Huntington Park
View northeast to man in suit posing near flagpole with Flood Mansion (Pacific Union Club) and Park Lane Apartments (after 1929 addition of 3 stories, Eugene Fritz, Jr. architect) in background.
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Powell & California
View southwest across intersecttion to Muni (former Market Street Railway (MSRy)) Powell Street cable car #507 crossing California Street with advertisement for 'The Voice of the Turtle' playing at the Geary Theatre. Stanford Court Hotel (then apartments) in the background. Car is still painted with pre-merger Market Street Railway (MSRy) shield. (Ansco Color transparency)
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View from Mark Hopkins
View southeast from Mark Hopkins toward the Financial District and Bay Bridge, Russ Building at center
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California near Powell
Elevated vew east on California from Mark Hopkins Hotel. Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island, Fairmont Hotel, University Club at left.
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Downtown Aerial
Aerial view east toward downtown from above Polk Gulch, Bay Bridge in the background. Indicating date are: United States Appraisers Building (completed 1944) at upper left. Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop (before it was painted red) in front of Ferry Building in left distance. Clunie Building at center left, with Lincoln National Life ad on west side. Notably absent is the PG&E Building Annex (1947). Nob Hill hotels and Grace Cathedral at lower left. (Cropped version of wnp27.7581)
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Powell near Jackson
View north on Powell toward Jackson. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) Cable Car #501 at Jackson switch (Switchman operating switch in street) Powell Garage on right
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Washington near Mason
View north across Washington St. to Washington and Jackson Line Cable Car #524, chartered by the Citizens Committee To Save the Cable Cars and its chair Friedel Klussmann, at the Washington & Mason carbon and powerhouse. On front left, campaign sign urging yes on Proposition 10 (which passed overwhelmingly and preserved all existing Municipal Railway cable car lines), 'Vote Yes on Prop. 10 Nov. 4 and SAVE THE CABLES. Cables in the last 10 years have had fewer fatalities than buses. No bus can load as fast. Cables have 4 brakes. At right, ad for Glen Hurlburt's 'Cable Car Concerto' and 'Rhapsody of Fisherman's Wharf' record (1947).(AS)
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Hyde & Jackson
View North on Hyde toward Jackson. Hyde Street cable car #48
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View from Fairmont
View East down Sacramento Street (with cable car) toward the Financial District
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California & Powell
Fairmont Hotel, California Street cable car #9
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Top of the Mark
View northeast across Chinatown and North Beach to Coit Tower, Telegraph Hill. St. Francis of Assisi Church.
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to Yerba Buena Island/ Chinatown
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View north to Park Lane Apartments, Brocklebank Apartments, Alcatraz, Angel Island, Russian Hill. Gas storage tank at foot of Powell Street.
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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.
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California near Stockton
View east on California toward Bay Bridge from above Joice Street intersection
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California & Powell
Muni Cable Car #526. Fairmont Hotel at left.
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View from Top of the Mark
View east. Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island
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View from Top of the Mark
View east towards Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island
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View from Top of the Mark
View northwest towards Golden Gate Bridge, Palace of Fine Arts, Marin Headlands, Mt. Tamalpais. Tall buildings at center are Clay-Jones Apartments with radio transmission tower atop (1930, architect Albert Larsen), 1360 Jones apartments (William Schirmer architect) opened 1928.
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View from Top of the Mark
View north North Beach, Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower
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