photography

A collection of 27 posts

Pacific Heights

The Last of Tucker Town

Is San Francisco's oldest tract house in Pacific Heights?

found photos

Re-exposed

Sam Crow’s 1910s and 1920s photographs are brought into the light.

Grab Bag

Grab Bag #61

A gaseous San Francisco history grab bag of hats, instant photos, and one famous recipe.

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Grab Bag #57

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

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Grab Bag #55

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

Telegraph Hill

Telegraph Place

Having a crush on some long-gone San Francisco houses and wondering what happened to Good Children.

Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach Airfield

In the 1910s, the Christofferson brothers flew high in San Francisco before tragedies brought them down.

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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 #50

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

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Grab Bag #49

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

Silver Terrace

Selling Silver Terrace

Photographer Eadweard Muybridge had a job to do in southeast San Francisco in 1869.

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Grab Bag #47

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

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Grab Bag #43

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

Cliff House

Stuck in Zero Gear

I used to walk to work daily, mixing in the 38-Geary bus now and then. But job responsibilities have had me mostly behind the wheel this year and I’m trying to find a way to get back walking. Driving is the American norm, of course. The most recent

1906 earthquake

Captive Airship

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

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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.

Embarcadero

The Legend of Lois Jordan’s White Angel Jungle

Thoughts on a famous San Francisco soup kitchen.

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Grab Bag #33

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

1906 earthquake

Last Night in Old San Francisco

Things to do on the eve of the 1906 earthquake.

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Grab Bag #025

Sunset District

Secret Ice Rink

Remembering the San Francisco Ice Arena, once hidden in the the middle of a Sunset District block.

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.

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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.