Grant & Washington
View north on Grant to man with hand truck crossing intersection. Kow Loon Pastries, Suey Chong Co., Gong Num Camera Shop, The Art Co.
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Clement & 8th Ave
View northwest across intersection to approaching MSRy 1-Line #221 with zip stripe livery. GallenKamp shoe store, Simpson's 708 Clement in background.
Richmond Inner
Geary near Kearny
View northwest to north side of Geary, Muni B-line, #208. Whittell Building, St. Francis Hotel in distance.
Downtown / Union Square
Fillmore & Union
View northwest across intersection to eastbound Muni-E line #369, Market Street Railway (MSRy) counterbalance car #627 waiting to enter intersection. B&L Drugs on corner.
Union Street
Geary near Grant
View southwest across Geary Blvd near Grant to Muni C-line streetcar #647 with wings livery. In backgrond Charlay, 105 Geary, Ernest Wilson confectioners, 107 Geary. Max Dunn, fur dealer, 109 Geary. (Former Market Street Railway MSRy unit #247 renumbered #647 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with MUNI #247.)
Downtown / Union Square
View from 5th & Mission
Elevated view east on Mission. Buildings on right demolished for parking garage. Hotel Del Mar, Evergreen California Hat Co., Evergreen Ladies Hats, 827 Mission, Pacific Telephone Building in distance center. [Mission St. east from Pickwick Hotel] [dpwbook47 dpwA2623]
South of Market
Grant & Sacramento
View south across intersection to Old St. Mary's Church in background
Chinatown
O'Farrell & Market
View southeast to terminus of California Street Cable RR Co. Car #57 at Grant. (Muni took over this line at the beginning of 1952.). In background, Morris Plan in Kamm Building before facade makeover, Progressive Optical, Silver Palace Theatre and Stanford Jewelry in Bancroft Building, Schwabacher-Frey Stationers, Grant Market, Pacific States Savings and Loan Co. American Trust Bank at left. At right, corner of Phelan Building with United Cigar store.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Grant
View northeast from street to Muni L-Line #210 with wings livery. Phelan Building, Union Trust Building, Mutual Savings Bank, Chronicle, Hobart, Examiner, Central Tower (former Call) Buildings. 11:35 am on clock.
South of Market
Market near 16th St.
View northeast across Market to PCC K-line #1135
Castro
Church near Market
View north to approaching Muni J-Line #57. Ludden Foods, 237 Church in background.
Mission Dolores
Market & Grant
View northeast from street to Muni J-Line #103 with wings livery. Phelan Building, Union Trust Building, Mutual Savings Bank, Chronicle, Hobart, Examiner, Central Tower (former Call) Buildings. 11:37 on clock. Banners strung over Market Street in distance.
Downtown / Union Square
Market near 2nd
View southeast to L-Line #194 with wings livery and Red Cross flag. Red Cross flag and "Give Gladly" banners above Market. Wagner Luggage. Underwood Building 525 Market, Hooker & Lent Building, Sheldon Building, PG&E Building in background left. Wagner Luggage, Wilber Office Equipment in Balboa Building at right.
Financial District
Washington near Spofford
Chinatown. View east on Washington St. from Spofford St. Universal Cafe 824 Washington. Yee Jun Restaurant 834 Washington, Hing Choy Cafe 854 Washington. U.S. Appraiser's Building and Bay Bridge in distance
Chinatown
Fillmore near O'Farrell
Elevated view north across intersection to crowded sidewalks, streetcar #1312 boarding passengers. Dr. George Gross, 1703 O'Farrell, Van Vroom Painless Dental Parlors, 1507 Fillmore, M. Bercovich Cigars. At right workers on platform truck work on overhead wires. At far right, Roos Bros. clothing store on northeast corner, Rosenthal's Boots & Shoes 1518-1530 Fillmore, dome of Sherith Israel synagogue.
Western Addition