Downtown / Union Square

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VJ Day Market Street
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VJ Day Market Street

Smiling lady. Probably Market near Geary & Kearny

Downtown / Union Square
V-J Day on Market St
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V-J Day on Market St

Four Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) at Grant & Market Streets on the day Japan surrendered in World War II.

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Grant & Market
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Grant & Market

VJ Day, View across Market toward Grant. Crowds of people walking in the street during VJ Day (End of World War II) celebrations

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VJ Day Market Street
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VJ Day Market Street

Fire Engine; drunk sailors waving.

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VJ Day Market Street
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VJ Day Market Street

Fireman hooking hose to hydrant. Probably on Market Street near Geary & Kearny & 3rd Street

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VJ Day Market Street
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VJ Day Market Street

Crowd stopping car sitting on roof, Market at Grant Street. Gray Line in back at 741 Market

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VJ Day, Grant near Market
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VJ Day, Grant near Market

View northeast across Grant Ave. to firemen, shore patrol. Talk O' The Town bar on left.

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Market & Powell
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Market & Powell

VJ Day, View north on Powell from Market. Crowds of people and sailors walking in the street during VJ Day (End of World War II) celebrations. Woman being grabbed at center, streetcar at right.

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VJ Day Market Street
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VJ Day Market Street

VJ Day Celebration, View north across Market near Powell. 904 & 906 Market in background. Samarkand Ice Cream, Margaret Burnham's Cottage Candies.

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Market at Powell
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Market at Powell

VJ Day Celebrations, Flood Building

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Market near 5th
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Market near 5th

VJ Day Celebrations. View north across crowded Market to Kreider & Lewin Men's Furnishings, 918 Market, Howard's Clothing 920 Market, buildings demolished for Hallidie Plaza.

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VJ Day on Market St
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VJ Day on Market St

Civilian and military personnel celebrating VJ Day on Market near 4th

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VJ Day Market Street
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VJ Day Market Street

VJ Day Celebration, Market near Stockton. Gensler-Lee jewelers in background at 838 Market. People celebrating in the middle of the street with an Eclipse Fender (cowcatcher) pulled from a streetcar

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VJ Day Market Street
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VJ Day Market Street

Probably on Market Street near Geary & Kearny & 3rd Street

Downtown / Union Square
VJ Day on Market
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VJ Day on Market

Civilian reveler celebrating VJ Day, holding dismounted streetcar fender.

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Market & O'Farrell
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Market & O'Farrell

VJ Day, View across O'Farrell toward Market Street. Crowds of people walking in the street during VJ Day (End of World War II) celebrations. O'Farrell Cable Car at right.

Downtown / Union Square
Market & 5th
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Market & 5th

Hale Brothers department store, Lincoln Building (demolished)

South of Market
Powell Near Post
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Powell Near Post

View northwest across Powell St. to Municipal Railway (Muni) Washington Jackson Line Cable car #524 in front of St. Francis Hotel, H.L. Ladd Chemist. United Airlines at right. Car is still painted with pre-merger Market Street Railway (MSRy) shield.

Downtown / Union Square
Montgomery & Market
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Montgomery & Market

Elevated view north from Palace Hotel toward Wells Fargo Bank and Union Trust Company Building, Hobart Building, Flatiron Building, Shell Building at right.

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Grant & Bush
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Grant & Bush

View north on Grant Ave. White Log Coffee Shop,Astoria Hotel, Washington Garden, Kubla Khan Chinese Theatre Restaurant, Grant Cafe. Birdcage traffic signals.

Downtown / Union Square