Embarcadero
Fishermen with their catch; line of boats at pier. Original Fisherman's Wharf, north of foot of Union Street. Feluccas, traditional wooden sailing boats.
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Fulton near 6th Ave
View south across Fulton to Muni 5-line #820 derailed beside Golden Gate Park. Muni 5-Line #818 and another streetcar waiting. Muni tow truck or work vehicle on far left.
Golden Gate Park
Castro & 26th
View northwest across intersection to Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) Castro Street cable car #5 on turntable. Gripman and conductor posing. Houses on north side of 26th St. at left.
Noe Valley
Monterey near Edna
Market Street Railway (MSRy) 10-line streetcar #802 with zip stripe livery. Grassy hillside behind.
Sunnyside
View from Telegraph Hill
1906 Earthquake and Fire ruins, View southeast from Telegraph Hill, probably Green near Montgomery, toward Ferry Building with post-earthquake scaffolding. Same image as wnp28.046.
Telegraph Hill
Turk near Pierce
Elevated view northeast from Turk between Pierce and Steiner to streetcar collision on 31-Line. Streetcar at left lost its brakes at Turk and Baker, traveled downhill and struck the rear of the center car in the photo at Scott St. The cars traveled an additional block before stopping. Nine were injured. At upper left Garrick Theatre (Previously Orpheum Theater & later Bagdad Bowling Alley (before move to 26th and Noriega) and Princess (later Ellis) Theatre, on Ellis near Fillmore. Service station at Steiner corner at right. All or nearly all buildings in view moved or demolished as part of Fillmore redevelopment. (AS)
Western Addition
Washington & Fillmore
View east from center of Washington toward Fillmore. Muni Cable Car #518 with American flags and ad for Glen Hurlburt's 'Cable Car Concerto" and 'Rhapsody of Fisherman's Wharf' record (1947). African American operators standing in street. Safeway grocery store in background left.
Pacific Heights
California near Taylor
View east on California toward Taylor. Street being repaved. Flood Mansion (Pacific Union Club) and Fairmont Hotel at left. Cropped version of wnp36.03618, dpwbook41 dpwA936.
Nob Hill
Ocean Avenue
Ocean near Ingleside Racetrack, Market Street Railway Mission Street streetcar #1016 hauling an old horsecar as a trailer, operators and passengers posing.
Ingleside Terraces
Market & Clayton
Track construction at Market and Clayton Switchback, view north toward Corona Heights, Miller-Joost House at left. Work streetcar on track at center.
Eureka Valley
Bush & Polk
View northwest to NW corner, Polk & Bush. G.F. Roberts (George F. Roberts) candy company advertisement. Polk Street Restaurant, Oriental Tea, Co., G. W. Jenkins, dentist; Chas. Vale & Son, hardware, people posing in front.
Lower Nob Hill
Powell & Market
View north from center of Powell soon after catastrophe, with rubble filling the street. St. Francis Hotel in distance, Flood Building at right. At left, ruins of building that housed the Columbia Theatre. [Looking up Powell St. from Market. 11]
Downtown / Union Square
City College site
Men grading and preparing land, then Balboa Park. Location of current City College athletic fields, previously the location of the Ingleside Jail, demolished after it closed in 1934. View north-westerly toward homes built between 1923 and 1930 on 300 block of Judson Ave., west of Foerster St. Mt. Davidson in background. [Recreation & Parks]
Sunnyside
9th Ave near Ortega
View southwest across tennis courts under construction, Golden Gate Heights in the background. Grading for J.P. Murphy playground, and retaining wall for tennis and basketball courts. [Recreation & Parks]
Forest Hill
Old Ferry Building
Elevated view northeast across Embarcadero to original Ferry Building, express wagons, Haight and Valencia Street cable cars, one on turntable. Horse cars lined up. Large banners advertising East Bay real estate, including Peralta Park Southern Annex auction (Sept 1889).
Financial District