Open SF History Photos

Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Man with large trunk and umbrella rides camel as onlookers line path and watch. [Camel, Drummer Day]

Golden Gate Park
Twin Peaks Tunnel
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Twin Peaks Tunnel

West Portal Station. PCC cars #1035 & #1113

West Portal
Twin Peaks Tunnel
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Twin Peaks Tunnel

Municipal Railway (Muni) L-line streetcar #121 exiting West Portal of tunnel. Boysen Paints store, Mt. Davidson

West Portal
Balboa near 23rd Ave
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Balboa near 23rd Ave

View east to Muni 31-line Balboa streetcar #981 westbound on "Balboa Dip".

Richmond Outer
Ocean Avenue
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Ocean Avenue

Inbound K-Line #196 westbound passing Balboa Park

Mission Terrace
Geary & 45th Ave
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Geary & 45th Ave

1-line streetcar #261, 2-line #236, View east

Sutro Heights
Stanyan & Waller
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Stanyan & Waller

View northeast across Stanyan to 7-line Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcar #179, Car barn, San Francisco Riding School, Hotel Stanyan in background. Signal service station.[36777]

Golden Gate Park
Stanyan & Haight
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Stanyan & Haight

20-line MSRy streetcar #297 Archery

Golden Gate Park
Cabrillo & La Playa
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Cabrillo & La Playa

Last 5-line Streetcar, MUNI #696, Motorman/conductor posing; Playland at the Beach (Former Market Street Railway MSRy unit #296 renumbered after merger)

Richmond Outer
24th at Rhode Island
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24th at Rhode Island

View northwest to 35-line Market Street Railway (MSRy) #815, eastern terminus of the 35-Howard line. Bass-Heuter Paint Factory in background (now site of condominiums development))

Potrero Hill
1st & Mission
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1st & Mission

View north down 1st to 8-line #149, turning at East Bay Terminal. Shell Building, Western Neckwear Co., J.R. Rosenthal Co., The Commuter, Foster's Cafeteria.

South of Market
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Demolition of Horticultural and Agricultural Building with railroad tracks and car to remove exhibits. Fine Arts Building at right.

Golden Gate Park
24th & Church
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24th & Church

#11 westbound #174 (excursion) Sunday Car

Dolores Heights
Market & Castro
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Market & Castro

L-line car PCC #1009, looking northwest

Castro
Fulton & Masonic
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Fulton & Masonic

7-Line streetcars parked outside Fulton-McAllister Carbarn / Car House

Western Addition
Phelan Loop
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Phelan Loop

K-line #1114 PCC, looking west to Safeway

Westwood Park
Phelan Loop
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Phelan Loop

PCC #1111, looking towards City College of SF

Westwood Park
Geary & Fillmore
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Geary & Fillmore

View southeast across Geary & from Boswell (intersection no longer exists) to Fillmore Auditorium, Beth Israel Synagogue. Muni B-Line #153 with wings livery, last day of service.

Western Addition
Taraval & 24th Ave
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Taraval & 24th Ave

L-line streetcar #192 eastbound, Pacific Ocean in distance

Parkside
California & Kearny
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California & Kearny

View east down California to California Street Cable Car #53 about to cross Kearny. Southern Pacific Building with large S-P sign on roof in distance. Scaffolding around Kohl Building. At far left Home Insurance Company Building (around this time, Fireman's Fund) completed 1951 and demolished in 1983. Empty lot with pedestrian safety structure at 550 California, site of Occidental Life Insurance Co. Building, completed 1960. Downhill from construction site, Financial Center Building (1927). Clunie Building with Bank of America ad on side at right. (Cropped version of wnp14.1576.)

Financial District