Mission Bay

Contains 196 photos

3rd near Townsend
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3rd near Townsend

Market Street Railway 43-line streetcar #948. Southern Pacific depot building on right.

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3rd & Terry Francois
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3rd & Terry Francois

View north to China Basin building on left and Lefty O'Doul Bridge. Market Street Railway 16-line streetcar #962.

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3rd & Terry Francois
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3rd & Terry Francois

View east at Market Street Railway 16-line streetcar #956 after crossing Lefty O'Doul Bridge.

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Third St. Viaduct
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Third St. Viaduct

MSRy 29-line #947 with zip stripe livery ascending viaduct. Eureka Stove Co. in background.

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3rd near Townsend
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3rd near Townsend

View northeast across 3rd from front of Southern Pacific Depot to Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcars: 16-line #945, 29-line #960, 15-line #820 with zip stripe livery. Depot Coffee Shop 711 3rd St., Louis E. Brown Watch Repair (Authorized Watch Inspector, Southern Pacific and Western Pacific Railroads) 709 3rd St. MJB Coffee office and factory in background left, 665 3rd St. (M.J. Brandenstein Building, Built 1916, architect G. Albert Lansburgh.) At far left background, Transcontinental Freight Co. Building, 1908.

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3rd near King
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3rd near King

View northeast across 3rd St. to Market St. Railway (MSRy) 16-line #944 with zip stripe livery, GallenKamp'S billboard in background. U.S. Mail truck and mail man at left. Old Corner Lunch, background center at King St. corner.

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Mission Creek
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Mission Creek

China Basin, wrecked auto being raised out of creek. 6th Street swing bridge on left. Derelict steamboat 'Capital City' in the background. The boat would partially sink in the creek in 1952, and would be wrecked and removed in 1958.

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Pier 48
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Pier 48

[Pier 48] Pier fire on the Embarcadero. Three fire trucks and fire boat at pier, firefighters on roof. Bay Bridge in background.

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3rd Street near Mariposa
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3rd Street near Mariposa

Elevated viaduct with Market Street Railway 29-line streetcar.

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3rd near 16th
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3rd near 16th

View North on 3rd Street towards streetcar overpass, 29-line streetcar [Line 29 - 29A-08 0993-29A-02 SB on Third 1941]

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3rd & Terry Francois
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3rd & Terry Francois

View north at Market Street Railway 15-line streetcar #805 crossing Lefty O'Doul Bridge.

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3rd & Townsend
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3rd & Townsend

View southwest to Southern Pacific Passenger Depot. Market St. Railway (MSRy) 20-line streetcar #301 turning onto 3rd. SPCA truck on left.

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SP Depot
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SP Depot

Bob Hope & Jerry Colonna. Hollywood Victory Caravan, a cross-country tour raising money for Army and navy Relief Funds arrives at the Southern Pacific Depot at Third and Townsend

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3rd & 16th
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3rd & 16th

View north on the elevated auto/streetcar viaduct above 3rd Street and 16th Street. The viaduct allowed automobile and streetcar traffic to pass through the extensive railroad yards in the area. to Bay Bridge in the distance [3rd & 16th Sts. Viaduct][dpwbookXXX dpwA7251]

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SP Freight Yard
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SP Freight Yard

View northeast from the rof of a building at about 17th & Mississippi toward Southern Pacific freight yards and and the t-shaped elevated auto and streetcar viaduct at 16th Street and 3rd Street. The Elevated I280 Freeway dominates this view today. (2021) [3rd & 16th Sts. Viaduct][dpwbookXXX dpwA7252]

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3rd St. Overpass
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3rd St. Overpass

Market St. Railway Co. (MSRY) streetcar #288 with zip stripe livery (and ad for Abbott & Costello's 'Buck Privates' and 'She's For Me') on the 3rd Street Overpass near Mariposa.

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3rd St. Overpass
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3rd St. Overpass

Market Street Railway Co. (MSRy) streetcar #818 on the 3rd Street Overpass near Mariposa St.

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Illinois near Mariposa
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Illinois near Mariposa

Market Street Railway wartime revision 16-line streetcar #821. Silos behind.

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Illinois & Mariposa
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Illinois & Mariposa

View at gas holder, warehouses, silos, and wartime revision 16-line streetcar #824 with zip stripe livery.

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Townsend & 4th
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Townsend & 4th

View across Townsend to northwest corner. Philip Morris, 690 4th Street. Building built 1926.

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