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Ferry boats leaving San Francisco, California, circa 1935

Subjects
FerriesShips & BoatsWaterfronts & Harbors
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Ferry boats leaving San Francisco, California, circa 1935, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Ferry boats leaving San Francisco, California, circa 1935, c. 1930 linen postcard
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The Southern Pacific ferry steamer El Paso, her white superstructure lettered "SOUTHERN PACIFIC" and "EL PASO," pulls away from her slip on the San Francisco waterfront, with the Ferry Building's clock tower rising above the red-roofed piers behind her. Completed in 1898, the Ferry Building was the busiest transit point in the city, and the Southern Pacific's bay ferries carried commuters and trains' passengers to and from Oakland and Sausalito until the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge ended the ferry era in the late 1930s. The card's linen-textured stock and Curt Teich job number date it to that transitional decade.

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PublisherStanley A. Piltz Company
FERRY BOATS LEAVING, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 28 © STANLEY A. PILTZ 2A-H782 --- SAN FRANCISCO GREETS YOU The Ferry Tower of the four clock dials greets visitors that come to San Francisco; through its turnstiles you pass on to the Embarcadero and thence into the surge of traffic of this Western Metropolis. STANLEY A. PILTZ COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE "Pictorial Wonderland" ART-TONE SERIES 28
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PublisherStanley A. Piltz Company
Series2A-H782
ConditionVery good
Place depictedFerry Building, San Francisco, CA
Place depictedSan Francisco, CA
NotesLinen-textured stock with a cream border; card number 28 at upper right and 2A-H782 at lower right (Curt Teich numbering). No postmark; unused divided-back card. Linen-textured "Pictorial Wonderland Art-Tone Series" stock with white border on front; imprint of Stanley A. Piltz Company, San Francisco. Light edge wear, no damage.

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Ferry boats leaving San Francisco, California, circa 1935, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/ferry-boats-leaving-san-francisco-california-circa-1935. Accessed October 25, 2026.