Cablecar

Contains 1735 photos

Market & 5th
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Market & 5th

Elevated view northeast across Market Street. St. Ann's Building, Baldwin Hotel (destroyed by fire 1898, site of later Flood Building) at right on Powell St. Flags strung from utility poles with 7 crossbars on south side of Market, and banners hung across street. The Louvre Restaurant, Unsworth Sign Co. 1028 Market.

South of Market
California & Battery
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California & Battery

Elevated view west along California Street to Nob Hill with building and loan association, cable cars, people walking, and horse drawn carts. Kohl Building at center. Brown & Power stationers, Friedlander's Building and Bank of California at Sansome Corner, Old St. Mary's Cathedral and Fairmont Hotel in distance.

Financial District
Market near 4th
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Market near 4th

View east to welcome arch for Christian Endeavors convention. Call Building in background. Cable cars, horse drawn carriages, man sweeping street. The Sixteenth International Christian Endeavor Convention, held in San Francisco from July 7th to 12th, 1897. [5060 - Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. U.S.A.]

Downtown / Union Square
Grant, O'Farrell & Market
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Grant, O'Farrell & Market

View north on Grant. Cable car, horse drawn carriages, people walking, Zobel's Millinery Store, Union Trust Bank on right and Savings Union Bank on left

Downtown / Union Square
Portsmouth Square
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Portsmouth Square

Elevated view northwest over plaza to horse drawn carriages, cable car terminus with cable car on platform, trees

Chinatown
Old Civic Center
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Old Civic Center

Elevated view west from Murphy Building (Jones and Market) to McAllister St., Hall of Records, City Hall before erection of dome and rotunda, City Hall Avenue. Corner of Mechanics Pavilion at far upper left. Turkish Drug at far right. Detail from stereoview card with caption "343 New City Hall, San Francisco"

Tenderloin
Palace Hotel
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Palace Hotel

Elevated view southeast across Market to Grand Hotel, Palace Hotel, carpet and upholstery store on the right in Nucleus Block building. Top of Lotta's Fountain in foreground.

Downtown / Union Square
Market Street near Grant
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Market Street near Grant

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east towards Mutual Savings Bank, Chronicle Building, Call Building People walking, horse drawn carriages

Downtown / Union Square
4th & Market
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4th & Market

Elevated view southeast to Knights Templar Escorting President McKinley to Grand Reception, Templars walking down Market Street, sidewalks lined with people, festive banners, policeman standing vigil, man taking photo, man riding bike, cable cars. Palace Hotel, Examiner Building, Call Building, Bancroft History Building, Midway Plaisance theater in background. Original stereocard caption "Knight Templars escorting President McKinley, in their grand reception."

Downtown / Union Square
View of Union Square
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View of Union Square

Elevated view east across Union Square toward Stockton Street. Chronicle Building tower in center background. A.L. Lengfeld's Pharmacy at right. Powell Street Cable Car at bottom. Same original image as wnp24.268a with different cropping.

Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

View toward Market, Cable Car #509, Gene Compton's Cafeteria Truck

Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

View from across Market, looking north

South of Market
Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

View west to Cable Car # 511 on the turntable, a forlorn-looking man with a briefcase at center. Bank of America headquarters (now One Powell St.), Hotel Powell in background.

Downtown / Union Square
Jones above Pine
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Jones above Pine

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast from Nob Hill after 1906 earthquake and fire, Cable car tracks in foreground at Jones and Pine.

Nob Hill
Union near Hyde
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Union near Hyde

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of Presidio & Ferries Railroad Union Street cable car house and power house after 1906 earthquake and fire.

Russian Hill