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View southeast across Market to Muni 7-line streetcar #464. Bimbo's 365 Club with banner for Earl Bennett show, Barney's Buffet, Warren's Candies. Background left, Southern Pacific, Matson and PG&E Buildings. Birdcage traffic signals. (Former Market Street Railway MSRy unit #164 renumbered #464 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with MUNI #164.)
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Elevated view east down Pine to Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and Matson Buildings on Market, built 1923-1925. PG&E annex at right built 1947-48.
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View south, Municipal Railway (Muni) 8-line Streetcar #602 (post-merger renumbered from Market Street Railway #202), Ferry Loop, streetcars ran to ferry building until 1949, Bay Bridge in background
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View west from the Ferry Loop, with landscaped area in center with Muni starters kiosk, towards Market and Sacramento, The Loop Army-Navy Store, Joe Harris Naval Uniforms billboard. 2-line Streetcar #242, with Red Cross flag and signage on front entering the Ferry Loop. Birdcage traffic signal. [Ferry 1948]
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View west to Ferry Loop at the foot of Market with landscaped area in middle with Muni starter's kiosk. Southern Pacific, Matson Buildings at left. Ensign Cafe, 7 Market Liquors, Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building, Joe Harris Naval Uniforms billboard, Hotel Terminal.
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View west on Mission toward 1st Street. Skaggs-Stone General Merchandise on southwest corner. Pacific Telephone Building in the background.[Tallest Building in SF]
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View east on Market from Beale. At left Hansford Building 268 Market (1908), Glenwood Building, Fife Building (1909, demolished 1966), Hotel Terminal. Birdcage traffic signals. At right PG&E and Matson Buildings. Ferry Building in the distance
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View northeast across Market toward Sansome, 544 Market Flatiron Building at left with Argonaut sign. Municipal Railway (Muni) L-line streetcar #44 with wings livery. Shell Building, Postal Telegraph Building (1908, Lewis Hobart architect) in center distance, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop, Ferry Building in distance right. Banners strung across Market.
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Municipal Railway (MUNI) 14-line streetcar #931 at the Embarcadero terminal. Rail-fans and operator posing. Ensign Cafe at far left.
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View east across Market toward 1st Street, Municipal Railway (Muni) 3-line streetcars #237 and M-line #74 with wings livery. Ferry Building, Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building, PG&E and Matson Line Buildings, Sheldon Building in the background. 3-Line #214? in background left.
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View east from center of Market toward 1st Street. Southern Pacific, Matson, PG&E Buildings, Sheldon Building, Hooker & Lent Building on right. Donahue Mechanics Monument at lower left. Mobilgas sign above Fife Building, Ferry Building in center distance. Ferry Building in the background. Most of the buildings in this view have since been demolished. C-line streetcar #660 [S.F. Scenes DK-50]
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Market & 1st Street. [S.F. Scenes DK-50]
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Men with Chinese dragon in Portola Festival parade. California Notion & Toy Store in background.
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Crowd around and atop Mechanics Monument watching Portola Festival parade. Postal Telegraph Building (1908, Lewis Hobart architect), Charcoal Broiler restaurant and Board of Trade building in background.
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Crowd watching Portola Festival parade. Kaufmann Camera Mart.
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Men with Chinese dragon in Portola Festival parade. California Notion & Toy Store in background.
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Men with Chinese dragon in Portola Festival parade.
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Float with showgirls and glittery stars sponsored by department stores (Roos Bros, Macys, Joseph Magnin, Livingston Bros, etc.) as part of the Portola Festival parade.
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Float with showgirls and glittery stars sponsored by department stores (Roos Bros, Macys, Joseph Magnin, Livingston Bros, etc.) as part of the Portola Festival parade.
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Women and men dressed as devils among glittery flames on float in Portola Festival parade on Markets Street
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