3rd & 23rd
View south to Market Street Railway 16-line streetcar #958 and 3rd Street Car House on right.
Central WaterfrontPeople
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Greenwich & Lyon
View to northeast with Marina Golf School in corner building. Municipal Railway (Muni) D-line streetcar #206 with wings livery.
Cow Hollow
Kearny & Geary
Elevated view east from Flannery Building down to Lotta's Fountain. El Camino Real bell, Municipal Railway D-line streetcar on Geary. Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcars. Chronicle Building with large clock hung above entry at left. Palace Hotel, Metropolis Bank Building in distance. "U.S. Army Builds Men" banner strung over Market Street.
Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Van Ness
View to northeast corner. Two Municipal Railway D-line streetcars, including #212 with wings livery. Concordia Club on left. Used car showroom at 1100 Van Ness, demolished in 2015. Cropped version of wnp32.0122.
Cathedral Hill
Van Ness & Sutter
View northeast to approaching SF Municipal Railway (Muni) D-line streetcar #205. Scottish Rite Temple (a Masonic Temple, opened 1911) at right (later Regency I movie theater from 1967-1998, later Regency Ballroom. In distance, Hughson automobile dealership at Bush corner.
Cathedral Hill
Jefferson near Baker
Presidio & Ferries R.R. Co. streetcar #13. Dash sign reads 'Harbor View & Ferries via Union street.' At this time, Presidio & Ferries ran Columbus to Union (over Russian Hill) to Steiner, turned on Greenwich and ran north on Baker to Harbor View. Car barn was on Jefferson near Lyon. [EE] The line was acquired by the Municipal Railway (Muni) in 1913 and became the basis for the E-line.
Marina
Van Ness & Market
View east past Municipal Railway (Muni) H-line streetcar #10 with wings livery turning north. Gene Compton's diner on left. Merchandise Mart in background center.
Civic Center
Potrero & 25th
View northeast to Municipal Railway H-line streetcar #130.
Mission
Van Ness & Geary
View northwest from center of intersection past Municipal Railway (Muni ) H-line streetcar #3 with wings livery and Red Cross flag, to Van Etta Motors Mercury automobile dealership. Waters Plymouth, Nash and DeSoto dealerships in distance.
Cathedral Hill
Van Ness & Post
View northwest from center of Van Ness past Municipal Railway H-line streetcar #5 with wings livery and Red Cross flags. Henry J. Kaiser Motors automobile dealership, Heald College. Plymouth, Nash and De Soto dealerships in distance.
Cathedral Hill
Pacific near Polk
View east on Pacific toward Polk. Pacific Avenue Cable Car #62 with dummy and trailer. Gripman talking to motorist in Oldsmobile
Polk Gulch
Empire Theatre
View to proscenium from back of theatre. 85 West Portal Ave. Woman and two men on stage with audience applauding. Possible raffle winner?
West Portal
West Portal near Vicente
Member of the Levin family posing in front of Portal (later Empire) Theatre and early automobile. Features on marquee are Douglas Fairbanks in The Gaucho and Bebe Daniels in Feel My Pulse.
West Portal
Market & 3rd
View south across Market to Hearst Examiner Building at left, Call Building remodeled as Central Tower on right, Halloran's Log Cabin cafeteria, Hotel Winchester, Aronson Building (with Mercantile Center Building sign on side) in distance. Hearst Building on left. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 29-line #993. Birdcage traffic signal.
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Battery
View north on Battery to approaching Market Street Railway 42-line streetcar. Shell Building at left. Postal Telegraph Building (1908, Lewis Hobart architect) on right. Women seated on high-backed stone bench at rear of Mechanic's monument plaza. Newhall Building in distance.
Financial District