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Golden Gate Park

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The Goat Cart Man
Children's Playground

The Goat Cart Man

Many San Francisco children posed holding the reins of a goat-harnessed rig in the early 1900s. Who was the mysterious King of the Goat Carts?
Jan 4, 2023 4 min read
Riding the Windmill
Golden Gate Park

Riding the Windmill

In the early 1920s, riding one of the blades of Golden Gate Park's Dutch windmill was kind of a thing.
Nov 23, 2022 4 min read
A Day Trip on the Mission Road, Part 2
Mission District

A Day Trip on the Mission Road, Part 2

Sunday pleasure resorts like Woodward's Gardens made San Francisco's Mission District more family-friendly in the 1860s and 1870s.
Nov 9, 2022 8 min read
Lithograph of fair
Golden Gate Park

10 Highlights from the 1894 Midwinter Fair

The good, the bad, and the ugly from the 1894 fair which made Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse.
Sep 21, 2022 6 min read
Woody Grab Bag #005
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Grab Bag

Woody Grab Bag #005

A Woody LaBounty salad bar of child pyramids, feminist art, poetry, sandlot baseball, and Mr. Fixit.
Sep 14, 2022 7 min read
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