Downtown Aerial
View east roughly centered on Geary Street. Pacific Telephone building, Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island, Oakland and Alameda.
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Telenews Theatre
Interior, Telenews Theatre 930 Market Street (demolished for Hallidie Plaza) Loge with usher in theatre. The Telenews showed exclusively newsreels.
Downtown / Union Square
5th & Market
Elevated view south across Market toward 5th Street. Market Street Railway 14-Line streetcar #1568. Crowds of people, Dolores Premiere School, Hotel Lankershim, Hale's Food Shop, U.S. Mint, SF Chronicle, Oakwood Hotel, Hales Food Shop. Birdcage traffic signal. 5:00pm.
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Union Square
View from Geary and Stockton showing St. Francis Hotel and Fitzhugh Building
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
View north from center of Powell St. to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Washington & Jackson Line Cable Car #519 on the turntable, full of passengers, being turned around. Paul's Flowers, Hotel Powell, Pig 'n Whistle on the left. Flood Building, Florsheim Shoes on the right.
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Union Square
High Noon. Dewey Monument and seated visitors
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Kearny
View east from center of street to Wendell Willkie motorcade. 660 Market Building, Crocker Building, Hobart Building in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Powell
View north across Market to Wendell Willkie motorcade passing Flood Bldg. Owl Drug Co.; Morgen Jewelry; Florsheim Shoes.
Downtown / Union Square
Market near Kearny
Wendell Willkie waves from motorcade during campaigning; Hyman's Leasing in Chronicle Building, Crocker Building.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
View north on Powell to Market Street Railway Co. (MSRy) Washington & Jackson Line Cable Car #527 on turntable. On left, Bank of America Building (later One Powell), Hotel Powell, Pig 'N Whistle, Paul's Flower Stand. On right, Flood Building with Owl Drug, Florsheim Shoes. Birdcage traffic signal. [MSRy Cable Car #527 - Turntable]
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Market & 4th
View southeast across intersection to westbound Market Street Railway Co. (MSRy) 20-Line streetcar with zip stripe livery, crossing Market St between 4th and Ellis in front of California Theater.
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Market & 3rd
Wendell Willkie motorcade; numerous streetcars, Examiner Building
Downtown / Union Square
Market & 5th
On Market St near Fifth, looking east, with Emporium store on left and Woolworth's on right on south side of street. MSRy 5-Line #832; Emporium on left
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Geary & Grant
I. Magnin and Company Department Store. Central Tower Building in background.
Downtown / Union Square
View E from 450 Sutter
Night view over downtown towards Bay Bridge, searchlights upper right.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & 3rd
View south across Market to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 15-line #800. Hearst Building, United Cigar Stores, Hotel Winchester, Halloran's Log Cabin cafeteria, Hotel King, Call Building remodeled as Central Tower at far right. Aronson Building (Mercantile Center Building sign on north side) in distance center.
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Skyline from Nob Hill
Hunter-Dulin and Hobart buildings at center. Post Street runs through the middle. Taken from the St. Francis Hotel, Union Square in foreground. Whittell Building at right
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Powell & Market
View west to Market Street Railway Cable Car turntable, Eddy St. in background; Car #520, Washington & Jackson Streets line
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Powell & Geary
View west on Powell to Union Square, Fitzhugh Building, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Sutter
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Market & Grant
View north across Market to American Trust Company, Fire engine, Union Trust Bank
Downtown