Streetcar

Contains 5317 photos

Market & California
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Market & California

California & Market looking east to Southern Pacific and Ferry Bldgs, sidewalk crowded with people walking west.

Financial District
Powell near Embarcadero
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Powell near Embarcadero

Powell Street near Embarcadero. Man dodging streetcar. Part of safety series Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcar southbound on Powell.

Fishermans Wharf
Castro & Market
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Castro & Market

East Portal of the Twin Peaks Tunnel at Castro and Market

Castro
Mission & 22nd
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Mission & 22nd

View north from center of Mission St. Columbia Outfitting Co., New Mission Market at left, Wigwam Theatre in right distance.

Mission
Mission & 22nd
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Mission & 22nd

Looking north on Mission. Columbia Outfitting Co. at left, WigWam Theatre at right (later the New Rialto, the Crown and the Cine Latino).

Mission
Mason & Turk
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Mason & Turk

View South on Mason toward Turk and Market. Newly installed streetcar tracks, Admission Day Monument, Native Sons Monument, Streetcar, south of market Ruins in the distance.

Tenderloin
8th & Market
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8th & Market

View southeast to Central Theatre, 1191 Market at 8th Street. Central Theatre lasted from 1906 until 1911, replacing an earlier version destroyed in the earthquake and fire. Frank P. McCann saloon on corner.

Civic Center
Chestnut & Avila
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Chestnut & Avila

F-line streetcar #41 with two autos, looking west on Chestnut Street to Presidio in distance.

Marina
Market near Fremont
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Market near Fremont

View east on Market, Auto Parade with men riding on running board with flags. Ferry Building in the distance. Market St. Railway (MSRy) streetcar #159? on right. Ferry, Southern Pacific, Matson & PG&E Buildings in background. Moise-Klinkner Co at Fremont St. corner in background.

Financial District
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

Streetcar at Ferry Building terminus. Crew posing along with auto (1927 Chandler Sedan) Sign for the Sausalito Auto Ferry in the background.

Financial District
Van Ness & Vallejo
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Van Ness & Vallejo

Municipal Railway (MUNI) H-Line. Safety demonstration - auto turning illegally in front of streetcar. [SF Examiner June 3, 1923 - The Franklin sedan is demonstrating the folly of trying to cut in front of a streetcar at a corner]

Polk Gulch
K-line accident
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K-line accident

Streetcar vs auto accident. Market near Van Ness looking west; Symon Brothers Wreckers at 1527 market, Billboard reads Judge Fitzpatrick for Supervisor

South of Market
Market & 3rd
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Market & 3rd

Elevated view across Mart, looking north to crowded sidewalks, Lotta's Fountain and Chronicle Building

South of Market
Market & 3rd
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Market & 3rd

Street scene looking north to Lotta's fountain, Chronicle Building, bicyclist in center of picture

South of Market
Liberty Tower
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Liberty Tower

View east from Geary and Kearny toward World War I Liberty Loan display with Liberty Bell replica on top and clock faces indicating number of millions raised in Liberty Loan campaign encasing Lotta's Fountain. Palace Hotel (with Western Pacific Railroad Co. in corner retail location, Monadnock Building with electric sign for Oakland Tribune and Northern Pacific Railway. Workers working on marquee on Flannery Building at right. Newsboys sell to people waiting for streetcars on Market. Spots on image. [1168]

Downtown / Union Square