Streetcar

Contains 5317 photos

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Market & Battery

View east on Market Street from Battery. Mechanics Monument (also Donahue Monument) at center after removal of fountain and installation of horse trough and high-backed bench at left. New Orleans Coffee Parlor 445 Market, Board of Trade Building (with Emmons Draying Co., A.G. Hebgen Marine Engines, Nason & Co. paints, L.C. Smith & Bros. Typewriters, Haller-Cunningham Electric Co., Gunn Carle & Co. steel products). 6-Line and J-Line streetcars, utility truck with platform for servicing overhead wires (Tower Truck). In background, Moise-Klinkner rubber stamps and signs at Fremont corner, Charles H. Kewell Company fishing tackle, Charles C. Navlet Company, Halcun Radio Co. (Haller & Cunningham), The Army Goods Store. See companion photo at wnp14.12738.

1919 Financial District

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Bryant & 16th

View north on Bryant from 16th Street. Municipal Railway Muni 25-Line streetcar #130. Seals Stadium at right

1947 Mission

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Union & Buchanan

View east on Union from Buchanan, Muni D-line streetcar #168.

1947 Union Street

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Hayes near Scott

View west on Hayes towards Scott. Alamo Square at right. St. Ignatius Church in the distance. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) 21-line Streetcar #102.

1947 Alamo Square

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McAllister & Polk

View east on McAllister from Polk. Municipal Railway (Muni) streetcar 5-line #104 outbound. State Building at left. Main Library at right. Empire Hotel and Hotel Astor in the distance.

1946 Civic Center

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Embarcadero near Market

View south from in front of Ferry Building showing streetcars & carriages

1908 Financial District

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Market near 19th

View west toward intersection of Falcon (now Market) and Moss Alley ( later Mono street, now 19th Street). Miller & Joost home (now 3224 Market) at the left. 18th and Park line streetcar, Twin Peaks and Tank Hill in the background. Two boys posing. The house at right, 98 Falcon, would survive into the 1950s as 3198 Market.

1905 Eureka Valley

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Market near Spear

View east from the sidewalk on Market toward Spear. Ferry Building in background. Hotel Terminal, Market Street Railway 6-Line and 4-Line streetcars. Transit signal tower at center. [1034 San Francisco Marketstr. Ferry Bdg op achtergr. 7.3.'23]

1923 Financial District

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Sacramento near Broderick

View westerly on Sacramento toward Broderick, 4-line Streetcar #251 passing Quong Hi Laundry 2924 Sacramento (building demolished) [Sacramento & Divisadero 1940]

1937 Pacific Heights

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Divisadero & Eddy

Elevated view northeast toward Divisadero & Eddy, 31-line Streetcar #968 turning onto Divisadero. A different house now stands at the corner of Eddy, where Russian Craftsman (Russky Kustor) is in this photo, moved from 751 Turk in the 1970s.[Southbound Divisadero from Eddy 1949]

1949 Western Addition

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Market & Embarcadero

View west from the Ferry Loop, with landscaped area in center with Muni starters kiosk, towards Market and Sacramento, The Loop Army-Navy Store, Joe Harris Naval Uniforms billboard. 2-line Streetcar #242, with Red Cross flag and signage on front entering the Ferry Loop. Birdcage traffic signal. [Ferry 1948]

1948 Financial District

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Oak & Broderick

View northeast across intersection to Oak & Broderick old cable car barn and powerhouse (demolished). Market St. Railway (MSRy) 20-line #304 approaching on Oak Street. Just beyond, Engine Company No. 21 firehouse with square hose tower, San Francisco Landmark #89. Not in service, but still (2020) owned by fire department. [on Oak at Broderick 12/1938]

1938 Buena Vista

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View from Strawberry Hill

View northeast from Strawberry Hill in Golden Gate Park toward the Inner Sunset and Mt. Sutro. Lincoln Way Streetcar Boneyard at bottom right.

1946 Golden Gate Park

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Taraval & 35th Ave

View east on Taraval from 35th Avenue. Municipal Railway (Muni) L-line streetcar #210 with wings livery (marked - No Passengers) and crowd of people on rail fan excursion marking last day of Muni service using original 2-man cars. Sommers Furs, Morton Pelzner Jeweler at right.

1958 Parkside

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Transbay Terminal

Mission between 1st and Fremont. View northwest from front of Terminal to Municipal Railway (Muni) B-line #147 with wings livery. (blurry, film capture)

1952 South of Market