Mission near 26th
View north across Mission to MSRY 14-line streetcar #1608. L.B. O'Brien fuel, 2964 Mission "Knight Coal", and Hotel Miramonte, 2908 Mission. 7 story brick apartment building at 25th and Bartlett (built 1932)in background.
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Mission & Onondaga
View northwest to MUNI 14-line streetcar #677. Onondaga Smoke Shop and Arc Appliances in background. (Former Market Street Railway MSRy unit #277 renumbered after merger)
Cayuga
Broadway near Powell
View east on Broadway to Market St. Railway (MSRy) 15-line streetcar #819. H. Bignasca & Co. grocery 1400 Powell, Verdi Theatre, Hotel De France Cafe. Most buildings in view on left still stand in 2022.
Russian Hill
Divisadero & Oak
View north from center of Divisadero to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 20-line streetcar #302. Oak Grill restaurant. All of the buildings on this block have been demolished.
Buena Vista
Fillmore & Sacramento
View west up Fillmore to approaching MSRy 22-line #849. Clay Theatre in distance left. B & B Wines and Liquors, Sam's Novelty Shop on right. Cloth banners with tree design hang over intersection, near steel decorative arches.
Pacific Heights
Fillmore & Sutter
View north on Fillmore to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 3-line #252 with zip stripe livery, turning east onto Sutter. Dr. Perez, Dentist, Fosters Lunch, Byington Electric Co. Steel arches over intersections were removed in June, 1943 as part of WWII metal drive.
Lower Pacific Heights
San Jose & Sagamore
View southwest across intersection to 26-line streetcar #807. Charlie's Smoke Shop and On The Square Barber Shop in background, in building at 103-111 Sagamore St. built 1929, still stands 2023. Southern Pacific Railroad Tracks. View now dominated by I280 freeway. Reinstated 26-Line running between Daly City and Onondaga Ave. and Mission St. only during World War II.
Oceanview
Union & Fillmore
Elevated view down to northwest corner of Union and Fillmore. Eastbound Muni E-line Union Streetcar #356? and southbound Market Street Railway (MSRy) Fillmore Counterbalance Car #625? in intersection. B & L Pharmacy.
Union Street
Sacramento near Davis
View northeast across Sacramento to Market Street Railway (MSRy) cable car #24 on Sacramento and Clay line. View east on Sacramento toward Davis. Carl Schallinger Co., Dairy and Poultry Products, Linderman Garage 222 Sacramento. On corner in distance, 200 Davis Building, Haslett Warehouse (former Haas Bros. produce). All buildings in view demolished. Present site of Embarcadero Center II.
Financial District
Sacramento & Grant
View northeast across intersection to Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) Cable car #23 on Sacramento and Clay line. View east on Sacramento to original Federal Reserve Bank Building in distance. Chinese Village, China Importing Co.
Chinatown
Castro & 18th
View northeast on Castro St to Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) Castro St. Cable Car #3, 8-Line streetcar in distance. Eureka Florist, Bon Omi Store, Prudence Penny grocery store, Castro Theater in background.
Castro
O'Farrell & Market
View southeast to Cable Car #53 at end of line. Hub Theatre, Stanford Jewelers, Schwabacher-Frey, Greyhound, Grant Market and Pacific States Savings and Loan Co. Corner of Phelan Building at right. Banners strung over Market Street. Birdcage traffic signal.
Downtown / Union Square
Clay & Grant
Elevated view looking down east side of Grant north of Clay. [Street in Chinese Quarter]
Chinatown
Powell near Ellis
View northwest across Powell toward Ellis to Cable Cars #526 and #504, Powell Theatre. Cable Car Snack Bar, Cal Records, Marinello Beauty Training, Mocambo, Bernstein's Fish Grotto, Manx Hotel, St. Francis Hotel in distance.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Grant
Elevated view north across Market up Grant, showing buildings on north side. Parade or procession on Market, possibly for assassinated President McKinley, Vaughan & Keith Photographers (14 Grant) in 5-story Central Block Building, J.J. Gildea Clothier 756 Market, Eagleson's Shirts at 750 Market. . Small portion of Chronicle Building at far right. [Leather Rose Album] Elevated view northeast across Market, showing buildings on north side.
Downtown / Union Square