Postcard: San Francisco cable car Powell-Hyde with cable car 12 at Hyde & Chestnut (1988)

Stop: Hyde Street & Chestnut Street.
Archive: Henrik Boye.
Photographer: Ken Glaser Jr..
Publisher: Smith Novelty Company.
Date: 1988.
City: San Francisco (United States).

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San Francisco cable car Powell-Hyde: Market Street & Powell Street - Hyde Street & Beach Street
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San Francisco cable car 12, type San Francisco Cable car, with 29 seats and 31 standing places, signed Powell & Hyde Sts, in the direction of Jones Street & Beach Street, painted San Francisco Municipal Railway, with advertising of 'MUG Root Beer'.

E-183 San Francisco's Cable Cars
San Francisco's steep hills led to the adoption of this popular mode of public transportation, the cable car.

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