Market near 4th
California Theatre view of box office Market Street east of 4th, later renamed the State Theatre.[RS1128 CAL-18 California SF Box Office August 1918]
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Market near 4th
California Theatre Interior view of proscenium, Market Street east of 4th, later renamed the State Theatre. [RS1129 CAL-03 California SF Interior August 1918]
South of Market
Stockton & Market
Elevated view easterly on Market toward Stockton and 4th. Parade of Municipal Railway buses (led by heavily festooned bus) celebrating the replacement of streetcars on the 5-McAllister and 21-Hayes streetcar lines. State (former California) Theatre, Portola Theatre, Diamond Palace, Taverne Bon Gout, Roos Bros. on left [RS1146 California as State CAL-033 3 June 1948 Muni Buses]
Downtown / Union Square
Fox Theatre
Fox Theatre interior view toward orchestra and balcony seating, Market near 10th [RS1164 FOX-02 Interior ca 1960]
Civic Center
38th Ave near Balboa
Back side of the Balboa Theatre with David Warren's mural [RS1165 BBA-05C Balboa Playland Mural 1980s]
Richmond Outer
Pacific near Montgomery
Night view of the Midway Theatre, Barbary Coast [RS1171 MWA-01 Midway 585 Pacific Avenue ca 1910]
North Beach
Sutter near Stockton
View southwest to Forbidden City theater, south side of Sutter between Grant and Stockton. Benaderet Tobacco Shop, Niblick's Gift Shop, Mister Hof-Brau. [RS1172 FOC-01 Forbidden City Sutter Street ca 1972]
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny near Broadway
North Beach Movie Theatre. [RS1173 MOV-01 North Beach Movie Kearny Street ca 1968]
North Beach
Larkin & Cedar
Music Hall Theatre showing 'The Two of Us.' [RS1174 MHA-01 Music Hall Larkin Street August 1968]
Lower Nob Hill
Broadway near Grant
Broadway Theatre 618 Broadway between Grant and Stockton. Opened in 1909, it was home to The Committee between 1964 and 1972 [RS1177 BWY-04 Broadway as Committee ca 1968]
North Beach
Bush near Jones
The Boarding House. Building has since been demolished. [RS1178 BOH-01 Boarding House Bush Street 1971]
Lower Nob Hill
Post & Steiner
National Theatre on the northwest corner of Post & Steiner. Erected in a tent, it opened on May 28, 1906 and billed itself as the first theatre after the fire. It closed by 1917 and was replaced on the site by the New Dreamland (later renamed Winterland) in 1928. The the right of the National is the Dreamland Rink, already in operation by September 22, 1906. Beyond is the stagehouse of the New Alcazar Theatre (later the Republic, then the Sutter, finally the Uptown) which opened in 1907 at Sutter and Steiner. [RS1181 National Theatre NAT-01 Post & Steiner 1907]
Lower Pacific Heights
Powell & Bay
Northpoint Theatre [RS1185 Northpoint NOR-01 May 1968]
North Beach
Market near 10th
Fox Theatre, view northeast on Market toward Larkin, Empire Hotel in the background. Municipal Railways streetcar #1 passing the theatre ( during Muni's 50th Anniversary celebration, streetcar #1 was refurbished) [RS1200 Fox SF Fox-55 October 1962]
Civic Center
Powell near Columbus
View south across Marini Plaza reflecting pond toward the Washington Square Theatre ( later renamed the Palace, then Pagoda Palace) [RS1204 Washington Square later Pagoda Palace ca 1910s]
North Beach