Open SF History Photos

Burlingame
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Burlingame

Oak Grove, Market Street Railway's Interurban 40-line streetcar headed north. Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot (now Caltrain) in the distance [#12 at Speed, motorman Briggs]

Outside SF
Geneva Car House
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Geneva Car House

The Private Car, San Francisco- United Railroads [U00100]

Fillmore near Union
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Fillmore near Union

View south up Fillmore toward Broadway. Fillmore Hill counterbalance cars in the distance. - United Railroads [U00030]

Union Street
Millbrae
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Millbrae

San Mateo Suburban Car (Big Subs) at Speed in Millbrae

San Mateo
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San Mateo

View South on South B Street toward 1st Street, San Mateo, Jennings Stable was heavily damaged in 1906 earthquake. San Francisco San Mateo Streetcar Line Tracks - United Railroads [U00039]

Outside SF
Daly City
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Daly City

H.H. Smith Lumber yard, Garden Avenu and Los Angeles AVenue (Now San Diego and Los Banos), Daly City

Outside SF
Memorial Museum
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Memorial Museum

Golden Gate Park. Egyptian-influenced museum building on Music Concourse. Originally constructed as the Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair, it was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum.

Golden Gate Park
Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

Elevated view east of Baldwin Hotel Fire, with fire hoses trained on building. Now site of Flood Building. St. Ann's Building at left.

Downtown / Union Square
Hyde & Jackson
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Hyde & Jackson

View across intersection to northeast corner. Three men pose in front of August Koster Grocery Store. New Hyde St. Market, Dr. Jonathan Green. Building stands in 2023 with modifications. [Seal Rock Photo Company, 1410 Devisadero]

Nob Hill
Powell & California
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Powell & California

Elevated view northwest across California St. toward pioneer liquor dealer David Porter;s Mansion (Built 1874, later site of the Fairmont Hotel), James C. Flood Mansion (completed 1886, Augustus Laver architect).

Nob Hill
Market & Montgomery
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Market & Montgomery

Elevated view southwest from Montgomery. Montgomery House, Standard Medicines, McFadden's Block 639 Market, Catholic Orphan Asylum and St Patrick's Church. New Corner at lower right. [South Side of Market St before New Montgomery had been cut through, showing present site of Palace Hotel.]

Downtown / Union Square
23rd & Mission
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23rd & Mission

Streetcar #1001 with crowd of celebrating men. The event may be the end of the Spanish-American War, New Years 1900, or possibly the end of the 1902 streetcar strike.

Mission
Lands End
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Lands End

Dignataries posing for portrait at dedication of electric streetcar operations on the Cliff Line. Originally a URR photo. [Joe Delaney] (The Cliff Line began as the Ferries & Cliff House steam railroad in 1888. It was converted to streetcar operations in 1905.)

Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
22nd & Mission
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22nd & Mission

Elevated view northeast to east side of Mission over track construction. Altvater Printing Co., 2595 Mission at center - United Railroads [U00043]

Mission
22nd & Mission
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22nd & Mission

Elevated view northeast to east side of Mission over track construction. Altvater Printing Co., 2595 Mission at center. Track construction #58, Streetcar 58 Approaching Curve at 22nd and Mission Street - United Railroads [U00043A]

Mission
3rd & Bryant
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3rd & Bryant

V Elevated view west across 3rd Street to track installation at intersection. Sign for Laventhal Bros. Silkwood Whiskey on J.J. Sweeney liquor store, - United Railroads U00044.

South Beach
3rd & Mission
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3rd & Mission

Elevated view southeast over track work to south side of Mission, Construction on Streetcar Track Curve - United Railroads [U00058]

South of Market
Ocean Beach
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Ocean Beach

Man and woman wading in the shallow surf, looking out to sea, at Ocean Beach.

Ocean Beach
Oak & Broderick Car House
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Oak & Broderick Car House

Motor Truck repair crew, old cable cars in the background, first electric cars that ran to playland

Panhandle
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Children's Playground, Sharon Building

Golden Gate Park