Vintage views of Shattuck Avenue in downtown Berkeley, when electric rail service was still a common sight. Click the images to see a larger version.
A 1930s view of Shattuck at Bancroft, with a Southern Pacific Interurban Electric Railway (IER)
unit visible.
Looking north on Shattuck in 1941, when the Shattuck Hotel was known as the
Hotel Whitecotton.
Key System passengers wait in the middle of Shattuck between Kittredge and Bancroft in 1944.
A Key System car picks up passengers on Shattuck at University in 1946.
Passengers board a Key System F Line train at Shattuck and Dwight Way in the 1950s.
Shattuck Avenue looking south from University Avenue in 1950 as Key System passengers
take shelter under the drug store awning. The block with the Shattuck Hotel, currently targeted
for a high-rise development, is visible in the background.
Looking south on Shattuck from University Avenue in 1954.