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Third Street looking toward Market Street, San Francisco, California, circa 1910

Subjects
Street ScenesTown & City ViewsTrucks & Wagons
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Third Street looking toward Market Street, San Francisco, California, circa 1910, Charlotte Bassett, MA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Third Street looking toward Market Street, San Francisco, California, circa 1910, Charlotte Bassett, MA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A tinted street view looks north along Third Street toward the Market Street intersection, with horse-drawn wagons, delivery carts and pedestrians filling the cobbled roadway between tall commercial blocks. A green-domed tower rises on the left and a mansard-roofed office building closes the vista at center. Third Street was one of downtown San Francisco's busiest commercial corridors in the years after the 1906 earthquake and fire, when much of the surrounding district was rebuilt with the steel-frame and masonry buildings seen here.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

San Francisco Dec 8 - 06 from Papa,

PublisherCharles Weidner
446 THIRD STREET looking towards MARKET STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, California. --- Charles Weidner, Photographer, San Francisco, Cal. Printed in Germany. POST CARD THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY
PostmarkedSan Francisco, CA, December 9, 1908
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte Bassett

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, San Francisco, CA
PublisherCharles Weidner
Series446
ConditionGood
Place addressedCharlotte Bassett, Amesbury, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902
NotesNarrow white border; printed series number 446 at upper left; light edge wear and slight discoloration at the left margin. Postmark: SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. DEC 9 1908. Divided-back private card with green "POST CARD" heading; imprint "Charles Weidner, Photographer, San Francisco, Cal. Printed in Germany." on the left edge; 1¢ green Franklin (1906) adhesive stamp; light edge/corner wear and slight soiling.

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Third Street looking toward Market Street, San Francisco, California, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/third-street-looking-toward-market-street-san-francisco-cali. Accessed October 24, 2026.