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View east toward Bay Bridge. Old St. Mary's cathedral and rectory, Stauffer Chemical Co. building, Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (1954) under construction, Home Insurance Co. Building (1951, later Fireman's Fund, demolished 1983). At right, St. Mary's Square Park and Parking Garage (1954) House of Lee, Yamato Sukiyaki in Sun Fat Building. Southern Pacific Building with large S-P sign on top in center distance, installed March, 1954.
Chinatown
View east across Market down Clinton Park to J-line #143 with wings livery approaching. California Volunteers Monument commemorating the Spanish-American War at right.
Mission Dolores
Elevated view across Market northeast to Crocker Building (architect A. Page Brown, demolished 1966), Union Trust Building AKA Nevada Bank Bldg, Wells Fargo Union Trust Building (built in 1893-1894, demolished in 1966), Hobart Building in background right. Muni M-Line streetcar at bottom right.
Downtown / Union Square
View southeast across intersection to Union Square, I. Magnin & Co., Macy's, Dohrmann's, George S. May, Western Airlines on Geary. Cable Car #509. Very large Union Pacific Railroad Billboard, Old Crow Billboard. Birdcage traffic signals.
Downtown / Union Square
Embarcadero Freeway Construction. View north on The Embarcadero from about Mission Street, initial pilings and excavation for for freeway. Ferry Building at right.
Financial District
Cable car on turntable. Bank of American in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Mason Street cable car #511 on turntable looking north. Powell Hotel and Powell Theatre at left.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Powell, looking west on Eddy St.
South of Market
View southwest across 19th Avenue to Municipal Railway (Muni) M-line streetcar #206 with wings livery across from Stonestown shopping center. Parkmerced apartment towers in background. Standard Service Station at left.
Stonestown
View north along Embarcadero to Ferry Building. Embarcadero Freeway under construction at left.
Financial District
West Portal station. L-Taraval car #1152 exiting tunnel
West Portal
L Taraval#1149 passing West Portal Library
West Portal
K-Ingleside streetcar passing Flood Building at Market and Powell Streets
Downtown / Union Square
Foreshortened elevated telephoto view to east, showing outbound N-Line PCC #1037 approaching 15th Avenue. Reddish steps of St. Anne of the Sunset Catholic Church at left.
Sunset Inner
Looking east on 14th across Market, 37-line Corbett bus.
Duboce Triangle