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Contains 409 photos

Kearny & Pacific
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Kearny & Pacific

Market Street Railway 15-line Streetcar #809 passing International Settlement on Pacific. [0809-15-02 SB on Kearny at Pacific 1939 International Settlement]

Chinatown
Sloat & Ardenwood
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Sloat & Ardenwood

SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 12-line Streetcar #811 near St. Francis Circle. [0811-12-02 WB on Sloat West of St. Francis Circle 1948]

West Portal
3rd & Townsend
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3rd & Townsend

Elevated view south toward Southern Pacific Station. Market Street Railway 15-line Streetcar #811. Third Street Bridge and China Basin building in background.[0811-15-02 3RD & TOWNSEND circa 1940]

South Beach
Fulton & Masonic
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Fulton & Masonic

Elevated view northeast toward McAllister Street Car Barn. Market Street Railway (MSFy) 5-line Streetcar #814 entering yard. [0814-05-01 EB on PRW East of Masonic McAllister Yard 1939]

Panhandle
Cesar Chavez & Pennsylvania
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Cesar Chavez & Pennsylvania

View east on Cesar Chavez (then Army Street) toward Pennsylvania. Market Street Railway 30-line Streetcar #819. Crowds of people walking towards circus. General Blower Corporation. Taken from Southern Pacific overpass. [0819-30A-03 August 1939 Circus at 3rd & Army]

Central Waterfront
Potrero & Cesar Chavez
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Potrero & Cesar Chavez

View northwest across intersection of Cesar Chavez (then Army Street) and Potrero Avenue. Market Street Railway 30-line Streetcar #819. James Rolph Playground at right. Birdcage traffic signal. [0819-30A-04 ARMY & POTRERO August 1939 Ringling Bros. Circus]

Peralta Heights
Fulton & Masonic
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Fulton & Masonic

Elevated view northeast toward McAllister Street Car Barn. SF Municipal Railway 5-line Streetcar #820 exiting yard [0820-05-01 WB on PRW at Masonic 1948 Yard Streetcars & Buses]

Lone Mountain
Monterey & Foerster
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Monterey & Foerster

View east on Monterey. Market Street Railway 10-line Streetcar #810. Dimiceli's Grocery. [0820-10-01 WB on Monterey at Edna (North) 1942]

Sunnyside
23rd & 3rd
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23rd & 3rd

Market Street Railway 30-line #822 with zip stripe livery. Conductor adjusts Eclipse fender. PG&E gas storage tanks. [0822-30-02 23rd & Third August 1939]

Dogpatch
Fulton & Masonic
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Fulton & Masonic

View northeast across intersection of Fulton and Masonic. Market Street Railway 5-line Streetcar #825. [0825-05-01 WB on Fulton at Masonic 1940 Car Yard]

Panhandle
30th near Dolores
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30th near Dolores

View southeast from Southern Pacific Old Main Line tracks north of 30th Street. Holly Park in background. Market Street Railway 9-line Streetcar #827. The tracks and berm were removed in the 1940s and the right-of-way was developed shortly thereafter. Building and garages closest to the tracks on the south side of 30th have since been demolished. [0827-09B1-01 EB 30th Street West of Dolores 1940 SP Crossing]

Noe Valley
La Playa near Balboa
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La Playa near Balboa

View north to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 5-line Streetcar #828 at Playland Terminal loop. Shoot the Chutes ride at left, Rocket Speedway in background. [0828-05-01 La Playa Terminal circa 1940]

Richmond Outer
Fulton & Masonic
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Fulton & Masonic

Elevated view northeast toward the former Market Street Railway McAllister Street Car Barn. Municipal Railway (Muni) 5-line Streetcar #829. [0829-05-01 McAllister Yard circa 1948]

Panhandle
Fulton & Parker
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Fulton & Parker

View east to SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 5-line Streetcar # 831 passing St. Ignatius Church and University of San Francisco (USF) campus. [0831-05-02 WB on Fulton at Parker 1948]

Lone Mountain
La Playa & Balboa
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La Playa & Balboa

View south on La Playa from Balboa St. Market Street Railway 5-line Streetcar #834 at Playland Terminal. Shoot the Chutes ride at right. [0834-05-02 NB on La Playa at Balboa Playland circa 1940]

Sutro Heights