West Portal & Vicente
View northeast to Muni K-Line #174 with wings livery. Closed men's clothing store, top of Empire Theatre facade at right.
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West Portal Ave & Vicente
View northeast to Muni M-Line #165 with wings livery. Twin Peaks Tunnel, West Portal School in distance, Empire Theatre showing 'Interrupted Melody' at right. Bank of America at left.
West Portal
Powell & O'Farrell
View north on Powell toward Union Square, Lefty's Bar, Manx Hotel, Luppino's Restaurant, Crane Hotel, St. Francis Hotel, Quinby's Chocolates, Dance Art Co. Four cable cars #503, #525, #501 and 1 other) with Red Cross flags headed south to terminus.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Grant
View northeast across Market St. towards Union Trust (Wells Fargo) building. H. Liebes, Livingston's in distance left. At far right, Mutual Savings Bank Building with Citizens Federal Savings signage, Chronicle building with modern cladding, later removed, Bank of America. Muni J-Line streetcar, diesel bus. Western Union, Robinson's Luggage.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
View southeast to Dewey Monument, City of Paris, Chronicle clock tower, top of Mutual Savings Bank and Call Buildings. Lengfeld's Pharmacy.
Downtown / Union Square
Old City Hall
View north from Market & 8th Streets to City Hall Square (name changed to Marshall Square in December, 1902), Pioneer Monument (also Lick Monument).
South of Market
Post & Powell
View southeast across intersection to Union Square, I. Magnin & Co., Macy's, Dohrmann's, George S. May, Western Airlines on Geary. Cable Car #509. Very large Union Pacific Railroad Billboard, Old Crow Billboard. Birdcage traffic signals.
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Grant
View east on Geary St. towards (Sheraton) Palace Hotel. Municipal Railway (Muni) C-line Streetcar. Granville's Jewelers, Foster's Cafeteria, Hotel Graystone, J & D Cigars Liquors, Lane Bryant. (Rail service on Lines B & C ended in December 1956).
Downtown / Union Square
Stockton & Market
Looking north on Stockton St. Foreman & Clark with large clock on corner over Mayflower Restaurant, See's Candies, Macy's, Leed's Shoes, Roos Bros. on right. Traffic cop in intersection.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Sutter
View east across Market to Muni L-Line 1036, Muni B-Line behind. In distance, PG&E and Matson Building, Greyhound Building, Sheldon Building, Hooker & Lent Building at southwest corner of 1st and Market at left, Underwood Building 525 Market. Kehoe Display & Fixture Co., 541 Market. Keene's Cut Rate Food, J.M. Cafeteria, Baron's Government Surplus. Stacey's Books at 551 Market Street at right. Most of these buildings later demolished.
Financial District
Kearny & Market
Hazy view north across Market Street toward Kearny. Chronicle / de Young Building with Top Hat bar, Security Finance Co., W & H Cigars and Liquors, Top Hat bar, Florsheim shoes, Greyhound, Peck-Judah tickets & tours, Ted's. Lotta's Fountain at center. Municipal Railway (Muni) B-Line Streetcar #86 (The B and C cars ended service on December 29, 1956). Birdcage traffic signals. Taken same time as wnp25.1318.
South of Market
Market & Stockton
View East from inside car on Market. Roos Brothers store, Phelan Building, Muni bus #0408. Hartfield's. Mutual Savings Bank, Hobart and Cental Tower Buildings in background. Red, white and blue banners with rectangular pattern strung above street.
Downtown / Union Square
18th Street & Castro
View southeast across Castro to approaching Muni 8-line# 657. Pauls Market at left. Hibernia Bank (Later Bank of America), Castro Lunch, Cliff's Variety in background.
Castro
Grant & Pine
Chinatown. View north along Grant Ave. Chinese Lily Jewelry and Art Goods at 501 Grant, Lamps of China restaurant at 521 Grant. "Tai Chong & Co. Since 1908" sign. Shanghai Low. Lanterns hanging over and across street.
Chinatown
Grant & Pine
Chinatown, view north along Grant Ave from Pine St. Chinese Lily Jewelry and Art Goods at 501 Grant, Lamps of China restaurant at 521 Grant. Tai Chong & Co. sign. Lanterns strung along and over Grant.
Chinatown