McAllister & Larkin
View east on McAllister across Hyde, Municipal Railway (Muni) 5-line streetcar #819, passing the Main Library (now the Asian Art Museum) at right, Hotel Astor at left.
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Mission & 4th
View northwest across intersection to inbound Market Street Railway (MSRy) 14-line streetcar #1625. Birdcage traffic signals.
South of Market
Midwinter Fair
Heidelberg Castle. Strawberry Hill and Sweeny's Observatory in distance. Railroad tracks in front. Near south entrance gate.
Golden Gate Park
Mission & South Van Ness
View southeast across Mission to 17-line MSRy streetcar #169, between Lafayette & 12th Streets. H & L. Block Sportswear, 1563 Mission. Dayton-McClaren Tires at left.
South of Market
Church & Duboce
Three PCC streetcars, looking south
Duboce Triangle
Guerrero & Dorland
10-line car MSRy #919 southbound
Mission Dolores
Guerrero & 18th
Market Street Railway (MSRy) 10-line streetcar #919 southbound
Mission Dolores
Mission Street near 7th
View southwest across Mission to streetcar #817, Hotel Grand Southern, T.J. Topper Coffee Urns 1089 Mission, Wicx-Merit Gloves 1085 Mission St., Hotel Grand Southern, last day. Rail service on Mission ended in mid-January 1949.
South of Market
Mission & 6th
View southeast down Mission to 11-Line Hoffman Streetcar #838 with wings livery on last day of service of line. Hotels Thomas & Hale. Chronicle Building, Pacific Telephone Building at background left. Tall building at center is the California Casket Co. Building, 965 Mission St., Albert Pissis Architect, built 1906.
South of Market
Mission near 7th
View southwest across Mission to streetcar #1237 with wings livery, Hotel Grand Southern, T.J. Topper Coffee Urns, 1089 Mission, Wicx-Merit Gloves 1085 Mission. Rail service on Mission ended in mid-January 1949.
South of Market
Mission Street near 7th
View southwest across Mission to streetcar #817, Hotel Grand Southern, T.J. Topper Coffee Urns 1089 Mission, Wicx-Merit Gloves 1085 Mission St., Hotel Grand Southern, last day. Rail service on Mission ended in mid-January 1949. Last day 43.
South of Market
Howard & 8th
View northwest. 35-line MSRy streetcar #287
South of Market
Geary near 46th Ave
View northwest to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 2-line streetcar #231 with Byllesby Shield logo, in use from late 1925 to 1938. The streetcar has a sign on its front saying that it went directly to the whale off Point Lobos. This refers to a sperm whale which washed up there, amid the pieces of the wrecked SS Ohioan, on February 11, 1938. It was towed away to a tallow plant on Islais Creek on February 16, 1938. In background right, 8122 and 8130 Geary, built in 1922, still stand in 2023 largely unchanged.
Sutro Heights
Midwinter Fair
Hawaiian Village Musicians posed in front of Hale Pili, grass hut. Electric Tower in background
Golden Gate Park
Clement near 32nd Ave
2-line #461 westbound, passing Sutro Car House (Former MSRy unit #161 renumbered #461 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with MUNI #161.)
Richmond Outer
Clement at Arguello
View northwest across intersection to Muni 2-line streetcar #605 eastbound, turning left from Clement onto Arguello. Rail service on this line ended on July 1, 1949. (Former Market Street Railway MSRy unit #205 renumbered #605 after the merger in order to avoid confusion with Muni #205.)
Geary at 42nd Ave
View Southeast toward 42nd Avenue. 1-line MSRy #216, house is now demolished or moved.
Sutro Heights
La Playa & Fulton
View south toward Golden Gate Park. 7-line streetcar about to enter Golden Gate Park private right-of-way. Dutch Windmill at center. Playland's Big Dipper rollercoaster at right. Kids riding the streetcar fender (cow catcher). Rail service ended on the 7-line in 1948.
Richmond Outer
San Bruno near Rickard
Market Street Railway (MSRy) 25-line #884, looking south. Now under US101 I-280 interchange.
Portola
19th & Bryant
View north to approaching Market St. Railway Co. (MSRy) 25-line #279. Maypole Dye Works at right (building still exists, but second floor has been removed). 2 more streetcars in distance.
Mission