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Third Street toward Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 1906

Subjects
Street ScenesTown & City ViewsTrucks & Wagons
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1906 (Early)
Front of Third Street toward Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 1906, Miss Charlotte Barnett, IL, USA, c. 1906 lithograph postcard
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Back of Third Street toward Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 1906, Miss Charlotte Barnett, IL, USA, c. 1906 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The view looks north along Third Street toward Market Street, with horse-drawn wagons, delivery carts, and pedestrians filling the 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 a busy commercial corridor in San Francisco's South of Market district, and the scene shows the pre-1906 city. The card was mailed in December 1906, months after the earthquake and fire that destroyed much of the surrounding district.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

San Francisco Dec 8 - 06 from Papa, Neighbors

PublisherCharles Weidner
THIRD STREET looking towards MARKET STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, California.
PostmarkedSan Francisco, CA, December 9, 1906
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Barnett

Freeburg, IL

Postcard record

Postmarked, San Francisco, CA
PublisherCharles Weidner
Series446
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Barnett, Freeburg, IL
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
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 1906. 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 (Series 1902) adhesive stamp; light edge/corner wear and slight soiling.

Cite this card

Third Street toward Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/third-street-toward-market-street-san-francisco-ca-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.