Streetcar

Contains 5317 photos

Presidio
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Presidio

Municipal Railway D-line streetcar approaching Presidio terminal near Letterman Hospital. [6257 Looking east from terminus of Presidio Railroad] See wnp36.02223.

Presidio
Greenwich & Baker
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Greenwich & Baker

View to northwest corner and Italian Market grocery. Municipal Railway D-line streetcar #204

Cow Hollow
Greenwich near Broderick
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Greenwich near Broderick

View west on Greenwich between Broderick and Divisadero, toward the Presidio. Municipal Railway (Muni) D-line streetcar #177.

Cow Hollow
Union & Van Ness
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Union & Van Ness

View west past 41-line bus #728 and Municipal Railway D-line streetcar #29. Joseph R. Pagano insurance. Meadow Gold ice cream.

Union Street
Presidio
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Presidio

Municipal Railway D-line streetcar #45 on private right of way at Presidio terminal near Letterman Hospital.

Presidio
Presidio
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Presidio

Municipal Railway D-line streetcar #80 and another car behind with wings livery, on private right-of-way at Ruger Street. American Red Cross flags on streetcar.

Presidio
Geary & Grant
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Geary & Grant

Elevated view west to St. Francis Hotel in distance. Municipal Railway D-line streetcar #130 and B-line streetcar. Gantner & Mattern, Reich & Liever, Gassner furrier and other businesses. Sachs Building, Whittell Building, and many pedestrians.

Downtown / Union Square
Union & Franklin
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Union & Franklin

View to northwest corner. Municipal Railway D-line streetcar #183.

Union Street
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

View north on Embarcadero. Crowds boarding Municipal Railway D-line streetcars during opening of Golden Gate Bridge. Pedestrian overpass bridge over Embarcadero.

Financial District
Kearny & Geary
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Kearny & Geary

Elevated view east from Flannery Building down to Lotta's Fountain. El Camino Real bell, Municipal Railway D-line streetcar on Geary. Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcars. Chronicle Building with large clock hung above entry at left. Palace Hotel, Metropolis Bank Building in distance. "U.S. Army Builds Men" banner strung over Market Street.

Downtown / Union Square
Geary & Van Ness
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Geary & Van Ness

View to northeast corner. Two Municipal Railway D-line streetcars, including #212 with wings livery. Concordia Club on left. Used car showroom at 1100 Van Ness, demolished in 2015. Cropped version of wnp32.0122.

Cathedral Hill
Geary near Van Ness
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Geary near Van Ness

View northeast across to Municipal Railway D-line streetcar #45 with wings livery. All of the buildings on the left were demolished in 2015. Prompt Radio & Television Co. Apparently taken at same time as wnp14.3867.

Tenderloin
Greenwich & Lyon
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Greenwich & Lyon

View west into Presidio on private streetcar right-of-way. Municipal Railway D-line streetcar #52 with Red Cross flags and wings livery. The gap in the Presidio wall was later in-filled after streetcar operations ceased.

Cow Hollow
Van Ness & Vallejo
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Van Ness & Vallejo

View southeast past Municipal Railway D-line streetcar #168.

Polk Gulch
Geary & Polk
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Geary & Polk

View to northwest corner past Municipal Railway (Muni) D-line streetcar #178. Hilden Hotel. The building on the corner is the old Pierce Arrow dealership, built in 1913, moved to Van Ness and Bush in 1931. It was the State Relief Agency in 1930s, closed in 1941. Was U.S. War Assets Building in 1940s and 1950s. Was Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich; the Psychological Corporation;, and the Academic Press, all academic publishers, from 1967 through 1983. Was Red Cross Disaster Shelter in 1989 after Loma Prieta earthquake, became North of Market Multiservice Center in 1990. (PF)

Lower Nob Hill