Streetcar

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Ocean & San Jose
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Ocean & San Jose

Market St. Railway (MSRy) work streetcar #0916; firehouse Engine 38 (demolished, now the Balboa Skatepark) in background

Cayuga
Funston & Lincoln
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Funston & Lincoln

View east from inside streetcar Boneyard, Market Street Railway's (MSRy) streetcar storage yard (at this time owned by Muni) to Muni streetcar #1549 with MSRy logo painted out. Houses on Funston in background.

Sunset Inner
Church near Clipper
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Church near Clipper

View north from center of Church Street to approaching Muni (Municipal Railway) J-line streetcar #107 with wings livery.

Noe Valley
Bryant & Eighth Sts.
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Bryant & Eighth Sts.

View northeast to MSRy 25-line #284 passing dairy plant building under construction for Spreckels-Russel Dairy Co. I80 Freeway now crosses site. Birdcage traffic signals.

Showplace Square
16th & Shotwell
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16th & Shotwell

View west on 16th Street toward South Van Ness (then Howard) United Railroads streetcar #575 westbound through flooded street

Mission
22nd & Chattanooga
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22nd & Chattanooga

Looking up 22nd, car is turning onto Chattanooga. W 24th and 22nd Line Streetcar. Later became the 11-Line. Curtain on front of car tells you that car runs a different line than the car indicates.

Dolores Heights
Haight near Shrader
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Haight near Shrader

View East on Haight toward Shrader. United Railroads Streetcar #611 on the 33-line parked in front of Haight Street Carbarn, dash sign advertising 3rd & Harrison & Park.(Accident Report 2312) [ United Railroads U05252]

Haight Ashbury
Eddy & Leavenworth
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Eddy & Leavenworth

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to people walking, Eddy streetcar approaching, Flood Mansion and Fairmont Hotel at left, Call Building at right background.

Tenderloin
Playland at the Beach
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Playland at the Beach

Elevated view south over Playland from slopes below Sutro Heights. Intersection of La Playa and Balboa Sts. with streetcar loop in foreground. Left to right: Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park, Big Dipper roller coaster, Fun House, Circle Swing, Shoot the Chutes, Rocket Speedway.

Sutro Heights
Market & Post
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Market & Post

View southwest from center of Market, Crocker Building at right under reconstruction. Metropolis Trust & Savings Bank Building (under construction, completed early 1908) and Palace Hotel under construction at left. Monadnock Building, Call Building, uncompleted Humboldt Bank Building in left background. In right background, Flood Building, Chronicle / de Young Building reconstruction, 660 Market Realty Building, completed late 1907. Behind Chronicle Building scaffolding, Flannery Building and Mutual Savings Bank Building. Electric streetcar #1540 on cable car track.

Financial District
Phelan Building
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Phelan Building

View northwest across Market to Phelan Building and intersection with O'Farrell. Union Trust Building on right under construction.

South of Market
Market & Spear
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Market & Spear

View East to Ferry Building. Street decorated with American and other flags. Probably for the 1909 Portola Festival.

Financial District
California near Kearny
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California near Kearny

1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east from center of California to electric streetcar crossing on Kearny. Kohl Building at center left, Merchants Exchange Building under reconstruction at center right, Mutual Life Insurance Building in distance beyond. At Montgomery corner, Safe Deposit building lower stories under reconstruction. Behind streetcar, The Old Corner saloon.

Chinatown
Market & Montgomery
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Market & Montgomery

View southwest from center of Market, Crocker Building at right under reconstruction. Metropolis Trust & Savings Bank Building (under construction, completed early 1908) and Palace Hotel under construction at left. Monadnock Building, Call Building, uncompleted Humboldt Bank Building in left background. In right background, Flood Building, Chronicle / de Young Building reconstruction, 660 Market Realty Building, completed late 1907. Behind Chronicle Building scaffolding, Flannery Building and Mutual Savings Bank Building. Electric streetcar #1540 on cable car track.

Financial District
Kearny & Market
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Kearny & Market

View southeast across Kearny to Lotta's Fountain, man dressed as Confederate soldier. Palace Hotel, Monadnock Building in background.

Downtown / Union Square