Point Lobos Road
Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railroad, near Masonic Avenue
Laurel Heights / Jordan ParkTransit
Contains 8537 photos
Arguello near Geary
Geary Street Steam Dummy, Geary Street, Park, and Ocean Line. England Car 50
Richmond Inner
Hyde & Green
Hyde, O'Farrell & Jones Line cable car
Russian Hill
O'Farrell & Jones
O'Farrell, Jones & Hyde cable car
Tenderloin
California & Presidio
View north across California to Cable Car #19 at terminus. Jewish Community Center in background.
Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
California & Market
View north across California St. Cable Car #9, Weinstein Co. at 100 Market, Foster's Cafeteria at 114 Market, Santa Marina Building, Ferry building sign reads 'Welcome to San Francisco'.
Financial District
Castro & 18th
View northeast on Castro St to Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) Castro St. Cable Car #7, 8-Line streetcar in distance. Bon Omi Store, Prudence Penny grocery store, Castro Theater in background.
Castro
Powell near Bush
View taken from a cable car heading south on Powell towards Market St.
Nob Hill
California & Powell
View East down California to Bay Bridge and East Bay beyond. Powell Street Cable Car in intersection while eastbound California Street Cable car boards. Southern Pacific Building (with SP Sign atop) in distance. University Club at left.
Nob Hill
Market near 3rd
View northeast across Market to Muni J-Line streetcar (another Muni streetcar with wings livery in distance). Gallenkamp's Shoes and Owl Drug Co. in Magee Building, Mutual Savings Bank building with Bank of America branch, Flannery Building with Dinty's Kitchen, Acme Beer sign and Painless Parker dentist, de Young Building with Florsheim, Hyman's Leasing and Peck-Judah ticket agency, 660 Market Building, Crocker Building, Hobart Building, Examiner Building. Banners strung across Market, possibly for military recruitment. Birdcage traffic signals. [3119 Market at 3rd]
South of Market
Market at Bush
Looking east. PCC Car. John Harder photo
Financial District
Jackson near Laguna
Elevated view southeast, looking down on intersection of Jackson and Laguna Streets. Large residence with terraced lawn at top was the Irwin Mansion on Washington Street, at the Laguna corner. It was destroyed by fire in May, 1956. Laguna-Jackson cable car at bottom.
Pacific Heights
14th Ave & Lincoln
Elevated view southeast across 14th Avenue near Lincoln Way over Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcar 'boneyard' storage facility. Old St. Anne's Catholic church on right. Mount Sutro in distance. 17-Line #156, 6-Line #137 and #889 from left. [Funston (Sic) + Lincoln Way 124873]
Sunset Inner
Irving & Funston
Elevated view northeast to Lincoln Way streetcar 'boneyard. Billboard reads: 'New Homes Here, city will clear this block if you vote YES, Tuesday April 20th One System - One Management- One Fare Universal Transfer.' Cropped version of photo published in San Francisco Examiner April 8, 1943 edition with caption: "BARGAIN OFFERED TAXPAYERS: NOT JUNK---These old Market Street Railway trolleys go with the land on which they stand at Funston Ave. and Lincoln Way, if the city trolley merger goes through. City expects to salvage many usable parts from these cars to put new cars together." The 1943 effort failed, but one in May, 1944 was successful and Muni and Market St. Railway merged on September 29, 1944. Visible in front are MSRy cars #795, #896, #839, #894, #787 and #848, scrapped in 1946.
Sunset Inner
Market Near Montgomery
Elevated view, looking northeast across Market toward Crocker Building (demolished 1966) at the corner. The old 660 Market Building with large billboard on roof with Omar Cigarette ad and Lyon & Hoag Real Estate sign (Realty Building, built 1907 demolished 1923) at left. The Waldorf, Wells Fargo Union Trust Building (demolished 1966), Hobart Building under construction. Patrick & Co., Flatiron Building. H.G. Squier Real Estate Co.
Downtown / Union Square