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Elevated view west across Market to Ellis St. corner. The West Bank Building, 800 Market Street, built 1908, at center. "Gillette Building" sign. Anglo-California Trust Company Bank with entrance at corner and electric signs on roof. Gensler-Lee store with marquee in front. Capitol Theatre (built 1911) at far right was previously Cort, Curran, Morosco. Closed in 1941, demolished.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view east on Market Street from Kearny. Chronicle Building (with clock above entry) and Lotta's Fountain at left, Fife Building with Chevrolet sign atop in distance. Metropolis Trust and Savings Bank Building, Palace Hotel (with Schwabacher & Co. in corner retail space) and Monadnock Building (with Canadian Pacific Railway) at right. Ferry Building, PG&E and Matson Buildings in distance. Muni K-line streetcar #83 and Market St. Railway (MSRy) 21-line streetcar #1738. Line of automobiles. [A 119 3-15-27 Market St. East of Kearny St.] DPW
Downtown / Union Square
Looking North; Mills Building. Parade marking end of Montgomery Street car service; Car 54.
Downtown / Union Square
View northeast from rooftop of the White House Department Store. W & J Sloane Building on left, Russ Building (1927), Standard Oil Building, Hunter-Dulin Building (1926).
Downtown / Union Square
Powell Street in foreground. View east along Geary towards Market Street. [DPW A120]
Downtown / Union Square
View north to Fitzhugh Building, That Man Pitts [San Francisco August 10-27 ]
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view northwest across plaza to Fitzhugh Building and Mark Hopkins. Dewey Monument in foreground
Downtown / Union Square
MSRY streetcar #635 on 10th & Bryant line [F810 STC-046] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square from St. Francis Hotel, looking southeast
Downtown / Union Square
Montgomery St looking north at Bush St. This event on Oct 5, 1927, was the ritual last run of a streetcar down Monterey St, colloquially known as the 'Toonerville Trolley' because it was a rickety affair. See article in SF Chronicle Oct 6, 1927. A carriage, a horse cart, and other vehicles were run on the tracks. Mayor Rolph was in attendance for the ceremony and gave a speech referring to Russ, SF Pioneer, for whom the Russ building was named (seen in photo).[dpwbook40 dpwA630]
Downtown / Union Square
Post St looking west from Stockton St. This parade event on Oct 5, 1927, was the ritual last run of a streetcar colloquially known as the 'Toonerville Trolley'. The event included various old vehicles running on the tracks and a speech from Mayor 'Sunny Jim' Rolph (see Chronicle article). [dpwbook40 dpwA631]
Downtown / Union Square
Sutter Street between Montgomery and Kearny. 1920s view of building with Robert S. Atkins business.
Downtown / Union Square
Street scene looking north to Lotta's fountain, Chronicle Building, bicyclist in center of picture
South of Market
North side of O'Farrell between Powell and Stockton. Opened 1914 as the Gaiety. Also known as the Hippodrome and the Filmarte. Part of Macy's now occupies the site.
Downtown / Union Square
View east; Cameo Theater (Later Marion Davies in 1929 and Esquire in 1940), Sweet Sixteen Apparel Shop; Flood Building, Call Building, Humboldt Bank Building, Emporium, Banner for Welcome S. S. California.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view north across street to Alcazar Theatre, 260 O'Farrell between Powell and Stockton. Signs advertise Marjorie Rambeau in the play 'Antonia' (play ran from September 23 to October 13, 1928) Hotel Spaulding next door, extant 2020 as Bartlett Hotel with parapet removed. [Alcazar Theatre SF #3 01]
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view southeast on Market from the intersection of Kearny and Geary. Lotta's Fountain in foreground. Chronicle Building with clock above entrance, Palace Hotel (with Schwabacher Co. in corner retail space), Metropolis Bank Building with United Bank sign atop, Santa Fe building/West Coast Life Insurance, Balboa Building, Underwood Building, PG&E, Matson Lines and Ferry Buildings in distance. [South side of Market showing Palace Hotel 68]
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view west to St. Francis Hotel in distance. Municipal Railway D-line streetcar #130 and B-line streetcar. Gantner & Mattern, Reich & Liever, Gassner furrier and other businesses. Sachs Building, Whittell Building, and many pedestrians.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square Christmas tree lit a night. Whittell Building, I. Magnin building (Nathan Dohrmann's)
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view north across Market on Powell to busy street scene, Market Street Railway (MSRy) cable car #504? on turntable and 4 more in the distance. Bank of Italy (later Bank of America), Hotel Turpin, flower stand, Pig & Whistle, Wakelee Drugs, Woodstock Hotel at left, Owl Drug Co., Clinton Cafeteria in Flood Building at right. [Powell Street]
Downtown / Union Square