FoundSF is a living archive of the city providing people with access to its lost history. Hundreds of people have contributed stories, photos, video oral histories and more. Our project shows that history is much more than Richter scales and gold rushes. Browse the archive by Decade, Neighborhood, Population or Theme.

FoundSF is a collaboration between Shaping San Francisco and San Francisco Museum and Historical Society, and you!

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The Birth of Carnaval on the Streets of San Francisco

1979, Precita Park
On February 25th, 1979, a windy, cold and rainy Sunday in San Francisco, about three hundred drummers and dancers, dressed in multifarious colors and shapes, paraded around Precita Park in the Mission District.. . . . see more

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