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Sutro Lions

10/31/2014

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Sutro Lion
Entrance to Sutro Heights park at Land's End, San Francisco, Ca.

The lion statues date to 1885 when Adolph Sutro opened his estate garden, a promontory overlooking the Cliff House and Seal Rocks, to the public. The lions flanked the ornate entry gate. Palm trees are a remnant of the once elaborate gardens.

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Viña del Mar, Sausalito, Ca.

9/28/2014

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The "Court of the Universe" complex at the San Francisco 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition was designed by architect William Faville of Sausalito. There were twelve 100 ft. flag poles edging the complex each with an African Gray elephant at the base. All the buildings and statues at the expo were made of paper mache and most were destroyed at the end of the fair; the famous exception is the "Palace of Fine Arts".

Faville saved two of the elephant flagpoles and also an Italianate fountain he designed for the "Palace of Education" and had them moved to Sausalito at the close of the exposition. They now sit in Viña del Mar park in downtown Sausalito.  

The industrial strength paper mache materials began to decompose in the mid- 1930's. A mold was made of one of the elephants and was used to pour the two identical cement elephants that are seen today.
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Chinatown Then and Now pt.3

11/6/2012

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On the left Chinatown, San Francisco, Ca. c.1900 by photographer Arnold Genthe, looking towards 751-753 Clay St. from Brenham Place (now called Walter U Lum Place).and on the right the same view in 2012. Chinatown was devastated by the great earthquake and fire in 1906 and rebuilt. Note the platform shoes worn by these young girls to mimic the gait of women with bound feet.
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Chinatown Then and Now pt.2

11/1/2012

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Photographer Arnold Genthe shown at left holding camera in Chinatown, San Francisco, Ca. c.1900. Genthe documented old Chinatown before it's destruction in the 1906 quake and fire. He used a handheld "detective" plate camera to record candid images of his subjects without their knowledge

Chinatown, San Francisco, Ca., corner of Jackson St. and Dupont Ave (now Grant Ave), c.1900 (left) by photographer Arnold Genthe and the same corner (right) in 2012. Chinatown was devastated by the great earthquake and fire of 1906 and rebuilt.

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Chinatown Then and Now

10/29/2012

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Photographer Arnold Genthe's famous photo "Street of Gamblers", Ross Alley, Chinatown, San Francisco, Ca. (c.1900) on the left and the same location in 2012 on the right. Chinatown was completely devastated by the great earthquake and fire of 1906.
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Cosgrave House

10/21/2012

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2619 Octavia St., San Francisco, Ca. This was the home of Dr. Millicent Cosgrave in 1906. Located in the Cow Hollow neighborhood, the house survived the great earthquake and fire.

The famous photographer Arnold Genthe lost his apartment and studio on Sutter street when it was dynamited by fire crews as the fire spread across the City.

From the autobiography of photographer Arnold Genthe in the aftermath of the '06 quake and fire.....

"In the Frank Cowderys' home on Maple Street and later on in the Octavia Street home of Dr. Millicent Cosgrave (whose friendship throughout these years has meant so much to me) I had found a haven of rest. For several weeks I did not concern myself with any thought of the future. I blithely continued to take photographs."


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Dr. Millicent Cosgrave
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Van Ness Avenue Then and Now pt.2

9/24/2012

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Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, Ca. This building at 800 Van Ness Ave. was a showroom for the short-lived Mark Motor Co. in 1921. They were distributors for Elgin and Dupont automobiles. Beautiful ghost sign on the back of the building with art deco flourishes and Egyptian pyramid motiff, which was popular at that time. The top of the sign says "Elgin Six" (within 3 pyramids), the latest model six-cylinder Elgin automobile. At the bottom are the company's locations: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Fresno, Boise, Spokane. The vertical ghost on the left that overlaps it is for the Pioneer Motor Bearing Co. which occupied the building beginning in 1923. Pioneer manufactured motor bearings, shims, bolts and nuts.
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Van Ness Avenue Then and Now

9/19/2012

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San Francisco, Ca. Van Ness Ave. auto row, at Bush St.,1926, Chevrolet dealership on corner......and now an office building and coffee shop, 2012.
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USS Iowa

5/27/2012

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USS Iowa (BB-61), iconic WWII-era battleship, being towed out of San Francisco Bay on it's way to new home in Southern California. The Iowa earned nine battle stars for service in WWII and 2 battle stars for service in the Korean War. It is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships. It will become a museum ship berthed in San Pedro, Ca.
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Ansel Adams' San Francisco House

2/27/2012

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Ansel Adams (1902-1984) American photographer. Adams was born in San Francisco in 1902.  In 1903, his family moved to a new home near the Seacliff neighborhood. The home sat on a bluff surrounded by sand dunes and had a view of the Golden Gate and the Marin Headlands. (From wikipedia:) Uninjured in the initial shaking of the 1906 earthquake, the four-year-old Ansel Adams was tossed face-first into a garden wall during an aftershock three hours later, breaking his nose. The house still stands today in it's original location although it has been extensively remodeled. Adams built another house adjacent to it that he lived in until 1962 when he moved to Carmel, Ca. 

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