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Summer of Love +7
San Francisco, 1974. My brother, his bell-bottoms and his wife, on a steep street ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 06/24/2009 - 5:11pm -

San Francisco, 1974. My brother, his bell-bottoms and his wife, on a steep street in the Cow Hollow neighborhood. One of those kinds of sidewalks Steve McQueen came crashing down in Bullitt six years earlier. Oh wow, man!For the benefit of those under 40 or who grew up in the Heartland, this couple was dressed rather conservatively. tter, I'm sure your bro now laughs at the thought of those fuschia flares. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, tterrapix)
Hooked: 1919
... Shorpy, originally from the Wyland Stanley Collection of San Francisco memorabilia. View full size. The way to a man's heart ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/16/2014 - 12:34pm -

Circa 1919. "Angler next to Studebaker 'Big Six' touring car." One of the girls last seen here. 6.5 x 8.5 glass negative, scanned by Shorpy, originally from the Wyland Stanley Collection of San Francisco memorabilia. View full size. The way to a man's heartis a girl in waders. Not to mention a full stringer of trout. Shiny ShorpyThese Studebaker plates are some of the best pictures ever posted on Shorpy. luvinthelacquerFoy (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Pretty Girls, W. Stanley)
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge 1955
The Richmond-San Rafael bridge on San Francisco Bay under construction, November 30, 1955. Shot by my brother on ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 09/22/2011 - 10:34pm -

The Richmond-San Rafael bridge on San Francisco Bay under construction, November 30, 1955. Shot by my brother on 35mm Kodachrome from a car ferry heading east toward Richmond. Smoke at left is from a San Rafael-bound ferry passing out of camera range to the north. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Boats & Bridges, tterrapix)
Tuskegee Airmen: 1945
... Italy. March 1945. Foreground: Emile G. Clifton of San Francisco and Richard S. "Rip" Harder of Brooklyn. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Don Wagoner - 01/26/2010 - 11:26am -

332nd Fighter Group airmen at a briefing in Ramitelli, Italy. March 1945. Foreground: Emile G. Clifton of San Francisco and Richard S. "Rip" Harder of Brooklyn. View full size. Since they're in the Army Air Corpsor Army Air Forces (I never could remember the date the name changed), the color of their wings should be silver (not gold), both on their chests and their collars. This was true even before the Air Force became a separate branch with blue uniforms, which took place in 1947. (That one I do remember.) (Colorized Photos)
Eleventh and P: 1942
... on the Route 15 (Girard Avenue) line of SEPTA, and also in San Francisco. (The Gallery, D.C., Gordon Parks, Stores & Markets, Streetcars) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/18/2018 - 6:38pm -

August 1942. Washington, D.C. "Corner store on 11th Street N.W. which is patronized by Mrs. Ella Watson, a government charwoman." Medium format negative by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information. View full size. Dark Blue-Green & GrayTo accommodate the city's narrow streets and tighter corners the Washington, D.C. PCC streetcars were shorter than the ones used in the rest of the nation's cities. All the rest had 5 windows behind the rear exit where this one has 4. The livery is shown here (later, when it was taken over by the owner of Trans-Caribbean Airlines it was given a bright turquoise/aqua/orange decor) I'm in a state of suspense!Does that coyly photographed public conveyance have a sign in front pointing out the rear entrance? Talk about suspenseTo answer slr in tx, the sign is to get boarders to not block up the rear exit. Some cities allowed boarding from the back, others have waffled back and forth over time. In days gone by, conductors stationed by the back door at key stops would collect fares and allow boarding by the back door to speed things up. Now, how did that streetcar get there? It is well parked with brake set (those blocks between the wheels) and its pole down. But where are the wires, either for the track its on or the adjoining track? [The power supply is under the street. -Dave] Speaking of SuspenseThe block seen between the wheels is, indeed, one of the brakes on these cars. However, it is very hard (if not impossible) to determine from a photograph like this if this particular brake is applied. The blocks are known as track brakes, and are actually electromagnets which, when energized, are attracted to the rail. Thus, the force for the friction is not applied by the weight of the car, and also not through the wheels. Since these are electromagnets, they need to be close to the rail when not in use, so they are suspended on springs, less than an inch off the rail. They are very effective, and are normally used only in emergency or very slippery rail situations. They were controlled by a button, and were either off or on, with no ability to modulate the braking effort. The cars had other brakes as well: dynamic using the motors as generators, and either air or electric (spring applied, electrically released) "parking" brakes. No overhead wires!In DC, overhead wires were banned, so streetcars drew positive power from a conduit between the running rails. The current collecting device, mounted beneath the car, was called a plough (plow). For streetcar lines that also ran outside of the District, current was collected in the traditional way, i.e., trolley pole on the roof of the car to overhead wires; that's why this car also has the trolley pole. In either system, the running rails carried the return (neutral/ground/negative) back to the source of generation (powerhouse/substation). Manhattan was another location where overhead trolley wires were banned; trolleys there also used the plow and center conduit for current collection. Many trolleys that only ran in Manhattan were not equipped with trolley poles at all, having only the plough. The PCC car in the color photo is of later vintage than the earlier model PCC car in the Shorpy photo; note that the car in the B&W image lacks standee windows. (By the way, it's "streetcar" in the South, "trolley" in the North. That's why Tennessee Williams's play is not titled "A Trolley Named Desire." PCC cars, manufactured from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s-early 1950s, represented the pinnacle of street railway car development. They were smooth, quiet, and comfortable. The design has not been improved upon. You can still ride them in daily service in Philadelphia on the Route 15 (Girard Avenue) line of SEPTA, and also in San Francisco. (The Gallery, D.C., Gordon Parks, Stores & Markets, Streetcars)
Traffic Report 1955
... I'd say you grew up in the East Bay, that is, east of San Francisco. Being from Pleasant Hill in the East Bay, I recognize many of your ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 06/24/2009 - 4:58pm -

Traffic report for the Golden Gate Bridge, Tuesday August 2, 1955: there isn't any. We're in the Hudson on the way to Golden Gate Park and Playland at the Beach. My brother's 35mm Tri-X negative. My conclusion is . . . .Based on your many photos you've posted, I'd say you grew up in the East Bay, that is, east of San Francisco. Being from Pleasant Hill in the East Bay, I recognize many of your photos. Thank you for posting. Conclusion confusionNorth Bay, actually. Marin County. Lived in Larkspur 1946-1980. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Boats & Bridges, tterrapix)
SF Waterfront, 1957
Another in the San Francisco series taken by my father, this time of the waterfront, not far from ... 
 
Posted by Rute Boye - 08/10/2012 - 7:59pm -

Another in the San Francisco series taken by my father, this time of the waterfront, not far from Fisherman's Wharf. A few things of interest here: - The Chinese junk in the foreground - Coit Tower in the background - The steel frame for a gas pressure equalization tank on the right - The sailing ship "Balclutha", just behind the junk. View full size. Further interestThere's a nice green 1954 Caddy there, too. By the way, the gas tank is more properly called a 'gasometer' and is used for storage of coal gas/coke gas/natural gas -- not pressure equalization. Its telescoping steel cylinders are raised or lowered by electric motors depending upon how much volume is required to hold the gas inventory. The vantage point from which this photo was made seems to be gone now. Google shows the arched gate without any pier extending out from it. Earlier than 541954 Caddies had the Panoramic windshield I believe. Thinking this one might be a 52 or 53. One of my favorite models of all time. [It's a 1952. In 1953, "Dagmar" bumper guards replaced the round parking lights. The Panoramic windshield first appeared in 1953, but only on the Eldorado. - tterrace] Chinese JunkThe vessel pictured here is the "Free China". It is of the type from Fujian (Fukien) province, and was sailed over from Formosa in 1955 by five Chinese and an American Vice consul who filmed the voyage in 16mm. In the early 70s I lived on a small Chinese Junk in the bay, and I used to visit this boat down in the Hunter's Point area. It was quite derelict by then. It has apparently been loaded on a barge (after spending years behind Bethel Island), and shipped back to Taiwan to be turned into a museum. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Crosswise: 1902
... Department and all their wedding notices said she was from San Francisco. Despite having just received a raise at work, Agnes had left her ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/18/2019 - 7:33pm -

Washington, D.C., between February 1901 and December 1903. "Wink, Longley (crosswise)." 5x7 glass negative from the C.M. Bell portrait studio. View full size. Crease-wiseThe horizontal crease in each woman's bodice is unflattering and awkward. The photographer apparently didn't care about making these two look their best. Mother & daughter?Looking at the resemblance and the possible difference in age I wonder if this could be a mother daughter portrait? The woman on the left has a wedding ring, the woman on the right does not might be another hint. Also the woman on the right has one cuff rolled up and the other is down. I agree with Mattle, that the photographer was not very good at posing his subjects. Who's watching whomWink is thinking, "I'm pretty sure he's checking Longley out. I would have expected a higher code of conduct from the CM Bell Studio. On the other hand, he's kind of cute in a geeky way. All the same, best remain alert." Longley is thinking, "It's obvious that this chap has unchivalrous designs on Wink. Better keep both my eyes on him just in case. Unless I pass out from oxygen deprivation first, on account of this collar gives new meaning to the expression 'high and tight.'" She is no dummyThe image first presented itself on my screen from the waistlines up. My impression was that Wink was Longley's dummy. Wink is appropriately named for the role. What Goes Around Comes AroundMary Theresa Longley (nee Shelhamer), shown on our left, was a well-known medium and lecturer. She was born in South Boston in 1853 and at the time this photograph was taken she was the Secretary of the National Association of Spiritualists and had written a few books on spiritualism under both her maiden and married names. She obtained a medical degree in Massachusetts and used her clairvoyance in her medical work as a medium healer. In Boston in 1888, when she was 35 years old, she married Chalmers Payson Longley, who was 61 years old. By 1898 they were living in Washington D. C. at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast (now a commercial office building). Chalmers was born in Hawley, Massachusetts in 1827. His first wife, Maria Shaw, died in 1875 at the age of 42. Although he listed various occupations over the years such as a Massachusetts Merchant Tailor in 1855, a regular Tailor in 1860, a Mechanic in 1863, and a Connecticut Gun Manufacturer in 1880, he had been composing spiritualist music since at least the early 1850s and the Boston Marriage Registry lists him as a musician in 1888. In 1896 he and Mary were living in Los Angeles near his relatives and his voter registration listed his occupation as a music publisher, while the city directory had him as a musician. Although also an accomplished singer, he finally settled on the job description of ‘composer of music’ and wrote the music for a number of spiritualist era songs, with "Only a Thin Veil Between Us” (1887) being his best-known work. He died in Washington in January 1920 at the age of 93. The photo of him below was taken from Mary Longley’s 1912 book “Nameless” which was dedicated to her husband who had become totally blind earlier that year. The younger lady to our right is Agnes Orlon Wink (also a spiritualist) who was born in Iowa in 1873. By the time she was 12 her family had relocated to Nebraska. When this photo was taken, she was boarding in the Longley house and working at the War Department as a clerk. She came to Washington via Los Angeles, where she attended Cross Shortland College, in the fall of 1898 to work as stenographer to Assistant Secretary of War George de Rue Meiklejohn (from Nebraska). Meiklejohn stepped down in March 1901 and Agnes transferred to the Office of the Quartermaster General. In August 1905, after several years of courtship, she married Robert Eugene Fugett who was also a clerk at the War Department and all their wedding notices said she was from San Francisco. Despite having just received a raise at work, Agnes had left her position there to become a homemaker. When the Washington D. C. enumerator for the 1920 census called upon the Fugett household at 310 S Street Northeast (a newer house stands there today) he found residing therein: Robert E. Fugitt, 58; Agnes O. Fugitt, 46; Robert P. Fugitt, 13; and Elmer W. Fugitt, 11. Also listed were two boarders: Chalmers P. Longley, 92; and Mary T. Longley, 66. (The Gallery, Bell Studio, D.C., Portraits)
Point at the Birdie: 1937
... terrazzo front steps of their apartment on Ramona Ave. in San Francisco, 1937. View full size. Birthday Notice my Shirley Temple ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 09/22/2011 - 4:40pm -

My sister (at right) and her guests for her third birthday party, arrayed across the terrazzo front steps of their apartment on Ramona Ave. in San Francisco, 1937. View full size. BirthdayNotice my Shirley Temple curls, and the Shirley like dress and socks. A Shirley Temple movie at the Majestic, preceded by dinner at a local greasy spoon was the big entertainment at the time. No, I didn't get named Shirley like hundreds of other girls of my era. "Birthday Girl" (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Kids, tterrapix)
Pacific Beach
Gladys Wagner posing at the beach in San Francisco during the 1920s when she was modeling and dancing on the stage. ... 
 
Posted by chiliangel - 01/09/2012 - 1:51pm -

Gladys Wagner posing at the beach in San Francisco during the 1920s when she was modeling and dancing on the stage. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Legion of Honor: 1958
The Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, circa 1958. If I'm not mistaken, that is our blue & white 1956 ... 
 
Posted by Rute Boye - 08/31/2012 - 8:46pm -

The Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, circa 1958. If I'm not mistaken, that is our blue & white 1956 Ford station wagon on the right. View full size. VertigoIf you look very closely, you can just make out Jimmy Stewart stalking Kim Novak. T-BirdNote the '57 Ford Thunderbird in the rare Coral Sand color with white top. To us right is a '55 Ford wagon and then a '52 Ford. At left is a '56 Plymouth. Bird & WagonWas the coral color really rare for T-Birds? I seem to remember seeing them all over the place in Southern California in the 1960s, and quite a few even in the late 90s and early 2000s. I agree that the wagon looks like a 1955 rather than 1956. They look much alike, but I think the 1956s had a chrome ring around the inner part of the tail light. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Peerless and Poised: 1920
San Francisco circa 1920. "Peerless touring car." Along with what could be a ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 11/17/2014 - 3:24pm -

San Francisco circa 1920. "Peerless touring car." Along with what could be a demonstration of either aerodynamics or sobriety at the start of Prohibition. 6½ x 8½ inch glass negative by the prolific Christopher Helin. View full size. The Benefits of WealthThose fortunate enough to own a Peerless cared not a whit what passing proles thought of their poses. DemonstrationShe is merely proving the old theory that your height is the same as your 'wing span'. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Chris Helin)
1920s Swimsuit Ad
Taken of my mother Gladys Wagner in San Francisco, modeling 1920s swimsuits for a newspaper ad. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by chiliangel - 01/09/2012 - 1:55pm -

Taken of my mother Gladys Wagner in San Francisco, modeling 1920s swimsuits for a newspaper ad. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Angelo Fusco
... 1918. Wouldn't it be something... ...if this San Francisco photographer http://justamomentphoto.com/contact.htm is ... 
 
Posted by angelofusco - 02/16/2008 - 10:29am -

Angelo Fusco, my grandfather, was in New York several times. Born in Praiano, on Amalfi Coast, in the province of Salerno, on July 30, 1883. His first trip to New York was on 24 april 1900, departing from Napoli, with S/S the "Victoria", arrival on May 16, 1900. The second trip, with S/S the "Cretic", departure from Napoli on July 17th, 1906 arrival in New York on July 30th, 1906. Third trip, with S/S the "Koenig Albert", departure from Napoli around October 10th or 11th, arrival in NY on October 24, 1912. And from 1912 lived in New York until 1918. Wouldn't it be something......if this San Francisco photographer http://justamomentphoto.com/contact.htm is related to the "Wm. Dobkin" mentioned in your post? Goober Pea Wm. DobkinPraiano, 18 february 2008 Yes, is related to the "Wm. Dobkin..." in my post. I hope to have some news regarding this photographer. Thank you Mr. Goober Pea. Best regards. Angelo Fusco (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Nob Hill: 1959
Here's a view of California Street in San Francisco, with the photographer's back to Nob Hill. I like the orange & ... 
 
Posted by Rute Boye - 09/07/2012 - 7:44pm -

Here's a view of California Street in San Francisco, with the photographer's back to Nob Hill. I like the orange & white station wagon! Anscochrome, 1959. View full size. That station wagonThat's actually a Chevrolet "Sedan Delivery," 1953 I'd say. Sort of a cross between a van and a station wagon, generally with a front seat only. Often used, as the name implies, for delivering smaller items, but I remember seeing them used by plumbers and electricians. Sedan Delivery The orange and white Chevy sedan delivery is a '54 with its distinctive vertical grille teeth removed! I wonder if some hot-rodder stole them since they were popular items--they placed more of them in their own '54 Chevy's grilles for that custom touch. Black coupe going down the street is a '49 or '50 Ford and parked at right is a c52-54 Ford. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Pie in the Face: 1923
... that then-President Harding died on this exact day - in San Francisco, not DC. It's the way my brain works, I guess. These time ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/09/2011 - 2:41pm -

"Pie eating contest, Jefferson school, 8/2/23." Still more pie-eating in Washingon, D.C. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size. Pie, RIPThe pics are great, yet when I looked at the date, I remembered that then-President Harding died on this exact day - in San Francisco, not DC. It's the way my brain works, I guess. These time capsules are just remarkable...really a window in time and history! (The Gallery, D.C., Kids, Natl Photo)
New House: 1968
We lived in three different homes in the San Francisco East Bay hills between early 1963 and summer 1988 and this is the ... 
 
Posted by Cerrito68 - 11/23/2012 - 10:18pm -

We lived in three different homes in the San Francisco East Bay hills between early 1963 and summer 1988 and this is the third house. (The first can be seen in the 1964 photos I posted with the '58 Cadillac in them.) 1967 and '68 were big years for my family as my dad came into an inheritance and bought this house and a new Austin-Healey 3000 Mk. III, also posted previously. The front yard had two tall eucalyptus trees that had been poorly topped several years before we moved in and the trees would snap large limbs that would come crashing down in storms. That drooping limb in the photo came down one windy and rainy Saturday in 1980 and just missed my buddy's '66 Chevelle that was parked in the driveway. I do miss the sound of acorns dropping on the flat tar-paper roof and the smell of eucalyptus oil. That's me and my two older sisters posing by the garage. Mom's '66 Falcon next to dad's Healey and my aunt's '65 Mustang coupe there in the driveway. View full size. The Luke LookDoes George Lucas know you invented the Luke Skywalker look 9 years earlier? SO not fair!Your mom got stuck with a lousy Falcon while your dad got the Healy? If my husband tried this, he'd be a dead man! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
SoCal Cruisin': 1969
... airport in "Air California" livery before a flight to San Francisco (that was the cryptic "New Boeing 737 - 1969" reference in my text). ... 
 
Posted by Islander800 - 01/01/2017 - 4:47pm -

Los Angeles Palm Springs from my first trip to Southern California in March 1969 as a teenager. I took this squatting in the street for visual effect with a Pentax 35mm SLR. Lots of 1960s (and classic 1950s) iron to enjoy, but darned if I remember what street this is! View full size. Palm Springs?Someone linked this to a Facebook California history group where several people have said this is in Palm Springs, specifically on Palm Canyon Drive. That street, which today is also three lanes one way, intersects with Amado Road, which appears to be what the green street sign at the left reads. Did you go to Palm Springs on this trip? Palm Springs It IsYou are correct! I traveled to Palm Springs and took the tramway to the mountain top. I previously posted a shot of the parking lot there overlooking Palm Springs with a lot full of Corvettes. I also posted a shot of the then-new Boeing 737 at the John Wayne airport in "Air California" livery before a flight to San Francisco (that was the cryptic "New Boeing 737 - 1969" reference in my text). (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Alaska Bound
... case of the only lady* Greyhound Bus driver on the Marin/San Francisco routes we frequented. I queried my mother about the unusual ... 
 
Posted by Mountainair - 01/24/2011 - 10:13am -

Another shot of my Grandma. This was taken sometime in the late 50s. She and my Grandad drove cross country to reside in Alaska. My grandad was in the film industry and delivered films to the crew working on the Alaska Pipeline. View full size. Grandma at the wheelSomething about this says '56 or '57 Chevrolet. 50s gals in slacks: back in them days it was an unusual enough sight for the 10-year-old me to be intrigued, especially so in the case of the only lady* Greyhound Bus driver on the Marin/San Francisco routes we frequented. I queried my mother about the unusual circumstance: her name was Jerry, had started driving the bus during the War, and kept it up afterwards. *The use of the term "lady" is historically authentic in this context. A 10-year-old in 1956 would never say "How come there's a woman bus driver/doctor/steam shovel operator?" It is a PontiacSeat shell indicates it is a 1955 Pontiac and looking at rear door window shape, I think it is a 55 Pontiac 4-door station wagon. See brochure here. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Aloha Girls: 1948
... for service and comfort and was very popular on the San Francisco to Hawaii route both before and after the war. (The Gallery, ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 03/19/2018 - 4:48pm -

June 22, 1948. "Pretty Hawaiian girls," from Look magazine. View full size. Matson LineThe ship is almost certainly one of the great white liners of the Matson Line which was largely responsible for turning Hawaii into a popular tourist destination. Most likely it is the SS Lurline of 1932. Her two running mates were laid up for a number of years after the war due to the expense of refitting them for passenger service after being used by the military. The Lurline had a great reputation for service and comfort and was very popular on the San Francisco to Hawaii route both before and after the war. (The Gallery, Boats & Bridges, LOOK, Pretty Girls)
Good Scout: 1914
... it's a Boy Scout camp. It would have to be near enough to San Francisco for Aunt Mary to have made a day trip. (ShorpyBlog, Member ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 06/24/2009 - 4:57pm -

"At Camp Tobin - July 19, 1914" is all that my Mother's older sister Mary wrote on the page of her photo album. He's also in a group shot with a few others in scouting-type outfits along with a bunch of teenagers in city-boy clothes, so I guess it's a Boy Scout camp. It would have to be near enough to San Francisco for Aunt Mary to have made a day trip. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Boy Scouts, tterrapix)
Evening in Chinatown, 1956
... about this slide, except it was taken in the evening in San Francisco's Chinatown, circa 1956. I like the neon signs. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by Rute Boye - 08/10/2012 - 7:59pm -

I don't know too much about this slide, except it was taken in the evening in San Francisco's Chinatown, circa 1956. I like the neon signs. View full size. Reminds me of Hitchcock's "Vertigo"Reminds me of the Hitchcock movie, "Vertigo." Remember when Jimmy Stewart follows Kim Novak's Jaguar all around SF? Way hip photo. All that neonI love it, the sun's going down and all the neon signs are coming on. I can almost smell the Chinese food cooking in all the restaurants. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Cable Car: 1965
Catherine and Joseph Vecchio on vacation in San Francisco (on the way to Hawaii), 1965. View full size. Everybody ... 
 
Posted by JoeV - 06/22/2012 - 9:34pm -

Catherine and Joseph Vecchio on vacation in San Francisco (on the way to Hawaii), 1965. View full size. Everybody smiled for a picture!What a great shot of typical SF visitors. I like how the lady to the left is smiling, too! Radio AdNote: NEWS AND CONVERSATION STATION, today, aka NEWS AND TALK RADIO> (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Model with Towel
Taken of my mother Gladys Wagner in San Francisco where she went to work as a model. This photo would have been ... 
 
Posted by chiliangel - 12/26/2011 - 11:40am -

Taken of my mother Gladys Wagner in San Francisco where she went to work as a model. This photo would have been considered very risque in its day, and evidently appeared in a "girlie" magazine. View full size. A Cutie!Speaking as the father of a daughter that's now coming of age, I mean that in the best of ways. Gladys' image suggests what would happen if Jennifer Aniston and Dustin Hoffman had a daughter. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Union Square, 1958
Powell at Geary, San Francisco; Union Square just off to the right. From a color slide by my father. ... 
 
Posted by Rute Boye - 08/03/2012 - 9:14pm -

Powell at Geary, San Francisco; Union Square just off to the right. From a color slide by my father. View full size. Current viewHere's the same view today. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Dancing Fun
... and one of the girls she worked with on the stage in San Francisco during the 1920s. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member ... 
 
Posted by chiliangel - 01/20/2012 - 9:59pm -

My mother and one of the girls she worked with on the stage in San Francisco during the 1920s. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Last Cupper: 1979
"The Last Cupper." January 1979 at Cafe Trieste in San Francisco. Photo by Gary Alessi of North Beach, SF, showing brother and friend ... 
 
Posted by glenmichael - 04/04/2011 - 8:34pm -

"The Last Cupper." January 1979 at Cafe Trieste in San Francisco. Photo by Gary Alessi of North Beach, SF, showing brother and friend centered and left against the wall. Man leaving in right-hand corner is Beat poet Bob Kaufman. Taken with a Mamiya Sekor SLR on Kodak Tri-X Pan. View full size. That titleThe Last Cupper (as in Cappuccino) (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Coit and Cars: 1969
San Francisco's Coit Tower from a parking lot vantage point, March 1969. Taken with ... 
 
Posted by Islander800 - 11/30/2012 - 7:53pm -

San Francisco's Coit Tower from a parking lot vantage point, March 1969. Taken with a Pentax 35 mm SLR camera. View full size. ViewI wonder if Coit Tower is visible from this vantage point today? Many taller structures have replaced these old lower buildings since those days. [There's been no high-rise construction in this part of the city. This view, from near Pier 43-1/2, would mostly the same today. - tterrace] (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Car Ferry: 1955
San Francisco Bay, November 30, 1955. The car ferry Klamath heading west to San Rafael from Richmond. We're on board another one heading east. Looking ... 
 
Posted by tterrace - 09/23/2011 - 1:19am -

San Francisco Bay, November 30, 1955. The car ferry Klamath heading west to San Rafael from Richmond. We're on board another one heading east. Looking south from the starboard side of our vessel, we'd see this view of the bridge that, when completed, would end the ferry service. My brother shot this on 35mm Kodachrome. But I was there on the boat with him. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Boats & Bridges, tterrapix)
Golden Gate Bridge: 1968
San Francisco, looking towards Marin County, August, 1968. View full size. ... 
 
Posted by ollie - 12/15/2009 - 12:01pm -

San Francisco, looking towards Marin County, August, 1968. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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