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View southeast from Gough toward Market. Jack Pinsler Cigar Store and Thrifty Cleaners in Finck Building at left. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 7-line streetcar #178. Food Center Market and Corbett Grill at right. - Haight at Gough & Market St.
Civic Center
View southeast on Market from 8th. Orpheum Theatre at left showing Rita Hayworth in 'Down To Earth'. Embassy Theatre, Benatar's Department Store, Crystal Palace Market, McCarthy's bar in background.
Civic Center
View east from Drumm toward California Street and Ferry Building. Foster's Lunch in Santa Marina Building and Weinstein Company. (Buildings demolished). Cal Street Cable RR Cable Car #1 at California, Drumm & Market
Financial District
View west toward Sacramento Street behind Market Street Railway (MSRy) 31-line streetcar #979 with zip stripe livery. Hotel Terminal, Heinz 57 sign, landscaped area in center of plaza with Muni starter kiosk. (Buildings demolished for Embarcadero Center and Embarcadero Plaza)
Financial District
View west across Market up Geary. Lotta's Fountain at right center. From left, Flood Building, Phelan Building, Bankers Investment Building, Magee Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building with Bank of America branch, Flannery Building (with Painless Parker Dentist branch opened September, 1946, The Stag Bar and Acme Beer signs). Whittell Building, Granville's Jewelers at right. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 7-line Streetcar #161 at center, B and C-Line streetcars at right. Dr. Willetts Chiropractor, W & H Cigars & Liquors, Foster's Cafeteria.
Downtown / Union Square
View west on Clay from Grant, Sign for 'Carl J. Fung & Co. Market Street Railway (MSRy) Sacramento Street Cable Car #19. Cable Car #19 is the oldest operating cable car (Built 1883) and returned to service in 2019. Soo Yuen Benevolent Association Building at right.
Chinatown
View northeast on Mission from Italy, SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 40-line Streetcar #1233. Billboards for Sutro's and 'Ernest Hemingway's Macomber's Affair.'
Cayuga
View north on Fillmore from Geary. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 22-line Streetcar #864 with zip stripe livery. Painless Parker Dentist, Florsheim Shoes at left. Martell's Liquor and James Gibb Building at right (Most buildings in view demolished during redevelopment).
Lower Pacific Heights
View north on Mission from 18th Street to approaching SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 12-line #803 Streetcar. Lachman Brothers, Redlicks (17 Reasons Why), and Frank Newman's stores, Mission Furniture Exchange and El Pocho to right. See also wnp27.3612.
Mission
View north on Mission toward 29th Street. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 14-line Streetcar #277, Columbus Bakery, Cavanaugh's Place, Louie's Chop Suey Cafe. Sports Center Bowling Alley at right.
Bernal Heights
View north on Mission between 25th and 26th Street. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 40-line Streetcar #1238, House of Mirrors, A. Ferrigno at left. Iron Arches intact at 25th Street.
Mission
View north on Mission toward Cesar Chavez (then Army Street) before widening, SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 14-line Streetcar #941, Army Garage (Victor L. DeMartini), McBlain's Kiddie Shop. Billboard for Golden Glow Beer.
Bernal Heights
View northeast across the intersection of Valencia and 22nd Street. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 11-line Streetcar #804 westbound on 22nd with large sign on side advertising for Muni employment during war years: "Men and Women Wanted To Back our Fighters. Apply Now For Position of Motorman, Conductor or Coach Operator". Frankie Brown's Bar and Mission Cigar Store. Birdcage traffic signal.
Dolores Heights
View north on Mission from 19th. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 11-line Streetcar #804 advertising employment.
Mission
View east on Mission between 4th and 5th Street. Track Removal operation (Mission street lines converted from streetcars in 1949). Webber's Stationers 871 Mission; Hotel Del Mar at left, Mohr Building (built 1924) at right. All buildings in the is view demolished, except for the Pacific Telephone Building in the background.
South of Market