Playland Loop
Market Street Railway (MSRy) 7-line streetcar at La Playa (also Playland ) terminal, corner of La Playa & Balboa St. Sutro Heights in background.
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La Playa near Balboa
Market Street Railway (MSRy) 7-line streetcar with conductor standing in front entry, on the Playland / Balboa loop terminus. View east across La Playa toward M&M Baths. The Surf at left with 'Closed Temporarily' signs in window. Ad for 'Stage Door Canteen' at the United Artists Theater on streetcar. It ran there from late June through late September, 1943.
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Playland
Entrance to Shoot the Chutes, later Playland at the Beach
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Playland
Gondolas at the Chutes, Sutro Heights in background
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Playland
View North toward Sutro Heights, Shoot the Chutes ride in background, no people
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Chutes at the Beach
View east across the Great Highway toward main entrance of Chutes at the Beach at Cabrillo (future Playland) with the Aeroplane Swing and Ferris Wheel visible in the distance. 1922 based on the auto license plates.
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View S from Cliff House
View South from Cliff House. Lurline Pier still intact.
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Great Highway near Fulton
Construction workers on Esplanade extension. [Esplanade Section E Precasting Pedestal Piles dpwbook42 dpwA1160] Chutes at the Beach and Big Dipper roller coaster in background, Coast Guard Lifesaving Station at right.
Golden Gate Park
Cabrillo & Great Highway
View northwest to Sacramento Northern Birney streetcar #62 on rail fan excursion at Cabrillo Loop, Playland at the Beach. Cliff House in distance.
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View S from Sutro Heights
View south from Sutro Heights toward Ocean Beach. Great Highway, Playland, Topsy's Roost, Big Dipper Rollercoaster, Chutes, Windmills. Esplanade completed to Lincoln Way, Lurline / Olympic Pier at right. Many automobiles parked on Great Highway. [Great Highway at the Beach San Francisco. Piggott Photo 31]
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Playland at the Beach
View across Midway to Merry-Go-Round. Lots of sailors in the crowd.
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SS Coos Bay Shipwreck
['Coos Bay' on the rocks. Golden Gate, October 25th, 1927] Wave breaking against the stranded SS Coos Bay
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Streetcar
[Municipal RY. Shortest route, chutes at beach, cliff, Seal Rocks.] Closeup of streetcar #201 front, dash sign, and fender
Great Highway near Balboa
View towards Sutro Heights from sidewalk in front of Topsy's Roost on the Great Highway during rare snowfall. Restaurant worker posing.
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Playland restaurant
View of cafe (The Bungalow?) restaurant on the Great Highway between Balboa and Cabrillo. Two employees pose in front. Airplane graphic over front door and ads fro hot dogs, hamburgers, ravioli, etc.
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