Tracks

Contains 595 photos

Oakland City Hall
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Oakland City Hall

Looking north on Washington St. Signs and decorations for Kahn's Harvest Sale at right. (colorized)

Outside SF
Page & Pierce
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Page & Pierce

View West on Page Street. Many of these buildings extant 2019.- United Railroads [U00757]

Lower Haight
Sutter & Broderick
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Sutter & Broderick

View west on Sutter from Broderick. Buildings at right (north side) mostly still stand. The block on the left demolished for public housing. Sutter Street cable tracks in street, Laurel Hill Cemetery in distance. Liquor store on corner at left. [Whithing Case] - United Railroads [U00170]

Lower Pacific Heights
Sutter & Grant
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Sutter & Grant

View East on Sutter From Grant (Dupont) toward Kearny. Busy street scene. - United Railroads [U00655]

Downtown / Union Square
9th & Brannan
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9th & Brannan

View north on 9th, Lower end of 9th Street and Brannan Post earthquake. Cable car tracks and street buckled. Top of City Hall dome background right- United Railroads [U00820]

Showplace Square
Columbus & Washington
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Columbus & Washington

[Montgomery Avenue (Columbus)Northwest From Washington St] Sentinel Building (Columbus Tower), St Francis Church. Giornale L'Italia office on left. West side of street torn up for track construction. - United Railroads [U01368]

Chinatown
Embarcadero & Howard
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Embarcadero & Howard

[East]Embarcadero NW from Howard] View north to New Wellington Coal Bunkers, Ferry Building on right. Hotel Mohawk, The Admiral Rooms on left - United Railroads [U01581]

Financial District
Embarcadero & Mission
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Embarcadero & Mission

Mission St looking Southwest across the Embarcadero (then East St.), D'Audiffred building at left. In distance are two streetcars on Mission. [J. Clark Case] - United Railroads [U02120]

Financial District
Chenery near Mateo
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Chenery near Mateo

Chenery St, looking southwest from Mateo Street. Visible on left is 425 Chenery, which still stands. Italianate house on upper right is 476-478 Chenery St, which still stands. United Railroads [U03034]

Fairmount
Valencia near 24th
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Valencia near 24th

View north from center of street between cable car track. Building under construction at left is 1266-1270 Valencia, Arizmendi Bakery in 2019. Old Reliable Market, O. Vannucci & Co., in distance right. - United Railroads [U06833]

Mission
Montgomery & Sutter
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Montgomery & Sutter

View southwest across intersection to Lick House. Masonic Temple at left. [C. C. Hastings & Co., Merchants Tailors ; Helios]

Downtown / Union Square
Lick House
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Lick House

Elevated view northwest across Montgomery between Sutter and Post Sts. L to R: Masonic Temple, Kerby, Byrne & Co., Meagher Taaffe & Co., N Skerrett, J.W. Davidson & Co. Same original image as wnp37.00617 [143. Lick House from Michel's Building, corner Market and Montgomery Streets]

Downtown / Union Square
Russ House
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Russ House

Elevated view to northwest corner of Montgomery and Bush Streets, the Russ House hotel, which extended along the west side of Montgomery from Bush to Pine Streets and opened on April 9, 1862. Site of later Russ Building.[140. Russ House]

Financial District
Clay Street Cable Car
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Clay Street Cable Car

People pose on and alongside cable cars on Clay near Jones St. Watkins' stereo card bears this legend: 'Clay Street Hill R.R., San Francisco, Cal [California]. Run by A.S. Hallidie's patent Endless Steel Wire Rope and Gripping Attachment. Overcomes an Elevation of 307 feet in a length of 2800 feet. Watkins' Pacific Coast. 2369.' Also published by Taber.

Nob Hill
Sansome & Market
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Sansome & Market

Elevated view north on Sansome. Telegraph Hill in the distance. Cosmopolitan Hotel on the left at Bush St. Corner. Horsecars in distance. Fechheimer, Goodkind & Co. clothiers, 16 & 18 Sansome. Poster for Hallet, Davis & Co. pianos on building on Sutter St. corner at left. [Sansome St, from Market, S.F. 3670]

Financial District