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Streetcar on Mission St. View northeast at 29th St. intersection, 1939. The 9 Valencia line car is in front of "American Trust Bank" which is now Stray Fish Sushi, 3299 Mission. Next door, "City Roofing" has been replaced by a new building, Eagle Donuts at 3301/03. Behind the car, twin gables have been removed from atop 3275 Mission, now Don's Key & Lock. [From the collection of Jack Tillmany]

Streetcar line on Cortland Ave. The 9 Valencia line car heads west on Cortland Ave., 1941. Behind the car is the Andowver St. intersection. The woman waiting to board the car is in front of what is now Head to Toes Beauty (451 Cortland Ave.), Skip's Tavern (453 Cortland Ave.), and Bernal Yoga (461 Cortland Ave.). [From the collection of Jack Tillmany]

Streetcar on Cortland Ave. At the corner of Bennington St., 1940. Red Hill Books is now on the corner at 401 Cortland Avenue. Cotton Basics at 439 Cortland is now where the "Drugs" sign is in the photograph. [From the collection of Jack Tillmany]

End of streetcar line on Cortland Avenue. The 9 Valencia car resting at Folsom Street, 1937. View northeast - corner cottage is 931 Cortland, and way in the back is 311 Banks St. Just how far out Cortland did the tracks go? Destination signs for #9 line all read "Cortland & Banks", but the track ended here at Folsom. (The value of that little house probably surpassed its nearby equals simply because you could walk out your door and onto a waiting streetcar.) One theory is that is the destination signs had told the truth ("Cortland & Folsom"), it would have given riders the mistaken idea that the cars ran out Folsom St., which they did not. Makes sense. [From the collection of Jack Tillmany]

Streetcar line on Cortland Avenue. The 9 Valencia line car westbound on Cortland Avenue, 1940s, from the intersection at Ellsworth Street. Now the "Fountain Lunch" at 815 Cortland is Herbology Bodywork, and opposite the car (not seen in the photograph) is the Cortland Theater. [From the collection of Jack Tillmany]

Streetcar on Cortland Avenue. Passing the intersection with Prospect Avenue, 1938. The auto is parked in front of 115/117 Cortland, and the corner store is 97 Cortland. The view is downhill to Mission Street. Notice the effect of the absence of street trees on the neighborhood. [From the collection of Jack Tillmany]

Streetcar on Mission Street.The 9 Valencia line car near 29th Street, 1948. Behind the car is the Lyceum Theater (1907-1964), now the site of the Safeway grocery parking lot. [From the collection of Jack Tillmany]

Streetcar turning onto Mission Street.The #9 Richland Avenue line heads onto Mission Street from Leese Street, 1946. The "El Amigo Cafe" is now 49ers Liquor & Groceries at 3701 Mission. Rail service on all the Mission Street lines was abandoned in January 1949. [From the collection of Jack Tillmany]

Streetcar westbound on Richland Avenue. Viewing east, circa 1938. Houses on the left, 319,321, and the row of 323, 325 and 327 Richland. The short-lived Richland Avenue shuttle heads westward from Andover Street. Notice the effect of the absence of street trees on the neighborhood. [From the collection of Jack Tillmany]

Richland Avenue streetcar.Boarding the 9 Valencia streetcar at the end of the line at Andover Street, 1940s. The Marino Market at 648 Andover, now the Kery Market is on the right. The houses behind the streetcar are 385, 387, and 391 Richland Avenue. [From the collection of Jack Tillmany]

Streetcar on Richland Avenue. Viewing east from Leese Street, 1938. On the left is 211, 215, 217, and 219 Richland Avenue. The re-established 23 Valencia line provided service from Richland Avenue and Andover to Fifth and Market Streets in the late 1930s. [From the collection of Jack Tillmany]

Streetcar on Leese Street The view is northwest from Richland Avenue, 1945. The store on the left is 165 Richland. The #9 Richland Avenue. Line heads down Leese towards Mission. Because of the single track on Richland, cars used Leese as a convenient shortcut back to Mission. [From the collection of Jack Tillmany]

Richland Avenue streetcar. The view is east from Mission Street, 1938. The "Groceteria" on the left is now 7/11 Wash at 3789 Mission Street. The single-track Richland Avenue shuttle at Richland and Mission Streets. What a boring run. Back and forth from Mission to Andover on a single track for eight hours a day. Was this some kind of punishment for Market Street Railway employees? [From the collection of Jack Tillmany]

Richland Avenue streetcar at Murray Street. The view is southeast at 300 Richland Avenue, 1938. After service on #23 line was abandoned, shuttle service was established running from Mission & Richland to Andover, but this did not work out, and service downtown was once again provided by operating #9 line alternately to Cortland Avenue & Banks and to Richland Avenue & Andover. This is a rare shot of the short-lived shuttle line. [From the collection of Jack Tillmany]