West Portal & Vicente
SFMR Muni #1169 PCC streetcar outbound, passing the Empire Theatre
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West Portal
SFMR Muni #1144 PCC outbound at Twin Peaks Tunnel. Motor coach (red livery) #3374
West Portal
Japanese Tea Garden
Golden Gate Park. Woman posing on Drum Bridge
Golden Gate Park
Conservatory of Flowers
Golden Gate Park, view from car on Main Drive. (blurry)
Golden Gate Park
Market & 3rd
View east through GAR Arch. Nucleus Hotel, Palace Hotel at center[1 GAR Arch, Architects, Wright & Sanders]; Grand Army of the Republic (O.V. Lange architecture publication)
Downtown / Union Square
Fillmore near Turk
1907 Streetcar strike against United Railroads at the Turk and Fillmore Car House. Violent strike where 30 people were killed, but the company won.
Western Addition
Market & Powell
MSRy #410 31-line passing the Emporium (Former Market Street Railway MSRy unit #110 renumbered #410 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with MUNI #110.)
Downtown / Union Square
17th & Bryant
View northeast across intersection to Market Street Railway Co. (MSRy) 25-line #855 streetcar with zip stripe livery passing Franklin Square on the right. Seals Stadium in background [newly reinstated car line, once was bus line]
Mission
La Playa near Balboa
View north of Market Street Railway (MSRy) 7-line Streetcar #139 on turnaround at Playland at the Beach, located on west side of La Playa at Balboa St. Shoot The Chutes ride at left, Rocket Speedway and Sutro Heights in background. The Surf bar at right.
Richmond Outer
La Playa near Balboa
View looking north of streetcar turnaround at Playland at the Beach, located on west side of La Playa at Balboa St. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 5-line Streetcar #833 and a 7-line streetcar. Shoot The Chutes ride at left, Rocket Speedway and Sutro Heights in background
Richmond Outer
Fulton & La Playa
Playland's Big Dipper roller coaster, 5-line Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcar #111 turning east onto Fulton St.
Golden Gate Park
3rd & Market
Elevated view north on Kearny from across Market, Parade passing the intersection with large American flag. Flannery Building on left with C.H. Strub Dentist and J. Edlin Merchant Tailor signage, Chronicle Building (with large clock over entry), Maskey's Candies sign on Maskey Building, Hearst Examiner Building on right. Boys Week banners strung over intersection. [25,000 SF School Boys Celebrate Boys' Week. Boys marched May 1 in honor of national Boys' Week. Photo shows Old Glory being carried by school boys in the line of march.]
South of Market
Geneva & Rio Verde
View east on Geneva Ave near the future site of the Cow Palace, Market Street Railway (MSRy) Visitacion Valley line streetcar #735. Bayview Hill in background left. PG&E substation at Geneva & Schwerin in background right. The line became a bus line on August 1, 1937.
Visitacion Valley
Geneva near Santos
View north to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Geneva Avenue shuttle streetcar #736 (Visitacion Valley line) on Walbridge Street (later part of Geneva) with open land and hill behind.
Geneva & Mission
View east on Geneva from Mission. MSRY 39-line streetcar #735 on the last day of service headed to Bayshore. Crocker-Amazon #1 bus on left was for the 50-Line Geneva. Eastman's Ice Cream, Geneva Grill, Amazon Theatre, real estate office on right. Rail yields to rubber as a sturdy Fageol takes over the Visitacion Valley line from its railbound predecessor. (JT)
Cayuga