Christmas The 12 Firehouses of Christmas From 1948–1950, San Francisco fire stations went crazy with an annual Christmas decoration contest. Here are Woody's top dozen.
Mission District Maguire's Houses Life on one Mission District block on February 22, 1887 at 11:35 a.m.
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.
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.
Mission Dolores A Day Trip on the Mission Road, Part 1 In the 1850s, San Francisco Sunday recreation meant getting across sand dunes and marsh to the Mission.
Downtown 1868: The First “Big One” The "great San Francisco earthquake" of 1868 and the next one on the way.
Union Square Hallowed Ground on Sutter Street From the time of its dedication on March 23, 1866, the old Temple Emanu-El was a landmark of 19th-century San Francisco.
Crocker-Amazon The Temple on Naples Street Solving the mystery of the mini Greek temple that once stood in San Francisco's Crocker-Amazon neighborhood.
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.
Ocean Beach Seeing the End of Playland Playland at the Beach, San Francisco's version of Coney Island, closed for good on September 4, 1972. Photographer Dennis O'Rorke artfully captured the final days.