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Cliff Line waiting room under construction United Railroads [Reconstruction Ferries & Cliff Line] Served as passenger waiting room, curio shop and food concession until demolished in 1940. The railroad right-of-way is now part of a walking path. (The Cliff Line began as the Ferries & Cliff House steam railroad in 1888. It was converted to streetcar operations in 1905.)
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Elevated view east over construction of Ferry Building Loop. Scaffolding on Ferry Building tower. United Railroads [U01007] [Market & East Sts 10-22-06]
Financial District
Elevated view east toward Ferry Building Loop. Temporary Streetcar tracks and Ferry Tower being repaired from scaffolding (with Pacific Construction Co., 17 Spear St. sign). Ferry Drug Co. Southern Pacific Railroad office at far right. United Railroads [U01009] [Market & East Sts. looking east 10-25-06]
Financial District
Looking east toward Market. de Young / Chronicle Building, Palace Hotel in distance. Magnin's at right.
Downtown / Union Square
Overhead line "Tower Truck." "Devisadero" on sign
Lower Haight
This vaudeville act played the Golden Gate Theatre in February 1925 and 1926, Keith's Vaudeville
Dump car doing rail maintenance
Noe Valley
Elevated view northeast down Market toward Battery & Bush, Donahue Monument with high-backed bench at left, Postal Telegraph Building, Board of Trade Building (with Technical Book Co., Warner Bros. Radio), Tilden Sales Building, Fife Building with large sign atop, Ferry Building. H.C. Golcher guns, Selig Bros. Tailors at left. Ferry Building in distance with large sign on roof (portion visible is 'July 7') which is likely 1934 "Knights Templar July 7-13 Welcome". Market Street Railway (MSRy) 1-line streetcar #223, Streetcars of K, J,L, B, N Lines.
Financial District
Elevated view southwest across Market toward 3rd Street showing many Muni and Market St. Railway (MSRy) streetcars, mostly inbound. Monadnock Building (with Great Northern Railroad, Eureka Federal Savings & Loan, Meussdorffer Hats 675 Market, Pressler's Men's Clothing 687 Market), Hearst/Examiner Building, Call Building (with Owl Drugs), Kamm Building, Humboldt Bank Building in background. At right, signs for Florsheim Shoes and Hymans Leasing, Tascone's Coffee Shop. Lotta's Fountain. Among pedestrians are men and women in uniform. Two soldiers in Jeep at bottom, center. Same image as wnp67.0647 with tighter cropping.
Downtown / Union Square
Looking south from Embarcadero pedestrian bridge across Market to crowds on corners, Southern Pacific Building. United Cigar Store, Mead's Coffee Shop, Co-Operative Dairy Lunch, Muni B-Line #181, Ray Benson Candy, Cigars. Alameda Cafe decoration on second building from left.
Financial District
View east on Turk to MSRy 31-Line #970 in front of Fillmore Car House. Decorative steel arches over intersection.
Western Addition
View east down Sacramento to approaching Muni 4-line #219. Madison Elementary School, later Claire Lilienthal Elementary School Madison Campus, in background left.
Presidio Terrace
Train at Willard & Frederick site of present Kezar Stadium is today
Golden Gate Park
View northeast across Townsend from Southern Pacific Passenger Depot to Muni F-line #40 with wings livery. U.S. Post Office at left at 210 Townsend (building still stands 2021). Most buildings on north side of Townsend still stand 2021, including California Wine Association Building 180 Townsend and California Electric Light Co. Building 166 Townsend at far right. M.J. Brandenstein (M.J.B) Building, 665 3rd St., background left with many tanks on roof.
View east across California to California Street Cable Railroad Co. car #20 at terminus at California near Drumm. Ferry Building in background. 114 Market Santa Marina Building, Weinstein Co.
Financial District