Location Mysteries

Contains: photos

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wnp31.00018

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Five woman and a man on the front steps of a residence. (address 1941) Same unknown location as wnp31.00059, wnp31.00111

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wnp31.00032

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View from the track at the crowded grandstands and paddock possibly at the Bay District Racetrack. Advertising for the National Brewing Co.'s lager, and Aug. Jungblut & Co. billiards and pool tables. [Bay City Racetrack]

Clay & Laguna
wnp31.00035

Clay & Laguna

Henry T. Scott mansion at Clay and Laguna Streets. View of a large Queen Anne Victorian home on a hill with corner tower turret, with two men (one wearing a police uniform) standing on the front lawn. [From SFPL website: "The Scott home where (President) McKinley and his wife stayed here ... used by Crocker Bank for a few weeks after the fire."]

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wnp31.00057

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Man and woman feeding chickens. (same man, location and day as wnp31.00059)

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wnp31.00059

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Man with a pipe seated in a chair on a residential porch, address 1941. Water tank and windmill visible behind. Suspect this to be on the west side somewhere. (same man, location, and day as wnp31.00057)

Lincoln, Nebraska
wnp31.00063

Lincoln, Nebraska

University of Nebraska cadets in dress uniforms perform drills, possibly at a competition. University Hall, completed 1871, demolished 1947 in background right.

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wnp010.10174

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[ San Francisco street Unidentified PG&E workers underground electrical cables.] (sign in window is unreadable ... Sales Co. Side of building says ..marine...)

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wnp010.10175

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[Mohawk gasoline station Andrew Brandi standing with PG&E cable splicing truck.]

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wnp33.04035

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1906 earthquake and fire. View east down a street filled with rubble, among ruins somewhere in the financial district. Wagon wheels in foreground, Ferry Building with scaffolding around tower in distance.

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wnp33.04074

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1906 Earthquake and Fire, View of street kitchens stretching down the middle of unknown street. (very flat street with Victorian houses, Western Addition?)

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wnp33.04109

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Garden with trees, planter boxes and benches in a residential neighborhood.

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wnp33.04336

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Residential street in lightly developed part of city. Piles of dirt in street indicated construction work in progress

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wnp33.04357

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Installing San Andreas Pipeline. [A 200 foot length of welded pipe in trench S.A.P.L. 1-29-19]

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wnp24.491a

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1906 Earthquake and Fire, Dynamite Crew preparing to destroy unsafe walls left standing, probably in vicinity of Van Ness and Golden Gate Ave. View west toward unburned section. St. Paulus (Gough and Eddy) in the distance. [The dynamite crew - destroying unsafe walls left standing by earthquake] [U-91337]

Civic Center
Pier 32?
wnp25.6833

Pier 32?

Embarcadero, Matson freighter 'Hawaiian Motorist' tied up at an unidentified pier. (possibly Pier 32?)

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wnp25.6841

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U.S. Navy attack transport ship tied up at a pier. Letters 'PA' on bow signify attack transport, but pennant number that would reveal name of ship is obscured.

Unknown Location
wnp27.7361

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Little boy wearing short overalls, standing on lawn in unidentified neighborhood. [22 mos.]

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wnp24.487a

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Parade for the Golden Jubilee, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the discovery of gold. Crowds of people on sidewalks and residences watching the Calaveras County float with men dressed as gold miners around a giant gilded skull. Sign on float 'Calaveras County The County of Skulls ... Great Gold Producers ... production since 1880 would build this skull out of solid gold ... total over $100,000,000.' [San Francisco. The Golden Jubilee]

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wnp14.12834

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Two girls playing baseball (posed) in an unknown playground, maybe a school yard?

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wnp27.7383

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Admission Day Parade, 1925. Two horseback riders in Spanish costume: a girl wearing helmet and chainmail vest, and man wearing vaquero hat. The Parade (75th Anniversary of California's statehood) drew 650,000 spectators and took over 5 hours to complete.