Market near 1st

Market near 1st Feb 20, 1952

Elevated view east from center of Market toward 1st Street to cars parked in the middle of the street during Municipal Railway (Muni) Strike. Parking regulations were suspended to allow cars to park on unused streetcar tracks. The strike lasted from Sunday February 17 through Saturday February 23, 1952. From left Donahue Mechanics Monument, Union Carbide in Postal Telegraph Building, Tilden Sales Building , Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building, Ferry Building, PG&E Building,

Photographer Unknown (Emiliano Echeverria/Randolph Brandt Collection / Courtesy of Emiliano Echeverria)

Market near 1st

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