Pine & Jones
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view southeast to earthquake and fire ruins, Union Square.
Lower Nob HillCablecar
Contains 1735 photos
View from Nob Hill
View northeast towards Telegraph Hill. Taken from near Clay and Taylor. New construction of North Beach. Washington & Mason Cable Car smokestack at right.
Nob Hill
Powell & Market
View north to people boarding SF Muni Cable Car #515 on turntable. Woolworth's in Flood Building at right. Powell Theatre at left.
Downtown / Union Square
O'Farrell & Market
View east on O'Farrell to Muni Cable Car #51 at Grant Ave terminal. Morris Plan in Kamm building with modern facade, Progressive Optical, Hub Theatre in Bancroft Building (1908), Schwabacher-Frey stationery, Greyhound ticket office, Grant Market, Pacific States Savings and Loan. Birdcage traffic signal.
Downtown / Union Square
Hyde & Chestnut
Powell & O'Farrell Cable ascending Russian Hill.
Russian Hill
California & Grant
View north. California Cable Car passing Trademark Building / Cathay House
Chinatown
Fisherman's Wharf
Fisherman Fiesta Queen, Estolene Miller, kissing recipient of toy Cable Car
Fishermans Wharf
Sacramento above Powell
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east from Nob Hill above Powell Street between Sacramento and Clay Streets to Ferry Building over Chinatown. Some earthquake and fire ruins exist, but much reconstruction has occurred. A cable car is seen heading south on Powell. Alaska Commercial Building (1907, Meyers and Ward, Architects), Kohl Building, Merchant's Exchange Building, Clunie Building, Sing Fat Building (1907) and Old St. Mary's Church are seen in the background right of center. Fairmont Hotel at right. In far left background, Appraisers Building, Montgomery Block, U.S. Customs House under construction. Bank of Italy Building at Montgomery and Clay beyond chimney at left. Donaldina Cameron House at Sacramento and Joice Streets left of center. See wnp14.1233, taken around same time.
Nob Hill
Laguna & Hermann
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from Mint Hill of 1906 earthquake and approaching fire. St. Ignatius Church, Fairmont Hotel and City Hall in distance. Valencia Street Cable Car Powerhouse and smokestack at right
Mint Hill
Bryant & 17th
Presidio and Ferries #28, Built by J. S. Hammond Car Company in 1895 for the first Market Street Railway Company. Then it became United Railroads 755. It was sold to Presidio & Ferries Railway in 1906 following the San Francisco earthquake and fire for the electrification of its line that ran from the Ferries to the Presidio (the Union Street line) that consisted of horsecar, cable car and steam services. It became Muni #317 in 1913. Retired from revenue service in 1922, it became wrecker #C-4 and was retired in 1946. The car was stored on a farm in Pescadero until the Bay Area Electric Railroad Association acquired it January 1965. Last car surviving to negotiate the Fillmore Hill. Now in possession of Western Railway Museum. Peoples Baking Co. in background.
Mission
California near Stockton
View east from center of street to two California Street Cable Cars passing, Sabin Pl. and 720 California St. building before 2 story addition, Financial Center Building, Southern Pacific Building, Bay Bridge, Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Hotel Lafayette, Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Shell Building, Metropolitan Life Insurance Building at right. Clunie Building with Lincoln National Life ad on west side, Sing Fat Co.
Chinatown
California & Presidio
California St. Cable Car CC#7 in front of Jewish Community Center (JCC)
Presidio Heights
3rd & Market
View east to men sitting on bell-shaped Knights Templar decoration above intersection, cable cars in street. Chronicle Building, Crocker Building at left.
Downtown / Union Square
California & Powell
California Street cable car approaching Powell. Looking east on California.
Nob Hill
California & Powell
Muni Cable Car #526. Fairmont Hotel at left.
Nob Hill