Grant & Sacramento
West side of Grant between Sacramento & Clay. Yow Yuen Building, Him Yick Lung. Yow Yuen Quen & Co. store, 717-719 Grant. [C-27] [G810 C-027] [M. Blaisdell] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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6th & Market
Elevated view southeast across Market to David Hewes Building with Western States Life Insurance Co. sign on roof and Summerfield & Haines Clothiers in corner retail space. To left, Hale Bros. Building (with 3 story annex building on 6th Street) to right of Hewes Building, and Wilson Building. At far right, Delger Building with United Cigar Store. At far left, Pantages Theatre, Strand (later St. Francis) Theatre playing Tom Mix in 'The Feud', Empire Theatre (and Lesser Bros. Washington Market, in Hale Bros. Building). [G810 OF-084] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Tenderloin
Stockton & Sutter
View north on Stockton across Sutter to South portal of Stockton Tunnel. Hotel Navarre, Hotel Victoria. Hotel Victoria, built 1907, (later Worldmark by Wyndham Hotel). Buildings at right demolished for Sutter-Stockton garage.
Downtown / Union Square
Grant & Bush
View North on Grant from Bush, before construction of the Dragon Gate (built 1970). Kubla Khan Restaurant, Golden Gong Restaurant, sign for Fong Wan's Club Shanghai, Sky Room dancing, Grant Cafe.
Downtown / Union Square
6th & Market
View east on Market toward 6th Street, Warfield Theatre, Flood Building at left, David Hewes Building at right.
South of Market
Octavia & Hickory
Night view, Fire bursting from window at 331 Octavia at the corner of Hickory. ladder truck parked in front. Suspected arson fire began in the basement of 331 Octavia and spread to the building next door at 355 Octavia. [4/4] (folder: Fire, Smokey Premises)
Hayes Valley
19th & Bryant
[4/4 18th Bryant] View north on Bryant toward fire at northeast corner. 4-alarm fire at large warehouse with billowing smoke. Both buildings here still stand, though the one on fire has had the top floor removed. (folder: Fire, Smokey Sky, Street Scenes)
Mission
O'Farrell & Stockton
View west on O'Farrell from Stockton Street. Leed's Shoes on the corner of O'Farrell Street (now demolished), Epplers Bakery, Ellis-O'Farrell garage (Richfield Parking), Austin Studios, Hotel Barclay and the Columbia Hotel in the distance [Leeds Shoes - Morton-Waters]
Downtown / Union Square
California & Battery
Elevated view northwest across intersection toward construction of 320 California. At left, Bank of California and Alaska Commercial Buildings, at right rear of Federal Reserve Bank Building, Newhall Building. [320 Calif St - Cahill]
Financial District
California & Battery
Construction of 320 California, Man climbing piling while people look on. View north toward Halleck street, building in background now demolished. [320 Calif St - Cahill]
Financial District
Unknown Location
Salvation Army Truck at intersection, likely Mission District.
Front & Pine
View southwest to J.L. Stuart Manufacturing Company, Canvas Goods, on southwest corner. Signs for close-out sale and moving to South San Francisco plant April 1958, also announcing 25 story office building to be built on the site. Tilden Sales Building and Board of Trade Building at left (Shaklee Terraces built 1979 on that site). Shell Building in background center. The building was sold in 1956, current 19 story building on site, 111 Pine, built 1963-1965. At right, 98 Battery Building (built 1907) still stands in 2022.
Financial District
Market & Geary
Elevated view west toward Lotta's Fountain at intersection of Geary, Kearny & Market Streets. Mutual Savings Bank Building (with Citizens Federal Savings and Loan) at left, Flannery Building (with Dr. Alexander Dentist signage, The Stag bar, Dinty's Kitchen in basement), Chronicle Building (with Dr. Willetts chiropractor, Security Finance Co. and W & H Cigars & Liquors) at right. SFMR (Muni) C-line Streetcar #210 and B-Line #118, 8-Line trolley bus #748 and bus with wings livery. Bank of America, Lundstrom's Hats, Bankers Investment Building at left on Market. Granville's, Dr. M.B. Rich, Whittell Building, Foster's Cafeteria, Keifer's Shoe Repairs, California Savings on Geary at center. Birdcage traffic signals. 12:13 p.m., see wnp100.00643.
South of Market
California near Grant
View east from cable car on California between Grant and Stockton to House of Lee, Yamato Sukiyaki in Sing Fat Building, Cathay House at left. Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Russ Building. Clunie Building with Bank of America ad on west side. St. Mary's Parking Garage and Park (1954) at center. Garage for Metropolitan Life Insurance Building (later Cogswell College and Ritz-Carlton Hotel) at right.
Chinatown
Presidio
Ambulance, military police, and crowd of military personnel under Doyle Drive overpass.
Presidio