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Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

Construction of some kind. Possibly a stadium. 8th street? Ewing Field?

Mission & Leo
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Mission & Leo

Muni Streetcar #1 on excursion charter passing Granada Cafe in the Excelsior

Excelsior
Niagara Ave
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Niagara Ave

View north to Southern Pacific tracks passing Market Street Railway's Elkton Shops.

Cayuga
48th Ave near Geary
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48th Ave near Geary

Municipal Railway (MUNI) Demonstration Bus parked on 48th Ave, with Sutro Heights in background. Taken from site of present Seal Rock Inn.

Sutro Heights
Judah & La Playa
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Judah & La Playa

View north from Lower Great Highway to La Playa and Judah Streets streetcar turnaround, at the terminus of the Muni N-Line. Dick's at the Beach and Mar Motel in background.

Sunset Outer
Fulton & Larkin
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Fulton & Larkin

View northeast across Larkin to old Main Library (later Asian Art Museum), Market Street Railway bus #302 with zip stripe livery.

Civic Center
Polk & Green
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Polk & Green

View northeast to east side of Polk, north side of Green. Alhambra Theatre at left, candy and cake shops, #304 Bus.

Polk Gulch
Embarcadero & Market
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Embarcadero & Market

Muni Bus #157 with Acme Beer ad and wings livery, Hotel Albion, The Harbor Club on Sacramento Street

Financial District
Elkton Shops
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Elkton Shops

Muni Bus yard, Southern Pacific track

Cayuga
Folsom & 2nd
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Folsom & 2nd

View northeast to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 28-line #750. 28-line ran from Ferry Building to SP Depot. Duplicate of wnp67.0490 with different cropping. Rail service on Line 28 ended in January 1939.

South of Market
Powell & Union
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Powell & Union

View southeast across Union St. to Muni E-Line streetcar with passengers boarding.

Russian Hill
Mason near Washington
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Mason near Washington

View northwest across Mason outside cable car power house and car barn to Muni Cable Car #527, specially labeled as a Sacramento & Clay St. car to remind voters of that line, which had been eliminated in 1942. The car was chartered by the Citizens Committee To Save the Cable Cars and its chair Friedel Klussmann as part of its campaign urging a yes vote on Proposition 10 (which passed overwhelmingly and preserved all existing Municipal Railway cable car lines). Buildings in background still stand in 2022. Duplicate of wnp32.2915.

Nob Hill
McAllister Car Barn
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McAllister Car Barn

View northeast to McAllister Wrecker tow car #0508, Calvary Cemetery in background.

Western Addition
Market & Pearl
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Market & Pearl

J-line Streetcar passing Moore's Cash & Carry Window Shade Company. It's Tops coffee shop in background.

Mint Hill
McAllister & Divisadero
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McAllister & Divisadero

View across intersection to northeast corner and buildings on north side of McAllister. Safeway, 5-line Streetcar #162

Alamo Square