SAN FRANCISCO IMAGES: AFTER 1860

The city in 1864:Lake Merced, 1868:

Plowing the dunes in preparing to create Golden Gate Park, 1870s:

1875 map:

The city in 1877, looking south over Telegraph Hill:

Golden Gate Park as trees take root, 1880, along Ocean Beach:San Francisco, 1890:

Golden Gate Park, 1892, for Mid-winter Exposition:1897 map:San Francisco before earthquake:Cutting through sand hill to make Second Street near Rincon Point, before 1900.Living with sand after earthquake:Theodore Wores’ painting of dunes looking across to Lake Merced in early 1900s, lupine in bloom where houses now stand:1914

1914, as automobiles begin to dominate the city:Lake Merced Boulevard construction:

Fort Funston, preparing for war. Below that is Lake Merced at top of image with the peninsula leading to today’s golf course visible:

Sunset District just after WW2:Richmond District today, note the small pockets of private open space between houses:Lake Merced today:

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