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davidgallagher.bsky.social
San Francisco. I ride a bike and look at old pictures all day (not at the same time) sfmemory.org
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Suburban Stumper, Location Mystery 1948 I just can't find this one, I thought maybe it was South City, Burlingame, maybe Richmond but I just can't find it. Anybody want to guess?

submitted 23 hours ago • 3 comments

Punk rock kid buskers (‘The Whops’, tiktok) near the Edgware Rd. They run into Paul Simonon, play Death or Glory for him. He asks if they know The Guns of Brixton. They do -

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Muni’s boat tram on the street today i was just able to see it at 29th & church #sanfrancisco

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Folsom near 7th, 1938 View west on Folsom from about 7th. A little down on the left is a grocery store that's now The Stud... I'll be there tonight with @woodylabounty.bsky.social from 5-7 for SF Heritage's monthly happy hour www.sfheritage.org/heritagehapp...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Market Street Railway Street Team correspondent @peephole.bsky.social reports car 1015 on pullout right now. #transit #streetcar #sanfrancisco

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Lake Temescal Oakland, circa 1938 Sacramento Northern car 1010 just past Lake Temescal. Broadway in the background and elevated Landvale Avenue at right. I think the right-of-way is now a hiking trail #oaklandhistory #transit

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Hey kids, San Francisco's Dogpatch didn't used to be all craft-coffees and Katy Perry concerts. Read about the city's oldest standing public school building and learn more. #sfhistory #sanfranciscohistory www.sanfranciscostory.com/old-school-d...

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Geary & Buchanan, 1960 Redevelopment in progress. Here's Hank's Market, 1600 Geary, now the site of Japantown's Peace Plaza. Just came across a wonderful set of prints from photographer Cecil Hurd, courtesy of his grandson Tony. more to come! #sfhistory

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Thanks for the shout out & congratulations on your longevity! I always figured there were multiple number 1's since it's handwritten, but I'm a cynic. ❤️ People, subscribe to Woody's newsletter and you too can be his number 1 ( I think) #sfhistory

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Franklin Hospital, circa 1944 Here's a boy posed on the steps of Franklin Hospital, on the hill between Noe & Castro, 14th & Duboce. He & dad were killing time waiting for a new baby sister. Now it's the site of CPMC/ Davies campus. I guess the neon sign was visible downtown. #sfhistory #sfmemory

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Willard North & McAllister Greg Gaar told me that the landmark buckeye tree here had died. Sure enough. More than 100 years old, it was planted by the first owner of the house

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

In 1958 San Francisco, the mayor, the police, and the newspapers saw death, North Beach, and the Beat Generation all neatly tied together. #NorthBeach #Beats #SFhistory #sanfranciscohistory #BeatGeneration www.sanfranciscostory.com/beat-elegy/

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

SFMemory Update - 229 images from 1800s to the 1960s including 1940s Hunters Point development I promised earlier in the week take a look! SFMemory.org/Update/2025-05-28 #sfhistory #sfmemory

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments