Contains 29 photos
[Looking West McAllister St. at Fillmore, San Francisco] View west up McAllister to delivery wagons and Davis Theatre in background right. Poster on telephone pole at left advertises the show "Fiddle-Dee-Dee", which played at the Davis between July 30 and August 19, 1906.
Western Addition
View north on Fillmore. Ornamental steel arches over intersections. Frederick O. Haussler, Photo Studio, 1759 Fillmore (later site of Haussler Theater). Signs for The Up To Date Hairdressing & Manicuring Parlors, Aloha, The Brand at right. Approaching URR 22-Line streetcar in distance. [United Railroads U02355, Fillmore Street Looking North from Post Street Towards Sutter]
Japantown
View northwest across intersection to turning Holsum Bread truck, Midtown Theatre in distance left, Muni 7-line streetcar #473. Haight Village bar, I.W. Letcher dentist. (Former Market Street Railway (MSRy) unit #173 renumbered #473 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with Muni #173.)
Lower Haight
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
View west on Ocean to Muni K-line streetcar #153 with wings livery eastbound. El Rey Theatre, Zanzibar Cocktail Lounge, and Christmas decorations in distance. Harvey's bar on right. Duplicate of wnp27.3667 with more content on right.
Mt. Davidson Manor
View northeast from Scott Street across playground and restrooms to Uptown Theatre and Winterland in background. Present location of Western Addition library. [Recreation & Parks]
Lower Pacific Heights
Elevated view north across McAllister to Davis Theatre, 1234 McAllister Street, Opened in June, 1906, ordered closed for fire safety violations in December, 1907. Davis Oyster & Chop House, cafe. Two men pose in front, and another in a buggy on the street. Posters advertise comedian Jack Golden, who opened on September 9, 1907. It was run by San Francisco Supervisor Sam Davis, who may be one of the posing men. [72]
Alamo Square
View northwest across McAllister to line of delivery wagons, L. Dresner the Tailor 1188 McAllister, Oyster and Chop House. Some or all of the men posing at right are very likely the same ones in front of the Davis Theatre (in distance left) in wnp26.1779 and wnp26.1728. Signage on the Davis Theatre indicates this was taken on or around the same date as wnp26.1728. [79]
Western Addition
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast across 5th Street to Lincoln School burning after earthquake. Metropolitan Temple totally destroyed, at right. Detail cropped from image at wnp37.03976. [April 18th 1906 Last of the Lincoln School EF-41] [F810 EF-041] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
South of Market
Orpheum Theatre, 147 O'Farrell, south side between Stockton and Powell. Opened April 19, 1909, it was the 4th theatre to be called the Orpheum. In distance, Phelan Building, Call Building, Kamm Building, Bancroft Building. [Orpheum Theater, cost $1,000,000] [RS1211 O'Farrell St. Orpheum ca April 1909]
Downtown / Union Square
View northwest across Polk to Royal Theatre, west side of Polk between California and Sacramento. Swan Oyster Depot, See's Candies, Citizens Savings [RS1217 Royal Theatre May 1975]
Polk Gulch
View east on California Street near Kearny. Cable cars, Adelphi Theatre on right [California Street, San Francisco, Cal. ]
Chinatown
View west on Market from pedestrian island toward 5th Street. Warfield and Golden Gate Theatres in distance, Garfield Building 942 Market, Esquire & Telenews Theatres, Howard's Clothing, California School of Beauty Culture & Gray's Suits to the right in Douglas Building. Muni streetcar #1025 with wings livery. Everything east of Garfield Building demolished for Hallidie Plaza and 5th Street North (Cyril Magnin). [SF Market St, SF-4]
Downtown / Union Square
View west across Market toward O'Farrell and Phelan Building. Neon sign for The Hub Theatre reads 'This is U.S. serviceman appreciation week!!!'. Seaboard Loans, Roos-Atkins, Greyhound.
Downtown / Union Square