@OpenSFHistory

Historical images of San Francisco and city happenings curated by Nicole Meldahl. OpenSFHistory is a program of Western Neighborhoods Project (@outsidelandz).

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Alas for the red cable cars of the old MSCRY Haight St line! Here is the Haight St. carbarn after 1906; the doorway had to be made larger to accommodate electric streetcars.
OpenSFHistory@OpenSFHistory7 Nov 2024
You're looking at the removal of cable car tracks as the Haight Street line transitions to an electric streetcar near Divisadero #OnThisDay in 1906. [📸 by John Henry Mentz for United Railroads courtesy of a Private Collector / wnp27.5396] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco
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Nothing but sand dunes, telephone lines, and some isolated residences on 33rd Avenue in November 1914. [📸 courtesy of a Private Collector / @opensfhistory, wnp26.1793] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco
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Billboard on an undeveloped 19th and Ulloa corner asking voters to defeat a proposition that banned billboards on Bay Bridge approaches in 1937. [📸 by Horace Chaffee for the SF Dept. of Public Works / @opensfhistory, wnp26.005] Whichever way you vote today, VOTE TODAY!
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This week the "Outside Lands San Francisco" podcast tracks down Gold Rush legacies in the western neighborhoods, where land was as good as liquid gold. Listen on Spotify or wherever you get your pods, OR get it straight from the source on our website: outsidelands.org/podcast/WNP…
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You're looking at the "Triumph of Light" statue on Mount Olympus #OnThisDay in 1927. Read more about it in this great article by @peterhartlaub: sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti… [📸by Horace Chaffee, SF Dept. of Public Works courtesy of a Private Collector /@opensfhistory, wnp27.0595]
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It you time traveled to 1954 #OnThisDay, you could be watching the @49ers play the @ChicagoBears at Kezar Stadium right now! #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #AreYouReadyForSomeFootball [📸 courtesy of a Private Collector / @opensfhistory, wnp14.2854]
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Firefighters responding on Page & Broderick (just west of the WNP boundary at Divisadero) #OnThisDay in 1961. This image is from the Chet Born Collection, which WNP scanned for Guardians of the City and added to the @opensfhistory archive in 2018. [📸 wnp69.00885] #SFHistory
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On Nov. 14th, we're hosting our final fundraising event of the season: a Family Dinner with artist Paul Madonna at Gaspare's on Geary (seen here as Vince's Pizza House in 1970)! Tix are going fast; see Eventbrite for more info: eventbrite.com/e/family-dinn…
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Finally got a chance to get out and see some of the fine work done by the American Indian Cultural Center in decorating @sfmta_muni @sf_cablecar Car 4. #cablecars #sanfrancisco @aicc_sf @SFCCM
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You're looking at construction of the Sunset Reservoir documented by the Morton-Waters Co. for builders MacDonald & Kahn #OnThisDay in 1937. [📸 SCRAP Negative Collection / @opensfhistory, wnp100.00526] #SFHistory
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This one is dedicated to a friend who was a public health nurse with UCSF during the AIDS crisis. She has told me so many stories of the "wonderful young men" she met. She always said I should paint Twin Peaks Tavern, so I did, for her birthday. 🏳️‍🌈 ❤️
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You're looking at 3845 Jackson (built in 1930) between Arguello and Cherry #OnThisDay in 1960. [📸 by Morton-Waters Co. from the SCRAP Negative Collection / @opensfhistory, wnp100.00040] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #Photography
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60,000 new maps, views, texts, titles, diagrams, globes, timelines and more have been added to search for Text on Maps - doubling to 120,000 items from the original 60,000 we started with a year ago. Over 175 million words indexed! Try searching for Cairo davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet…
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A quiet street scene at Carl & Cole #OnThisDay in 1974. (📸 courtesy of a Private Collector / @opensfhistory, wnp27.50415) #SFHistory
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I would have guessed San Francisco's first illuminated public art was in the 1980s, not the 1880s. But that's why we go on these @sfchronicle archive adventures. sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti… (Love to @OpenSFHistory & the Marilyn Blaisdell collection, which had an 1888 statue photo)
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You're standing on Judah at 8th Ave in front of Diez Bros. Grocery #OnThisDay in 1917. (📸 courtesy of a Private Collector / @opensfhistory, wnp15.939) #SFHistory #Photography #History
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View of Ocean Beach from the Cliff House, c. 1865. That's Seal Rock House and sand dunes for miles visible in the distance. (📸 by Carleton Watkins from the Marilyn Blaisdell Collection courtesy of Molly Blaisdell / @opensfhistory, wnp70.0065) #SFHistory #SanFrancisco
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The Port of San Francisco is pleased to present Rediscovering the Art & Life of Ary Arcadie Lochakov. This exhibition features 38 original works by Lochakov, re-discovered at Crane Cove Park.  🏢 Ferry Building 2nd Floor, Grand Hall 📅 August 14 - 18 🎟️ Free admission
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We heard it’s #internationalcatday and had to join in the fun! 🐈 A feline friend captured in the 1940s, from the Labor Archives and Research Center 🐈‍⬛ @CAStateLibrary @US_IMLS
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Roald Amundsen's ship Gjoa grounded on Ocean Beach on its way to being placed in Golden Gate Park (near where the Beach Chalet is now) #OnThisDay in 1909. In 1972, the ship was returned to Norway. (📸 courtesy of a Private Collector / @opensfhistory, wnp15.1030) #SFHistory
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