They’ve been out-of-date for over a hundred years, but it’s good to see the cable cars back running again. I went over there this week to take advantage of the free cable car rides throughout all of August. Incidentally, the title to this post comes from Judy Garland’s knock-out version of the song ‘San Francisco’. (Thumbnail images)
The cable car turnaround at Aquatic Park in 1969: West Coast Furniture; I think they’re still around, if you want to drive to Bakersfield. (ebay.com)
Hyde and Chestnut Streets and those spectacular views, in the 1970s: (SFMTA)
In front of the St Francis Hotel during the Cable Car Centennial of 1973: (SFMTA)
Hyde and Chestnut Streets in 1968: (UCSF Library)
Grant Avenue and California Street: “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates life.” It’s nice to see people running to catch a cable car again. (Ted Lewy)
“Perpendicular, hanging on a cable car”
San Francisco Film Locations Then & Now 
Did you notice the similarities of the distant background of the fourth picture. What is that which looks like a boat, but has not moved since 1973?
That’s the C.A. Thayer schooner at Hyde Pier, built in 1895, Tony. I think it’s been tied up at Hyde Pier since 1963.
Dang! You would think that by now, it would have rotted and deteriorated! Now that you mention it, I had to look it up; and I recognize it.