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Market & Fulton

July 1, 1946

Market St between 7th and 8th Streets, looking southwest across Market. Muni M & L cars outbound #150; crowd boarding; kid on cow catcher. Strand Theatre, Hotel National, Benatar's Department Store, Crystal Palace Market, a huge food mall, is visible behind cars, demolished 1959; current site of Trinity Place: (See sf.curbed.com article for good history of Crystal Palace.) Hotel Whitcomb and Merchandise Mart in distance. Market Street decorated for Shrine Convention. (parade was July 21, 1946)

Location

Civic Center /UN Plaza BART, 94102

Civic Center

Keywords

Artifact

Citation: Waldemar Sievers
Date Added: July 18, 2017
Contributor: Courtesy of a Private Collector

Rights

Downloadable: Yes

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