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This entryway was once part of a Nob Hill mansion. It was built in 1891 at 1101 California St., & the railroad tycoon’s home was destroyed from the 1906 Earthquake.

Thanks to OpenSFHistory for allowing us to repost their photo.

The Nob Hill walking tour. sfcityguides.org/tour/nob-hill/
October 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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You're looking at crowds gathered in Lindley Meadow to see Jefferson Starship in May 1975.

[Photo by Greg Gaar courtesy of Gaar & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp73.0652] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #FlashbackFriday
October 3, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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You're looking at homes on 8th Ave between Lawton and Moraga in Windsor Terrace circa 1953.

[Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp28.1063] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #OpenSFHistory #ThrowbackThursday
October 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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You're looking at roadwork on Sloat at 25th Ave with the Central Pumps station between 22nd and 23rd visible in the distance, March 1915.

[Photo by Horace Chaffee for SFDPW courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp36.00738] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography
September 25, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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You're looking at 116 and 110 Alpine Terrace (left, right) near Duboce on September 2, 1949 and now.

[Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp27.1063] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #WaybackWednesday
September 23, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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You're looking at a lineup of cars in front of homes on Seal Rock Avenue and Alta Mar Way in the June gloom of 1953.

[Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp25.6935] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography
September 22, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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You're looking at Cole and Alma on September 14, 1923, with a comparison from Google Street View today.

[Photo by Horace Chaffee for the SF Dept of Public Works courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp36.03123] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #FlashbackFriday
September 19, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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You're standing on the Presidio wall looking north towards the Marina from Lyon near Pacific in March 1926.

[Photo by Horace Chaffee for the SF Dept of Public Works courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp36.03376] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #WaybackWednesday
September 16, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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Three young girls stand very still on the sidewalk of Miramar Ave near Southwood for this 1920 photo.

[Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp15.1712a] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #FlashbackFriday
September 11, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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You're looking at a delivery truck for Sutro Market parked outside 1701-1703 9th Ave near Moraga, where the market run by Jos. Pera was located, in May 1920.

[Photo by John Henry Mentz for URR courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp14.952] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #Photography
September 10, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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You're looking at the Schwartz family enjoying the San Francisco sun on the lawn in front of their home at 116 Chaves near Del Sur c. 1953.

[Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp14.2174] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #WaybackWednesday
September 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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You're looking at a track grinding streetcar on Judah near La Playa in 1970. Today, that's The SeaScape Inn on the left.

[Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp25.0954] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography
September 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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You're looking at the backside of Sunnyside School from Hearst and Forrester, c. 1940. And if you're into more history about the neighborhood, check out Amy O'Hair's sunnysidehistory.org

[Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp26.1911] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History
September 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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You're looking at Jack Goldsworthy's gas station and Pontiac dealership on 16th and Irving, c. 1938. After Jack died in 2012, the building was sadly demolished; it's been an empty lot for years now.

[Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp4.1604] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco
September 2, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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You're looking at a busy sidewalk scene in front of Quasar's Ice Cream Store on Haight near Cole circa 1967.

[Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp28.1266] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography
September 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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You're looking at new track laid being laid by United Railroads workers on Stanyan at Page in March 1906. The building at center (644 Stanyan) survives!

[Photo by John Henry Mentz for URR from the McCormick Collection / OpenSFHistory, wnp60.0031] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography
August 31, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Can you help us pinpoint the location of this circa 1964 photograph? We think it might be somewhere in Cole Valley...

[Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp25.6101] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #OpenSFHistory
August 27, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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You're looking at Muni 6-line streetcar 178 cresting the hill at Clayton and Frederick in 1948. That's Mt. Olympus in the background.

[Photo from the Jack Tillmany Collection courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp67.0263] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography
August 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Most visitors assume the ornate Italian Renaissance bandshell in the Music Concourse. The very first bandstand, built in 1883, was just a small wooden structure on an elevated patch of ground.

Special thanks to OpenSFHistory for allowing
Us to repost their photo.

www.sfcityguides.org
August 23, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Two unidentified women enjoying Ocean Beach (seemingly dressed for anyplace but the beach) as a man pauses at the seawall behind them circa 1925.

[Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp27.0613] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography
August 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Theatre owner, producer, and philanthropist Walter Morosco's carriage pulled by an 8-horse team seen driving through Golden Gate Park circa 1900.

[Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp27.2556] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #ThrowbackThursday
August 20, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Did you know our OpenSFHistory archive encompasses all of San Francisco? Including this view of two girls walking towards McLaren Park on Delta near Teddy in 1953.

[Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp28.1115] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography
August 18, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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You're looking at an M-Line streetcar passing Temple Methodist on 19th Ave at Junipero Serra in 1970.

[Photo by John Harder courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp28.1763] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography
August 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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A man walks towards the University of San Francisco campus across Fulton near Cole circa 1965.

[Photo courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp27.50138] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #FlashbackFriday
August 14, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Pedestrians pause in front of an entrance to Westwood Park on Ocean and Miramar circa 1922.

[Photo by Robert H. Kennedy courtesy of a Private Collector & WNP / OpenSFHistory, wnp14.13053] #SFHistory #SanFrancisco #History #Photography #ThrowbackThursday
August 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM