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Sanborn Maps

A collection of 5 posts
Old St. Patrick's church on Market Street in the 1850s
Western Addition

Moved by Faith

The 1850s San Francisco church that kept moving west.
Feb 26, 2025 7 min read
Wheelmen’s Panhandle Palace
Panhandle

Wheelmen’s Panhandle Palace

The 1890s rise and quick fall of the Velodrome bicycling track next to Golden Gate Park.
Feb 19, 2025 8 min read
Grab Bag #40
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Grab Bag

Grab Bag #40

Exploding cannons, secret water tanks, and funeral pick-pockets from ye olde San Francisco.
Sep 18, 2024 10 min read
Baseball in the Haight-Ashbury
Haight-Ashbury

Haight Baseball

When America's pastime had a place next to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
Mar 27, 2024 5 min read
Maguire's Houses
Mission District

Maguire's Houses

Life on one Mission District block on February 22, 1887 at 11:35 a.m.
Dec 14, 2022 5 min read
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