Powell near Jackson
View north on Powell toward Jackson. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) Cable Car #501 at Jackson switch (Switchman operating switch in street) Powell Garage on right
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Powell & Market
Powell, Eddy and Market cable car turntable. Cable car #513. People boarding. Mohr's Cafeteria in right background
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
View north up Powell. Powell, Eddy and Market cable car turntable. Cable car #515. View Mohr's Cafeteria and Powell Theatre on left. Woolworth's (Flood Building) on right. Fairmont Tower under construction in the distance
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
View north up Powell at Powell, Eddy and Market cable car turntable. Cable car #511. Powell Theatre on left, Woolworth's (in Flood Building) on right.
Downtown / Union Square
O'Farrell & Taylor
Elevated View northwest from the old Hilton Hotel toward the intersection of O'Farrell and Taylor, Californian Hotel, Clift Hotel, Hotel Don, TV Channel 44 building
Tenderloin
Ghirardelli Square
Telephoto view, possibly from end the Municipal Pier, looking south towards Ghiradelli Square and Russian Hill. The Mandarin restaurant. Aquatic Park bleachers and portion of Casino / Maritime Museum in foreground.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Ferry Building
View east from San Francisco Bay to Ferry Building, then the World Trade Center. High-rises, Hyatt Regency Hotel in background. All traces of ferry slips have been removed.
Powell near Sutter
View north on Powell toward Sutter from Powell Street Cable Car. Sir Frances Drake Hotel (Starlite Roof ), Parsons Optical, San Francisco State College at right. Grace Ball Secretarial College, Sears Fine Foods, Fairmont Hotel Tower at left.
Downtown / Union Square
Columbus near Bay
Telephoto view southerly on Columbus near Bay Street. Transamerica Pyramid, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Tower Records, Bimbo's (very foreshortened)
North Beach
Market & Fulton
View southeast across Market toward its former intersection with Fulton. Theatres visible here are United Artists, Embassy, and Strand advertising Bingo. Municipal Railway (Muni) L-line streetcar #177. Hotel National at right with Army and Navy Store. Grant, David Hewes and Odd Fellows Buildings. Columbia clothing store 1111 Market.
Civic Center
Geary & Stanyan
View northeast across Geary from Stanyan, SF Municipal Railway (Muni) B-line Streetcar #77 with wings livery.
Lone Mountain
3rd & Bryant
View north on Bryant from 3rd St. Bay Bridge approach in background. Pedersen's Cafe on corner. Cleveland Hotel in background. MSRY (Market Street Railway) 16-line Streetcar #961 [3rd & Bryant 1940]
South of Market
Market near 1st
View southeast across Market toward 1st opposite Battery Street. Sheldon Building in background on southeast corner of 1st. Dietzgen Company drawing and surveying supplies on right in Underwood Building, 525 Market. All buildings in this view demolished. Muni (Municipal Railway) 1-line Streetcar #978 with zip stripe livery and American Flag on roof, after service on Lines 1 & 2 changed to Bridge Terminal in March 1949. [Market & Sansome 1948]
Financial District
Castro near 18th
View northwest across Castro to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Cable Car #3, 8-Line streetcar. Castro Theatre, Castro Grill, Bon Omi Store, Eureka Florist, Prudence Penny grocery Store in background. [15th & Castro 1939]
Castro
Mission & 30th
View north across Mission at 30th. Market Street Railway 12-line Streetcar #1572. Genoa Grocery-Delicatessen Ravioli at left, later site of gas station, 30th Street Market, and Lyceum Theatre along Mission Street [1942]
Bernal Heights