Clay Street Hill Railroad streetcar on the corner of Clay Street and Kearney Street with passengers, San Francisco, 1873

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Title	Clay Street Hill Railroad streetcar on the corner of Clay Street and Kearney Street with passengers, San Francisco, 1873
Description	Photograph of a Clay Street Hill Railroad streetcar on the corner of Clay Street and Kearney Street with passengers, San Francisco, 1873. The streetcar is pictured at center, full of passengers, on the first cable-car line ever built. Two men in suits stand to the right of it on the ground. A two-story building and wrought-iron fence are visible in the background. The ground appears unpaved. Several of the passengers are dressed very formally. Picture file card reads "Sitting on the front seat center, Mr. A.S. Hallidi(e?), the originator and builder of the first cable RR. His wife is seated next to him". Photoprint reads: "The first cable car in the world".
Subject	Hallidie, A. S.; Hallidie, Mrs.; Clay Street Hill Railroad Company
Subject (adlf)	transportation features
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Street Railroads -- General -- Outside L.A. County
Subject (lcsh)	Street-railroads
Geographic subject (roadway)	Clay Street & Kearney Street
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	San Francisco
Geographic subject (county)	San Francisco
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1873
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1873
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	7976
Call number	CHS-7976
Microfiche number	1-120-70
Legacy record ID	chs-m12606; USC-1-1-1-12761
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-7976
Archival file	chs_Volume79/CHS-7976.tiff

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