mystery solved

A collection of 11 posts

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Grab Bag #55

Babylands, acid-scarred roses, and three formidable women on a San Francisco vacation.

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Grab Bag #54

The last house, the widest sidewalk, and the coldest winter San Francisco stories.

North Beach

The Beach at North Beach

San Francisco's North Beach may not have been where you thought it was.

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Grab Bag #52

Signs of the times and San Francisco views here and gone.

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Grab Bag #50

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

1906 earthquake

Captive Airship

How did George R. Lawrence take his amazing aerial panoramas after the 1906 earthquake?

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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 #009

A true Woody LaBounty Grab Bag: Pawn Stars, Chinatown revealed, historic real estate for sale, and the first San Francisco Story Annual released.

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.

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.

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Woody Grab Bag #004

Living with the fog in San Francisco, figuring out the identity of Vin the doghouse-maker, and a moving dormer window on a Haight-Ashbury apartment building.