Jackson & Gough
View east on Jackson from Gough. Cable Car #511 outbound. Old William H. Martin home (Jackson & Franklin) in background.
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Washington & Steiner
View north across Washington to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Cable Car #519. A streetcar running on Jackson. Alta Plaza on left.
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Washington & Franklin
View northwest from intersection. Haas-Lilienthal House 2007 Franklin in background. Cable Car #522. Service on this portion of the Washington & Jackson cable line was discontinued in 1956.
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Fillmore & Washington
View across intersection towards northwest corner. SF Muni Washington Jackson line Cable Car #521 with ad for Hilo Hattie with Harry Owens Orchestra at the St. Francis Hotel and another behind wait as Muni streetcar #217 passes. New Fillmore Grocery at left. All buildings in background extant in 2021.
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Washington & Laguna
Elevated view northeast to abandoned Irwin Mansion on corner after May 5, 1956 fire. Municipal Railway (Muni) Cable Car #526 in foreground.
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Powell near Sutter
View north on Powell between Post and Sutter. Two Cable Cars. Detail from wnp36.02585, dpwbook29 dpw7162.
Downtown / Union Square
O'Farrell & Market
View southeast to Cable Car #53 at end of line. Hub Theatre, Stanford Jewelers, Schwabacher-Frey, Greyhound, Grant Market and Pacific States Savings and Loan Co. Corner of Phelan Building at right. Banners strung over Market Street. Birdcage traffic signal.
Downtown / Union Square
O'Farrell & Grant
View east on O'Farrell from Grant. Cable Car at end of line. Columbia Theatre in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Hyde near Beach
View north on Hyde toward Hyde St. Pier. Three cable cars of the O'Farrell, Jones & Hyde line waiting at terminus at Hyde and Beach Streets. Buena Vista Cafe on left. Haslett Warehouse behind cable cars. Alcatraz in distance behind sailing ship 'Balclutha' (then called 'Pacific Queen') tied up at Hyde St. Pier. (Superior copy of wnp5.51058)
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Hyde & California
View south on Hyde toward California. Cable Car Powerhouse on Hyde across California (now demolished). Women in street boarding O'Farrell Jones and Hyde St. cable car. Conradi's Fountain Drugs, Hyde St. Market, Young's Cafe.
Nob Hill
Jones & O'Farrell
Collision between auto and Cable Car #53.
Tenderloin
Jones & Market
Night view south on Jones toward Market. Final nighttime run of O'Farrell and Jones Cable Car, decorated in black crepe and operated by Conductor Ulysses Taylor and Gripman Roy O. Sydney. United Artists Theatre, Hotel Federal, Anglo California Bank in background. The 5 block Jones Street Shuttle had run for 53 years between Jones and O'Farrell. Riders sang a special tune, "God Save Our Cable Cars," to the tune of "My Country 'Tis Of Thee".
Tenderloin
California & Drumm
View east on California near end of line. Southern Pacific Building in background.
Financial District
California near Grant
View northeast cross California St to Cable Car #15 going uphill between Grant and Stockton. 720 California, then Hartford Insurance Building, on left, Cathay House restaurant, Old Saint Mary's cathedral and rectory, Financial Center Building, Southern Pacific Building in distance.
Chinatown
California & Van Ness
View west on California from the Cable Car. Hudson Dealer on left. Grace Cathedral in distance.
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