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Posted 3 years ago
areliczone
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My friend Pete took up photography in the early twenties. I found a lot of negatives. I had some prints made of a few. These were taken in San Francisco. Do you know where they were taken? When I blow up the gas station, you can see men working inside.
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Photo #3 above:
This is upper Market St near Valencia St.
The taller building up from the gas station has an advertisement for R. Knight & Son Furniture at 665 Valencia St. and a hand with finger pointing to turn left.
Valencia St. is west of Mission Street and starts south of Market St. between Mission & Guerrero Streets. Valencia St. does not continue north of Market St. according to the map I am looking at.
Dave
Fantastic Post; Thank you!
could this be where the safeway on market st is? looks like it.
Love the old pictures.
It's too bad you had to blow up the gas station with the men still inside. ;-))
David