Powell & Geary
View west on Powell to Union Square, Fitzhugh Building, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450 Sutter
DowntownCablecar
Contains 1735 photos
Powell & Market
Cable car turntable, Owl Drug Company. Cable car MUNI #515
Downtown
View from Top of the Mark
Looking north to Russian Hill, Alcatraz, cable car barn. In foreground, roof of Sproule Mansion, Park Lane Apartments, Brocklebank Apartments.
Nob Hill
Hyde near Francisco
Looking north to Alcatraz from near Francisco Street. Powell Street Cable Car #517 ascending hill. At right, Tudor Revival residence 898 Francisco, built 1914, Clarence R. Ward and J. Harry Blohme architects, for sculptor Haig Patigian.
North Beach
California & Sansome
California Street cable car passing Bank of California on northwest corner of Sansome St. and California St.
Financial District
California & Grant
California Street Cable Car crossing intersection. Sing Chong building in background.
Chinatown
Hyde & Chestnut
O'Farrell-Jones-Hyde St. Cable Car. Hyde Street Pier ferry slip at foot of street. Alcatraz and Angel Island in distance. Humphrey's Castle (1852-1949), early mansion with crenellated roofline, at right.
Russian Hill
Columbia Theater
Elevated view south across O'Farrell to Columbia Theatre, previously known as Orpheum, 147 O'Farrell between Stockton & Powell.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
Elevated view looking southeast across Union Square from Post & Powell Streets.
Downtown
Market & California
Looking east towards Ferry Building, morning commuters walking up Market Street. Southern Pacific Building in background. Traffic signal tower at right.
Financial District
Bush, Front, & Market
Mechanics Square - View northwest to Donahue Monument, with fountain. Street car passing on Battery Street.Hoffman, Rothchild & Co. clothiers, 11 Battery St.
Financial District
Van Ness & Golden Gate
View north from center of Van Ness Avenue to soldiers on horseback on parade. Building at right is Mercantile Library, Albert Pissis, architect. In distance left, St. Mary's Cathedral.
Civic Center
Cable Car Accident
Elevated view west to crowd surrounding wrecked California Street Cable Railroad cars at California and Sansome Streets. J. Harold Dollar Building at left. Alaska Commercial Building at far right. buildings on north side of California, include Bank of California, London & San Francisco Bank Building with 4th story addition, Mercantile Trust Co. Building (1903,Albert Pissis, Architect), Kohl Building. Streetlamps with multiple globes.
Financial District
Divisadero & Pacific
View northwest to closing of Pacific Ave. Cable Car Line. People dressed in Victorian clothing for the final day of the old cable car. Car #62.
Pacific Heights
California & Sansome
View southeast across intersection to cable car accident. California Street Cable Railway car #17 slid downhill to collide with another car at intersection of California and Sansome Streets. J. Harold Dollar and Robert Dollar Buildings in background.
Financial District