Streetcar

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San Bruno near Arleta
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San Bruno near Arleta

Market Street Railway 29-Line streetcar #947

Visitacion Valley
South San Francisco
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South San Francisco

Elevated view northwest to MSRy 40-Line #1234 Interurban car. San Bruno Mountain in background.

Outside SF
Fulton near Cole
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Fulton near Cole

View east to Muni 5-Line #698 with wings livery on Fulton Street near Cole. USF is to the left. Note the distinct cable car track it is on.

Lone Mountain
Geary & Lyon
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Geary & Lyon

B-Line streetcar #146 at Geary and Lyon Streets

Lower Pacific Heights
6th Ave & California
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6th Ave & California

View northeast to southbound Market Street Railway (MSRy) 4-Line #239 on 6th Ave crossing California.

Richmond Inner
Geary & 44th Ave
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Geary & 44th Ave

View west on Geary near 44th Avenue. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 1-Line streetcar #210. This line usually goes to 45th Ave, but the sign is changed for a special occasion. Motor man's name was Cliff, special pose, not reflective of the destination.

Sutro Heights
Clement & 6th Ave
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Clement & 6th Ave

View west across intersection to Muni 2-Line #241 Eastbound on Clement at 6th Ave, another in distance. Coliseum Furs, Ed's Togs, Dr. G.W. Smith optometrist, Clement Hotel (540 Clement), Nino's Barber Shop on right. Lick Market, Coliseum Theatre in distance on left. Most buildings in photo still stand in 2025. Rail service on this line ended on July 1, 1949.

Richmond Inner
Fulton & 8th Ave
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Fulton & 8th Ave

View southeast to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 5-Line #287 with zip stripe livery on Fulton passing entry to Golden Gate Park at 8th Ave. Brown Gate (1908) with M. Earl Cummings sculpture in background.

Richmond Inner
Clement & 2nd Ave
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Clement & 2nd Ave

View northeast to C-Line #2 with wings livery and Red Cross flag on 2nd at Clement. Temple Emanu-el in the distance left.

Richmond Inner
Ocean & Faxon
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Ocean & Faxon

12-Line #1551 streetcar on Ocean Avenue near Faxon. Homewood Terrace, a Jewish Orphanage, is in background.

Mt. Davidson Manor
Mission Viaduct
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Mission Viaduct

View northwest to two 14-Line streetcars #989 on Mission Street viaduct over Alemany Blvd. St. John's School (1910, later demolished) and St. John's Ursuline Monastery (1916) in right distance.

Mission Terrace
Chenery near Mateo
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Chenery near Mateo

View southwest to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 26-Line #917 on Chenery Street between Mateo and Miguel.

Fairmount
14th St & Guerrero
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14th St & Guerrero

View northeast MSRY 10-line streetcar #920, on its way to Genessee Street. Coming off 14th and onto Guerrero. De Luxe Groceteria. Building extant as of 2018.

Mission Dolores
San Jose Ave near Sagamore
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San Jose Ave near Sagamore

View north on San Jose Ave. to approaching Market Street Railway (MSRy) 26-Line #1599 on San Jose Ave between Sagamore and Sickles and Alemany. Standard Oil service station, Ocean View Hardware in background. Reinstated 26-Line running between Daly City and Onondaga Ave. and Mission St. only during World War II. Apartment building at left, 103-111 Sagamore St. built 1929, still stands 2023. Area at right of photo demolished for I280 freeway.

Oceanview
San Jose Ave near Sickles
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San Jose Ave near Sickles

View north on San Jose Avenue between Sickles and Alemany. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 26-Line streetcar #801 passing Ocean View Coal Company, advertising Dines Coal, James Lane owner. In the background is Bartoli's restaurant. This view now dominated by the I280 Freeway Reinstated 26-Line running between Daly City and Onondaga Ave. and Mission St. only during World War II.

Outer Mission