Streetcar

Contains 5317 photos

Church near Market
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Church near Market

View South on Church from Market Street. Buildings on east side of street. K-Ingleside PCC #1143 inbound

Mission Dolores
Castro & Market
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Castro & Market

East Portal of Twin Peaks Tunnel PCC #1168 entering tunnel. Royal Paints, Twin Peaks.

Castro
Market near 6th
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Market near 6th

View east across Market toward Golden Gate Avenue, Fox Warfield, Crest Theatre, Tro Harper Books. Muni PCC #1162 approaching. Fox Plaza, Hotel Shaw in distance left.

South of Market
Irving near 14th Ave
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Irving near 14th Ave

Elevated view north over streetcar 'Boneyard', where out-of-service cars were lined up and stored. Homes on 14th Avenue, gas station on corner of Lincoln Way, Golden Gate Park.

Sunset Inner
Irving near Funston
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Irving near Funston

Elevated view northwest over former Market St. Railway (MSRy) 'Boneyard' storage facility, at this time owned by Muni. Golden Gate Park in background. Streetcars #292 and #299. Houses and gas station on 14th Avenue and Golden Gate Park in distance.

Sunset Inner
Stanyan near Haight
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Stanyan near Haight

View northeast across Stanyan St. to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 17-line #177 streetcar, between Haight and Waller. Hotel Stanyan and San Francisco Riding Academy in background.

Golden Gate Park
Fulton & 7th Ave
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Fulton & 7th Ave

View southeast across Fulton to former Market St. Railway (MSRy) 21-line Car #104, renumbered #404 after the 1944 merger to avoid confusion with Muni #104, in front of Powell Street Railroad Company shelter in Golden Gate Park.

Richmond Inner
Kearny & Market
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Kearny & Market

Large crowd gathered in intersection and around Lotta's Fountain. A type Muni streetcar on B-line, so has to be before 1914. Possibly June 1913 opening of lower Market Street to extend the Geary streetcar line to Ferry Building. Palace Hotel in background

Downtown / Union Square
Sloat near Sunset
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Sloat near Sunset

MSRY (Market Street Railway) 12-line car #1745 on Sloat Blvd.

Lakeshore
Market near 3rd
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Market near 3rd

Elevated view southwest across Market from Geary, showing large crowd watching fire on south side of Market between 3rd and 4th. Appears to be the fire of April 30, 1886, that destroyed the Bancroft Building (seen just above the stream of water in the distance) and several adjacent buildings. Lotta's Fountain in foreground. At left, Philadelphia Boot & Shoe Co., 10 3rd Street, J.H. Widber druggist 701 Market, Wm. R. Gallagher Furniture 705 Market.

Downtown / Union Square
Presidio
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Presidio

Cable car 'dummy' and enclosed trailer car at terminal across from General Hospital (later Letterman Army Hospital) in the Presidio. [Old Cable Car line, Presidio CAL.] Kiosk repurposed from 1894 Midwinter Fair. Army sentry at right.

Presidio
City Hall
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City Hall

View east on Fulton from Market

Civic Center
30th & Church
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30th & Church

View east, SFMR Muni PCC streetcar #1037 at the J-Church terminal, Bernal Heights in background

Fairmount
Judah & La Playa
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Judah & La Playa

View East toward streetcar turnaround. 4 SFMR Muni streetcars #1170, #1040, and one Toronto livery Charter. Mar Motel at left

Sunset Outer
Sutter near Grant
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Sutter near Grant

View east on Sutter towards W & J Sloane building. Clement streetcar. White House department store (1908, Albert Pissis architect) on Grant corner at right. Nuttall Building on left with Chas. M. Plum & Co. on marquee, later World Affairs Center (1909, Albert Pissis architect).

Downtown / Union Square