Hyde near Francisco
View north on Hyde Street towards SF Bay, Alcatraz and Angel Island. Cable car at left ascending Hyde St. hill.
Russian HillCablecar
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Powell & Ellis
Elevated view northeast across intersection to Golden West Hotel (now Union Square Hotel, 2020) also known as the Pabst Building. Built 1908. Powell Street cable cars at the corner. [Golden West Hotel - cor. Powell and Ellis Sts. F.P. Plagemann, Proprietor]
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
Mayor George Christopher leads the Guckenheimer Sour Kraut Band during the dedication of a motorized cable car ready to set out on a nationwide goodwill tour sponsored by Western Airlines. City of Paris in the background.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
Mayor George Christopher leads the Guckenheimer Sour Kraut Band during the dedication of a motorized cable car ready to set out on a nationwide goodwill tour sponsored by Western Airlines. City of Paris in the background.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
Mayor George Christopher leads the Guckenheimer Sour Kraut Band during the dedication of a motorized cable car ready to set out on a nationwide goodwill tour sponsored by Western Airlines.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
The Guckenheimer Sour Kraut Band during the dedication of a motorized cable car ready to set out on a nationwide goodwill tour sponsored by Western Airlines.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
The Guckenheimer Sour Kraut Band, with Christine Falkenberg, Miss San Francisco, during the dedication of a motorized cable car ready to set out on a nationwide goodwill tour sponsored by Western Airlines.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Kearny
Elevated view east om Market from Kearny and Geary. Lotta's Fountain at center, Chronicle Building at left, Grand Hotel and Palace Hotel in the background. Geary Street cable car (trailer and dummy) dash sign reads 'Richmond Race Track via Geary.' McAllister cable car at right. [6695 View down Market St. Showing Lotta Fountain and Palace Hotel]
Downtown / Union Square
California near Sansome
View west from center of California toward Sansome, cable car approaching intersection. At right, Bank of California, London and San Francisco Bank, built in 1873-1874 (later Bank of California and American Trust Company) at Leidesdorff, Mercantile Trust Co. Building (1903,Albert Pissis, Architect), Kohl Building. Parrott Block. Streetlamps with multiple globe lights. At left, Merchants Exchange. Notably absent is Insurance Exchange Building (1913).
Financial District
Van Ness & California
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southeast from Van Ness and California over burn zone (pretty poor reproduction postcard) [2 Van Ness & Calif, A. Lipman pho]
Polk Gulch
Market & Powell
View east on Market St. [4. Market St. San Francisco, Cal. Call Bldg, Flood Bldg, Emporium] Cable cars, pedestrians. Ferry Building in distance.
Downtown / Union Square
Market near 4th
View east on Market St. to cable car, pedestrians, street sweeper. Chronicle Building at left. Ferry Building in distance. On right, Palace Hotel, Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building, Call Building Annex, Bancroft History Building, Sanborn Vail, Cineograph Theatre. [5. Market St. San Francisco, Cal. Call Building]
Downtown / Union Square
Hollywood
Movie set with a cable car from the O'Farrell, Jones & Hyde St. line for the RKO movie 'I Remember Mama.' Camera crew at right. Note the fake tracks. [Authentic Cable Car - Workmen inspect a cable car brought to Hollywood from the streets of SF to appear in RKO Radio's nostalgic drama of life in SF in 1910...] [IRM-Pub-457}
O'Farrell near Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east on O'Farrell between Market and Stockton. Crowds assembled on O'Farrell Street watching Call/Spreckels Tower on fire. To its right are the Call Annex and Kamm Buildings. The three-story building on the left is the first Cafe Odeon, 8 O'Farrell St., German Restaurant. It moved to the gore corner of Eddy and Market after the earthquake and fire. The Savings Union Bank was built on the site after the earthquake and fire. The Bancroft History Building can be seen on Market with the damaged Pianos sign of F.W. Spencer. Louvre Restaurant marquee at far right. [No.16R Call Building burning from O'Farrell Street](Same image as wnp37.01187 with handwritten caption.)
Downtown / Union Square
California near Powell
Elevated view west on California between Powell and Mason. California Street Cable Cars (dummy and trailer), Flood Mansion at center, David Porter Mansion (later site of the Fairmont Hotel) at right. Stanford and Mark Hopkins Mansions at left. (Cropped version of wnp37.00389)
Nob Hill