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Powell & Jackson Sep 16, 1955

View north on Powell, crowds of people looking at damaged cable car after accident. 20 people were injured as Powell-Jackson cable car lost control and raced down Powell before tipping over at the curve at Jackson street.
Photographer Unknown (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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