Van Ness & Broadway
View north on Van Ness toward Broadway. Municipal Railway (Muni) H-line Streetcar #126. 2201 Van Ness, onetime home of attorney Charles Ackerman, at northwest corner (demolished in 1957).
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North Point at Van Ness
View east on North Point from Van Ness Avenue. Municipal Railway (Muni) F-line Streetcar #26, Fontana Warehouse at left, Ghirardelli factory beyond. Galileo High School athletic field at right.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Broadway near Kearny
View east on Broadway between Columbus and Kearny. Municipal Railway (Muni) Wartime 16-line Streetcar #819. Wartime 16-line was actually a resurrected combination of pre-war 15 & 16 lines; no route number in roof box because they had all been given to the scrap drive when rail was previously abandoned on those routes in 1941.(JT) Louis' Restaurant, Finocchio, Fior D'Italia, Vannessi's at left.
North Beach
Baker & Greenwich
View south on Baker from Greenwich toward Pacific Heights. Municipal Railway (Muni) E-line. New Florida Market at right.
Cow Hollow
Bay & Columbus
View northeast toward the intersection of Columbus, Jones, and Bay. (Taken from Bret Harte Terrace) Municipal Railway (Muni) F-line Streetcar #43. Joseph Musto Sons - Keenan Co. Marble Works.
Russian Hill
Columbus & Taylor
Southerly on Columbus from Taylor street. SF Muni Cable Car #508, Ss. Peter and Paul Church in background. LaRocca's Corner at right.
Russian Hill
Van Ness at Geary
View northeast across Van Ness Ave. from Geary St. Municipal Railway (Muni) H-line Streetcar #964 followed by a D-line streetcar. Concordia Club building behind front streetcar.
Cathedral Hill
Geary & Van Ness
View northeast across Geary St. toward Van Ness Ave. Municipal Railway (Muni) C-line Streetcar #7. Almond Blossom Restaurant (later Tommy's Joynt) at right. The Almond Blossom became Tommy's Joynt in June 1951 when famous SF singer Tommy Harris, who ran his first Tommy's Joynt five blocks east at 645 Geary from 1940 to 1946, bought the Almond Blossom from Al Pollack. (PF) Ernest Ingold Chevrolet dealership across Van Ness, and Richelieu Hotel. Mercury dealership at left. Birdcage traffic signal.
Cathedral Hill
Van Ness near Greenwich
View southeast across Van Ness Ave. between Lombard and Greenwich. Municipal Railway (Muni) H-line Streetcar #937. Large Bank of America Billboard with clock (and sign painters)
Russian Hill
Union near Broderick
View west on Union toward Broderick and approaching Municipal Railway (Muni) E-line streetcar. Simonds Loop Presidio Housing in the background. Rail service on this line ended on June 9, 1947.
Cow Hollow
Fillmore & O'Farrell
View north on Fillmore from O'Farrell. Municipal Railway (Muni) 22-line streetcar #867 with zip stripe livery. Jack & Milt liquor store, Coleman Attell's pawn shop, Kay Appliances, Waxman's Bakery, Anglo-California National Bank. Many buildings in this view demolished for redevelopment.
Japantown
Fillmore & Geary
View north on Fillmore from Geary to Municipal Railway (Muni) 22-line streetcar #884 with wings livery. Owl Drug, Painless Parker dentist, Hotel Annex James Gibb Building, Martell's Liquors. Buildings on the right side in this view demolished for redevelopment.
Western Addition
Fillmore & Vallejo
View north on Fillmore toward Vallejo. Market Street Railway (MSRy) Counterbalance cars about to pass each other. Marina Middle School in the distance.
Pacific Heights
Fillmore & Green
View northwest toward the intersection of Fillmore and Green. Market Street Railway (MSRy) Fillmore counterbalance Car #624 getting hooked to the cable
Pacific Heights
Fillmore & Green
View northeast toward the intersection of Fillmore and Green. Market Street Railway (MSRy) Fillmore counterbalance Car #627 getting hooked to the cable
Pacific Heights