Cablecar

Contains 1735 photos

Market near 4th
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Market near 4th

View east on Market Street towards Call Building. [1904] Examiner Building and Palace Hotel in distance. Cable car with sign reading 'CHUTES,' pedestrians and horse drawn carriages in street.

South of Market
California near Mason
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California near Mason

View east down California St. towards the bay. Ferry Building tower at left center. Fairmont Hotel at left, University Club. Stanford Court Apartments (now Hotel) at right. California Street Cable Car ascending hill from Powell. At far right Hopkins Institute of Art, later replaced by Mark Hopkins Hotel.

Nob Hill
California near Mason
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California near Mason

View east down California St. towards Bay Bridge. Ferry Building tower at left center. Fairmont Hotel at left, University Club at Powell Street corner, Stanford Court Apartments (now Hotel) at right. California Street Cable Car ascending hill from Powell.

Nob Hill
California near Sansome
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California near Sansome

View west on California from Sansome Street to buildings on north side of California, including London & San Francisco Bank Building with 4th story addition, Mercantile Trust Co. Building (1903,Albert Pissis, Architect), Kohl Building. Parrott Block beyond. In distance, Fairmont Hotel and Old St. Mary's church. Streetlamps with multiple globes.

Financial District
Grant near California
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Grant near California

View north on Grant toward California. Trademark Building at left.

Chinatown
Jackson near Gough
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Jackson near Gough

View east on Jackson between Octavia and Gough. Municipal Railway cable car #515 passing 1950 Jackson.

Pacific Heights
California near Stockton
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California near Stockton

View northeast across California between Stockton and Grant. At left, Sabin Place and 720 California St. building before 2 story addition. Trademark Builidng, Sing Chong Co., Old St. Mary's cathedral at center, Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel), Kohl Building, Southern Pacific Building, Bay Bridge in the distance, Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building, Sing Fat Co. California Street Cable Railroad cable car descending hill.

Chinatown
California & Van Ness
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California & Van Ness

View east on California St. from Van Ness Ave. Cable cars, dirt streets, ornamental trees lining street. (Color version with different cropping of wnp26.647)

Polk Gulch
Hyde & Beach
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Hyde & Beach

View northwest across intersection towards cable car on turntable at Victorian Park in Aquatic Park. Buena Vista Cafe at left, Dolphin Club at right.

Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Chinatown
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Chinatown

Flyer attached to light post, Grant Ave near Clay Street. 'Obituary' for Chinese killed during Japanese atrocities in China.

Chinatown
Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

View north up Powell Street from Market. Street construction in foreground. Woolworth's in Flood Building, Hotel Powell, Powell Theatre, Manx Hotel, Hotel Pasadena. Birdcage traffic signal.

South of Market
California near Mason
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California near Mason

California Street cable car passing the Fairmont Hotel. Part of the Mark Hopkins hotel at right.

Nob Hill
Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

Passengers boarding Washington & Jackson line cable car #516 on turntable. Flood Building at right.

Downtown / Union Square
California near Mason
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California near Mason

California Street cable cars #49 & 58 on uphill section between Powell and Mason Streets. Stanford Court Apartments (now Hotel) and Mark Hopkins Hotel at right.

Nob Hill
California & Powell
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California & Powell

Powell Street cable car #513 crossing California Street. View east towards Bay Bridge

Nob Hill