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Mission Street between 1st and Fremont, view west toward 1st Street. Municipal Railway MUNI PCC K-line streetcar #1021 loading passengers at dusk. Western Pacific neon sign and telephone company building in background.
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View northeast across 11th Street between Market and Mission to Muni L-line Taraval streetcar #178 with wings livery stopped in front of roller skating rink (later Legg's Ice Skating). Sign for Bay Area Electric Railroad Association indicates this is a rail fan excursion. Gough Auto Repair in background. See also wnp14.12639.
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Large crowd the lobby of the Palace Hotel at dinner for Soviet Premier Khrushchev
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Dinner at the Sheraton Palace Hotel. Sitting at table, waving
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Entrance and marquee of United Artists Theatre, showing 'Some Like It Hot.' [United Artists SF UAR-09 24 April 1959]
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View north on 11th toward Market. Muni Magic Carpet streetcar #1004 marked for H-Line, which stopped rail service in 1950. Probably a rail fan excursion run. Gough Auto Repair and Peeters & Sons Storage at right. Buildings at right demolished.
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View northeast across Market looking toward Grant. Muni J-Line Streetcar PCC #1035. Regal Shoes, Seaboard Loans on left. Union Trust Company Building at center. Citizens Federal Savings Mutual Savings Bank Building at right, Chronicle Building beyond.
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View west down Geary across Market from what was then the corner of Annie Street. Lotta's Fountain at center. Muni streetcar PCC #1012. Flannery Building with Dr. Alexander Dentist and The Stag bar, Mutual Savings Bank Building with Citizens Federal Savings branch, Bank of America. On Geary Whittell Building and St. Francis Hotel in distance. KSAY radio sign at right on Schmidt Building, Granville's Jewelers, M.B. Rich optician, Foster's, California Compensaton & Fire Co. with electric sign showing temperature, Livingston's, Owl Drugs. Chronicle Building at far right. 10:05 a.m. on clock at right.
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View north on Kearny across Market. Lotta's Fountain, Chronicle Building with Security Finance Co., W & H Cigars Liquors on the right. KSAY Radio sign on Schmidt Building, Granville's Jewelers with Bulova clock, Pastine's, O.P.O Clothes, Iron Horse, Moores on left.
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Market and Montgomery, Elevated view from the Palace Hotel roof, north on Montgomery showing Giants Spring Parade ( welcome home after Spring Training)
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Northeast corner of 6th & Mission - Hart Hotel, Austin's Cafeteria, 99 Club, large advertisement for Foster's Cafeteria on side 986 Mission St, the headquarters for Foster's chain of cafeterias, with art department, bookkeeping, kitchen and delivery facilities. [N.E. Cor. 6th & Mission - Hart Hotel]
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Benefit show on Market Street between 3rd and 4th. Bercut's Meats and Paris Theatre in background.
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Man in suit overlooks ventilation tube in manhole, two PCC streetcars in background (folder: Fire, PG&E Vault)
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Flames erupting from manhole in foreground, fire trucks, cars, pedestrians and streetcars in background (folder: Fire, PG&E Vault)
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74 New Montgomery. Stone Rent-a-Car, Palace Garage.
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Interior office of institutional building, likely 74 New Montgomery Street, 'The Call Building,' built in 1914.
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View Northwest on Hawthorne between Folsom and Harrison. Telephone building in distance.
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Bay Bridge Approach, Embarcadero Freeway
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De Gaulle Visit. Motorcycle escort, DeGaulle standing in center car
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French President Charles De Gaulle Visit. Elevated view south to motorcade on Ninth Street. People lining streets waving French flags. Shasta Hardware, The Mart Restaurant, Mart Stationers. Hotel Whitcomb parking lot, Blackstone Apartments.
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