Sign

Contains 1295 photos

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Powell & Market

View south to Muni Powell St. Line Cable Car #527 near turntable, labeled as a Sacramento & Clay St. car to remind voters of that line, which had been eliminated in 1942. The car was chartered by the Citizens Committee To Save the Cable Cars and its chair Friedel Klussmann. On front left, campaign sign urging a yes vote on Proposition 10 (which passed overwhelmingly and preserved all existing Municipal Railway cable car lines), reading 'Vote Yes on Prop. 10 Nov. 4 and SAVE THE CABLES. Cables in the last 10 years have had fewer fatalities than buses. No bus can load as fast. Cables have 4 brakes." On left Owl Drug in Flood Building.

1947 Downtown / Union Square

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Geary & Kearny

View east to Sheraton Palace on Market and Annie, from Geary & Kearny. Florsheim shoes.

1959 Downtown / Union Square

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Market near New Montgomery

Hoffman's Grill, 619 Market between 2nd Street and New Montgomery. SFLandmark 144 Facade & sign, taken on the last day of business June 29, 1984. Despite its landmark status, the building was demolished with only its facade preserved.

1984 Financial District

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Market near New Montgomery

Hoffman's Grill sign detail, 619 Market between 2nd Street and New Montgomery. SFLandmark 144 Facade & sign, taken on the last day of business June 29, 1984. Despite its landmark status, the building was demolished with only its facade preserved.

1984 Financial District

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Market near New Montgomery

1984 Financial District

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Oakland Mole

View north to Southern Pacific Train at Oakland Mole, Albers Bros. Milling Co. building in background. At far left background is the Oakland Pier Interlocking Tower, used for switching trains. It has been moved nearby and in 2022 houses a historical exhibit and observation deck on its second floor, as part of Port View / Middle Harbor Shoreline Park.

1956

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Cliff House

View of the Cliff House from Sutro Heights [Sutro Heights Park View of Cliff House]

1952 Sutro Heights

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Sutro Baths

View north from Sutro Heights, Sutro Baths with Tropic Beach entrance [Sutro Heights Park View of entrance to Sutro Baths ]

1952 Sutro Heights

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Bayshore near 3rd

View south on Bayshore Boulevard near 3rd Street. US101 Freeway construction, Bayside Motel at left[Bayshore Blvd and freeway 101 Freeway 101 under construction, looking south ]

1953 Bret Harte

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Eddy & Larkin

View east on Eddy toward Larkin. George Dobbs Restaurant (now the site of the Phoenix Hotel) Promotional Cable Car #21 in parking lot (the first motorized cable car, built 1952) Hotel Sentinel across the street. [Larkin and Eddy George Dobbs Drive In restaurant. He was the father of Harold Dobbs, co-founder of Mel's Drive-In and a San Francisco Supervisor.

1953 Tenderloin

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Bay & Kearny

Plaque for North Point Sewage Treatment Plant. Constructed 1949-1951, Ambrose & Spencer architects. [Bay Street, Northpoint Sewer Treatment Plant. Built in 1951, now called the North Point Wet-Weather Facility. (Water Pollution Control Plant, North Shore Pump Station)]

1952 Fishermans Wharf

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Conservatory of Flowers

Golden Gate Park, flower planting commemorating Lowell High School's 100th Anniversary (1856-1956)

1956 Golden Gate Park

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Great Star Theatre

626 Jackson between Kearny and Grant

2002 Chinatown

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O'Farrell near Stockton

Alcazar Theatre, 260 O'Farrell between Powell and Stockton. The theatre was called United Nations Theatre from 1945 to 1952 [Alcazar #3 SF as United Nations ALZ-06 May 1945]

1945 Downtown / Union Square

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O'Farrell near Stockton

Ticket Booth and entrance to the Alcazar Theatre, 260 O'Farrell between Powell and Stockton. The theatre was called United Nations Theatre from 1945 to 1952 [Alcazar #3 SF as United Nations ALZ-12 Box Office July 1945]

1945 Downtown / Union Square