O'Farrell near Powell
View east on O'Farrell from Carlos Place (no longer in existence) to Call Building in distance. Alcazar Theatre in distance left; florist, laundry and other businesses.
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Market & 5th
View west on Market Street; Christmas decorations on street lamps; Hale Bros. Department Store; Kress Department Store; Palm Garden Grill; Port Arthur Chop Suey; St. Francis Theater; Davies Theater, playing Sylvia Sidney in 'Accent on Youth', Garfield Building, College Inn. David Hewes Building in background center.
South of Market
Powell near Ellis
View south on Powell between O'Farrell and Ellis, Cable Car #526, Golden State Hotel, Flood Building, Woolworth's, Zukor's stores, Mocambo, Diamond Palace, Dolores Premier Don Lux Academy, Bernstein's Fish Grotto in background. Trash ready for pickup lining sidewalks (older woman tourist trip)
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Market Postcard
View north on Kearny from Market, past Lotta's Fountain, a crowded street scene. Schmidt Building, United Cigar Store, Elks Cafe. [Kearney (Sic) and Market Streets]
Downtown / Union Square
Market near 6th
View east across Market toward Golden Gate Avenue, Fox Warfield, Crest Theatre, Tro Harper Books. Muni PCC #1162 approaching. Fox Plaza, Hotel Shaw in distance left.
South of Market
Market & Van Ness
View west from center of Market. Valencia Street powerhouse smokestack on left. Twin Peaks in distance. Valencia cable car. Decorative banners strung across street. Oriel Hotel (Hotel Franklin in 1900) with dome at right, corner Franklin, Page & Market.
Civic Center
Market near 3rd
Elevated view southwest across Market from Geary, showing large crowd watching fire on south side of Market between 3rd and 4th. Appears to be the fire of April 30, 1886, that destroyed the Bancroft Building (seen just above the stream of water in the distance) and several adjacent buildings. Lotta's Fountain in foreground. At left, Philadelphia Boot & Shoe Co., 10 3rd Street, J.H. Widber druggist 701 Market, Wm. R. Gallagher Furniture 705 Market.
Downtown / Union Square
Sutter near Grant
View east on Sutter towards W & J Sloane building. Clement streetcar. White House department store (1908, Albert Pissis architect) on Grant corner at right. Nuttall Building on left with Chas. M. Plum & Co. on marquee, later World Affairs Center (1909, Albert Pissis architect).
Downtown / Union Square
Montgomery & California
Elevated view northwest across intersection to North Beach & Mission horsecar headed for Willows amusement gardens in Mission District. Wells Fargo & Co. bank in Parrott Building, or Parrott Block (1852, Architect Stephen Williams) at center, horses and buggies in background. [170 Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express Office--corner]
Financial District
Sutter near Kearny
Thomas Day & Co. Gas and Electric lighting, 222 Sutter; Ladies and Gents Oyster Parlor, 228 Sutter; Dr. Josselyn, 226 Sutter. Percy & Hamilton Architects. [44] Storefront on Sutter between Kearny and Dupont (Grant) (O.V. Lange architecture publication)
Downtown / Union Square
Castro near 18th
View north to Market St. Railway Co. of Castro line cable car #4. Castro Theatre, Eureka Florist, Bon Omi Store, Castro Flower Shop in distance left. Hibernia Bank, Castro diner, Castro Dept. Store, 515 Castro, vacant, Variety Pork Store.
Castro
16th & Bryant
View northwest from Franklin Square. 22-Fillmore line cars #1372. Saloon on corner, produce stand ice cream shop. United Railroads [U01713]
Mission
Grant and Pine
View north on Grant from Pine, Shanghai Low restaurant, Sing Chong and Sing Fat Buildings in distance. [My own picture of Chinatown, Grant Avenue in order to show lamp post and dragons.]
Chinatown
Grant near Pine
Snapshot, View South on Grant from Pine, east side of the street. Tung Sing Co. 444 Grant, Pacific Dry Goods Co. Washington Hotel on Bush St. corner in distance. [The beginning of Chinatown]
Chinatown
Powell & Market
View north on Powell from across Market, Powell Theatre on left, Woolworth's at right
Downtown / Union Square