Cablecar

Contains 1735 photos

California near Kearny
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California near Kearny

California Street Cable Car 19 on California Street above Kearny, View east on California, Morrell's Banjo School, Poster for Satanella at the Tivoli Opera House, Wm. Patterson Metal Signs, W.E. Lane Plumber 505 Kearny. [G57 SSTC-009](GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Chinatown
Telegraph Hill Cable Car
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Telegraph Hill Cable Car

Cable Car, Greenwich Street looking east to Telegraph Hill [Layman's Castle atop Telegraph Hill] [vertical][Taber] [G57 SSTC-013](GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

North Beach
1st Ferry Building
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1st Ferry Building

Elevated view northeast across Embarcadero to Cable Cars, Horse Cars and Stage Coaches at the original Ferry Building [TEH393 S.F. Ferry landing 1889] [G57 SSTC-015](GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) Turntable at end of Market St. Cable Railway Co. line.

Financial District
Market near Main
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Market near Main

View northeast from center of Market to Cable Cars and Horsecars on lower Market Street, Ferry building in the distance. Luning Building at Drumm St. corner at left. On right, R.N. Nason & Co. paints, 117-119 Market beyond Main St. corner. [G57 SSTC-023](GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Market near 5th
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Market near 5th

View east across Market to Flood Building under construction at Market & Powell Streets. Towers of St. Ann's Building at left. [G45 SBU-004](GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square
Market &  Montgomery
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Market & Montgomery

View east of a busy street scene, from center of Market St. from Montgomery St. toward the Ferry Building. At left Union Trust/Nevada Bank/Wells Fargo Building (1894-1966), original Hobart Building. Grand Hotel with Southern Pacific ticket office at right, Cunningham Block at 2nd Street corner beyond. [G45 SSS-037] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Financial District
Market & Geary
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Market & Geary

View northwest across Market St. to Kearny & Geary. 700 Market building at left with Red Rubber Stamps sign and newsstand, Lotta's Fountain, Geary St. Golden Gate Park cable car, cars #9 and #88. 'Dentistry' sign with eagle atop building at northwest corner Kearny & Geary, gold tooth hanging outside second floor window, T. Henry Asche & Co. P. Centemeri Kid Gloves, Dr. Wingfield Lynch surgeon chiropodist. Ichi Ban Japanese goods store, 22 Geary. At right, C.N. West Electro Medical Belts. Large diagonal crack in negative. [G810 SS-075] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

South of Market
California & Mason
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California & Mason

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest across intersection to ruins of the Flood Mansion, showing south and east facades. [F45 SEF-016] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Nob Hill
Market & Stockton
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Market & Stockton

Vnew northeast across Market from near Stockton. Cable cars, horse drawn carriages. Old Phelan Building, Chronicle Building at center. [F45 SSS-053] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

South of Market
Hibernia Bank
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Hibernia Bank

View northwest across Market to Jones & McAllister to Hibernia Bank, Albert Pissis architect. The building was extended westward with an addition in 1905. [Hibernia Bank B- 10] [F810 B-010] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Tenderloin
Market & O'Farrell
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Market & O'Farrell

Elevated view west to first Phelan Building. O'Farrell St. at right. [Phelan Building, Market & O'Farrell SF 1890 BU-20] [F810 BU-020] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Downtown / Union Square
Fairmont Hotel
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Fairmont Hotel

Nob Hill, Elevated view northwest across intersection of Powell and California, unrestored Flood Mansion (restored 1910 for Pacific-Union Club) at left background, 1906 ruins of Stanford Mansion at left. United Railroads Powell Street cable car

Nob Hill
Bush & Powell
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Bush & Powell

View northeast across intersection past United Railroads cable car #513 on Washington-Jackson route in front of Kenilworth Apartments, built 1907, architects Sutton & Weeks. To its right, Beck Apartments, built 1909, architects Cunningham & Politeo. Both apartment buildings still stand in 2023. [The Kenilworth. N. E. Cor. Bush and Powell St.]

Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Eddy
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Powell & Eddy

View north past Powell Street cable car turntable to St. Francis Hotel in distance. Techau Tavern, Hotel Turpin, Hotel Lenox and California Cafe near Ellis Street. (Sign painting on side of building extant in 2018.)

Downtown / Union Square
O'Farrell near Powell
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O'Farrell near Powell

View northwest across O'Farrell. Building with coffee sign at far right built 1906 (Salfield & Kohlberg, architects), extant in 2022 with 1933 Art Deco remodeled facade. John R. Sievers florist on ground floor of Manx Hotel on northwest corner (Villa Florence Hotel in 2022). Hotel Gloster (later Hotel Virginia and San Francisco Downtown Hostel in 2022), Rathjen Bros. Groceries and Liquors in distance on left. At right, Keiner's Liquors, 198 O'Farrell, with swing out electric sign. Buildings in view all still stand in 2022

Downtown / Union Square