Open SF History Photos

Fillmore & Green
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Fillmore & Green

Fillmore Hill Counterbalance Market Street Railroad (MSRy) #623, hook tender attending to cable line as another worker watches. Rail service ended on this line on April 5, 1941.

Union Street
Fillmore & Vallejo
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Fillmore & Vallejo

View northeast across intersection to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Fillmore Hill counterbalance cable cars #625 and #627 passing on Fillmore. Rail service ended on this line on April 5, 1941.

Pacific Heights
Fillmore & Broadway
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Fillmore & Broadway

View north to Market Street Railway (MSRy) #627 Fillmore Hill Counterbalance car. Former James Flood Residence, later Sacred Heart Convent and School, in background left.

Pacific Heights
Fillmore near Broadway
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Fillmore near Broadway

View northeast to Market Street Railway Co. (MSRy) #627 Fillmore Hill Counterbalance car between Vallejo and Broadway.

Pacific Heights
Fillmore & Green
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Fillmore & Green

MSRy #623 Fillmore Counterbalance car

Union Street
Fillmore
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Fillmore

View northwest to Market Street Railway (MSRy) #623 Fillmore Counterbalance car on last day of rail service on line.

Pacific Heights
Fillmore & Broadway
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Fillmore & Broadway

View northwest to Market Street Railway (MSRy) #623 Fillmore Hill Counterbalance car, with woman boarding.

Pacific Heights
Fillmore & Broadway
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Fillmore & Broadway

View southeast to Market Street Railway (MSRy) #627 Fillmore Hill Counterbalance car.

Pacific Heights
Sutro Heights
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Sutro Heights

Sutro Heights. Parapet and perimeter road. View southwest. Left to right: Observation Tower, top of tank house, staircase, parapet, road.

Sutro
Ocean Beach
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Ocean Beach

[General View of the Beach, Seal Rocks, Cliff House and Sutro Heights... Copyrighted by W.C. Billington, Sutro Heights] Steamer and three-masted sailing ship near Seal Rocks. 2nd Cliff House at center. Sutro Heights and Ocean Beach Pavilion at right.

Golden Gate Park
Castro & 18th
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Castro & 18th

View south from center of Castro to Market Street Railway (MSRy) Castro Cable Car #7, last car on line at terminus, with funeral-themed decoration and funeral wreaths from Castro Flower Shop.

Castro
Fillmore & Green
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Fillmore & Green

View north to Market Street Railway (MSRy) #627 Fillmore Hill Counterbalance car at bottom of cable section, being attached to cable by hook tender. Marina Middle School (built as Marina Junior High School) in background.

Pacific Heights
Fillmore near Broadway
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Fillmore near Broadway

View north on Fillmore between Broadway and Vallejo. MSRy #623 Fillmore Counterbalance car

Pacific Heights
26th & Castro
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26th & Castro

View southeast across intersection to last day of operations of Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) Castro St. cable car line. Car decorated for occasion. Spectators help push car on turntable.

Noe Valley
Franklin near Washington
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Franklin near Washington

View north on Franklin from a window at 2003 Franklin. The house at center was 1730 Jackson. The onetime home of William C. Talbot was built in 1872 (S.C. Bugbee & Son Architects) and demolished in 1931. Beyond it at the NE corner of Franklin is the home he built for his daughter and son in law, the Talbot-Dutton House, 1782 Pacific, built 1875, which has survived as SF Landmark 57. [View of SF Bay, North on Franklin Street, from Ned's Room at 2003 Franklin]

Pacific Heights
26th & Castro
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26th & Castro

Last Day of Castro Cable Car, Charter bus #151

Noe Valley
26th & Castro
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26th & Castro

View east across intersection to kids playing on Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) Castro St. Cable Car #6 on last day of operations of cable car line.

Noe Valley
Washington near Franklin
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Washington near Franklin

View southeast across Washington from Frankin. The large building under construction is the Pacific Nash -J. E. French auto showroom at 1895 Van Ness. the house at left was once the home of L. L. Baker (Baker & Hamilton)[View across Franklin and Washington]

Pacific Heights
Franklin near Washington
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Franklin near Washington

View South on Franklin across Washington. Apartment building at right, 1955 Franklin built 1914, still stands. (2019) [Looking east(sic) on Franklin St.]

Pacific Heights
Washington near Franklin
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Washington near Franklin

View east on Washington from Franklin toward Van Ness. the large building under construction is the Pacific Nash -J. E. French auto showroom at 1895 Van Ness. [Looking down Washington from Ned's corner. He uses car on this street every morning.]

Pacific Heights