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A collection of 51 posts

Grab Bag #51

Three years of San Francisco Story means an over-long Grab Bag with German churches, Danish tug-of-war teams, bowling, and Woody wool-gathering.

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Grab Bag #50

Apartments in a park, baseball in a pasture, parents in a nightclub, and one goat.

Grab Bag #49

After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, but before the fire, and one man trying to get home.

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Grab Bag #48

Woody goes artifact-hunting in San Francisco's past.

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Grab Bag #47

Portsmouth Square in the 1850s, old photos found, and memorializing motherhood.

Woody Grab Bag #46

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Grab Bag #46

San Francisco history grab bag with kissing, blessings, dancing, and star-gazing.

Grab Bag #45

Super-sized San Francisco history hash of huckster cowboys, old cars, old bars, ruined mansions, hitching posts, and Lotta's fountain.

Giants, wall beds, and buttermilk—all with San Francisco connections.

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Grab Bag #44

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Grab Bag #43

Emporium roof rides, the Human Jukebox, and Dianne Feinstein: a classic San Francisco Grab Bag, right?

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Grab Bag #42

A Woody-thinking-too-much Grab Bag. You have to expect that now and then...

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Grab Bag #41

World Series parade, gas stations, and Great Highway history—a San Francisco grab bag.

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Grab Bag #40

Exploding cannons, secret water tanks, and funeral pick-pockets from ye olde San Francisco.

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Grab Bag #39

Some odds and ends spotted on recent walks around the Western Addition, Woody on jury duty, and the story of the wheelbarrow man. All in all, kinda strange, but, hey, you knew what you were signing up for.

Grab Bag #38

Weird bits of San Francisco history from Fisherman's Wharf to Ocean Beach.

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Grab Bag #37

Is a house from the Gold Rush still standing in San Francisco's Western Addition?

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Grab Bag #36

Animalia of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, a Richmond District dairy, Willie Mays, and more of my favorite things.

Two Years of San Francisco Story: Grab Bag #35

Two Years of San Francisco Story: Grab Bag #35

Celebrating two years of San Francisco Story with an Anchor Steam at Temple Bar, a little car polo, and a lot of gratitude.

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Grab Bag #34

I come to praise San Francisco, not bury it, plus news on old stuff getting older.

Grab Bag #33

Woody's 100th San Francisco Story heads to Eureka Valley.

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Grab Bag #032

Love, eggs, and baseball in San Francisco.

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Grab Bag #031

Batteries at the Bridge, the bay bombers, and banning the long hairs.

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Grab Bag #030

San Francisco newspaper memories from a debris box.

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Grab Bag #029

History bon bons just for Friends of Woody

Grab Bag #028

San Francisco History Guy goes all stream-of-consciousness on the Broadway tunnel, buried ships, and petting parties in alleys.

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Grab Bag #027

Tales from one of San Francisco's pre-1906-earthquake dens of iniquity, plus taxi cabs and sheep.