Washington & Octavia
Cable Car at Washington and Octavia
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Washington & Fillmore
View north across Washington to Muni Washington & Jackson Cable Car #522 stopped at Fillmore. The last run on this line was September 2, 1956.
Pacific Heights
Hermann near Laguna
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast to approaching 1906 Earthquake Fire from Mint Hill, St. Ignatius, City Hall, Valencia Street Cable Car Powerhouse smokestack. Outbuildings of Protestant Orphan Asylum at Waller and Laguna in left foreground. Same image as wnp27.5241.
Mint Hill
Market near Van Ness
View east from center of Market Street at Van Ness Ave. Fox Plaza tower at middle left, Grand Central Hotel, S&H Green Stamps, Zack Electronics. Merchandise Mart on right with radio tower atop. Hotel Whitcomb in distance beyond. Muni N-Line streetcar #1104 approaches. In distance, large cranes on Market Street for BART construction.
Civic Center
West Portal near Ulloa
K-line MUNI streetcar #105 [DPW A77] Between Ulloa and Vicente Streets.
West Portal
Union Square at Geary
Powell Street in foreground. View east along Geary towards Market Street. [DPW A120]
Downtown / Union Square
Ferry Building
Elevated view east to Ferry Building and Ferry Loop with oval landscaped central median, Yerba Buena Island. Pedestrian overpass bridge over Embarcadero at left. Vehicle underpass roadway. Sign on Ferry Building, "Welcome To California For the Diamond Jubilee." "1927" sign on clock tower. [DPW A926]
Financial District
Van Ness Avenue Extension
Elevated view south to construction crew extending South Van Ness from Mission to Howard Street [DPW A3132]
South of Market
Duboce Park
Duboce Tunnel (also Sunset Tunnel), east portal. Municipal Railway (MUNI) N-line streetcar outbound. [A-4592 8-19-35 Duboce Tunnel East Portal] DPW
Duboce Triangle
5th & Market
Elevated iew south on 5th Street from Market. People, Streetcars, SF Chronicle Tower in the background. [DPW A4953]
Downtown / Union Square
Ferry Building
View east from center of Market St. at Main to Ferry Building with '1925' on tower and 'Welcome To California For The Diamond Jubilee' sign. Hotel Terminal, Lincoln Hotel, Southern Pacific Building. Streetcars on 4 tracks, including 4-Line #292, A-Line. [9815]
Financial District
View from Buena Vista Park
View north across Panhandle, Haight-Ashbury in foreground. At center right, Southern Pacific Hospital at Baker and Fell. Lyon Street at center, Baker Street at right, running into Calvary Cemetery. At upper left, east edge of Masonic Cemetery and Convent of the Presentation at Masonic and Turk. Below that McAllister Street Car Yard at Fulton and Masonic. [SF from Buena Vista Park. dpwbookBROWNBOOK dpw10617]
Buena Vista
14th & Mission Sts
Elevated view northwest to Woodward's Gardens. Five horsecars near entrance at right.
Mission
Columbus & Montgomery
View north, Presidio and Ferries Cable Car, with horse car tracks connecting. Former Miner's Exchange Bank building at Jackson Montgomery corner at right.[#105]
North Beach
View from Mint Hill
Elevated view east over intersection of Market, Guerrero, Laguna, and Hermann, Valencia Street Cable Car Powerhouse and smokestack
Mint Hill