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3rd St & Townsend

October 9, 1938

View northeast across 3rd from front of Southern Pacific Depot to Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcars: 15-Line #820 with zip stripe livery, #1567 (Excursion trip, marked "Special Car" at 3rd St. crossover. Buildings across Townsend in background left: . MJB Coffee office and factory in background left, 665 3rd St. (M.J. Brandenstein Building, Built 1916, architect G. Albert Lansburgh.), Transcontinental Freight Co. Building, 1908. Anna Davidow Building (1917) on northeast corner with billboard on roof. All still stand in 2021. Birdcage traffic signal. Bay Bridge approach viaduct in distance left over 3rd St. Depot Coffee Shop, Rudy's Place, Palace Lunch.