Description
This vintage postcard captures a bustling San Francisco street scene on Powell Street, showcasing a cable car turntable at the junction of Market and Powell. The image depicts a lively mix of cable cars and pedestrians, offering a glimpse into the city’s vibrant past. This charming postcard, showing the cable car turnaround, likely dates from the 1910s-1930s.
Front Text (cleaned):
AAGA
FFEE
Bank of America
11:40
Powell Street,
San Francisco – 29
E
Pich Whistle
Hotel Pell
Powell
Hotel
Canton
Brilliant
Tailor
Canton
STERIA
Owe Yoru
Back Text (cleaned):
This shows the turntable at the junction of Market and Powell Streets, where the gripman and conductor turn the little car about for the return journey up the hills. San Francisco is a city of hills, and over many of them climb the little cable cars. Magnificent vistas are obtainable from the open-air seats of the jaunty cable cars.
