Powell & Market
View west to Cable car on turntable, Washington & Jackson car #517
Downtown / Union SquarePassengers
Contains 46 photos
Geary & Powell
View across Powell to southwest corner with Elkan Gunst Building with the Golden Pheasant Restaurant (with electric clock above corner entrance) and Techau Tavern at 247 Powell Street, Cable Car #508 crossing Geary. St. Francis Hotel with Hastings menswear store at right.
Downtown / Union Square
9th Ave & Moraga
View northeast to 6-Line #139 South Bound.
Golden Gate Heights
Stanyan near Waller
View northeast across Stanyan between Beulah & Waller to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 7-Line #1557 leaving Kezar Stadium after East-West Football Game. Stadium Hotel, DeMello Auto Repairing in background.
Golden Gate Park
Stanyan near Waller
View northeast across Stanyan to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 7-line #1644.
Golden Gate Park
Geary & Presidio
View south across Geary St. to cable car dummy #12 and trailer #18 of the Geary St., Park & Ocean R.R. Co. Calvary Cemetery in background. Here, passengers transferred from cable cars to steam trains serving Golden Gate Park. Geary Street, Park & Ocean Railway began operations in 1880 and was purchased by the Market Street Railway in 1887. [B 46. Cable Street-Cars, San Francisco, Cal.]
Anza Vista
Union & Mason
View southeast to Cable Car #502 crossing Union Street.
Russian Hill
Mason & Union
View south to Cable Car #502 descending Mason St. about to cross Union.
Russian Hill
Clay Street Cable Car
People pose on and alongside cable cars on Clay near Jones St. Watkins' stereo card bears this legend: 'Clay Street Hill R.R., San Francisco, Cal [California]. Run by A.S. Hallidie's patent Endless Steel Wire Rope and Gripping Attachment. Overcomes an Elevation of 307 feet in a length of 2800 feet. Watkins' Pacific Coast. 2369.' Also published by Taber.
Nob Hill
Clay near Polk
Clay between Polk and Van Ness. Mr. Hallidie (Andrew Smith-Halladie) on the Platform. This line was not open until Nov 1873. Clay St. Hill RR Co. Car # 7. Watkins' stereo card of this shot bears this legend: "Clay Street Hill R.R., San Francisco, Cal [California]. Run by A.S. Hallidie's patent Endless Steel Wire Rope and Gripping Attachment. Overcomes an Elevation of 307 feet in a length of 2800 feet. Watkins' Pacific Coast. 2370"
Polk Gulch
South San Francisco
Leipsic Junction, Boarding Interurban MUNI 40-line #1233 in San Mateo County; View northwest to San Bruno Mountain in background
Outside SF
Streetcar on Market St
[#6354 Turrill. 1st Electric Streetcar] 1906 Earthquake and Fire aftermath Detail of WNP4.1337
Financial District
Geary & Market
Elevated view southeast to busy street scene. L to R: de Young / Chronicle Building, workers pushing Geary St. Cable Car from turntable, Ferry Building, Balboa Building, Metropolis Trust & Savings Bank Building, Lotta's Fountain, Palace Hotel (with Western Pacific in corner retail space), Monadnock Building.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
View north to crowd waiting to board cable car at turnaround. Woolworths in Flood Building at right #514, last original Mahoney body, scrapped in 1963.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
View west to Municipal Railway (Muni) cable car #504 being turned by operators. [Powell St. Cable Car on its Turn-table at Powell and Market Sts. San Francisco] [Zan 2497]
Downtown / Union Square