La Playa & Cabrillo
View northeast, Market Street Railway (MSRy) 5-line Streetcar #818, Playland, Laff in the Dark ride in background
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View from Sutro Heights
View south from Sutro Heights toward Ocean Beach. Dolce far Niente walkway in the foreground. Chutes at the Beach (later Playland), Golden Gate Park, Sunset sand dunes, wireless radio towers in the distance. Lurline Pier at right.
Sutro Heights
View from Cliff House
View south from the walkway south of the Cliff House toward Ocean Beach. Chutes at the Beach (later Playland), Ocean Beach Pavilion, Lurline Pier, wireless radio towers in the distance. Huge mound of recently dropped rock and sand in foreground.
Sutro Heights
Great Highway & Cabrillo
View north to Municipal Railway (Muni) B-line streetcar #118 with wings livery at the Playland Loop, Sutro Heights in the background (blurry, film capture)
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View S from Sutro Heights
View looking south from parapet at Sutro Heights towards Ocean Beach and Great Highway. Lurline Pier at right center. [Great Highway at Cliff House View south of Ocean Beach]
Sutro Heights
La Playa near Fulton
View northeast across La Playa between Fulton and Cabrillo, back lot of Playland. Municipal Railway (Muni) 7-line streetcar #1553 with wings livery on a rail fan excursion trip. Laff In The Dark ride in distance left, Motor Boats and Flying Scooter ride at right. [1553-07-03 SB on La Playa North of Fulton Fan Trip 23 July 1948]
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Cabrillo near La Playa
View northeast to Municipal Railway (Muni) B-line streetcar #77 with wings livery on Cabrillo after crossing 48th Ave. Playland Laff In The Dark ride at left. [M0077-B-01 WB on Cabrillo West of 48th Avenue 1956]
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Cabrillo near La Playa
View north to Municipal Railway (Muni) B-line streetcar #78 with wings livery passing Laff In The Dark ride at Playland (demolished around 1955). Sutro Heights in background. [M0078-B-03 Laff in the Dark nice 1950s]
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Cole & Haight
Haight Street Chutes, view south on Cole toward Haight and the entrance to The Chutes
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Balboa & La Playa
View northwest to Municipal Railway (Muni) 5-line streetcar #827 with zip stripe livery at terminus at Playland. Chutes ride at left, Skateland under construction in background. Outline of former Market Street Railway emblem still visible.
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Playland
Young boy in auto ride at Playland at the Beach. Chutes ride in background.
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View S from Cliff House
View south from sidewalk on Pt. Lobos Ave near Cliff House toward Playland and Ocean Beach. Lurline Pier at right.
Sutro Heights
View S from Sutro Heights
View south from Sutro Heights over Ocean Beach, Esplanade, Great Highway, Playland, and Golden Gate Park.
Sutro Heights
Fulton & 10th Ave
View west on Fulton Street from 10th Avenue, Fulton Chutes at right. United Railroads Accident Report for Simon Popper case. Golden Gate Park at left. [U0081]
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Fillmore Chutes
Studio portrait of two women posing in prop automobile. 'The New Chutes' on the painted backdrop.
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