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View northeast across the intersection of Valencia and 22nd Street. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 11-line Streetcar #804 westbound on 22nd with large sign on side advertising for Muni employment during war years: "Men and Women Wanted To Back our Fighters. Apply Now For Position of Motorman, Conductor or Coach Operator". Frankie Brown's Bar and Mission Cigar Store. Birdcage traffic signal.
Dolores Heights
View northeast across Cesar Chavez (then Army Street) toward Potrero Avenue, Potrero Hill in the background and Rolph Playground at left, with bus shelter on corner. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) Driver adjusts eclipse fender on 25-line Streetcar #133.
Mission
View north on Mission from Onondaga. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 40-line Streetcar #1227. Fraga's Chevron Gas Station to right. Granada Theatre in the background. Possible woman street car operator crossing the street.
Excelsior
View north on Mission from 19th. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 11-line Streetcar #804 advertising employment.
Mission
View east on Mission between 4th and 5th Street. Track Removal operation (Mission street lines converted from streetcars in 1949). Webber's Stationers 871 Mission; Hotel Del Mar at left, Mohr Building (built 1924) at right. All buildings in the is view demolished, except for the Pacific Telephone Building in the background.
South of Market
View southeast at the intersection of Sickles and San Jose Avenue, San Bruno Mountain in the background. Southern Pacific's Ocean View Station at center. Southern Pacific tracks coming from background left and crossing Market Street Railways Cemetery/Interurban streetcar line in the middle of the intersection. Tell House Saloon on Sickles to left of station. I280 Freeway mostly covers this site.
Outer Mission
View north on Mission from 24th, the Central Realty Building (Lippman Bros Department Store) at left still stands, as do most of the buildings on the west side of Mission.
Mission
View South on San Jose Ave, Monterey Blvd going uphill with a streetcar on it to the right. Southern Pacific Old main line right of way in between. (This view is difficult to imagine, everything to the left of the railroad tracks has been demolished for the I280 freeway) advertisement for Joe Holle auto dealer.
Sunnyside
View north on Mission at 25th Street. J.J. O'Connor Florist at right. Iron arch over the intersection
Mission
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east to Market Street ruins of Mutual Savings Bank Building, Chronicle Annex, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building, Call Building and Kamm Building.
Downtown / Union Square
View west to Pig 'n Whistle Cafe, Hoffman Grill, Crocker Building, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance, Chronicle Building, Flannery Building, Mutual Savings Bank Building. Street medallion advertising 1939 GGIE
Financial District
View north across Sutter to South tunnel portal. Hotel Colonial, Stockton Garage. At upper right, Hotel Victoria, built 1907, later Worldmark by Wyndham Hotel. Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) E-Line car. Stockton St. Tunnel Frisco April 14, 1916]
Downtown / Union Square
[Mkt St. Ry 968-31 Dec 43] View west of MSRY 31-line streetcar #968 climbing up from Balboa Dip.
Richmond Outer
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southeast from Powell. Telegraph Hill in background. Ruins of streetcar left on road [Kearny - Mission car #1133 burned on Powell St. Friday, Apr. 20, 1906 at 4:00 pm] [Lorin Silleman]
Fishermans Wharf
View north on First Street across Mission. Shell Building at center. Municipal Railway (Muni) N-Line streetcar #86. Crowds of pedestrians. The Commuter Restaurant at northwest corner. J.R. Rosenthal & Co., Western Neckwear Co.
South of Market