Streetcar

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Market & Powell
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Market & Powell

View northwest across Market to 8-line #206 with 'Join Now-The New Regular Army' recruiting ad on side. Flood Building, Frank Werner Shoes. Warfield, Esquire & Telenews Theatres, Garfield Building, Douglas Building with Gray's Suits. Flags strung over street. Buildings at left demolished for Hallidie Plaza.

South of Market
Clement near 32nd Ave
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Clement near 32nd Ave

View east to Sutro Car House; MSRy 2-line streetcar with zip stripe livery passing in front.

Richmond Outer
Market & 1st
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Market & 1st

Elevated view west to Muni 7-line #471 with wings livery; (Former Market Street Railway MSRy unit #171 renumbered #471 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with MUNI #171.) Elevated traffic control tower at left. Owl Drug Co., Allied Sales Co. Surplus, Flatiron Building, Hobart Building in background.

Financial District
16th & Utah
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16th & Utah

View west on 16th to crowd watching aftermath of streetcar/truck accident. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 22-Line #8??. Seals Stadium in distance.

Potrero Hill
San Bruno near Ordway
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San Bruno near Ordway

On San Bruno Ave looking north near Ordway. MSRy 25-line #277

Portola
San Bruno Ave near Alemany
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San Bruno Ave near Alemany

View northwest to MSRy25-line (special car on Fan Trip) #1341 (or #1241). Now site of US101 Freeway. Kunst Bros. Paint Co., Stanford Hotel signs on Bernal Hill.

Bernal Heights
Market near Second
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Market near Second

500 block of Market Street, looking southwest. Muni B-line #136. Building to right of streetcar is 581 Market St. (Carmen Barrango, mannequins) which still stands (now CVS with offices above). Other buildings now replaced.

Financial District
Geary near Grant
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Geary near Grant

View southwest across Geary Blvd near Grant to Muni C-line streetcar #647 with wings livery. In backgrond Charlay, 105 Geary, Ernest Wilson confectioners, 107 Geary. Max Dunn, fur dealer, 109 Geary. (Former Market Street Railway MSRy unit #247 renumbered #647 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with MUNI #247.)

Downtown / Union Square
Market near Noe
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Market near Noe

Market St at Noe St, looking northwest. Muni L-line PCC #1007. Large apartment building at 2304 Market St on right.

Castro
14th Ave Near Lincoln
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14th Ave Near Lincoln

View south across Market St. Railway's (MSRy) 'Boneyard' Lincoln Way storage yard to St. Anne's church and school, Golden Gate Heights and Grandview Park; Muni (former MSRy) #893 in advanced state of decay, and #886 at left. Both were scrapped in 1946.

Sunset Inner
30th near Church
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30th near Church

View east to Muni J-line PCC #1030 with wings livery, Bernal Heights in background.

Noe Valley
Monterey & Joost
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Monterey & Joost

Monterey Blvd (was Circular Ave) at Joost Ave. MSRy 10-line streetcar #815. Diamond St is to right of streetcar at billboards. Building to left of streetcar is now site of apartment building at 4 - 6 Joost Ave.

Sunnyside
Outer Mission
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Outer Mission

Mission Street between Onondaga and Ocean, MSRy 12-line #1598

Excelsior
Lincoln & Funston
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Lincoln & Funston

View northwest from inside the 'Boneyard' storage facility. Market St. Railway (MSRy) #1241; Golden Gate Park in background.

Sunset Inner
Columbus & Lombard
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Columbus & Lombard

View northerly on Columbus toward the intersection of Lombard. Municipal Railway (Muni) F-line streetcars #41 and #23 about to pass each other. Al's Seafood seafood stand at right. Entella Hotel and Lido Cafe at left. Del Monte Cannery in distance.

North Beach