Third Cliff House
[Gabriel Moulin Photo, Dec 1 1937, 24881] Interior view of redwood bar.
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Third Cliff House
[Gabriel Moulin Photo, Aug 12 1937, 24884] Main dining room.
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Cliff House Gift Shop
Interior view of World's Largest Gift Shop, located on Point Lobos Ave between the Cliff House and Sutro's. [Gabriel Moulin Photo, Nov 18 1937, 26485] Gift shop burned on November 13, 1963.
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Third Cliff House
[Sequoia Cocktail Lounge Cliff House, Gabriel Moulin Photo, Sep 18 1937, 24882] Interior view of the redwood bar.
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Cliff House Gift Shop
Interior view of World's Largest Gift Shop, located on Point Lobos Ave. between the Cliff House and Sutro's. [Gabriel Moulin Photo Nov 19 1937, 26483] (Slightly out of focus.) Gift shop burned on November 13, 1963.
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Cliff House Gift Shop
Interior view of World's Largest Gift Shop, located on Point Lobos Ave between the Cliff House and Sutro's. [Gabriel Moulin Photo Nov 19 1937, 26484 - proof] (slightly out of focus.) Structure burned November 13, 1963.
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Sutro Depot
Elevated view northeast to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 2-line streetcar #231 with zip stripe livery departing Sutro Baths terminal on private right-of-way. Merrie Way fence at upper right. Concrete block at left center is believed to be a foundation remnant from the either the Haunted Swing or Mystic Maze attractions on Merrie Way. Marine Exchange Lookout (Octagon House) visible in distance.
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Geary near 46th Ave
View northwest to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 2-line streetcar #231 with Byllesby Shield logo, in use from late 1925 to 1938. The streetcar has a sign on its front saying that it went directly to the whale off Point Lobos. This refers to a sperm whale which washed up there, amid the pieces of the wrecked SS Ohioan, on February 11, 1938. It was towed away to a tallow plant on Islais Creek on February 16, 1938. In background right, 8122 and 8130 Geary, built in 1922, still stand in 2023 largely unchanged.
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[The Beach from Sutro Heights, San Francisco Zan 282] Elevated view south from parapet, with statues and urns in foreground, people seated in chairs. (Statues were repainted / whitewashed by mid-1938.)
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View south to Ocean Beach from parapet, with statues of 'Prometheus' and 'Femme au Serpent' and planter urn in foreground. (Statues were repainted / whitewashed by mid-1938)
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Third Cliff House
Third Cliff House and autos on Point Lobos Blvd. View northwest from Sutro Heights. Seal Rocks at left.
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Great Highway
View south towards Playland. Topsy's Roost at left
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48th & Pt. Lobos Ave
Looking west. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 2-line streetcar crossing Pt. Lobos Ave. Main Gate to Sutro Heights behind streetcar.
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View S from Cliff House
View south from the sidewalk near the Cliff House towards Ocean Beach and Playland. Crowds of people and automobiles lining the Esplanade [Playland at the Beach 502 (copyright) 38 Piggott]
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Woman posing on parapet with Great Highway in background
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Lady posing on parapet, sitting on cannonballs. Statue and planter urns in background.
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Geary & 44th Ave
View west on Geary near 44th Avenue. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 1-Line streetcar #210. This line usually goes to 45th Ave, but the sign is changed for a special occasion. Motor man's name was Cliff, special pose, not reflective of the destination.
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Ocean Beach
View from Sutro Heights to Playland at the Beach. Hundreds of parked autos and people on the esplanade and beach.
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Sutro Baths
View north from Cliff House showing breakers and west side of Baths. (New addition at right housed locker rooms for new ice skating rink.) Point Lobos in background showing overflow from catch basin, tunnel through Point, and stairway up cliff. Marin Headlands in distance.
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Boy Scouts and Jesse H. Miller, Grand President of the Native Sons of the Golden West dedicate a plaque to Adolph Sutro. Sutro's daughter Rosa Sutro Morbio accepts. Main Gate on Point Lobos Ave
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