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View east from center of Market toward 1st Street. Southern Pacific, Matson, PG&E Buildings, Sheldon Building, Hooker & Lent Building on right. Donahue Mechanics Monument at lower left. Mobilgas sign above Fife Building, Ferry Building in center distance. Ferry Building in the background. Most of the buildings in this view have since been demolished. C-line streetcar #660 [S.F. Scenes DK-50]
Financial District
View of Line of Cable Cars Up Market Street Between Embarcadero and Steuart Streets Showing Inbound Back Up at Cable Car Turntables. United Railroads [U0540]
Financial District
View of Line of Cable Cars Up Market Street Between Spear and Main Streets Showing Inbound Back Up at Cable Car Turntables. United Railroads [U0543]
Financial District
View north on Powell from Bush, one week before the earthquake. [Powell Street Looking Up From Bush Street to California Street] United Railroads [U00765]
Downtown / Union Square
View South on Powell from Clay [Powell St. - From Clay to California Sts] United Railroads [U00766]
Nob Hill
View east across intersection at 26th and Castro. Empty United Railroads Castro Cable Car #1 on turntable. Nicholas Tweitmann Grocery, 1623 Castro, on northeast corner at left, Patrick Mullin Grocery, 1701 Castro, on the southeast corner at right. United Railroads [U01398]
Noe Valley
Close to Masonic and Fulton, View West toward Masonic Avenue. United Railroads streetcars #577 and #651 in URR's McAllister car house yard, Lone Mountain in background. Sign in car: 'Chutes This Sunday afternoon Aug 4 - Daring Balloon Ascension and parachute drop by Dr. Jas. Price will most positively take place' [500 & 600 Electric Single Truck Cars] United Railroads [U01433]
Western Addition
Close to Masonic and Fulton, View West toward Masonic Avenue. United Railroads streetcar #731 in URR's McAllister car house yard, Lone Mountain in background. Sign in car: 'Notice to Passengers - Commencing October 2nd (22nd?) the route of the Mission and Chutes line will be as follows ...' [700 Electric Double Truck Car #731 - 2 Stanchions] United Railroads [U01434]
Western Addition
United Railroads streetcar #1001 in Geneva Car Barn (later Cameron Beach Yard) Geneva & San Jose Aves. [1000 series Elec Double Truck - 3 Stanchion] United Railroads [U01437]
Cayuga
View west on Sutter from Powell. Empty lots on NW & SW corners. Hotel Regent. [Sutter Street and Powell Street Driscoll Case] J.J. Driscoll sustained a fractured skull while trying to board a streetcar. United Railroads [U02826]
Downtown / Union Square
View west on Geary from the terminal of the former Geary, Park, & Ocean Railroad. Cable car on turntable. Flannery Building (with Electra-Vita sign), Lotta's Fountain in background. In distance, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Bankers Investment Building under construction. This is one of the last days of cable operations on the line. The cable franchise expired in 1912 and was almost immediately converted to electric operation. United Railroads [U03276]
Downtown / Union Square
View west on Geary from the terminal of the former Geary, Park, & Ocean Railroad. Cable car on turntable. Flannery Building (with Electra-Vita sign), Lotta's Fountain in background. In distance, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Magee Building, Bankers Investment Building under construction. This is one of the last days of cable operations on the line. The cable franchise expired in 1912 and was almost immediately converted to electric operation. United Railroads United Railroads [U03277]
Downtown / Union Square
View west on Geary from the terminal of the former Geary, Park, & Ocean Railroad. Cable car on turntable. Flannery Building (with Electra-Vita sign, M.A. Gunst store), Lotta's Fountain in background. In distance, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Bankers Investment Building under construction. This is one of the last days of cable operations on the line. The cable franchise expired in 1912 and was almost immediately converted to electric operation. United Railroads. United Railroads [U03278]
Downtown / Union Square
View west on Geary from Stockton. St. Francis Hotel at right. the former Geary, Park, & Ocean Railroad. This is one of the last days of cable operations on former Geary, Park, & Ocean Railroad line. The cable franchise expired in 1912 and was almost immediately converted to electric operation. United Railroads [U03279]
Downtown / Union Square
Geary Cable car being pulled onto 5th Avenue from Fulton by horse. This was standard procedure at the time, the horse was used to pull the car around the corner until it could grip the cable 5th Avenue. Last Days of the Geary cable, the franchise expired in 1912 and was quickly replaced by electric streetcars. [5th Ave & Fulton St] United Railroads [U03280]
Richmond Inner