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Powell & California circa 1946

View southwest across intersecttion to Muni (former Market Street Railway (MSRy)) Powell Street cable car #507 crossing California Street with advertisement for 'The Voice of the Turtle' playing at the Geary Theatre. Stanford Court Hotel (then apartments) in the background. Car is still painted with pre-merger Market Street Railway (MSRy) shield. (Ansco Color transparency)
Photographer Unknown (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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