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Maiden Lane
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Maiden Lane

Robison's Pet Shop, 125 Maiden Lane. The House of Pets (dated 1953 based on license plate and tag)

Downtown / Union Square
Market & Stockton
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Market & Stockton

Roos-Atkins Merger (formerly Roos Brothers and Robert Atkins stores) Mrs Robert Roos Jr, about to break a bottle of champagne as Roos-Atkins President, Edward Gauer, SF Mayor George Christopher, and Robert Roos, Jr. look on.

Downtown / Union Square
Market & Stockton
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Market & Stockton

Roos-Atkins Merger (formerly Roos Brothers and Robert Atkins stores) Mrs Robert Roos Jr, about to break a bottle of champagne as Roos-Atkins President, Edward Gauer, SF Mayor George Christopher, and Robert Roos, Jr. look on.

Downtown / Union Square
Market & Stockton
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Market & Stockton

Roos-Atkins Merger (formerly Roos Brothers and Robert Atkins stores) Mrs Robert Roos Jr listens as Roos-Atkins President, Edward Gauer speaks, SF Mayor George Christopher looks on.

Downtown / Union Square
Market & Stockton
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Market & Stockton

Roos-Atkins Merger (formerly Roos Brothers and Robert Atkins stores) Mrs Robert Roos Jr and SF Mayor George Christopher

Downtown / Union Square
Mission & 18th
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Mission & 18th

View north to approaching SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 14-Line #960. Redlicks (later Thrift Town) Frank Newman Co., Lachman Furniture. Mission Furniture Exchange, El Pocho, Mission Realty Co. on right. See also wnp27.50116. Same original image as wnp27.3612.

Mission
Mission & 16th
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Mission & 16th

View northeast across intersection to Municipal Railway (Muni) 14-line streetcar #958. Mission Supermarket & Owl Drug Store on the site of the 16th Street BART Plaza. (almost the entire block has been demolished). Birdcage traffic signal.

Mission
California & Hyde
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California & Hyde

View east from center of California below Hyde, 2 cable cars (California to Van Ness service started in May, 1954) passing each other just west of Hyde Street.Cal-Hyde Market, Eppler's Bakery, Conradi's Drugs. [5871]

Nob Hill
Weinstein's Drugs
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Weinstein's Drugs

160 Ellis near Mason. Night view of display window of Weinstein Co. Cut-Price Drugs, Liquors. Blurry.

Downtown / Union Square
Grant & Jackson
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Grant & Jackson

Street view on a rainy day of intersection of Grant Ave & Jackson St. Chong Kee Jan Co.

Chinatown
Grant & Jackson
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Grant & Jackson

Street view south on a rainy day of intersection of Grant Ave & Jackson St. Tai On Chop Suey, Fung Cong & Co.

Chinatown
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

View through the doorway of a Men's' Department Store

Geary near Kearny
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Geary near Kearny

View east down Geary to Lotta's Fountain, Sheraton Palace Hotel, Chronicle and Monadnock Building (with Eureka Federal Savings). Mun C-Line streetcar #208 with wings livery. Foster's Cafeteria, Schmidt Building, Granville's Jewelers on left, Stag bar on right. Birdcage traffic signal. (Rail service on Lines B & C ended in December 1956)

Downtown / Union Square
Stockton near Geary
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Stockton near Geary

View southerly on Stockton toward Geary. City of Paris department store at center. Wolfe & Hawley, S. Strozynski Co. People walking on sidewalk next to Union Square.

Downtown / Union Square
Van Ness & Sutter
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Van Ness & Sutter

Elevated view northwest to temporary locations of department stores after 1906 earthquake and fire. The Ocularium (Henry Kahn & Co. opticians, 1309 Van Ness, Altman's (clothing 1331 Van Ness, Radke Building (Radke & Co. Jewelers, SW corner Van Ness & Bush), I. Magnin (ladies', chidren's and infant's wear, NW Corner Bush & Van Ness), The White House (dry goods, NW Corner Pine & Van Ness). In distance right, Claus Spreckels mansion at Clay and Van Ness. [No. 152. Van Ness Ave. looking north from Sutter. R.J.]

Lower Nob Hill