Mission near Richland
Elevated view northeast to streetcar #1230, 40 Interurban San Mateo line
Bernal HeightsPeople
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Haight & Stanyan
View west on Haight between Shrader and Stanyan, at Haight Street Car House, Market Street Railway (MSRy) 17-line streetcar #173. Golden Gate Park in background.
Haight Ashbury
19th & Illinois
Passengers boarding Muni 16-Line Car #820 with zip stripe livery, toward the end of service on the temporary War-time 16 line. Poster for 'State of the Union' at the Curran (opened Sept. 1946) on side.
Dogpatch
Mission & 2nd
View west toward New Montgomery. Rialto Building, Aronson Building in distance. Bailey Paint Co. at right.
Financial District
4th & Stillman
Derailment of Market Street Railway (MSRy) 20-line streetcar #825
South of Market
Market & Embarcadero
Elevated view south to people gathered for Longshoremen's Strike. Birdcage traffic signal.
Financial District
Powell & Market
View south to Muni Powell St. Line Cable Car #527 near turntable, labeled as a Sacramento & Clay St. car to remind voters of that line, which had been eliminated in 1942. The car was chartered by the Citizens Committee To Save the Cable Cars and its chair Friedel Klussmann. On front left, campaign sign urging a yes vote on Proposition 10 (which passed overwhelmingly and preserved all existing Municipal Railway cable car lines), reading 'Vote Yes on Prop. 10 Nov. 4 and SAVE THE CABLES. Cables in the last 10 years have had fewer fatalities than buses. No bus can load as fast. Cables have 4 brakes." On left Owl Drug in Flood Building.
Downtown / Union Square
Taylor near Bay
View northeast across Taylor toMuni Powell St. Line Cable Car #527, labeled as a Sacramento & Clay St. car to remind voters of that line, which had been eliminated in 1942. The car was chartered by the Citizens Committee To Save the Cable Cars and its chair Friedel Klussmann. On front left, campaign sign urging a yes vote on Proposition 10 (which passed overwhelmingly and preserved all existing Municipal Railway cable car lines), reading 'Vote Yes on Prop. 10 Nov. 4 and SAVE THE CABLES. Cables in the last 10 years have had fewer fatalities than buses. No bus can load as fast. Cables have 4 brakes."
North Beach
Embarcadero & Market
Muni Bus #157 with Acme Beer ad and wings livery, Hotel Albion, The Harbor Club on Sacramento Street
Financial District
Powell & Union
View southeast across Union St. to Muni E-Line streetcar with passengers boarding.
Russian Hill
Mason near Washington
View northwest across Mason outside cable car power house and car barn to Muni Cable Car #527, specially labeled as a Sacramento & Clay St. car to remind voters of that line, which had been eliminated in 1942. The car was chartered by the Citizens Committee To Save the Cable Cars and its chair Friedel Klussmann as part of its campaign urging a yes vote on Proposition 10 (which passed overwhelmingly and preserved all existing Municipal Railway cable car lines). Buildings in background still stand in 2022. Duplicate of wnp32.2915.
Nob Hill
McAllister Car Barn
View northeast to McAllister Wrecker tow car #0508, Calvary Cemetery in background.
Western Addition
Campbell & San Bruno
View south on San Bruno Avenue at Campbell. Municipaly Railway (Muni) H-Line streetcar reversing direction. Street cleaner running at left.
Portola
Mission & Cesar Chavez
in front of Sears Building looking north
Bernal Heights
6th & Market
Elevated view south to Market and 6th Streets on rainy day. At center is the David Hewes Building built 1908 and still stands today. (with modern cladding) Market Street Railway (MSRy) 9-line streetcar #17xx at left. Summerfield & Haines Clothiers, Owl Drugs, Walgreen Drugs. Duplicate of wnp5.51025, wnp27.2631.
Tenderloin