Theatre

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Haight & Fillmore
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Haight & Fillmore

Haight Street From Fillmore. 7-line Haight Bus, Coach #3112, Former Midtown Theater at left

Lower Haight
Mission & 22nd
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Mission & 22nd

View south from center of Mission to Hale Bros. Store, New Mission Theatre on right, New Rialto Theatre (previously Wigwam, later Crown) on left.

Mission
Columbia Theater
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Columbia Theater

Elevated view south across O'Farrell to Columbia Theatre, previously known as Orpheum, 147 O'Farrell between Stockton & Powell.

Downtown / Union Square
Market, Mason & Turk
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Market, Mason & Turk

View westerly across Mason, Turk Street at right, Market Street at left. St. Francis Theater at left, Wilson Building, Hale Bros. Building, David Hewes Building. The Dean Building on the gore at center, though deemed historically significant, was demolished in 2020. United Cigar Store, Dolly Madison Chocolates, Maxferd's Pawn Shop, Rainbow Tavern. Birdcage traffic signal.

Downtown
Market between 7th & 8th
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Market between 7th & 8th

View of people lined up at National Hotel during the depression. Mexican Chili, The Crisp Waffle, Wonderland Marquee.

South of Market
Geary near 18th Ave
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Geary near 18th Ave

View east past the Koffee Kup restaurant and the Alexandria Theatre, where the silent film <i>Forty Winks</i> was playing.

Richmond Inner
Union & Webster
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Union & Webster

Metro Theater; Metropolitan Union Market

Union Street
Post & Steiner
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Post & Steiner

View northwest across intersection to Dreamland Auditorium, later Winterland.

Lower Pacific Heights
Eddy & Mason
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Eddy & Mason

View east to line outside Tivoli Theatre at 70 Eddy St., replica tank on display in front. Gerard's My 4 Years in Germany was released on March 10, 1918. Flood Building, Emporium in background on Market Street.

Tenderloin
Market & 4th
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Market & 4th

Elevated view southeast to California Theater; Portola Theater; Call building; Palace Hotel, Hearst Examiner Building. At least 12 streetcars on Market.

Downtown / Union Square
Alhambra Theater
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Alhambra Theater

Polk near Union. Alhambra Theatre at 2330 Polk Street under construction and nearly complete. It would open one month later on November 5, 1926.

Polk Gulch
Mission & 22nd
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Mission & 22nd

Looking north on Mission. Columbia Outfitting Co. at left, WigWam Theatre at right (later the New Rialto, the Crown and the Cine Latino).

Mission
Sacramento, CA
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Sacramento, CA

Nippon Photoplay Theater, 328 L Street, Sacramento.

Outside SF
8th & Market
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8th & Market

View southeast to Central Theatre, 1191 Market at 8th Street. Central Theatre lasted from 1906 until 1911, replacing an earlier version destroyed in the earthquake and fire. Frank P. McCann saloon on corner.

Civic Center
Union Square Theatre
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Union Square Theatre

North side of O'Farrell between Powell and Stockton. Opened 1914 as the Gaiety. Also known as the Hippodrome and the Filmarte. Part of Macy's now occupies the site.

Downtown / Union Square