Powell & California
People boarding Powell-Mason cable car
Nob HillCablecar
Contains 1735 photos
Powell near California
Powell Cable Car #527; looking south from California
Nob Hill
O'Farrell & Mason
O'Farrell Street Cable Car; parking garage construction
Tenderloin
Fell & Van Ness
Elevated view northwest over intersection of Fell and Van Ness, with St. Ignatius church and college (Dedicated 1880), Hayes Valley houses and apartments, cable car.
Civic Center
Market & Laguna
Elevated view east over intersection of Market, Guerrero, Laguna, and Hermann, Valencia Street Cable Car Powerhouse and smokestack [No. 14. City East from Market St extension. Waters & Co.] Duplicate of wnp26.356.
Mint Hill
Larkin near Geary
View north on Larkin St. to 'Geary, Park and Ocean' cable car #9 and dummy on Geary St. The Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railway began operations in 1880 and was purchased by the Market Street Railway in 1887. Drugstore, M. P. O'Connor plumber. [B 143. Crossing of Cable roads, Geary and Larkin Streets., S.F., Watkins New Boudoir Series Yo Semite and Pacific Coast, 427 Montgomery St.]
Tenderloin
Ferry Building
Elevated view northeast across Embarcadero to original Ferry Building. Castro Street cable car, wagons, carts, cabs, and horses. Signage for real estate auctions. Station D. Post Office (Opened October, 1884).
Financial District
Palace Hotel
Elevated View south across Market toward New Montgomery, Palace Hotel at right, Grand Hotel at left. Cable cars running on Market Street. Advertising billboard for Easton & Eldridge Real Estate Agents. Same image as wnp70.0386, but less tightly cropped at sides. [Palace Hotel Market St. San Francisco Cal. A.J. McDonald]
Downtown / Union Square
Valencia & Market
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast to ruins of Valencia Street Cable Car Powerhouse and smokestack
South of Market
Mason & Washington
View north across Mason to Cable Car #513 entering intersection.
Nob Hill
Bay & Taylor
Cable Car #503 on turntable at Bay and Taylor Streets.
North Beach
Taylor & Bay
Cable cars. View south towards towards Russian Hill.
North Beach
Hyde & Beach
Hyde St. cable car #525 being turned on turntable at Aquatic Park. One Cub Scout is helping while another looks on. Swimming and rowing club buildings in background.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
California near Grant
Foreshortened telephoto view east from center of California St. of California cable cars passing. Bay Bridge in background. Old St. Mary's cathedral and rectory, Murphy Building, Financial Center Building, Bay Bridge and Southern Pacific Building, Merchants Exchange, Louis Lurie's Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, now demolished), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery) Hotel Lafayette, Helvetia Hotel, Clunie Building.
Chinatown
Flood Mansion
View northwest from California and Mason Streets. Left to right Crocker, Colton (later Huntington), and Flood Mansion. California Street cable car.
Nob Hill