Market at Embarcadero
View east on Market from The Embarcadero. Southern Pacific Building, PG&E Building at left. Embarcadero freeway construction, Twin Peaks in the distance. Hotel Terminal, Mobilgas sign, Hobart Building.
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California & Sansome
California Street cable car passing Bank of California on northwest corner of Sansome St. and California St.
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Westwood Highlands
Plymouth and Yerba Buena with 43-line Masonic bus.
Westwood Highlands
California & Grant
California Street Cable Car crossing intersection. Sing Chong building in background.
Chinatown
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
Hyde & Chestnut
O'Farrell-Jones-Hyde St. Cable Car. Hyde Street Pier ferry slip at foot of street. Alcatraz and Angel Island in distance. Humphrey's Castle (1852-1949), early mansion with crenellated roofline, at right.
Russian Hill
Columbia Theater
Elevated view south across O'Farrell to Columbia Theatre, previously known as Orpheum, 147 O'Farrell between Stockton & Powell.
Downtown / Union Square
Call Building
Elevated view looking northwest across 3rd St. to Market. Call Building, Magee Building with Owl Drug Co., Mutual Savings Bank Building. 450 Sutter Building, Mark Hopkins Hotel in distance.
Downtown
Kearny & Market
Elevated view southwest across Market Street to intersection with 3rd Street and Examiner Building (with large vertical electric sign, United States Lines, Pechner Shoes, Wechter's shop for men, United Cigars), Call Building (later Central Tower, with Owl Drugs and Stiegler Bros.), Kamm Building (with Sorenson Jewelers). Market St. Railway (MSRy) #1711. Lundstrom Hats, Wellendorf Book Co., El Sidelo.
Downtown / Union Square
New Montgomery & Market
View north across New Montgomery to Crocker Building, Crocker First National Bank, Hunter-Dulin Building under construction, Union Trust Building. United Bank, with large clock projecting from Market St. corner, at right.
Downtown
Union Square
Elevated view looking southeast across Union Square from Post & Powell Streets.
Downtown
Transbay Terminal
View northwest from entrance to Transbay terminal to SF Municipal Railway (Muni) streetcars #1018 and #1011. Harold's Films, Drugs and Liquor on 1st Street, W.P. (Western Pacific) billboard in background. [1018, 1011 Bridge Terminal, San Francisco, May 18, 1952]
South of Market
Phelan Loop
First streetcar through New Phelan Station] K-Line Car #1018 with wings livery at Phelan Loop.
Ingleside
Market & California
Looking east towards Ferry Building, morning commuters walking up Market Street. Southern Pacific Building in background. Traffic signal tower at right.
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Bush, Front, & Market
Mechanics Square - View northwest to Donahue Monument, with fountain. Street car passing on Battery Street.Hoffman, Rothchild & Co. clothiers, 11 Battery St.
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