• Grant Avenue California Street San Francisco Chinatown Cable Car Postcard
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Grant Avenue at California Street, Chinatown San Francisco | Mike Roberts Chrome Era Postcard

Grant Avenue at California Street, Chinatown San Francisco | Mike Roberts Chrome Era Postcard

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AT A GLANCE

Title:
"Grant Avenue at California Street"
Publisher:
E.F. Clements San Francisco, California
Type:
Standard Size Postcard (3 ½” x 5 ½”)
Subject:
Chinatown, cable car
Style:
Documentary, city view
Circa:
1965 - 1975
Print type:
Photochrome print
Condition:
Excellent (EX)
Color:
Glossy
Postcard:
Chrome
Location:
San Francisco, California USA
Postmark:
Unposted | Unused
Notes:
Code #29793; Deckled edge

Vintage chrome‑era postcard featuring Grant Avenue at California Street, the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown. This lively street view captures the district’s iconic architecture, cable car activity, and the vibrant commercial façades that defined Chinatown in the mid‑20th century. The scene reflects the cultural crossroads described on the card: “Four thousand years of culture brought to a young America.”

Published by E.F. Clements of San Francisco and printed by Mike Roberts of Berkeley, this postcard represents the classic California chrome style of the 1960s–1970s. Unposted and in excellent condition, it’s ideal for collectors of San Francisco ephemera, Chinatown imagery, and mid‑century city‑view postcards. Packaged in protective postcard sleeve.

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