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View west on O'Farrell near Powell, O'Farrell Cable Car #39 Joe Ruben's Haircutting Shop, Hotel Spaulding, Alcazar Theater (showing 'Gaslight' and 'Between Two Worlds'), Mylans Homeopathic Pharmacy 222 O'Farrell, Hotel Waldorf in the distance.
Downtown / Union Square
Parade, Chinatown princess waving from car in front of Embassy Theater (1125 Market showing 'The Outrage' and 'Woman of Straw') and the Strand Theatre
South of Market
Parade, Miss Chinatown contestant in car, in front of Embassy Theater (1125 Market showing 'The Outrage' and 'Woman of Straw')
South of Market
View south across street to 133-137 Post Street, between Kearny and Grant. McCarty's Dancing Academy inside. Dedicated in March, 1862 by the Dashaway Association, a pro-temperance social society founded in 1859 by a group of San Francisco firemen. California State Normal School was located there for about 6 weeks in 1865. The hall was sold and renamed Irving Hall in 1884. In 1890, H. Liebes & Co. (furs) added a story. In 1894, Liebes turned it into a 5 story building and substantially rebuilt it, including demolishing and rebuilding the facade. (AS)
Downtown / Union Square
View east past Fairmont Hotel with Cirque Room, Nob Hill Theatre, Papagayo Room, Tonga Room, KSFO studios. University Club. Southern Pacific Building and Bay bridge in distance, center. Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel) at right.
Nob Hill
First Gap store in El Rey theater building, then 1950 Ocean Ave. Lakeside auto parts, New Seoul Club. N-Judah car #1117 on K-line route.
Mt. Davidson Manor
View east from center of Market, Paramount Theatre at left showing "Guys and Dolls", Regal Theatre, Warfield Theatre, Tower of Jewels, Weinstein Co. Department Store, streetcar and tracks in the road. David Hewes Building at 6th St. corner, right.
Tenderloin
[174 San Francisco- Maguire's Academy of Music] View northwest across Pine to Maguire's Academy of Music on 300 block of Pine Street (4 story white building with 4 street lamps in front). Auctioneers (316 Pine) and furniture dealer N. P. Cole & Co. (314 Pine). Wooden wagons on street.
Financial District
South side of Post at Boswell Street ( Between Fillmore and Steiner) Eddie Hanlon's Saloon, Men on stagecoach pulled by four horses posing in front; sign on side of stagecoach, 'Eddie Hanlon's 1949 Post Street'. Star Nickelodeon next door; [PF-134]
Lower Pacific Heights
Lats week of June, 1930, the Fox's First Anniversary Celebration. Line of people for Will Rogers 'So This is London.' MGM Lion Truck parked in front.
Civic Center
View across Market to south side between 7th and 8th, N-Judah Street car and 8-Market Trolley Coach. Grant Building, Odd Fellows Building, Cafeteria sign on former KSAN Building, Embassy Theatre (demolished 1990's), Strand Theatre (still there).
Civic Center
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
View north toward Eddy Street. Panorama of construction of Chutes in the Western Addition from inside. Chutes Theatre (later known as the Lyric and the American) at center. Pierce-Rodolph Storage Company building at Eddy and Fillmore in the background.
Western Addition
View east on Geneva from Mission. MSRY 39-line streetcar #735 on the last day of service headed to Bayshore. Crocker-Amazon #1 bus on left was for the 50-Line Geneva. Eastman's Ice Cream, Geneva Grill, Amazon Theatre, real estate office on right. Rail yields to rubber as a sturdy Fageol takes over the Visitacion Valley line from its railbound predecessor. (JT)
Cayuga
View easterly on Market toward 10th, Muni streetcar #1 outbound passing Fox Theatre (In Search of the Castaways) traffic lined up on Market
South of Market