Jones near California
View south on Jones toward Pine Street. O'Farrell, Jones & Hyde Cable Car outbound. Empire Hotel in the background right, Bayview Hill in the distance
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Castro near 24th
View south on Castro toward 24th Street. Post Office, Bank of America to left. Castro cable car #5 going uphill. Castro Street Car House at Jersey street (Now demolished), undeveloped hill top in the background.
Noe Valley
California & Kearny
View north across the intersection as Muni California Cable Car #53 passes. Pacific Mutual Life Building (1954, demolished 1991), Telegraph Hill in background.
Financial District
Hyde near Jackson
View north on Hyde between Jackson and Pacific. Cable car #507 decorated for TV station KRON Channel 4
Nob Hill
California near Grant
View east on California at Sabin Place to approaching cable car with signage on front and on top for Pope & Talbot Co. 1949 centennial, before much of California Street was rebuilt. 720 California St. (then Hartford Insurance building) at left, Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel), Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, demolished 1969), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery), Hotel Yolanda with Hotel Lafayette sign on west wall, Russ Building, House of Lee, Yamato Sukiyaki in Sing Fat Building. Clunie Building in distance left, with Bank of America ad on west side. In distance, Bay Bridge, Southern Pacific Building, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop.
Chinatown
California near Grant
Elevated view northwest across California between Grant and Stockton. Cable Car passing Sabin Place. Shaari Zedek Synagogue at the northeast corner of Stockton and California.
Chinatown
Fillmore near Vallejo
View north on Fillmore between Broadway and Vallejo. MSRy counterbalance cars #625 and #627
Pacific Heights
24th & Castro
View northwest toward intersection of 24th and Castro. Castro cable car #5
Noe Valley
Powell & California
View southwest across intersecttion to Muni (former Market Street Railway (MSRy)) Powell Street cable car #507 crossing California Street with advertisement for 'The Voice of the Turtle' playing at the Geary Theatre. Stanford Court Hotel (then apartments) in the background. Car is still painted with pre-merger Market Street Railway (MSRy) shield. (Ansco Color transparency)
Nob Hill
Pacific near Taylor
View east on Pacific between Taylor and Salmon Alley toward Mason. Bay Bridge in the background, Cable Car on Mason Street crossing Pacific
Nob Hill
Powell & Eddy
View west on Eddy from Powell. Powell Street cable car #501 on the turntable. Eddy street is now blocked to traffic at this point and most building on the left were demolished for Hallidie Plaza. Bank of America with large electric clock in entry in background.
Downtown / Union Square
California near Powell
View east on California between Stockton and Powell. Two cable cars passing each other (blurry)
Nob Hill
Hyde & Beach
View south on Hyde from Beach. Cable Car #513. Building at left significantly altered. Francisco Street Reservoir in background at right. Railroad tracks on Beach Street.
Fishermans Wharf
Hyde near Beach
View east to cable car turntable. Cable Car #522 being turned. Haslett warehouse and SF Muni bus with wings livery in background.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Jones & Turk
View north on Jones from Turk Jones St Cable Car #53. Hotel Herald at Jones & Eddy in background. Hotel Roosevelt
Tenderloin