Cablecar

Contains 1735 photos

Jackson near Mason
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Jackson near Mason

Jackson W near Mason [dpwbook14 dpw2798] View west between Mason and Taylor, taken from Marcy Place.

Nob Hill
Washington near Mason
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Washington near Mason

View east on Washington from near Mason. Cable car 'gauntlet' track (two slots and two outer rails, with a single shared center rail.) Work crew at residence on right. [dpwbook14 dpw2800]

Nob Hill
Sacramento near Grant
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Sacramento near Grant

Sacramento E from Grant [dpwbook14 dpw2806]. Sacramento-Clay Cable Car in distance.

Chinatown
California near Polk
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California near Polk

California E near Polk [dpwbook14 dpw2808] Cable Car and Cable car barn in distance.

Polk Gulch
Alvarado & Castro
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Alvarado & Castro

View West on Alvarado from Castro. Twin Peaks in background, cable car track in foreground. [dpwbook22 dpw5217]

Noe Valley
21st from Castro
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21st from Castro

View west on unpaved 21st St. from Castro, cable car tracks in foreground [dpwbook25 dpw6095]

Eureka Valley
Taylor & Market
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Taylor & Market

Elevated view southeast across Market to soldiers marching en route to Spanish American War. Van Vroom Electro Dental Parlor, 997 Market; Edison Phonograph, Sterett Printing, 933 Market at left. [9384 - First New York Volunteers at San Francisco, en route to Manila.]

Tenderloin
Grant, O'Farrell & Market
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Grant, O'Farrell & Market

Elevated view east from north side of Market over crowd waiting for Spanish-American War news. Call and Examiner Buildings, Palace and Grand Hotels in background. Montgomery Market, German Sausage Factory, Schlueter & Volberg Carpets on right. [9255 Waiting for News from the Seat of War. San Francisco, Cal., U. S. A.]

Downtown / Union Square
Union near Pierce
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Union near Pierce

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Union between Pierce & Steiner Earthquake damaged tracks and cracks in Union St. Street kitchens in distance. [8201 Union Street, rent by the great earthquake--San Francisco, Cal.] Information on back. Cropped version of image at wnp27.4648.

Cow Hollow
Union near Pierce
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Union near Pierce

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across Union between Pierce & Steiner. Soldier with rifle standing on broken street and tracks after earthquake. Chinn-Beretta Optical sign painted on fence. At left, St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church (1891). [8224 Union Street, sunk by the great earth convulsion which destroyed the city, San Francisco, Cal.] Information on back.

Cow Hollow
Hyde & Greenwich
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Hyde & Greenwich

Looking northeast; two men posing in cable car. Treasure Island under construction.

Russian Hill
Columbus & Lombard
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Columbus & Lombard

View north to Powell cable car #510 passing Municipal Railway (Muni) F-line streetcar #21 with wings livery. Crystal Palace Baths sign in background

North Beach
Castro near 20th
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Castro near 20th

Castro Cable Car Line, car #7 on Castro Street between 20th and Liberty. All houses in photo are still present in 2023. In background left, Franklin Hospital (now the site of CPMC Davies Campus).

Eureka Valley
Castro & 18th
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Castro & 18th

View northwest to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Castro Cable Car Line #1 at terminus. Wulzen's Drugs with Dr. R.D. Crittenden dentist on upper floor, New Empire Market, Star Pharmacy, Castro Creamery in background.

Castro
Castro & 18th
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Castro & 18th

View northwest to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Castro Cable Car Line #3 with Byllesby Shield logo, in use from late 1925 to 1938,+ at terminus. Wulzen's Drugs, Star Pharmacy, Eureka Bakery in background.

Castro