Contains 53 photos
View east to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 10-line Streetcar #918 passing under Southern Pacific Railroad Old Main Line trestle on 30th Street between Chenery and Dolores. The bridge, berm, and tracks were removed in the 1940s and the right-of-way was developed with housing shortly thereafter. [0918-10-01 EB on 30th Street East of Chenery 1937 Day at the Races]
Fairmount
View east on Balboa toward 5th. Opening day on Market Street Railway (MSRy) 31-Line. Streetcar #970 and three other cars with crowds of people in the street. Lone Mountain in distance. [0970-31-07 WB on Balboa West of 5th Ave 15 May 1932 Opening Day]
Richmond Inner
View west on Washington Street to approaching Market Street Railway (MSRy) Cable Car #509. Smoke Stack for Washington Mason Powerhouse at center. Crescent Pharmacy at right. 1360 Jones apartment building (built 1928) in background left.
Chinatown
Elevated view east from Southern Pacific Old Main Line railroad bridge over 30th Street. Dolores Grocery on the northeast corner. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 9-line streetcar #911. Bernal Heights in background. 9-Line only ran on this route in 1939 and 1940.
Noe Valley
View northwest across Fillmore toward Green St. Market Street Railway (MSRy) Fillmore Hill Counterbalance cable car #624 being attached to cable line by hook tender. [Southbound on Fillmore at Green 1939]
Pacific Heights
View east on Monterey Boulevard toward Detroit. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 10-line #910. 426, 428 and 430 Monterey at left (built between 1908 and 1910, still stand in 2023). Stairs at center are Upper Detroit Steps.
Sunnyside
View south toward snowy Bernal Heights. Struven's Tannery building at left. Army Street (now Cesar Chavez), Precita Ave., and Mirabel St. (many of these houses still stand in 2023) in distance. Footbridge over Precita Creek at lower right.
Mission
View northwest across Sloat near 26th Avenue toward Paraiso Place and eastbound Market Street Railway (MSRy) 12-line Streetcar #1739. Houses in background still stand 2023. Tracks on median have been removed.
Merced Manor