Transportation - Photos

1920's car with collapsed front end

1920's car with collapsed front end

This unique close-up of the Cliff House shows an Oldsmobile on which is written "New York to San Francisco"

Grand Central Station is the main railroad station in New York City. It was recently refurbished to once again let light in through the large windows and display the constellations in the ceiling. Photographed by John Collier

Steam Locomotive "999" also call the Empire State Express, photographed by A. P. Tates

This photograph shows the motorcycles leading way on the opening day of the Golden Gate Bridge.

The Pan Am Clippers were seaplanes that flew over the Golden Gate on the way to Hawaii and the far east.

Yachts in full sail on Long Island Sound

Two yachts in full sail

California Street Railroad at California & Fillmore Streets

Streetcars on Ocean Avenue across from Playland

The clock in Penn Station was a popular meeting place for people in Manhattan. It was a main railroad terminal. This building was torn down to make way for Madison Square Garden.

Nighttime Aerial view of the Times Square area showing the streets covered with snow. It is at the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue.

Women had a choice of riding in their own car or riding with the men. This was done as an experiment on the trains that operated in the Manhattan-Hudson Tube.

Wright Brothers airplane flying being demonstrated to a crowd in New Jersey. Orville Wright was piloting the plane.

The "Reliance" was a "J" Boat and an Americas Cup winner. Photgraphed by A. Loeffler

WWII Corsairs over the Golden Gate Bridge

Pan Am Clipper flying over Berkeley with the UC campus in the background.

This picture shows the tall ships just crossing under the Brooklyn Bridge with the Manhattan skyline the in the background.

San Francisco street car on Fillmore St. as it crosses Union.