Post & Powell
View south on Powell from Post. Cable car #506 in front of St. Francis Hotel.
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Powell & Geary
View northeast across the intersection of Powell and Geary. Cable car #505. Union Square and Hotel Plaza in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Powell
View east on Market. Emporium at right. Humboldt Bank Building (Bank of America), Central Tower (old Call Building). Muni streetcar M-line #1141 and #1128.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Geary
View north on Powell Street. Cable car #524 passing St. Francis Hotel. Union Square at right.
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Stockton
View northwest from the corner of Geary and Stockton toward Union Square. Fitzhugh Building and Sir Francis Drake Hotel at left. Plaza Hotel and 450 Sutter at right. Banner reads 'For Humanity's Sake. . .'
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Stockton
View northwest across Union Square towards St. Francis Hotel.
Downtown / Union Square
Financial District aerial
Aerial view northeast showing Financial District and South of Market. Rincon Hill with Embarcadero Freeway and Transbay Terminal at center. Bay Bridge and Yerba Buena Island at top. Flood Building at extreme lower center. [14475-C]
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O'Farrell & Powell
View East on O'Farrell from Powell. Omar Khayyam's Restaurant, Cable Car Clothiers, St. Moritz Hotel, Macy's. Phelan Building, Central Tower (former Call Building) in distance. Remains of cable car track crossing from O'Farrell, Jones & Hyde cable car line still present in intersection. [Equitable - Aug 23]
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Kearny & Sutter
Inside view, firemen pulling hoses between tarped property. [3/3 Kearny - Sutter] (folder: Fire, Salvage)
Downtown / Union Square
Maiden Lane near Kearny
Elevated view toward smoky building, Maiden Lane Jewelers, fire fighters [2/2 Maiden Lane - Kearny] (folder: Fire, Smoke Ejector <at the scene>)
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny near Sutter
[3/3 Kearny Sutter] (folder: Fire, Street Scene, Bird' s-eye view) View north, Hardie Place on right.
Downtown / Union Square
Stockton & Ellis
[3/3 Stockton - Ellis] Two building fire that started at 19 Stockton St. Five fire trucks in the street, numerous ladders in use. Hotel Germain, Day's Bar. (folder: Fire, Street Scene, Firefighters Working, Night)
Downtown / Union Square
Sutter & Powell
View north up hill. Taxi cab, Parsons Optical Laboratories, San Francisco State College. Fairmont Hotel tower (completed 1961) under construction in distance.
Downtown / Union Square
Earl Warren Visit
US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren walking through St Francis hotel lobby. Warren was home for the holidays
Downtown / Union Square
4th & Market
Elevated view southeast across intersection. State Theatre in center is closed and advertising 'Guns of Navarone' at the St. Francis). MUNI Mack Bus. Humboldt Bank Building at far left. The Diamond Palace credit jewelers, and House of Ties with large signage promoting closing sales.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & O'Farrell
View southeast across Market to Call Building / Central Tower, Examiner Building, Monadnock Building, Palace Hotel, Metropolis Bank Building. Morris Plan in remodeled Kamm Building, Carl Wilke Cafeteria.
Downtown
Union Square
Looking northeast from Geary and Powell to Hotel Plaza
Downtown
Market & 4th
View southeast across intersection of Market and 4th. Farros Theatre and State Theatre. (The State Theatre is closed and advertising 'Pepe' at the St. Francis) Crowds of pedestrians crossing intersection. Streetcar #1128. Roos Atkins at left, Central Tower (former Call Building) at center.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
View northeast towards Post and Stockton. Hotel Plaza and Joseph Fredricks Building in background. People sitting in the square. Tulips in foreground.
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Stockton
View northwest across Union Square toward Fitzhugh Building, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, and 450 Sutter Medical Building
Downtown / Union Square