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
Hyde & Francisco
View north on Hyde from Francisco St, California Street Cable car ascending Hyde Street hill. SF Bay, Alcatraz, Hyde Street Pier, and Municipal Pier in the background. Gibson's Grocery at the northwest corner of Hyde and Bay.
Russian Hill
Hyde & Beach
California Street Cable car, decorated for Whitney's Playland and Cliff House, in the middle of the intersection on Hyde and Beach. Haslett Warehouse in background.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
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
Columbus & Lombard
View east on Lombard across Columbus Ave, Coit Tower in the background. Municipal Railway (Muni) Powell St. Cable Car #510 crossing Lombard. Large Belfast Water billboard and neon sign for Crystal Palace baths on building at left. Signal Gas station at right on future site of the North Beach Library.
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
Van Ness & Jackson
View north on Van Ness Ave toward Jackson St. Municipal Railway (Muni) Washington-Jackson line Cable Car #524 crossing Van Ness.
Pacific Heights
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
Jackson & Laguna
View north across Jackson from Laguna. Municipal Railway (Muni) Cable Car #522. Whittier Mansion, 2090 Jackson, SF Landmark 75 at left.
Pacific Heights
Washington & Laguna
View northeast across the intersection of Washington and Laguna. Municipal Railway (Muni) Cable Car #522. Irwin Mansion in background.
Pacific Heights