Market & Hyde
Muni #153 on Market Street, in front of Orpheum Theater
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Transbay Terminal
View northeast toward Mission and Fremont Street. Muni D-line Streetcar #66 with wings livery. Berkshire Stockings, PG&E and Matson Buildings in background.
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Townsend near 3rd
View southeast across Townsend to Muni Original F-line #11 with wings livery, Southern Pacific Passenger Depot with wooden scaffolding on east (front) face. Libby, McNeill & Libby canners in Harron, Rickard & McCone Building 139 Townsend (Built 1909, still standing 2021), Union Oil service station, Clark Bros. Motor Transport System, Birdcage traffic signals, Muni 27-line #0190 bus in distance left. [AS]
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1st & Mission
View north down 1st to 8-line #149, turning at East Bay Terminal. Shell Building, Western Neckwear Co., J.R. Rosenthal Co., The Commuter, Foster's Cafeteria.
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Mission Street near 7th
View southwest across Mission to streetcar #817, Hotel Grand Southern, T.J. Topper Coffee Urns 1089 Mission, Wicx-Merit Gloves 1085 Mission St., Hotel Grand Southern, last day. Rail service on Mission ended in mid-January 1949.
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Mission & 6th
View southeast down Mission to 11-Line Hoffman Streetcar #838 with wings livery on last day of service of line. Hotels Thomas & Hale. Chronicle Building, Pacific Telephone Building at background left. Tall building at center is the California Casket Co. Building, 965 Mission St., Albert Pissis Architect, built 1906.
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Mission near 7th
View southwest across Mission to streetcar #1237 with wings livery, Hotel Grand Southern, T.J. Topper Coffee Urns, 1089 Mission, Wicx-Merit Gloves 1085 Mission. Rail service on Mission ended in mid-January 1949.
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Mission Street near 7th
View southwest across Mission to streetcar #817, Hotel Grand Southern, T.J. Topper Coffee Urns 1089 Mission, Wicx-Merit Gloves 1085 Mission St., Hotel Grand Southern, last day. Rail service on Mission ended in mid-January 1949. Last day 43.
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Market & Grant
View northeast from street to Muni L-Line #210 with wings livery. Phelan Building, Union Trust Building, Mutual Savings Bank, Chronicle, Hobart, Examiner, Central Tower (former Call) Buildings. 11:35 am on clock.
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Market near 6th
Elevated view northeast and steeply down to Market and buildings on north side. Long lines waiting for Loew's Warfield Theatre World Premier of 'Red Danube.' Newsreel Theatre. Tiny's Waffle Shop on Turk. Dean building with deco makeover at far right.
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Mission near 4th
View northeast across Mission to Muni 11-line streetcar #117 passing St. Patrick's Church. Aronson Building in distance.
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6th near Folsom
[6th - Folsom - 1 Killed] Fire at Sun Tent Co, 363 6th St. Multiple hoses pouring water into third story windows.
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1st near Mission
View north on 1st Street toward Mission. Municipal Railway (Muni) C-line Streetcar #638 with wings livery (post-merger renumbered from Market Street Railway #238) entering East Bay Terminal (Transbay Terminal). Shell Building in background. Western Neckwear Co., J.R. Rosenthal & Co. Retail space on northwest corner at background left with ongoing construction and sign "Coffee Shop Opening September 24th". Foster's Cafeteria on right.
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4th at Mission
View northeast across intersection to Municipal Railway (Muni) F-line Streetcar #35 with wings livery. All 4th Street buildings in this view now demolished. Hotel Margaret.
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Market near Van Ness
View east from center of Market between Van Ness and 12th Street. Municipal Railway (Muni) interurban streetcar #1234 likely on a fan trip excursion. (40-line Interurban usually ran on Mission Street.) El Patio Ballroom (future site of Fillmore West) at right. Merchandise Mart building (Opened 1937) in distance, with radio broadcast antenna on roof.
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Natoma near New Montgomery
Fire in building on Natoma near New Montgomery. Fireman shooting water onto second story, hoses in the street.
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Market near 9th
View southwest on Market between 8th and 9th. Municipal Railway (MUNI) L-line streetcar #188 passing Hotel Whitcomb. Merchandise Mart in the background.
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Transbay Terminal
View northwest across entrance ramp to Municipal Railway (Muni) J-line streetcar #111 with wings livery in front of Transbay Terminal. The Commuter Restaurant at right. Skaggs-Stone General Merchandise, Veteran's Shoe Repair, Rainier Krausen beer billboard with clock. [M0111-J 01 1950s]
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Palace Hotel
Chef presents The Cheesecake to a woman and two men in the Garden Court. [ 2-10-50 Main Dining Room Palace Hotel]
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Downtown aerial
View northwest above the intersection of 3rd and Howard toward downtown and Nob Hill. Golden Gate Bridge and Marin County in background.
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