Clay & Kearny
View west on Clay. Passengers boarding Car # 19, Portsmouth Square at right, delivery truck for French Art Cleaners to left. Cable Car #19 is the oldest operating cable car (Built 1883) and returned to service in 2019.
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View California & Grant
View southeast from top of Old St. Mary's. Hunter Dulin Building, Hobart Building, Russ Building in distance.
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Waverly near Washington
View north from balcony in Chinatown. Wong Building at left.
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Grant & Pine
Postcard view north on Grant from Pine. Shanghai Low restaurant at right. New Grant Hotel, Hotel Yamato, Sing Chong Co. Far East Cafe and Hang Far Low noodles in distance. [San Francisco's famous Chinatown, the largest outside China itself.] [Zan 1701]
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Flyer attached to light post, Grant Ave near Clay Street. 'Obituary' for Chinese killed during Japanese atrocities in China.
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Clay & Kearny
View east to group of kids, many holding shoeshine boxes, on the northeast corner of Kearny and Clay. McDonough Brothers Bail Bonds across Kearny. Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcar #838.
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Waverly & Clay
Chinatown. Cable Car #17 southbound on Clay Street.
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California near Stockton
View southeast to two California Street Cable Cars passing- Sabin Pl. and 720 California St. building before 2 story addition, Financial Center Building, Southern Pacific Building, Bay Bridge, Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Hotel Lafayette, Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Shell Building, Russ Building and Alexander Building in background. Hotel Lafayette, Clunie Building in distance left, with Lincoln National Life ad on west side, Sing Fat Co. Landscaping at right spells Metropolitan Life Insurance, on grounds of Metropolitan Life Insurance Building.
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Grant near Pine
Postcard view north on Grant from Pine. Shanghai Low restaurant at right. New Grant Hotel, Hotel Yamato, Sing Chong Co. Far East Cafe and Hang Far Low noodles in distance. [San Francisco's famous Chinatown, the largest outside China itself.] [Zan 1701]
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California near Stockton
View east to approaching California Street Cable Railroad Co. car. In distance, Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel), Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Shell Building, Russ Building. Author Thomas Mann opera house lecture poster at left. At left, 720 California St. building. At right, Metropolitan Life Insurance Building. Clunie Building with Lincoln National Life ad on west side, Sing Fat Co. In distance, Southern Pacific Building, Bay Bridge tower. Yolanda Hotel with Hotel Lafayette sign on west side, Helvetia Hotel. [California St. Cable Car Chinatown and Financial District San Francisco. Piggott 38 504]
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California & Grant
St. Mary's Square. Sun Yat-Sen statue
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California & Grant
St. Mary's Square. Sun Yat-Sen statue. [Caption
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California & Grant
St. Mary's Square. Three women pose in front of Beniaminio Bufano's Sun Yat-Sen statue (WPA, 1937). Sandwich shop in background.
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Grant & Vinton Ct.
View north on Grant between Pine and California.Shanghai Low restaurant at right. New Grant Hotel, Hotel Yamata, Sing Chong Co., Cathay House. Flags and banners strung across street, one saying 'Welcome Visitors'. Possibly for GGIE.
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Portsmouth Square
Woman in traditional Chinese dress holding baby, standing in the square.
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Grant near California
View north on Grant to Cathay House (opened September, 1939), Sing Chong, crowded California Cable Car #23, Old St. Mary's Church. [Zan 2492 California St. Cable Car Chinatown, San Francisco]
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Kearny & Pine
View to northeast corner. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 29-line streetcar #993.
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Kearny & Pacific
Market Street Railway 15-line Streetcar #809 passing International Settlement on Pacific. [0809-15-02 SB on Kearny at Pacific 1939 International Settlement]
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Grant & Jackson
Street view on a rainy day of intersection of Grant Ave & Jackson St. Chong Kee Jan Co.
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Grant & Jackson
Street view south on a rainy day of intersection of Grant Ave & Jackson St. Tai On Chop Suey, Fung Cong & Co.
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