Open SF History Photos

Lincoln near GG Park
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Lincoln near GG Park

SFMR 7-Line #451 with wings livery on Lincoln Way next to Golden Gate Park (former Market Street Railway MSRy unit #151 renumbered #451 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with MUNI #151.)

Market at Sansome
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Market at Sansome

View northeast across Market to Muni C-Line streetcar #635 with wings livery. Anglo California Trust Company Building, Adam Grant Building, Shell Building in the background. Flags and banners hung across street for Community Chest campaign. (Former Market Street Railway MSRy unit #235 renumbered after merger)

Financial District
18th & Castro
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18th & Castro

View west across intersection to approaching Muni 33-Line Electric Bus #712. Star Pharmacy, Din's Liquors.

Castro
Castro & Market
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Castro & Market

PCC streetcar #1119; Castro Theater,

Duboce Triangle
Duboce near Noe
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Duboce near Noe

View west from the sidewalk across from Noe Street. Municipal Railway (Muni) PCC N-Line streetcar #1122 exiting the Sunset Tunnel at Duboce Park. Franklin Hospital Expansion under construction at left, Buena Vista Park in the background

Duboce Triangle
Union & Powell
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Union & Powell

Muni E-Line, looking west to Russian Hill

North Beach
Market & 11th
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Market & 11th

H-Line, #120, PCC #1013 with wings livery at right. Kaplan's Army Surplus, 1499 Market.

Civic Center
Playland At the Beach
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Playland At the Beach

Bathing beauties on Shoot the Chutes ride. Not the typical riders for this water ride.

Richmond
Church & 24th
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Church & 24th

J-Line #159, Muni, looking South

Noe Valley
West Portal
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West Portal

PCC #1028, K-Line, Vicente and 14th Ave., looking east, businesses visible

West Portal
Portsmouth Square
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Portsmouth Square

view North on Brenham Place, Coit Tower

Chinatown
Portsmouth Square
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Portsmouth Square

View east from Brenham to old Hall of Justice. Puccinelli Bail Bonds.

Chinatown
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

View east across Embarcadero to Ferry Building with Baggage Room building, MSRy 11-Line #857, Vehicle underpass.

Financial District
Montgomery at California
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Montgomery at California

Elevated view south on crowded Montgomery street to Russ Bldg (1927), Commercial Union Assurance Building (1921, 315 Montgomery), Building with large hanging lamps in front is Pacific National Bank Building (18 story building at 333 Montgomery, demolished 1969) Palace Hotel in distance. Birdcage traffic light.

Financial District
Transbay Terminal
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Transbay Terminal

Elevated view south from Mission and First to Transbay Terminal and plaza in front, four streetcars in front of main entrance.

South of Market
Grant & California
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Grant & California

View north across California St. to Old St. Mary's Church

Chinatown
2nd & Brannan
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2nd & Brannan

View across intersection to southeast corner, Haslett Warehouse, Spud Cigarettes banner.

South Beach
Cesar Chavez & Connecticut
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Cesar Chavez & Connecticut

View from rooftop northeast to south side of Potrero Hill, Potrero Terrace housing, Heieck & Moran, Soule Steel Company, gas tanks

Potrero Hill
Playland at the Beach
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Playland at the Beach

"Shoot the Chutes" ride was a boat ride that ended with a splash down in a pool. Boats were hauled through a tunnel, up an incline, then realsed down the other side. The ride was situated on the block between Balboa and Cabrillo.

Richmond
View from Telegraph Hill
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View from Telegraph Hill

Elevated view north from eastern slope of Telegraph Hill, over Embarcadero to Alcatraz/Angel Island, Mt. Tamalpais background left. Trucks at loading dock in foreground, boxcars at railway siding at right. Balclutha at left. Warehouse building with loading dock is 150 Francisco, redone as Wharf Plaza subsidized housing in the 1980's.

Telegraph Hill