3rd & Market
View south across Market toward Third St. Market Street Railway 15-line. Streetcar #800. Hearst Building at left. [0800-15-02 SB ON THIRD AT MARKET circa 1940]
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Powell & Jefferson
View north on Powell from Jefferson. Market Street Railway 15-line. Streetcar # 801. Eagle's Restaurant at right. (Restaurant building later moved to Pier 39) [0801-15-04 SB ON POWELL AT JEFFERSON 1930]
Fishermans Wharf
30th near Dolores
View east on 30th toward Dolores. Market Street Railway 10-line Streetcar #802 with zip stripe livery passing under elevated Southern Pacific Old Main Line railroad tracks. Bernal Heights in background. The bridge, berm, and tracks were removed in the 1940s and the right-of-way was developed shortly thereafter.[0802-10-01 WB on 30th Street West of Dolores 1942]
Fairmount
Monterey Near Detroit
Elevated view southwest from Monterey and Detroit. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 10-line streetcar #802 with zip stripe livery. St. Finn Barr Church and Sunnyside School in background.[0802-10-04 WB on Monterey West of Detroit circa 1940]
Sunnyside
Monterey & Detroit
Elevated view south from Monterey and Detroit. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 10-line streetcar #802 with zip stripe livery. Balboa High School in background. [0802-10-05 WB on Monterey at Detroit 1942]
Sunnyside
Monterey & Detroit
View east on Monterey from Detroit Market Street Railway 10-line streetcar #802 with zip stripe livery. Rail fan with camera.[0802-10-06 WB on Monterey at Detroit February 1942]
Sunnyside
Monterey & Detroit
View north across Monterey near Detroit. Market Street Railway 10-line streetcar #802 with zip stripe livery. [0802-10-08 EB on Monterey at Detroit 1942]
Sunnyside
24th & Hoffman
Market Street Railway 11-line streetcar #804 at Hoffman Street Terminal. Twin Peaks in background. Streetcar painted with wartime employment ad. [0804-11-A EB ON 24TH AT HOFFMAN 10 APR 1944]
Noe Valley
Mission near 5th
View east on Mission. Market Street Railway 10-line Streetcar #807. McDonald's Books and Central Plumbing Supply. At left, signage for Evergreen California Hat Co., Evergreen Ladies Hats, 827 Mission. All buildings in view demolished for 5th and Mission Parking Garage. [0807-10-04 WB ON MISSION AT FIFTH circa 1940]
South of Market
San Jose & Sagamore
View southwest across intersection to Market St. Railway (MSRY) 26-line streetcar #807. Charlie's Smoke Shop and On The Square Barber Shop in background, in building at 103-111 Sagamore St. built 1929, still stands 2023. Southern Pacific Railroad Tracks. View now dominated by I280 freeway. Reinstated 26-Line running between Daly City and Onondaga Ave. and Mission St. only during World War II. [0807-26B-01 NB on San Jose at Sickles May 1943]
Oceanview
Monterey & Detroit
View northeast across Monterey. Market Street Railway 10-line Streetcar #808. [0808-10-01 WB on Monterey Blvd East of Detroit 1941]
Sunnyside
Powell near North Point
View south on Powell from Northpoint. Market Street Railway 15-line Streetcar #808 with zip stripe livery. Enclosed pedestrian overhead crossing between warehouses. Ss. Peter & Paul Church spires visible in background. [0808-15-01 NB on Powell at Bay 1940]
Fishermans Wharf
Kearny & Pacific
Market Street Railway 15-line Streetcar #809 passing International Settlement on Pacific. [0809-15-02 SB on Kearny at Pacific 1939 International Settlement]
Chinatown
Sloat & Ardenwood
SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 12-line Streetcar #811 near St. Francis Circle. [0811-12-02 WB on Sloat West of St. Francis Circle 1948]
West Portal
3rd & Townsend
Elevated view south toward Southern Pacific Station. Market Street Railway 15-line Streetcar #811. Third Street Bridge and China Basin building in background.[0811-15-02 3RD & TOWNSEND circa 1940]
South Beach