Taraval & 41st Ave
View east, Municipal Railway (Muni) L-line Streetcar #156 with wings livery and Red Cross Flag, Taraval St. westbound at 41st Ave. Golden State Ice Cream.
Sunset OuterAdvertising
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4th at Mission
View northeast across intersection to Municipal Railway (Muni) F-line Streetcar #35 with wings livery. All 4th Street buildings in this view now demolished. Hotel Margaret.
South of Market
Alemany Interchange
View northwest toward US101 Freeway, a portion still being built, crossing Alemany Boulevard, with Bernal Heights in background, Bayshore Boulevard in foreground. Alemany Farmer's Market site at far left. Greenhouses on Cortland to right of center in distance.
Apparel City
Grant near California
View south on Grant toward California Street to two well-dressed women and a 1925 Cleveland auto. 'Sing Fat Co' building in background, Sing Chong Building at right. Dragon streetlamps and globe streetlights.
Chinatown
Judah & La Playa
View northeast across intersection to Municipal Railway (Muni) N-line streetcar #204 and unidentified PCC. Dick's at the Beach and 7UP sign at left
Sunset Outer
Market & Castro
Municipal Railway (Muni) PCC L-Line #1132 inbound exiting Twin Peaks Tunnel East Portal. Pepsi and Belfast Water billboards at Collingwood.
Castro
Bay & Taylor
View north to Muni Powell St. Line Cable Car #527 on turntable, labeled as a Sacramento & Clay St. car to remind voters of that line, which had been eliminated in 1942. The car was chartered by the Citizens Committee To Save the Cable Cars and its chair Friedel Klussmann. On front left, campaign sign urging a yes vote on Proposition 10 (which passed overwhelmingly and preserved all existing Municipal Railway cable car lines), reading 'Vote Yes on Prop. 10 Nov. 4 and SAVE THE CABLES. Cables in the last 10 years have had fewer fatalities than buses. No bus can load as fast. Cables have 4 brakes."
North Beach
Oakland Mole
View north to Southern Pacific Train at Oakland Mole, Albers Bros. Milling Co. building in background. At far left background is the Oakland Pier Interlocking Tower, used for switching trains. It has been moved nearby and in 2022 houses a historical exhibit and observation deck on its second floor, as part of Port View / Middle Harbor Shoreline Park.
Transbay Terminal
View northwest across entrance ramp to Municipal Railway (Muni) J-line streetcar #111 with wings livery in front of Transbay Terminal. The Commuter Restaurant at right. Skaggs-Stone General Merchandise, Veteran's Shoe Repair, Rainier Krausen beer billboard with clock. [M0111-J 01 1950s]
South of Market
Powell & Geary
View northeast across intersection to Union Square. Powell St. cable car #527 at left. Hotel Plaza, Old Grand-Dad billboard. Birdcage traffic signal.
Downtown / Union Square
Post & Stockton
View looking southwest across Union Square. Dewey Monument at center, St. Francis Hotel at right. Elkan Gunst Building beyond Dewey Monument.
Downtown / Union Square
San Jose
1906 earthquake and fire. Damaged St. James Hotel Annex, W. St. John's Street. Ads for San Jose Dairy Co. San Jose Cigars.
Outside SF
Mrs. Rutherford's Corsets
Advertising photo from Tabers Album of Principal Businesses. Two women posing with an assortment of corsets and shoulder braces, manufactured by Mrs. W.P. Rutherford & Co., with shop at 126 Kearny in Thurlow Block, between Sutter and Post. Mrs. W.P. Rutherford, Mrs. S.B. Packard, proprietors.
Financial District
Embarcadero near Market
View west across Embarcadero to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 12-line streetcar #1684 at the terminal. Billboard for Sunkist Oranges in the background. Southern Pacific Building visible between billboards.
Financial District
Folsom & 10th
1400 Folsom at 10th Street, Tynan-Alexander Motors. A tow truck and tractor on a trailer. Building still stands in 2020. [for tractor service, call Underhill 2305]
South of Market