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Market & Powell circa 1940

Elevated postcard view east on Market from Powell. Crowds of shoppers, traffic, streetcars. State Theatre ,Humboldt Bank Building, Central Tower in distance. Emporium, Lerner's, Pacific Building on right. The California Theatre was renamed the State in 1941. [Market St., Redwood Empire Assn. Photo, Zan 604]
Zan Stark (Album - SF Trip 1948 / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

Market & Powell Market & Powell

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