Contains 689 photos
View northwest across Geary between Stockton and Grant. Sachs Building (architect George Applegarth, 1908) at left, E. Simon Building at center (architect Albert Pissis, 1909), Marion Building at right. New York High Grade Button Works. Robert Wallace furs, David Benioff Bros. furs, S.A. Schwartz furs, Harry Musin Furs, Stella K. Johnson corsets, Charles Beauty Salon, Henry T. Heinz jeweler 122 Geary, Nancy's Costume Jewelry, Handbags.
Downtown / Union Square
View north across Polk to Alhambra Theatre, showing Phyllis Haver & Harrison Ford in 'The Nervous Wreck'. Walter Rudolph and his Melody Masters. Timothy Pfleuger and J.R. Miller, Architects. Opened November, 1926. Marina Hardware, Olden's Bakery [Jack Tillmany Collection SC9]
Polk Gulch
Elevated view north from center of Kearny over traffic. Maskey's Candy, Brooks Camera, The Derby on right Oregon City Woolen Mills on left. Pauson's, Sutter Hotel in distance right. Bonds, Sherman Clay in distance left.
Downtown / Union Square
View east down Market toward Ferry Building. Mark Strouse Bay City Market at left, Admission Day (Native Sons) Monument beyond. Call Building and Emporium at right. Alisky's Art Studio. (Flood Building not yet constructed.)
Tenderloin
View southwest across Chestnut to F-Line #32 at terminus, Christmas decorations.
Marina
Chinatown. View southwest across intersection to Sing Fat Co., dragon streetlamps.
Chinatown
View west from center of Market to B-line Streetcar #81, 8-line Castro trolley #762. At left, Balboa Building, Santa Fe/West Coast Life Building, Fred Bass cameras, Wagner Luggage, Sprawkins Golf Shop, Fack's night club. At right, Chancery, Hobart, Crocker, 660 Market, Chronicle Buildings. Ashe's Chevy Chase Buffet, Grant's Pipe Shop, Kauffman's Camera Mart, Brady's Tailors.
Financial District
View southeast across Broad St. to M-Line Streetcar #146, Victoria Meat Market
Oceanview
View northwest across Castro to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Castro Cable Car Line #7 at terminus. New Empire Market, Wulzen's Drugs with Dr. R.D. Crittenden dentist on 2nd floor, Castro Creamery, Star Pharmacy in background.
Castro
View southeast across Market to 6-line Streetcar #156, David Hewes Building on corner.
Tenderloin
View east from center of Market. N-Judah #213 approaching, Muni bus #608 at right. Multiple Muni buses approaching on left. Roos Bros., Phelan Building, Central Tower, Humboldt Bank Building with Bank of American Sign atop, Farros Theatre, State Theatre, Pacific Building, Lerner Shops. Ferry Building in distance.
South of Market
View northwest across Chestnut toward Scott St. Municipal Railway (Muni) F-line Streetcar #37 with #361 on an excursion (signed for route 25). Marina Chop Suey, Walnut Cleaners, Vincent's Cocktail Lounge, Ritz Cleaners, Anchorage Bar, McGregor's, on right. Buildings on north side of Chestnut still stand in 2023. In distance beyond Scott St., the upper part of the facade of the Presidio Theatre, then known as the El Presidio.
Marina
View northeast across Washingto to Muni Washington & Jackson Cable Car #524, heavily decorated on front sides and top as Irwin Blood Bank Special for Red Cross Procurement Project. Car ran past the blood bank, then at Washington and Laguna Sts.
Pacific Heights
View south across Market to vendor at newspaper stand kiosk "Pirates Champs!", Kehoe Display & Fixture Co., 541 Market, and other buildings on south side of Market.
Financial District
Chinatown. View north on Grant Avenue. Shangri-La Chinese Art Goods, Eastern Bakery, Republic Hotel, Kan's restaurant, Chinese Village liquors, Kuo Wah Co. Kimonos Pajamas, Lai On Co. art goods. Lanterns and bulbs strung along street and across at intersections.
Chinatown