Contains 1295 photos
View northwest on Market from the intersection of Grant and O'Farrell. Crowds of pedestrians passing Wells Fargo Union Trust Building at left and Naval Reserve Recruiting Station with sign in the shape of a ship. Palace Hotel in the distance at right.
Downtown / Union Square
View south on Kearny with Geary, Market and Third Streets in background. Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson's motorcade. Stevenson waving to crowd. Signs for Top Hat Cocktails, W and H Liquors, Dr. Willet Chiropractor and W and H Cigars Liquor on Chronicle Building. Painless Parker Dentist and The Stag at right in Flannery Building. Hearst Examiner Building and Central Tower (Call Building) in background.
Downtown / Union Square
View west on Market toward Sixth. Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson's motorcade traveling from SF Airport to the Fairmont Hotel.
Tenderloin
View northeast across Mission Street from 22nd Street. New Mission Theatre at left, New Rialto Theatre (aka Wigwam, Crown, Cine Latino) at right showing Lucille Ball in 'Annabelle Take a Tour'. El Capitan and Majestic theatres in the distance. Avalon Coffee Shop< Martha Washington Candies, American Trust Company (later Wells Fargo) Bank at right. Birdcage traffic signal.
Mission
Third Cliff House in process of being remodeled by Whitney Bros. Scaffolding and workers visible outside building. View north on Point Lobos Ave. sidewalk. [Uncle Leo]
Sutro Heights
View west across Collins, 2901 Geary at Collins
Lone Mountain
Protesters outside the Civic Auditorium, Grove between Larkin and Polk, protesting China policy while President Eisenhower was speaking at Civic Auditorium. City Hall in background.
Civic Center
View south on Grant Avenue between Pacific and Jackson. Mandarin Theatre 1021 Grant, (renamed Sun Sing in 1950) at the end. Sam Lung & Co. grocery, 1050 Grant, on left. American and other flags strung across street.
Chinatown
View north on Jones from Geary. Hotel Gaylord and Bellevue Grocery at right. Cable car tracks in the street.
Tenderloin
View north on Powell from Market and Eddy. Powell Street cable car on turntable, Flood Building, Woolworth's at right. Hotel Golden State.
Downtown / Union Square
View east from center of Market between Van Ness and 12th Street. Municipal Railway (Muni) interurban streetcar #1234 likely on a fan trip excursion. (40-line Interurban usually ran on Mission Street.) Merchandise Mart building (Opened 1937) in distance, with radio broadcast antenna on roof.
Civic Center
View northeast across Stanyan between Haight and Page. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 20-Line streetcar #821. Stanyan Street Cyclery in background.
Haight Ashbury
Southeast corner of Ninth and Washington in Oakland. Nichol Building with businesses Shepard's Shoes, Dangott's Loans Pawn Shop, Acme Market, and Arlington Hotel. Built 1877, Oakland Landmark 83-302.
Outside SF
View north across the intersection of California and Grant. Man posing with Trademark Building and Cathay House. Old Saint Mary's visible at right.
Chinatown
View north across the intersection of California and Grant. Man posing with Trademark Building and Cathay House and Sing Chong Co. Old Saint Mary's cathedral visible at right.
Chinatown