Carl Nolte. Photo by Mike Kapka, Courtesy SF Chronicle
Carl Nolte: The Only One Who Does What He Does
History Spotlight
Cheating Muni — in 1916!
Muni scholar’s tickets, about 1916. Market Street Railway Archives. Click to enlarge.
Mustn’t Miss Display at Our Museum – and On Market St.
Poster of 1914 image by John Henry Mentz, part of the Treasures From the Muni Archive Display on Market Street and (in this case) at our museum on Steuart Street, very close to the spot where this image was taken.
Photo of the (Past) Moment: Deja Vu, Chronicle?
Jim Lekas photo, Market Street Railway Archive
Reminder of Our Roots, from Down the Coast
As our members and friends know, our organization is named for Muni’s old private competitor, Market Street Railway Company. That company actually went through several manifestations, starting back in the 19th century, when it was an arm of the Southern Pacific Railroad’s all-powerful “octopus,” famously novelized by Frank Norris.
The C-line is back!
Car No. 1, still part of the Muni fleet today, in service at the end of the C-line on California near 33rd Avenue in 1944. Will Whittaker photo, Market Street Railway Archives.
When We Actually Built Our Own Transportation
All cars built at Elkton Shops proudly wore this decal, preserved here on sole survivor No. 798: "This Car a San Francisco Product, Built in Our Own Shops. Market St. Ry. Co."
San Francisco’s Past on Tap in Two Unique Ways
Click to enlarge. Market and Van Ness, August 1938, zoomed-in aerlal photo from David Rumsey Historical Map Collection.
Muni Begins Its Centennial Year
Fifty Thousand San Franciscans came out to cheer the opening of the Municipal Railway on Geary Street, December 28, 1912. Muni Archives.
Photo of the (Past) Moment: Christmas 1944
San Francisco Municipal Railway streetcar No. 1 on Stockton Street at Market, the terminal of the original F-Stockton line, Christmas Day 1944. Roy D. Graves photo, Market Street Railway Archives.
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