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View northeast across Sutter to shoppers crossing Sutter Street. Peanut Wagon at left. W.J. Sloane furniture (1300-1320 Van Ness), Henry Lyons & Sons (clothiers, 1332-1338 Van Ness), Charles Berwin (furriers, 1330-1332 Van Ness) in background. Following the 1906 earthquake and fire, this part of Van Ness Avenue became the temporary site of many relocated downtown stores.
Downtown
Chinatown. View northwest across Grant Ave. Sing Fat Company on corner with stained glass globe streetlamps in front. Sing Chong Building at right.
Chinatown
View northwest across Market to cable car and businesses on north side of Market, with City Hall dome behind. Lundstrom Hatworks 1458 Market, Wilfert Bros. sausage makers, A. Berbert & Bro. Surgical Instruments 1450 Market, La France 1446 Market, St. Helena Sanitarium 1436 Market.
South of Market
View north from center of Mission. Grand Theatre (formerly the Mission, later the Realart, demolished 1925) at right.
Mission
View south on Grant Avenue in Chinatown, between Sacramento and California Streets. Canton Bazaar at left, Sing Fat Co., Astoria Hotel in distance.
Chinatown
View southeast across Grant to Sing Fat Co. building with pagoda on top, stained glass globe streetlamps in front. Astoria Hotel in distance left.
Chinatown
View south to Washington and Jackson Line, Municipal Railway (Muni) Cable Car #527 on turntable. Hales, Emporium in background.
Downtown
View northeast to Excelsior Wine & Liquor Store. Market Street Railway (MSRy) work streetcar #0916. Background buildings still stand, 2023.
Excelsior
View northeast to approaching Municipal Railway (Muni) 14-Line trolley bus #880. Christmas decorations strung over street. Lachman Bros. furniture, Redlick's with '17 Reasons Why' sign, Shapiro Furniture Co., Payless Furniture Co, New China Cafe Chop Suey restaurant.
Mission
View northeast across Valencia to northbound Market St. Railway (MSRy) 9-Line #278 with large Coast Guard recruitment ad painted on side. Building at right extant 2019 with stucco exterior and much decorative trim removed. 'A' Gasoline ration sticker on car at left. [5-1944]
Mission
View southeast across Ocean Avenue to Muni 12-line trolley bus #764 entering Ocean from Phelan Loop at Lee Street. Beep's Drive-In at far right. Ocean Avenue Veterinary Hospital, College Grill, Union 76 service station.
Ingleside
View north across Washington to Washington & Jackson St. Muni Cable Car #518 with passenger. Joe's Smoke Shop in background.
Pacific Heights
View northwest across Clement to Muni 2-line #244 with zip stripe livery and ad for Pacific Coast League baseball playoffs at Seals Stadium on side.
Richmond
View across intersection to northwest corner of Columbus & Kearny St. Hotel Vendome. Streetcar #16. In distance left, St. Francis of Assisi Church being rebuilt, with ladders and scaffolding. At right, Hotel Broadway, New Commerce Hotel. At far left Hirsch Bros. clothing.
North Beach
View north across Market to early office buildings during reconstruction period after 1906 catastrophe. Boyd Block at left. At center, Sherwood (later Bourn) Building 320 Market (At street level, The Sazerac bar 302 Market, 306-308 Columbian Woolen Mills wholesale merchant tailor, 310 Sylvan Selig clothes, 316 Pacific Tank Co. National Wood Pipe Co, 322 Paul Seiler Electrical Works, 326-328 Toledo Computing Scale Co., 330-332 D. Levin trunks bags suitcases cutlery, 334-336 Frank F. Wear High Grade Specialties Hobart Electrical Mfg. Co. ; On second floor, Union Iron Works, Bethlehem Steel, Culver Co. Lumbermen; 3rd Floor Loop Lumber Co. Another building under construction at right. Plank sidewalk
Financial District