Streetcar

Contains 5317 photos

Valencia & 14th
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Valencia & 14th

View south from center of Valencia toward 14th Street. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 8-line streetcar #1582 with extensive damage to front end after and accident. Signage advertising Coos Bay Shipwreck, a ship that ran aground in heavy fog on October 22, 1927 at Lands End. Corner building at right extant 2022.

Mission Dolores
Sutter & Market
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Sutter & Market

View east across Sutter to Horse drawn streetcar #45 in front of Anglo California Trust Co.

Financial District
Geary, Kearny, & Market
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Geary, Kearny, & Market

Elevated view west over crowded street scene to Geary; Flannery building at left with large billboard atop, Lotta's Fountain; Chronicle Building on the right, Schmidt Building with Korn Hats, Rosenstock Building with Golden Pheasant restaurant, Whittell Building in distance. Outbound D-Line streetcar at Kearny, inbound D-Line approaching on Geary. Flannery Building signage on 2nd and 3rd floors for dentist Dr. Charles Henry ('Doc') Strub, who, in 1919, became part owner and president of the San Francisco Seals baseball team until 1938. J. Edlin Merchant Tailor on 4th Floor, Slavin Hair Grower on 5th Floor, General Cigar Co. at street level. United Cigars, William T. Valentine Suits at northwest corner Geary & Kearny.

Downtown / Union Square
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

Decorated for the Shriner's Convention; looking from the Fife Building. Ferry Loop streetcar tracks at center.

Financial District
Market & California
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Market & California

View east on Market Street to the Ferry Building; Decorated for the Shriner's Convention

Financial District
Steuart & Market
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Steuart & Market

Looking east to Ferry Building, pedestrian bridge at left.

Financial District
Market & Steuart
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Market & Steuart

View east towards the Ferry Building. Decorations for the Fraternal Order of Eagles parade (held August 14, 1930) over street and signage on Ferry Building. They held their national convention in San Francisco in August, 1930. Pedestrian overpass in background left. On right, signs for C.C. Young for Governor, Paul Collins for Controller, Leighton Dairy Lunch, Linen Exchange. Streetcar approaching Ferry Loop with landscaped center median.

Financial District
Third near Market
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Third near Market

View north on Third St toward Market. Magee Building at far left (with Owl Drug Co. 710 Market, Tom Dillon Hats 712 Market), Mutual Savings Bank Building (with Paul T. Carroll Knox Hats store), Flannery Building (with signage for C.M. Wooster Co. Country Lands), Johann Schmidt Building at far right (Herman Barth architect, 1908) with large ads for 'San Carlos Park' development on Peninsula. horse drawn wagons. Same image as wnp37.02884 with less cropping. [9446 Mutual Bank]

South of Market
Stockton & Market
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Stockton & Market

Elevated view east; Roos Bros. (Albert Pissis, Architect) at left, many streetcars on and crossing Market, Humboldt Bank Building, Portola Theater, Call and Hearst Buildings, Preparedness Day Banner in distance.

Downtown / Union Square
Kearny, Geary, & Market
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Kearny, Geary, & Market

Chronicle Building on left, Palace Hotel and Monadnock Building across Market, Muni B-Line streetcar #76, westbound on Geary

Downtown / Union Square
Communist Demonstration
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Communist Demonstration

In front of Main Library at Polk and McAllister Streets. 19-line Polk streetcar.

Civic Center
Kearny, Geary, & Market
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Kearny, Geary, & Market

Elevated view looking southeast across Market St toward's Palace Hotel and Monadnock Building decorated with flags, bunting. Lotta's Fountain, in foreground.

Downtown / Union Square
Kearny, Geary, & Market
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Kearny, Geary, & Market

Elevated view southeast across intersection to Lotta's Fountain and surrounding crowd of pedestrians. Palace Hotel (with Western Pacific Railroad office in corner retail space), Monadnock Building (with signage for Santa Fe and Oceanic), Metropolis Bank Building in background left. D-Line streetcar destination reads Exposition. Chronicle Building on left with large clock above entry. El Camino Real Bell at right. String of lights and planter baskets hung from streetlamp poles. [Lotta's Fountain]

Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Kearny
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Geary & Kearny

Steep view downward over intersection to Flannery Building at left, with Dr. C.H. Strub Dentist, Gallenkamp's Shoes, Richelieu Cafe signs, Lotta's Fountain at bottom, Chronicle Building at right. Streetcars passing on Kearny. [Market Street from Roof of Examiner]

South of Market
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

Elevated view south from pedestrian overpass to crowds of people at entrance to Ferry Building and the Embarcadero. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 2-Line #263 at center. Vehicle underpass in background. Cropped, darker version at wnp5.50740.

Financial District