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Rooms for Rent: 1936

February 1936. "Mission District. Slums of San Francisco, California." 4x5 negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

February 1936. "Mission District. Slums of San Francisco, California." 4x5 negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

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Edit: "Solved!" <Trash can or horse post?>

I (was) waiting for Shorpyites to identify the two-foot round thing in the lower-right of this picture. It looks like it has rivets on it. Is that another one, farther afield, without rivets?

Edit: Further research indicates that the objects are *re-purposed* water heater expansion tanks, usually filled with concrete, and used to protect private property from stray vehicles. Yes, bollards!

I'm always learnin' something on Shorpy!

$3000 per month is a conservative number

Average rent for a 1BR in the Mission District as of 5/17 is a hair-raising $3,935.00. Whoa.

Nostalgia

All was not beautiful in days of yore. Unpainted buildings, dirt, and litter was not a stranger back in the day, but clean laundry was still important!

Fancy Bollard

That bollard-like post seems out of place with the studs, wonder how & who did it?

Wonder

Wonder how they managed to get the washing on the high lines. Step ladder. Trapeze artist. Magic!

[Or just by standing on the balcony. The lines are on pulleys. -tterrace]

And in 2017

$3000 per month.

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