Automobile

Contains 4894 photos

2nd & Folsom
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2nd & Folsom

View south on 2nd St. to east side of street, F-line Stockton Streetcar #14 with wings livery, Schilling Co. Building, The Schmidt Lithography Co. clock tower at Second and Bryant streets .

South of Market
Market near 1st
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Market near 1st

Elevated view east from center of Market toward 1st Street to cars parked in the middle of the street during Municipal Railway (Muni) Strike. Parking regulations were suspended to allow cars to park on unused streetcar tracks. The strike lasted from Sunday February 17 through Saturday February 23, 1952. From left Donahue Mechanics Monument, Union Carbide in Postal Telegraph Building, Tilden Sales Building , Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building, Ferry Building, PG&E Building,

Financial District
O'Farrell & Jones
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O'Farrell & Jones

Jones Street Cable Car Shuttle #60 (now in Japan)

Tenderloin
Great Highway
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Great Highway

View south towards Playland. Topsy's Roost at left

Sutro Heights
Chenery near Roanake
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Chenery near Roanake

Chenery between Natick & Roanake. Two streetcars passing, #925 & #848, looking southwest.

Glen Park
Turk & Parker
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Turk & Parker

View northwest to Municipal Railway (Muni) 31-line car westbound (with reversed sign).

Lone Mountain
Market & 7th
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Market & 7th

Elevated view northeast across Market to small building being moved across Market Street. Rosenberg's Original Health Food Store (1120) being remodeled, Eagleson's men's wear, Bear Lunch, Hotel Shaw, Anglo American National Bank, Paramount Theater, Galland Laundry Co. truck.

South of Market
Market & 1st
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Market & 1st

Elevated view northeast down Market toward Battery & Bush, Donahue Monument with high-backed bench at left, Postal Telegraph Building, Board of Trade Building (with Technical Book Co., Warner Bros. Radio), Tilden Sales Building, Fife Building with large sign atop, Ferry Building. H.C. Golcher guns, Selig Bros. Tailors at left. Ferry Building in distance with large sign on roof (portion visible is 'July 7') which is likely 1934 "Knights Templar July 7-13 Welcome". Market Street Railway (MSRy) 1-line streetcar #223, Streetcars of K, J,L, B, N Lines.

Financial District
Market near 3rd
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Market near 3rd

Elevated view southwest across Market toward 3rd Street showing many Muni and Market St. Railway (MSRy) streetcars, mostly inbound. Monadnock Building (with Great Northern Railroad, Eureka Federal Savings & Loan, Meussdorffer Hats 675 Market, Pressler's Men's Clothing 687 Market), Hearst/Examiner Building, Call Building (with Owl Drugs), Kamm Building, Humboldt Bank Building in background. At right, signs for Florsheim Shoes and Hymans Leasing, Tascone's Coffee Shop. Lotta's Fountain. Among pedestrians are men and women in uniform. Two soldiers in Jeep at bottom, center. Same image as wnp67.0647 with tighter cropping.

Downtown / Union Square
Market near Turk
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Market near Turk

View northwest across Market between Taylor & Turk. Market Street Railway Co. (MSRy) 9-line #573, Warfield Theater, New Circle Theater playing Escape By Night and Boothill Brigade, Dean Building (demolished 2018) with art deco remodel. Old Crow Cocktails, John Davis tailor, Maxferd's Diamond Brokers, Downs, Dolly Madison candies.

Tenderloin
Market & Embarcadero
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Market & Embarcadero

Looking south from Embarcadero pedestrian bridge across Market to crowds on corners, Southern Pacific Building. United Cigar Store, Mead's Coffee Shop, Co-Operative Dairy Lunch, Muni B-Line #181, Ray Benson Candy, Cigars. Alameda Cafe decoration on second building from left.

Financial District
California & 32nd Ave
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California & 32nd Ave

View east to terminus of the C-Line on California St., from Lincoln park

Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Mission & Onondaga
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Mission & Onondaga

View east from Onondaga to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 12-Line #1586 turning from Mission. Gas station at Russia and Mission, Italian-American Social Club (25 Russia Ave., under construction) and brick telephone company building at Russia and London in background.

Cayuga
6th Ave near Fulton
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6th Ave near Fulton

End of the 4-line, View south toward Golden Gate Park. Streetcar is at the end of the block; another passes by on Fulton.

Richmond Inner
25th & Valencia
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25th & Valencia

View northeast across intersection to 9-Line Market Street Railway #1598 about to cross Southern Pacific tracks. Corner building demolished, now part of Synergy School.

Mission