Streetcar

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Dolores & 27th
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Dolores & 27th

View northeast over Southern Pacific Old Main Line bridge. No traces of the bridge remain, it was removed in the 1940s and the railroad right-of-way was developed shortly thereafter.

Noe Valley
Cesar Chavez & Dolores
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Cesar Chavez & Dolores

View south past palm trees and San Francisco-San Jose railroad (Southern Pacific Old Main Line) trestle. No traces of the bridge remain, it was removed in the 1940s and the railroad right-of-way was developed shortly thereafter.

Noe Valley
Dolores Park
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Dolores Park

View northwest toward downtown, Sacramento Northern Railway Excursion, Birney Streetcar #62 on J-Line. Mission High School in background.

Mission Dolores
Union & Jones
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Union & Jones

MUNI E-line streetcar #361. View north. Alcatraz and Angel Island in background.

Russian Hill
West Portal & Ulloa
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West Portal & Ulloa

View south to line of five Muni streetcars heading to Twin Peaks Tunnel. Thrift Drugs, Empire Theatre (name changed from Portal in October, 1936) in distance.

West Portal
30th & Chenery
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30th & Chenery

Looking east, streetcar tracks removed from street (Or paved over), cobblestone surrounding tracks still remains. #10 and #26-line. Southern Pacific Railroad Old Main Line bridge in center. The bridge, berm, and tracks were removed in the 1940s and the right-of-way was developed shortly thereafter. Mission Street and Bernal Heights in distance.

Fairmount
Clayton & Market
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Clayton & Market

MSRY 33-line streetcar #769. Market St. Switch back.

Eureka Valley
Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

Elevated view northeast from south side of Market to busy rainy day scene. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 8-line streetcar, 6-line streetcar, Powell Mason cable car. From left Gray's Suits, States Restaurant in Douglas Building. Owl Drug, Clinton Cafeteria in Flood Building.

South of Market
Mason & Market
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Mason & Market

View from top of Pantages Theatre. Native Sons monument (now moved), Garfield Building, small theatre, Flood Building, Hobart Building.

South of Market
4th & Market
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4th & Market

Elevated view southeast across intersection. State Theatre in center is closed and advertising 'Guns of Navarone' at the St. Francis). MUNI Mack Bus. Humboldt Bank Building at far left. The Diamond Palace credit jewelers, and House of Ties with large signage promoting closing sales.

Downtown / Union Square
Stockton & Market
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Stockton & Market

View east down Market to MUNI K-line streetcar #79. Wells Fargo (Union Trust) building, Mutual Savings Bank building, Palace Hotel, Monadnock building, Examiner/Hearst building, Call Building in background. Schwabacher-Frey, Grant Market, Lincoln Market on south side of Market.

Downtown / Union Square
6th & Market
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6th & Market

Slightly elevated view east from eastbound lanes to MSRY 6-line #176 and other streetcars. Oxford Hotel, Mechanics Savings Bank Building, Garfield Building, Flood Building, Humboldt Bank Building in distance. At right, Wilson Building, 973 Market Street (1900, George W. Percy -or Percy & Polk. Facade survived after fire, rebuilt 1907, Henry A. Schulze, architect), Hale Brothers Department Store, 979-989 Market Street (1900 & 1905 revision, Reid Brothers Architects. Facade survived after fire, rebuilt 1907, Reid Brothers) David Hewes Building (1908, Reid Bros, Architects) at far right. Large American flags draped from streetlamps on both sides. Pantages Theatre in distance right. [6242]

South of Market
Market near 4th
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Market near 4th

View east onf Market near 4th. California Theatre, Humboldt Bank building, Call Building in background.

Downtown / Union Square
Market & Mason
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Market & Mason

Elevated view southwest across Market to crowded street scene. St. Francis Theatre (later demolished), Wilson Building, Old Hale Bros. Building, David Hewes Building, Delger Building. In distance, United Artists Theatre, Embassy Theatre. 17-line streetcar #135, 8-line streetcar #105, 5-line streetcar #887. At lower right, stores in Dean Building, Dolly Madison Candy, Mrs. Green's Buttermilk Pancakes, Maxferd's Jewelry

Tenderloin
8th & Market
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8th & Market

Looking east, Orpheum Theatre at left.

Civic Center