Streetcar

Contains 5317 photos

9th & Pacheco
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9th & Pacheco

View northwest at intersection (terminal for the 6-line) to Market Street Railways (MSRy) 6-line streetcar #161 with Conductor Joe Angelo posing in front. Golden Gate Park in the distance. [MSRy, 6-Line; #162, Conductor Joe Angelo]

Golden Gate Heights
Embarcadero near Mission
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Embarcadero near Mission

View northeast across Embarcadero to Muni 6-Line #462 & 7-Line #467 at Ferry Building Terminal. Motor Coach #73 to their right. Vehicle underpass. These routes used Mission St. at this time, turning off Market St. at 12th St. Wellman's Coffee, Ferry Station Post Office and Ferry Building Starter House at left. (Former Market Street Railway (MSRy) units #162 & #167 renumbered #462 & #467 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with Muni #162 & #167.)

Financial District
Market near 5th
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Market near 5th

Elevated view east on Market from south side of street. Flood Building, Phelan Building, Mutual Savings Bank, Chronicle Building and Annex, Ferry Building, Call Building, Humboldt Bank Building, Emporium, Lincoln Building, Hinz & Landt, Inc. Millinery. [Market from 6th looking E dpwbook1 dpw152]

South of Market
Market near Grant
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Market near Grant

Elevated view southeast across to south side of Market, Hearst Examiner building under construction, Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building, Call Building, V-Odeon Theatre 747 Market, Spreckels Market 755 Market. 5-line and 9-Line streetcars. [dpwbook2 dpw204]

Downtown / Union Square
Springdale Sewer
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Springdale Sewer

View northeast from the top of the Springdale Sewer, which put Islais Creek underground, under construction,toward the Mission Viaduct, which was also under construction. Mission streetcars visible in background. I280 Freeway passes through this view in 2021. Trees in the background show the former grounds of St. Mary's College. [dpwbook3 dpw372]

Mission Terrace
Howard near Harriet
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Howard near Harriet

View east down Howard to sewer work, Howard Hotel on left, Howard Street Church on right under construction. Howard sewer nr 7th [dpwbook3 dpw394]

South of Market
Market & Sutter
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Market & Sutter

Excavation work on Market near Sutter. Schwabacher-Frey Stationery Company and California Notions and Toy Company across the street. [dpwbook3 dpw467]

Financial District
Market near 5th
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Market near 5th

Elevated view northeast toward Flood Building. Hotel Turpin, Douglas Building at left. Top of Humboldt Bank Building with 1915 sign, Emporium, Lincoln Building with Hinz & Landt Milliners at right. Construction site at southwest corner 5th and Market at bottom right is for Hale Bros. Department Store Building (Completed November 1, 1912, Reid & Reid architects). [Powell & Market 8x10 dpwbook3 dpw542]

South of Market
Fillmore & Post
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Fillmore & Post

Fillmore St. proposed tunnel between Sutter and Filbert, never built (sketch). Originally planned to speed traffic to the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Elevated view north on Fillmore. Sherith Israel synagogue in distance right. [South Portal, Fillmore St. Tunnel, Geo. J. Couchat, June 1912, dpwbook4 dpw587]

Lower Pacific Heights
Market at Sansome
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Market at Sansome

Market at Sansome, sewer construction [dpwbook4 dpw591] Elevated view southwest across intersection. Palace Hotel, Call Building and Humboldt Bank Building (with 1915 sign) at right.

Financial District
Mission near 2nd
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Mission near 2nd

View east on Mission [dpwbook4 dpw658] Wells Fargo Express building at left.

Financial District
Onondaga near Alemany
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Onondaga near Alemany

View west on Onondaga toward Alemany Blvd. (where the Ocean Shore Railway tracks cross in front of the streetcar) [dpwbook4 dpw663]

Cayuga
Geary & Presidio
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Geary & Presidio

View demonstrating the entrance and exit of Municipal Railway (Muni) streetcar. Conductor posed near fare box. Calvary Cemetery visible in the background. [Streetcar Conductor at Geary barn dpwbook5 dpw1346]

Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
Geary & Presidio
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Geary & Presidio

Conductor and three passengers inside a Muni streetcar. [Men inside Streetcar dpwbook5 dpw1348]

Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
Geary & Presidio
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Geary & Presidio

Men inside Streetcar [dpwbook5 dpw1349] Taken at MUNI car house

Laurel Heights / Jordan Park