Historic

Contains 843 photos

Ocean Beach
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Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach. Crowds watching Life Saving crew practicing. View southeast towards Dutch Windmill. Beach rescue cart and Lyle gun in foreground.

Ocean Beach
Ocean Beach
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Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach. Crowds watching Life Saving Service lifeboat in surf. View north towards Second Cliff House and Seal Rocks.

Ocean Beach
Point Lobos Wave Motor
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Point Lobos Wave Motor

View southwest. North Seal Rock in distance.

Lands End
Wave Motor
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Wave Motor

View north from Point Lobos toward wave motor on offshore rock. Suspension bridge connected motor to mainland. Righthand portion of a stereo view. (Caption on original stereo view is incorrect.)

Lands End
Lincoln Park
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Lincoln Park

View northwest from inside 34th Ave entrance to park. Legion of Honor at left, Kong Chow Chinese funerary structure in trees at right. [9807 (?) 8-28-25 Lincoln Park.] [dpwbook35 dpw9897]

Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Second Cliff House
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Second Cliff House

Second Cliff House. View looking northwest on Cliff Road. Board railing and bicycle at left. Glass negative.

Richmond
Lands End
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Lands End

Hermit Edward Lynn sitting outside his cave at Lands End Beach / Mile Rocks Beach.

Richmond
View S from Sutro Heights
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View S from Sutro Heights

View south. Left to right: Seal Rock House, Ocean Beach Pavilion, Lurline Pump Station, Golden Gate Park, Great Highway, dunes, beach

Richmond
Ocean Beach
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Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach. View of Seal Rocks and First Cliff House. Two women playing in surf at center.

Ocean Beach
36th Ave & Judah
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36th Ave & Judah

Sand dunes and initial development, looking north from 36th Avenue and Judah Street. Golden Gate Park in middle distance. [Sunset Parkway Sept 1926 Looking North from 36th Ave & Judah]

Sunset
View of PPIE Remnants
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View of PPIE Remnants

The Palace of Fine Arts, the California Building, and the Oregon Building are all that remain in Cow Hollow at the edge of the Presidio of San Francisco after the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Presidio
Mission Dolores
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Mission Dolores

Color photo of Mission Dolores and basilica, viewed from median of Dolores Street.

Mission Dolores
California St, near Gough
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California St, near Gough

1919 California, the Michael H. de Young mansion, demolished 1941

Pacific Heights
Harrison from Spear
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Harrison from Spear

View southwest across Harrison to the Hathaway Warehouse, 400 Spear Street, whic dates from the 1850's and still stands in 2021, converted to housing. Sherman, Clay & Co. signage. [Harrison St. S side W from Spear dpwbook24 dpw5834]

Rincon Hill
Sutro Heights
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Sutro Heights

Women posing in front of main gate beside reclining lion statues. High fences on either side. View from Cliff Avenue (now Point Lobos Avenue).

Sutro Heights