Cole Valley

Contains 140 photos

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Clayton & 17th

View east at Clayton & 17th, large house on southeast corner [dpwbook16 dpw3433]

1916 Eureka Valley

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Belvedere near Parnassus

Kids playing in front of 428 Belvedere Street near Parnassus in Cole Valley.

1920 Cole Valley

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View from Mt. Olympus

View northwest (Ashbury St. on right) over Cole Valley, toward Golden Gate Park, Panhandle, St. Mary's Hospital, St. Ignatius Church, Lone Mountain and Presidio. Golden Gate and Marin Headlands in distance.

1920 Buena Vista

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View from Cole Valley

View north across Panhandle; St. Ignatius Church, Lone Mountain in background [Burton Photo Album]

1920 Cole Valley

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View from Mt. Olympus

Looking northwest to Cole Valley, Golden Gate Park, and Presidio. St Mary's Hospital beyond Panhandle at right. [Burton Photo Album]

1920 Buena Vista

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Cole Valley

View from Mt. olympus looking West to Parnassus Heights, Grattan School, Golden Gate Park. Panorama with wnp15.618

1920 Buena Vista

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Triumph of Light statue

Triumph of Light Statue at the top of Mt. Olympus

1920 Buena Vista

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Carl & Cole

Droubi Brothers, [DPW 7318 10-26-21 Looking E on Carl St across Cole St.]

1921 Cole Valley

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Carl & Cole

View northeast across intersection, before construction of Sunset Tunnel. Several houses beyond house with gambrel roof moved or demolished for tunnel construction. Droubi Bros. Grocery Creamery on corner. [dpwbook30 dpw7318]

1921 Cole Valley

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Sunset Tunnel Site

[Center of Block between Carl and Frederick, Looking East 250 feet to Clayton Street]. Elevated view east over backyards where Sunset Tunnel and its west portal were built. [dpwbook30 dpw7319]

1921 Cole Valley

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Carl & Frederick

Elevated view east over back yards where Sunset Tunnel and its west portal were built. Buena Vista Park in distance. [Center of Block between Carl and Frederick, Looking East 250 feet to Clayton Street.] [dpwbook30 dpw7320]

1921 Cole Valley

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Sunset Tunnel Site

[Center of Block between Carl and Frederick Sts., Looking toward Clayton Street.] Elevated view east over back yards where Sunset Tunnel and its west portal were built. [dpwbook30 dpw7321]

1921 Cole Valley

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Stanyan near Carl

Stanyan Sewer Washout bet. Frederick & Carl [dpwbook28 dpw6901] From the San Francisco Chronicle on February 22, 1921: "Scene of the explosion on Stanyan street, caused by gas from a leaking main being ignited by flame from warning light hanging on rear of A.M. Beever's automobile."

1921 Cole Valley

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Carmel & Clayton

View northeast to Kissel promotional auto covered in painted text (with 'High Gear' painted on radiator), at Carmel and Clayton. Engine Company No. 40 firehouse and Mt. Olympus in background. Firemen posing with kids. In May, 1923, as a promotion, Kissel arranged for one of its Model 55 cars to be driven from Merced to Yosemite Valley with its transmission locked in high gear. In the car were Carl Borgen, driver, L.D. Whitehurst, San Francisco sales manager, and Charles H. Holdson, pilot. This photo is from a similar test in late July, 1923 when the same car climbed Twin Peaks in low gear, driven by Borgen with Phil Sheridan, automotive editor of The Call as a passenger. Whitehurst walked beside the car during the test.

1923 Twin Peaks