Automobile

Contains 4894 photos

Cole & Carl
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Cole & Carl

Sunset Tunnel, car being removed from tunnel entrance, N-Judah n-line, night shot

Cole Valley
Clay at Embarcadero
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Clay at Embarcadero

View west to Sacramento & Clay St. Cable Car MSRy #16, Harbor Garage in Union Center building, Convey & Sons meats, Dry Cleaners, Williams Bros. Cigars, Cigarettes & Candies, New Post Office Candy Store, Salvation Army, Ferry Station Post Office at right. All buildings later demolished.

Financial District
Castro & 26th
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Castro & 26th

Elevated view northeast to Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) Castro Cable Car #4 on turntable at Castro and 26th. Scaffolding on building near corner in background.

Noe Valley
Clement near 6th Ave
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Clement near 6th Ave

View southeast across Clement between 5th and 6th Avenues. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 2-line streetcar #255 with zip stripe livery. Sheehan Dry Goods, A. E. Harris Liquors. Roosevelt Junior High School tower in distance. Buildings in photo still stand in 2025.

Richmond Inner
Market near 1st
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Market near 1st

Elevated view northeast down Market toward Battery & Bush, Donahue Monument with high-backed bench at left, Postal Telegraph Building, Camille Restaurant, New Orleans Coffee Parlor, 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. Same image as wnp32.0175, with different cropping.

Financial District
California near Grant
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California near Grant

View east to California Street Cable Car, 720 California building before 2 story addition, Old St. Mary's cathedral and rectory, Financial Center Building, Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Hotel Lafayette, Helvetia Hotel, Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Yamato Hotel on right. Southern Pacific Building and Bay Bridge in distance. [7269]

Chinatown
GGIE
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GGIE

Golden Gate International Exposition, Visit of Franklin D. Roosevelt in motorcade, Construction of GGIE, Tower of the Sun [After a luncheon with 1000 specially invited guests during which he made a 15 minutes address to the nation over the air, FDR is pictured as he left the Treasure Island site of the 1939 GGIE thus opening a new road via the San Francisco Bay Bridge]

Treasure Island
Sloat near 26th Ave
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Sloat near 26th Ave

View northwest across Sloat near 26th Avenue toward Paraiso Place and eastbound Market Street Railway (MSRy) 12-line Streetcar #1739. Houses in background still stand 2023. Tracks on median have been removed.

Merced Manor
West Portal & Vicente
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West Portal & Vicente

View northeast across intersection to Municipal Railway (Muni) K-Line streetcar #103. Empire Theatre in background.

West Portal
18th & Castro
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18th & Castro

View northeast on Castro St to Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) Castro St. Cable Car #7, 8-Line streetcar in distance. Bon Omi Store, Prudence Penny grocery store, Castro Theater in background.

Castro
Castro near 18th
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Castro near 18th

View south on Castro toward 18th, Market Street Railway (MSRy) 8-Line streetcar #207, Castro Line cable car at terminus. On left Pauls, Prudence Penny grocery, Castro Bakery, on right Palace Soda Fountain, Ramsay's Drugs, Wulzen's Drugs, Star Pharmacy. View south on Castro toward 18th, Market Street Railway (MSRy) 8-Line streetcar #207, Castro Line cable car at terminus. On left Pauls, Prudence Penny grocery, Castro Bakery, on right Palace Soda Fountain, Ramsay's Drugs, Wulzen's Drugs, Star Pharmacy. Same image as wnp5.50686, 67.0239.

Castro
View North from Twin Peaks
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View North from Twin Peaks

Sweeping view looking north from the west side of Eureka Peak. Twin Peaks Boulevard, Reservoir, Haight-Ashbury, Golden Gate Park Panhandle, St. Ignatius Church, and Lone Mountain [dpwbook30 dpw7377]

Midtown Terrace
Twin Peaks
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Twin Peaks

Family in car [Twin Peaks San Francisco Uncle Jack]

Clarendon Heights
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

Family dealing with flat tire [4th Blowout]

Market  near Sansome
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Market near Sansome

View northeast from center of Market near Sansome toward the Ferry Building. Underwood Building 525 Market, Hooker & Lent Building at southwest corner of 1st and Market at center. Postal Telegraph Building at far left with sign atop. In distance left, Fife Building in process of construction to add 4 stories. On right, H.S. Crocker Co. printing, stationery 565-571 Market, Follmer Clogg & Co. umbrellas 575 Market, Cardinell-Vincent Co. photographers 577 Market, Bachrach & Co.

Financial District