1890s

A collection of 19 posts

Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach Pier

From 1894 to 1967, an unusual San Francisco pier served an unusual purpose.

found photos

Wondrous Wulzen

New old photos of San Francisco to goggle over.

Bernal Heights

Precita Valley's Park

From garbage-pit-swamp to a Bernal oasis.

Sutro Baths

Professor Killick Patrols Sutro Baths

A man with rope, tights, and expertise in aquatic arts in 1890s San Francisco.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #65

A San Francisco Grab Bag of queer tales, many about shoes...

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #63

Cliff-dwellers of Polk Street, more San Francisco house-moving, and our time-machine goes tiki.

Golden Gate Park

Electric Tower

Light shows in Golden Gate Park aren't a new thing.

South of Market

The Last to Know

San Francisco stories end with the last storyteller.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #60

The problems of man, more Barbary Coast history, and SFPD's first woman officer.

Ingleside

Bicycle Bandits Hit Ocean Avenue

San Francisco's Ingleside Inn was the end of the line for famed host Cornelius Stagg.

Downtown

Still Lucky

In 1898, "Lucky" Baldwin lost a big bet with one of San Francisco's most notable fires.

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #57

Salty diner memories and Jack the Ink Thrower's reign of terror.

Mission Bay

Dumpville

When Mission Creek was San Francisco's dumping ground.

Dogpatch

Old School Dogpatch

San Francisco's oldest public-school building is still doing its job.

Stern Grove

Trocadero Rebirth

San Francisco's last roadhouse is resurrected in Stern Grove.

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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #025

Golden Gate Park

Sweeny’s Observatory

Golden Gate Park's former castle on the hill.

Pacific Heights

The Irving Institute

The scholastic past of a grand California Street apartment building.

North Point

The Cobweb Palace

Abe Warner's cobweb-filled saloon in San Francisco's North Point neighborhood was captured on film before demolition and now we know when.