One of San Francisco's First Cable Cars, 1873

Caption:

One of San Francisco's very first cable cars, on Clay Street near Jones Street, in 1873. Andrew Hallidie, credited as one of the inventors of cable car technology, stands in the coat and bowler hat on the trailer car on the right. Image X5292_1 from the SFMTA Photo Archive.

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