California & Grant
View east, Old St. Mary's Church at left, pedestrians crossing street, and Bay Bridge in the distance. Cal Street Cable RR Cable Car #18, California at Grant
ChinatownStreetcar
Contains 5317 photos
Stockton at Bush
View south on Stockton from above Stockton Street Tunnel. Hotel Devonshire, Hotel Navarre, McAlpin Apartments, Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe jeweler. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) #F-line Streetcar #38.
Downtown / Union Square
Washington & Powell
View west on Washington Street to approaching Market Street Railway (MSRy) Cable Car #509. Smoke Stack for Washington Mason Powerhouse at center. Crescent Pharmacy at right. 1360 Jones apartment building (built 1928) in background left.
Chinatown
Geary at Powell
View southeast across intersection with Union Square off camera at left, Western Air Lines office at right, several buildings with scaffolding (Dohrmann's and I. Magnin's, which opened in 1948). Mutual Savings Bank Building and Palace Hotel in the distance on Market Street. Whittell Building at left. Birdcage traffic signal. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) C-line Streetcar #20, outbound. Old Crow Bourbon billboard.
Downtown / Union Square
Jones & O'Farrell
View northeast across Jones. Hotel York, Davenport Liquor, Merry's Drugs at right. Cal Street Cable RR Cable Car #60, Jones near O'Farrell
Tenderloin
Jones near California
View south on Jones toward Pine Street. O'Farrell, Jones & Hyde Cable Car outbound. Empire Hotel in the background right, Bayview Hill in the distance
Nob Hill
Powell & Eddy
Looking north on Powell from Eddy, Pig and Whistle, Hotel Powell, Flood Building, and Owl Drugs. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) Cable Car #505, (Superior Duplicate of wnp27.50034)
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Eddy
View southwest towards Eddy, Market Street in background. Zukors, Gray's Suits, and Yosemite Sparkling Water, cable car loaded with passengers including soldiers. Market Street Railway (MSRy) Cable Car #513.
Downtown / Union Square
Fifth & Market
View northeast across 5th street to 12-Line Muni #838, passengers boarding another streetcar. In background, Hale Bros. department store. Gray's Suits, Len's Lunchette in Douglas Building (later demolished for Hallidie Plaza), Bank of America headquarters (One Powell St.). Female Muni conductor. Cropped version of wnp14.1605.
South of Market
Jones & McAllister
View north on Jones from McAllister. Hotel Boyd, Hotel Governor, and Anglo Bank at right. Pedestrians crossing intersection. Cal Street Cable Railroad Cable Car #60 (Jones Street Shuttle), Harrington's Bar. Birdcage traffic signal. Side/Rear of the Paramount Theatre (entry at 1066 Market, demolished 1965) in background.
Tenderloin
California & Grant
View southeast to westbound California Street Cable Ca #1 with passengers boarding and young man on bicycle holding on. Merchants Exchange, Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, near California, demolished 1969), Commercial Union Assurance Building (315 Montgomery),Russ Building in background. Old St. Mary's Park at right behind cable car. Helvetia Hotel, Hotel Yolanda with Hotel Lafayette painted sign, Clunie Building in distance left, with Lincoln National Life ad on west side. Banners for GGIE strung over street.
Chinatown
Townsend near 3rd
View east on Townsend from Southern Pacific Passenger Depot at right. Muni 20-Line #718?. Shipyard crane visible in far distance. Army jeep and soldier to left. At far left, U.S. Post Office with flag atop. California Wine Association Building 180 Townsend in center distance. Most buildings on north side of Townsend still stand 2021.
South of Market
Transbay Terminal
View northwest of SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 2-line car #248, C-line Car #609 with wings livery loading passengers at the Transbay Terminal. Harold's Building at left.
South of Market
Bryant near 26th
SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 25-line Streetcar #286.
Mission
Embarcadero & Clay
Elevated view west from Ferry Building to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Sacramento & Clay St. Cable Car #19 & Muni 16-Line Motor Coach #430 with zip stripe livery. Taxis parked near vehicle underpass. All buildings in foreground now gone. Mark Hopkins and Fairmont Hotels, Brocklebank Apartments in distance left. Top of Ferry Station Post Office at right. Mohawk Gas Station, Hotel Albion, Harbor Garage in Union Center building, Convey & Sons meat market, New Post Office Candy Store, Gilmore Gasoline ad. Before end of cable car service in Feb, 1942 and after initiation of bus service on 16-Line in May, 1941.
Financial District