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Judah & La Playa
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Judah & La Playa

View west to two street cars at terminus, Muni N-Line #142 and N-Line #147.

Sunset Outer
16th & Bryant
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16th & Bryant

View north across intersection to Seals Stadium on right, Muni 25-Lin #130 approaching intersection.

Mission
Market & Powell
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Market & Powell

View north across Market toward Powell, Municipal Railway (Muni) N-Line streetcar #117. Flood Building at right. Gray's Suits & Overcoats. Douglas Bulding at left demolished for Hallidie Plaza.

Downtown / Union Square
Powell Street Cable Car
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Powell Street Cable Car

Looking south from California to approaching cable car. Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel) at right.

Nob Hill
Sacramento & Powell
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Sacramento & Powell

View east across Powell to Market Street Railway (MSRy) cable car #20. Bay Bridge in distance.

Nob Hill
Elkton Shops
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Elkton Shops

View easterly from Southern Pacific right-of-way toward Ocean Avenue and Balboa Park. A streetcar and work car behind the Elkton Shops.

Cayuga
Castro near Alvarado
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Castro near Alvarado

Looking south, Castro Cable Car #4

Noe Valley
Brighton & Grafton
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Brighton & Grafton

View north on Brighton from Grafton. Municipal Railway (Muni) K-Ingleside K-Line streetcar #1002, one of the 'Magic Carpet Ride' cars. Run number shows XX, making this likely a fantrip excursion. West slope of Mt. Davidson in background

Ingleside
Market near 4th
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Market near 4th

View east from center of busy Market Street. At left, original Phelan Building, Mutual Savings Bank (1902), Ferry Building, Palace Hotel, Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building and Annex, Kamm Building (1906), Bancroft History Building, Midway Theatre.

Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Market
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Kearny & Market

Elevated view north across busy Market St, horsecar crossing intersection. Many horsecars on Kearny street. Telegraph Hill in the distance. Lotta's Fountain visible behind awnings of Nucleus House on right. Signs for "Rubber Stamps & Printing Wheels" and "California Elastic Truss Co." on building across Market Street on left. Building on northwest corner of Geary & Kearny with large Dentistry sign on roof with eagle on top. Building at northeast corner of Geary & Kearny has large "Eagleson & Co. 4 and 6 Kearny St. Shirts Underwear" sign, C.N. West Electro Medical Belts sign, partially visible sign for E. Mansbach Fancy Goods, 26 Kearny, partially visible. Banners strung over Kearny for Verein Eintracht masquerade ball benefit for sufferers from East Germany. [No. 136 Kearny St.]

South of Market
Kearny from 3rd
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Kearny from 3rd

Elevated view north from south of Market past Market St. Railway Co horsecar crossing intersection. Horsecar tracks on Kearny street, Telegraph Hill in the distance. Lotta's Fountain (dedicated Sept. 8, 1875) visible behind awnings of Nucleus House on right. "Holt's Patent Printing Wheel" sign on building on Market Street. Building on NW corner of Geary & Kearny has gold tooth hanging outside second story window.

South of Market
Market near Montgomery
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Market near Montgomery

Elevated view northeast over busy street scene. Crocker Building on the left, Union Trust Building, original Hobart Building Ferry Building in the distance. Palace and Grand Hotels on the right. Cable cars, horse drawn carts, street sweeper. [16881. Market Street, looking East, just before the Earthquake]

South of Market
North Beach Ruins
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North Beach Ruins

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View from Union and Leavenworth Streets, Washington Square Park in distance, buckled cable car rails, men standing, rubble [13286 - One of the Sights Which Beggars Description--Telegraph Hill Looking East from Union and Leavenworth Streets, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Disaster of April 18, 1906]

Russian Hill
Market & 5th
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Market & 5th

Elevated view northeast across Market Street. St. Ann's Building, Baldwin Hotel (destroyed by fire 1898, site of later Flood Building) at right on Powell St. Flags strung from utility poles with 7 crossbars on south side of Market, and banners hung across street. The Louvre Restaurant, Unsworth Sign Co. 1028 Market.

South of Market
California & Battery
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California & Battery

Elevated view west along California Street to Nob Hill with building and loan association, cable cars, people walking, and horse drawn carts. Kohl Building at center. Brown & Power stationers, Friedlander's Building and Bank of California at Sansome Corner, Old St. Mary's Cathedral and Fairmont Hotel in distance.

Financial District