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San Jose near Valley
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San Jose near Valley

View south on San Jose Avenue toward Valley Street. United Railroads [U01983] [San Jose Avenue Looking Southwest Towards Valley Street | January 18, 1909]

Noe Valley
Castro near 19th
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Castro near 19th

View north on Castro between 18th Street and 19th Street. Castro cable cars in the distance

Castro
Castro & 23rd
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Castro & 23rd

View south on Castro toward 23rd Street. Castro Street cable car #6 crossing 23rd St.

Noe Valley
Chenery near Charles
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Chenery near Charles

View southerly on Chenery toward Charles. United Railroads Accident Report 380 (cropped and blurry copy - SFMTA has a better version) [U03418]

Fairmount
Church & 30th
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Church & 30th

View north on Church from 30th Street Municipal Railway (Muni) J-line streetcar #1 in service (Muni's first car) with wings livery. Spires of St. Paul's Church, Last Stop cafe in the background left. At right Muni bus with wings livery heads north.

Noe Valley
Diamond near 24th
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Diamond near 24th

View northerly on Diamond toward 24th Street. Large crowd gathered for celebration of the extension of the Eureka-Diamond bus line to Duncan Street

Noe Valley
Civic Center
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Civic Center

People boarding through door of double-decker bus, offering free rides. The bus was part of a 3 bus trip across the United States sponsored by British Travel Association

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

People gathered on Polk in front of City Hall alongside a London double-decker bus with ad on side for 'BOAC To Britain.' The bus was part of a 3 bus trip across the United States sponsored by British Travel Association

Civic Center
Mission & 23rd
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Mission & 23rd

View north on Mission from 23rd Street. Crowds of shoppers, traffic. 14-line Mission limited motor coach #370 with wings livery. Kay's jewelers, C.H. Booker Shoes, Steinberg's Florsheim shoes, Leed's Shoes, New Mission Market, New Mission Theatre playing Vera Cruz in the background. Idle Hour bar, Mission Quality Super. Black sedan in foreground is Mission St. jitney car.

Mission
Civic Center
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Civic Center

People gathered on Polk in front of City Hall alongside a London double-decker bus with ad on side for 'BOAC To Britain.' The bus was part of a 3 bus trip across the United States sponsored by British Travel Association

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

People looking at engine of a London double-decker bus with ad on side for 'BOAC To Britain.' City Hall in background. The bus was part of a 3 bus trip across the United States sponsored by British Travel Association.

Civic Center
Palace Hotel
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Palace Hotel

Market & New Montgomery. Burned 1906. Overland Ticket Office at street level (Taber's Album of Principal Businesses)

South of Market
San Jose near Seneca
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San Jose near Seneca

Street scene with tracks, sections of pipe lying alongside street, and open trench. Elkton Shops behind fence.

Cayuga
California & Kearny
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California & Kearny

View northwest up Nob Hill on California from Kearny. Cable car (dummy and trailer) at terminal. Old St. Mary's in the background. California House hotel.

Financial District
California near Stockton
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California near Stockton

View east on California between Stockton and Grant. California Street cable car. Present Ritz Carlton Hotel at right. On Montgomery St., Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Russ Building. In distance left, Southern Pacific Building, Bay Bridge, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Building at far right.

Chinatown