#TBT: San Francisco's Stagecoaches, Steamboats, Trains and Cable Cars, 1849-1917
The world's first cable car, built in 1873. (Courtesy of State Library)

#TBT: San Francisco's Stagecoaches, Steamboats, Trains and Cable Cars, 1849-1917

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To celebrate Transit Week (Sep. 25-Oct. 1) in San Francisco, we're taking a gander back at the various modes of transportation that got San Franciscans from point A to point B from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.


1917

(Photo by Horace Chaffee, via SFMTA Photography Department & Archive)

Taken almost 100 years ago, on December 18, 1917, this snap shows both the first Muni Motor Coach 01 and the first Streetcar 101 (at the end of A Line, on 10th Avenue and Fulton Street). It also gives us a first glimpse at the original MUNI uniforms.

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