Streetcar

Contains 5317 photos

Market near Van Ness
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Market near Van Ness

View east from center of Market between Van Ness and 12th Street. Municipal Railway (Muni) interurban streetcar #1234 likely on a fan trip excursion. (40-line Interurban usually ran on Mission Street.) Merchandise Mart building (Opened 1937) in distance, with radio broadcast antenna on roof.

Civic Center
Civic Auditorium
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Civic Auditorium

Civic Center, view south from Larkin and McAllister across the plaza toward Civic Auditorium. Streetcar at left.

Civic Center
Stanyan near Page
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Stanyan near Page

View northeast across Stanyan between Haight and Page. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 20-Line streetcar #821. Stanyan Street Cyclery in background.

Haight Ashbury
Market near 9th
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Market near 9th

View southwest on Market between 8th and 9th. Municipal Railway (MUNI) L-line streetcar #188 passing Hotel Whitcomb. Merchandise Mart in the background.

South of Market
24th & Rhode Island
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24th & Rhode Island

View west on 24th Street at Rhode Island. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 35-line streetcar #812 at the eastern terminal. Motorman reversing the trolley poles. Twin Peaks in the distance.

Potrero Hill
South San Francisco
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South San Francisco

View north to Sign Hill near West Orange Avenue. Municipal Railway (MUNI) interurban 40-line streetcar #1230.

Outside SF
Twin Peaks Tunnel
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Twin Peaks Tunnel

Municipal Railway (Muni) L-Taraval line, PCC streetcar #1011, exiting Twin Peaks tunnel at West Portal & Ulloa St.

West Portal
11th near Market
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11th near Market

View northeast across 11th Street between Market and Mission to Muni L-line Taraval streetcar #178 with wings livery stopped in front of roller skating rink (later Legg's Ice Skating). Sign for Bay Area Electric Railroad Association indicates this is a rail fan excursion. Gough Auto Repair in background. See also wnp14.12639.

South of Market
Market & Embarcadero
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Market & Embarcadero

Elevated view southwest across the Ferry Loop with landscaped center median, and up Market Street, showing many streetcars on four tracks. Southern Pacific and Matson Buildings on left, Call and Hobart Buildings in distance, Fife Building with Chevrolet sign atop, Hotel Terminal, Heinz 57 sign. [Market Street from Ferry]

Financial District
Market & Embarcadero
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Market & Embarcadero

Elevated view southwest across the Ferry Loop with landscaped center median, and up Market Street, showing many streetcars on four tracks. Southern Pacific and Matson Buildings on left, Call and Hobart Buildings in distance, Fife Building with Chevrolet sign atop, Hotel Terminal, Heinz 57 sign. [Market Street from Ferry]

Financial District
Market & Taylor
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Market & Taylor

Elevated view southwest on Market showing the south side between 6th and 7th Streets. (Taken from the Warfield Building.) 1011-1015 market is indicated; the photo was taken as a record for Goudey Mortgage Loan Company [1103]

Tenderloin
Arguello & Geary
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Arguello & Geary

View north across Geary from Arguello. Larkins Building (former Park & Ocean Railroad Co. Geary St. Carbarn), with signage for T.F. Ormand Dodge and Plymouth dealer) at left, Roosevelt Jr. High School at right. Much auto traffic and a Municipal Railway (Muni) B-Geary Streetcar #?03 crossing the intersection. Birdcage traffic signal.

Lone Mountain
San Jose Ave near Ocean
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San Jose Ave near Ocean

View west from the future site of Elkton Shops, San Jose Avenue between Ocean and Geneva. San Jose Avenue at left with streetcar and Geneva Carhouse in the background. United Railroads [U00344] [panorama 1 of 4]

Cayuga
Geneva Yard
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Geneva Yard

40-line San Mateo interurban streetcar #3 at Geneva car house, with Life Guard fender. Taken in connection with fatal accident on Sept. 19, 1908 at 12th and Mission Sts. [U01825] United Railroads

Cayuga
Elkton Shops
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Elkton Shops

United Railroads streetcar #1228.

Cayuga