Postcard: San Francisco cable car Powell-Hyde with cable car 12 at Hyde & Chestnut (1988) Stop: Hyde Street & Chestnut Street .Henrik Boye .Ken Glaser Jr. .Smith Novelty Company .1988 .
The picture shows Operational PH Operational 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'.
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Photos of San Francisco cable car Powell-Hyde: Market Street & Powell Street - Hyde Street & Beach Street Calendar: San Francisco cable car Powell-Hyde with cable car 13 at California & Powell (2023) Powell Cable Car 13 crests Nob Hill l Jeremy Whiteman photo
December 2023
One project Market Street Railway helped initiate and continues to champion is the revival of authentic vintage liveries on San Francisco's cable cars. And what better car dress for the holidays than Powel 13, painted in 1906-1921 green and red of United Railroads. The cable car signal tower, just repainted in similar colors, joins in the holiday festivities.
Decorated rail vehicles have a long history in San Francisco. For a number of years in the 1930s, Market Street Railway adorned its all-white private streetcar "San Francisco" for the holidays, often parking it on highly visible sections of non-revenue track Downtown. This shot is from 1935 or 1936 on Second Street at Market.
SFMTA Archive By Henrik Boye, Jeremy Whiteman, San Francisco Railway Museum -
December 2023 .
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