[Heavy traffic in front of the Southern Pacific station at 3rd and Townsend streets]

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Local identifier: AAD-5989
Title: [Heavy traffic in front of the Southern Pacific station at 3rd and Townsend streets]
Alternative Title: Third Street
Date: 1940 June 4
Issuance: monographic
Associated Group: San Francisco Call Bulletin
San Francisco News-Call Bulletin
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Type of Resource: still image
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: b&w.
Form: graphic
Use and Reproduction: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. S. F. Call-Bulletin photo by M. N. Fay.
Note: Folder: S.F. Terminals-Southern Pacific.
On back: "WHERE TAKEN: 3rd & Townsend. ASSIGNMENT: Commute Traffic Jams. CONNECTION WITH STORY: For Editorial Page, Bum Time For It. NAMES AND IDENTITY: #9 - 8:42 from M. J. B. Freight Train; #10 - 8:45 from M. J. B.; #12 - 8:38 from M. J. B. Bridge shown in these shots. Police claim only serious jam occurs when bridge has been closed few minutes. Sometimes fleet of trucks cause jam. 'No Left Turn' at traffic peak also helps. PHOTOGRAPHER: M. N. Fay. REPORTER: None.".
LCSH Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Railroad terminals--California--San Francisco
Subject Name: Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Bibliographic Number: .b10307540
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:145750