Market near 4th
Window display of women's dresses at Hartsfield's store, 817 Market Street near 4th Street [817 Market - Hartfields - Mr. Barohn] Storefronts
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Market near 4th
Window display of women's blouses at Hartfield's store, 817 Market Street near 4th Street [817 Market - Hartfields - Mr. Barohn] Storefronts
Downtown / Union Square
Market near 4th
Window display of women's dresses at Hartfield's store, 817 Market Street near 4th Street [817 Market - Hartfields - Mr. Barohn] Storefronts
Downtown / Union Square
Telenews Theatre
Entrance and ticket booth to Telenews Theatre, 930 Market near 5th St, showing 'Eskimo Sea Hunters.' [Telenews SF TNW-01 SF February 1952]
Downtown / Union Square
Market near Montgomery
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
Powell & O'Farrell
View northeast across Powell to Cable Car #504, Marlow Hotel, Hotel Stratford, Fitzhugh Building, and Omar Khayyam's restaurant.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & 5th
View west on Market from pedestrian island toward 5th Street. Warfield and Golden Gate Theatres in distance, Garfield Building 942 Market, Esquire & Telenews Theatres, Howard's Clothing, California School of Beauty Culture & Gray's Suits to the right in Douglas Building. Muni streetcar #1025 with wings livery. Everything east of Garfield Building demolished for Hallidie Plaza and 5th Street North (Cyril Magnin). [SF Market St, SF-4]
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Stockton
View west across Union Square towards St. Francis Hotel. Municipal Railway (MUNI) B-line streetcar at left. Dewey Monument at right. Birdcage traffic signals. B-Line streetcar, trolley bus.
Downtown / Union Square
Post near Stockton
View east on Post toward Stockton, Adlai Stevenson campaign parade passing Hotel Plaza at Union Square.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
Elevated wideangle view southeast from Post and Powell across Union Square. Powell Street cable car #518 at right.[11416]
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny near Geary
View south on Kearny with Geary, Market and Third Streets in background. Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson's motorcade. Stevenson waving to crowd. Signs for Top Hat Cocktails, W and H Liquors, Dr. Willet Chiropractor and W and H Cigars Liquor on Chronicle Building. Painless Parker Dentist and The Stag at right in Flannery Building. Hearst Examiner Building and Central Tower (Call Building) in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
Cable Car #522 loaded with passengers
Downtown / Union Square
Market & O'Farrell
View southwest toward Market Street from O'Farrell and Grant, Humboldt Bank building (Bank of America) at center, Mannings, Golden Rule Cafe, Portola (later Paris) Theatre advertising 'Cuties of Burlesque'. State Theatre in background. Phelan Building at right. Birdcage traffic signal at right.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
Looking west. St Francis Hotel in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Cable Car
People getting off of Cable Car. Probably Powell near Market.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
Looking northeast toward Stockton and Post. TWA office. Florsheim shoes.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
Dewey Monument and St. Francis Hotel.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
View northeast from crosswalk to Powell Street turntable and Muni cable car #509. In background, Woolworth's in the Flood Building is being constructed. When it opened in October, 1952, it occupied three floors and was at the time the largest store in the national chain.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Turk
View west on Market, St. Francis Theatre (playing My Son John) at left, Warfield at right. Twin Peaks in distance. Red Cross banners hang over Market Street. Dean Building (demolished 2018) at right. David Hewes Building on left.
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Market
View east to Lotta's Fountain, Chronicle Building (with Dr. Willetts chiropractor, Security Finance Co., Florsheim shoes signs), Metropolis Trust and Savings Bank Building with Bank of America sign atop, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building with Eureka Federal Savings, Great Northern Railroad. Commercial slide. Birdcage traffic signals.
Downtown / Union Square