy) Cable car #23 on Sacramento and Clay line crossing intersection. T. Iwata & Co., Postal Telegraph sign, Hung Far Low Noodles, Chop Stick restaurant, Chinese Village liquors, S. Takazawa & Co. art goods and kimonos.
Chinatown
Castro & 18th
View northeast on Castro St to Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) Castro St. Cable Car #3, 8-Line streetcar in distance. Eureka Florist, Bon Omi Store, Prudence Penny grocery store, Castro Theater in background.
Castro
Castro & 26th
Elevated view northeast to Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) Castro Cable Car #4 on turntable at Castro and 26th. Scaffolding on building near corner in background.
Noe Valley
Castro & 18th
View northeast to Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) cable car #7 of Castro line at terminus. Prudence Penny grocery, Hibernia Bank in background.
Castro
Fillmore & Washington
View across intersection towards northwest corner. SF Muni Washington Jackson line Cable Car #521 with ad for Hilo Hattie with Harry Owens Orchestra at the St. Francis Hotel and another behind wait as Muni streetcar #217 passes. New Fillmore Grocery at left. All buildings in background extant in 2021.
Pacific Heights
O'Farrell & Market
View southeast to Cable Car #53 at end of line. Hub Theatre, Stanford Jewelers, Schwabacher-Frey, Greyhound, Grant Market and Pacific States Savings and Loan Co. Corner of Phelan Building at right. Banners strung over Market Street. Birdcage traffic signal.
Downtown / Union Square
California & Grant
View northwest across intersection to Sing Chong Co. Trade Mark Building decorated with flags. Banners strung across street.
Chinatown
Powell near Ellis
View northwest across Powell toward Ellis to Cable Cars #526 and #504, Powell Theatre. Cable Car Snack Bar, Cal Records, Marinello Beauty Training, Mocambo, Bernstein's Fish Grotto, Manx Hotel, St. Francis Hotel in distance.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & 3rd
Elevated view southwest across Market toward 3rd Street showing many Muni and Market St. Railway (MSRy) streetcars, mostly inbound. Monadnock Building (with Great Northern Railroad, Eureka Federal Savings & Loan, Meussdorffer Hats 675 Market, Pressler's Men's Clothing 687 Market), Hearst/Examiner Building, Call Building (with Owl Drugs), Kamm Building, Humboldt Bank Building in background. At right, signs for Florsheim Shoes and Hymans Leasing, Tascone's Coffee Shop. Lotta's Fountain. Among pedestrians are men and women in uniform. Two soldiers in Jeep at bottom, center. wnp32.0176 is tighter-cropped version of this image.
Downtown / Union Square
Ellis & Stockton
View north across Ellis to Muni F-line streetcar , Painless Parker Dentist, Roos Bros, Sterling Laundry truck.
Downtown / Union Square
West Portal & Ulloa
View south to line of five Muni streetcars heading to Twin Peaks Tunnel. Thrift Drugs, Empire Theatre (name changed from Portal in October, 1936) in distance.
West Portal