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View southwest from center of Market toward 6th Street. Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson's motorcade travelling from SF Airport to the Fairmont Hotel. Stevenson waving to the crowd. Warfield Theatre, showing Ivanhoe, at right. United Artists, Embassy, and Paramount Theatres in the background.
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View southwest from center of Market toward 7th Street. Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson's motorcade travelling from SF Airport to the Fairmont Hotel. Stevenson waving to the people on the street. United Artists Theatre at left. Merrill's Drugs, Odd Fellows Building and Embassy Theatre in the background.
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View west on Market toward Sixth. Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson's motorcade traveling from SF Airport to the Fairmont Hotel.
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Two older women posing on the street. [7th & Market June 1953]
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View east on Eddy toward Larkin. George Dobbs Restaurant (now the site of the Phoenix Hotel) Promotional Cable Car #21 in parking lot (the first motorized cable car, built 1952) Hotel Sentinel across the street. [Larkin and Eddy George Dobbs Drive In restaurant. He was the father of Harold Dobbs, co-founder of Mel's Drive-In and a San Francisco Supervisor.
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view east down Market Street. Flood Building, Emporium in foreground, Ferry Building, Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena and Treasure Islands in background. Pacific Telephone Building next to wing at right.
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View northeast to Sir Francis Drake, 450 Sutter, Elks Club, Bohemian Garage, Gray Dawn Garage, Hotel O'Farrell
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Elevated view north to Clift Hotel, California Hotel, Don Hotel, KNBC studio, Winton Hotel, Glide Memorial Methodist Church
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O'Farrell Street Cable Car; parking garage construction
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View west on Turk St. Site where pedestrian was hit by auto. 2 PM.
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Collision between auto and Cable Car #53.
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Night view south on Jones toward Market. Final nighttime run of O'Farrell and Jones Cable Car, decorated in black crepe and operated by Conductor Ulysses Taylor and Gripman Roy O. Sydney. United Artists Theatre, Hotel Federal, Anglo California Bank in background. The 5 block Jones Street Shuttle had run for 53 years between Jones and O'Farrell. Riders sang a special tune, "God Save Our Cable Cars," to the tune of "My Country 'Tis Of Thee".
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Crowd in front of RKO Golden Gate Theatre, showing 'Saskatchewan'. Free Gas Cooking School was the event that drew the crowd, not the movie. (JT) [Golden Gate SF March 1954 Saskatchewan]
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View north on Jones from Turk Jones St Cable Car #53. Hotel Herald at Jones & Eddy in background. Hotel Roosevelt
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View north on Jones from Turk. Citi's Fine Italian Foods Restaurant. Hotel Herald at Jones & Eddy in background. Hotel Roosevelt
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View southeast from rooftop parking level of Mason-O'Farrell Garage. Telephone Building, Phelan Building, Bank of America (Humboldt Bank Building).
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View south from rooftop parking level of Mason-O'Farrell Garage. Large signs for Lilli Ann and California Western States Life
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View east from rooftop parking level of Mason-O'Farrell Garage. Shell Building, Telephone Building, Phelan Building.
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View southwest across Market near McAllister toward 7th St. Light pole with Centre Theatre and United Artists Theatre (showing "Not as a Stranger"). Federal Hotel and Grant Building in background
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View southwest side of Mason Street. ( entire block, including Dikeman Place alley demolished for SF Hilton) John's Men's wear, Hotel Johns
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