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The Newton J. Tharp Commercial School (later Commerce High School) was constructed on Grove between Polk and Larkin. Just after completion, plans for the new Civic Center were developed and the building was moved to Fell and Franklin (where it stands today)
Civic Center
View east on Mission Street. The Da-Lite cafe at left. Wells Fargo Express/ Railway Express Building in distance. Birdcage traffic signal.
South of Market
Low angle view east to B-Line, Car #181, Pedestrian overpass bridge at left. Equestrian statue (between bus and pedestrian) for Knights Templar July, 1934 National Conclave. Sign on Ferry Building reads "Knights Templar July 7-13 Welcome"
Financial District
Elevated view from pedestrian bridge over The Embarcadero, toward the The Ferry Building. Municipal Railway (Muni) B-line streetcar on the Ferry Loops. Crowds of commuters, Bay Bridge under construction in the background
Financial District
Elevated view northeast across Balboa between 5th & 6th. Crowds line the street for opening celebration of the Market Street Railway (MSRy) 31-Balboa (31-Line), Pacific Gun Sight Co. Line of five 31-line streetcars, Banner. Lone Mountain in the distance right. [New Balboa Line Celebration], [13452]
Richmond Inner
Looking east across Mission St to police and crew inspecting partially de-railed Muni (Municipal Railway) 11-Line streetcar #806 with zip stripe livery and red cross flag at center. Birdcage traffic signal.
Financial District
Elevated view southwest across ferry plaza (with landscaped center and birdcage traffic signal) from pedestrian overpass bridge to crowds on corners, Southern Pacific Building, Matson Lines Building. United Cigar Store, Mead's Coffee Shop, Co-Operative Dairy Lunch, Leighton Dairy Lunch. Alameda Cafe decoration on second building from left. Muni B-Line streetcar. Ray Benson Candy, Cigars.
Financial District
Elevated view north to Bryant and Alameda, Bryant Street Powerhouse, Fire Department Training Tower at Bryant and Division (in distance, center, torn down in the early 1950s for central Freeway construction).
Mission
View Northerly on Mission from Sickles & Acton. 14-Mission 14-line, Market Street Railway streetcar #1629, State Theatre (Now SF Christian Center) at Mission and Lawrence in the distance.
Outer Mission
Elevated view northeast across Market to opening of Loew's Warfield Theater on Market Street, crowds of people. Hotel Federal, State Hotel, Dean Building, Mechanics Savings Bank Building.
South of Market
Streetcar Accident [Accid - Truck hits St Car]
Civic Center
Municipal Railway (Muni) E-Union streetcar #351, at its terminal just north of the Ferry Building The E-line ran lighter streetcars, known as Dinkys, to make it over the Union Street hill. This image is pre-war as the pedestrian overcrossing is still in intact.
Financial District
View northeast across intersection to two D-Line streetcars, one with wings livery, Concordia Club at center left. Corner building, 1100 Van Ness Ave., originally built 1912-13 as a car showroom for Duryea and Maxwell autos, demolished 2015.
Lower Nob Hill
Interior view of commuters aboard a Key System train on the Bay Bridge crossing the Bay Bridge.
SF Bay
Elevated view from the Call Building (Now Central Tower) People streetcars, Lotta's Fountain, Chronicle Building, Market Street, Examiner Building. 11 streetcars on 4 tracks.
South of Market