California near Maple
View east from sidewalk of 1-line #246, which has derailed and crashed into front of apartment building at 3715 California.
Laurel Heights / Jordan ParkPeople
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2-line streetcar crash
View southwest across the intersection of 33rd and Geary Boulevard. Yellow cab collided with inbound 2-line streetcar #211 (with zip stripe livery) as it turned from Geary onto 33rd Avenue on a rainy night.
Richmond Outer
Ferry Building
Low angle view east to B-Line, Car #181, Pedestrian overpass bridge at left. Equestrian statue (between bus and pedestrian) for Knights Templar July, 1934 National Conclave. Sign on Ferry Building reads "Knights Templar July 7-13 Welcome"
Financial District
Ferry Building
Elevated view from pedestrian bridge over The Embarcadero, toward the The Ferry Building. Municipal Railway (Muni) B-line streetcar on the Ferry Loops. Crowds of commuters, Bay Bridge under construction in the background
Financial District
Balboa near 6th Ave
Elevated view northeast across Balboa between 5th & 6th. Crowds line the street for opening celebration of the Market Street Railway (MSRy) 31-Balboa (31-Line), Pacific Gun Sight Co. Line of five 31-line streetcars, Banner. Lone Mountain in the distance right. [New Balboa Line Celebration], [13452]
Richmond Inner
Market & Embarcadero
Elevated view southwest across ferry plaza (with landscaped center and birdcage traffic signal) from pedestrian overpass bridge to crowds on corners, Southern Pacific Building, Matson Lines Building. United Cigar Store, Mead's Coffee Shop, Co-Operative Dairy Lunch, Leighton Dairy Lunch. Alameda Cafe decoration on second building from left. Muni B-Line streetcar. Ray Benson Candy, Cigars.
Financial District
Sickles & Mission
View Northerly on Mission from Sickles & Acton. 14-Mission 14-line, Market Street Railway streetcar #1629, State Theatre (Now SF Christian Center) at Mission and Lawrence in the distance.
Outer Mission
Warfield Theatre
Elevated view northeast across Market to opening of Loew's Warfield Theater on Market Street, crowds of people. Hotel Federal, State Hotel, Dean Building, Mechanics Savings Bank Building.
South of Market
Steiner at Alta Plaza
Elevated view east across Steiner from Alta Plaza to Muni Washington-Jackson Sts. Line cable car #524. 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." Victorian in background since demolished.
Pacific Heights
Van Ness & Hayes
Streetcar Accident [Accid - Truck hits St Car]
Civic Center
Ferry Building
Municipal Railway (Muni) E-Union streetcar #351, at its terminal just north of the Ferry Building The E-line ran lighter streetcars, known as Dinkys, to make it over the Union Street hill. This image is pre-war as the pedestrian overcrossing is still in intact.
Financial District
Van Ness & Geary
View northeast across intersection to two D-Line streetcars, one with wings livery, Concordia Club at center left. Corner building, 1100 Van Ness Ave., originally built 1912-13 as a car showroom for Duryea and Maxwell autos, demolished 2015.
Lower Nob Hill
Key System, Bay Bridge
Interior view of commuters aboard a Key System train on the Bay Bridge crossing the Bay Bridge.
SF Bay
Golden Gate Bridge
Pedestrian Day. Florentine Calegeri, a houseman from the Palace Hotel, has the distinction of being the first to walk across the Bridge and back on stilts.
Presidio
Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta
3 men working with sledge hammer near review stands and stage on Crissy Field.
Presidio