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21:2021:20, 30 January 2026 Portola Festival (hist | edit) [7,453 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by Arnold Wood, October 2019'' ''Reprinted from [https://www.opensfhistory.org/osfhcrucible/2019/10/16/the-portola-festival-a-closer-look/ OpenSFHistory.org], courtesy Western Neighborhoods Project.'' Image:Portola Festival 1909 Elevated view northeast over Union Square from St. Francis Hotel-- Crowds assembled for Portola Festival opensfhistory wnp15.1115.jpg|8...")

14:2614:26, 9 January 2026 Saturdays on Mission Street (hist | edit) [3,895 bytes] Lisaruth (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' "I was there..." ''' ''by Carol Birnbaum Gilbert'' Image:Blooms nextToMajestic on Mission Street.jpg '''Mission Street between 20th and 21st Streets. The red arrow shows the building Bloom's Clothes for Men and Boys operated out of.''' ''Photo courtesy Carol Birnbaum Gilbert'' My grandfather founded Bloom's Clothes for Men and Boys on Mission Street between 20th and 21st Streets m...")

21:4721:47, 4 January 2026 Tetrazzini's Christmas Gift (hist | edit) [11,259 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by Woody LaBounty'' ''Originally published at [https://www.sanfranciscostory.com/tetrazzinis-christmas-gift/ San Francisco Story] December 2025'' <big>'''In 1910, the world's greatest soprano gave San Francisco a present.'''</big> 800px '''Tetrazzini sings. An edited and elaborated image used as a souvenir postcard of the event.''' Imp...")

14:5014:50, 28 December 2025 San Francisco Eagle (hist | edit) [18,832 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''By Drew Bourn PhD MLIS for [https://www.sfheritage.org/community/the-san-francisco-eagle/ San Francisco Heritage], October 2025'' 800px '''November 1993 exterior shot of the San Francisco Eagle.''' ''Photo by Marcos Hernandez. Marcus Hernandez (Mister Marcus) collection, The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society.''...")

14:5214:52, 23 December 2025 The Stud, San Francisco's Oldest LGBTQ Bar (hist | edit) [15,356 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''By Drew Bourn PhD MLIS for [https://www.sfheritage.org/community/the-folsom-street-fair/ San Francisco Heritage], October 2025'' Image:Stud-3.jpg '''Tie-dye banners and a flag festoon The Stud at its original location at 1535 Folsom Street. The bar’s entrance was on the far right in the photograph, adjacent to Norfolk Street.''' ''Photo: Henri Leleu. Henri...") originally created as "Stud, Famous Gay Bay"

23:3823:38, 16 December 2025 Folsom Street Fair (hist | edit) [15,168 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''By Drew Bourn PhD MLIS for [https://www.sfheritage.org/community/the-folsom-street-fair/ San Francisco Heritage], October 2025'' U.S. Army Captain Joseph Folsom, after whom San Francisco’s Folsom Street is named, made a fortune by speculating in California real estate during the Gold Rush. His land dealings foreshadowed the role that real estate development would...")
23:1723:17, 16 December 2025 Infinite James Cha (hist | edit) [11,680 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' "I was there..." ''' ''by Romalyn Schmaltz, 2025'' ::''I’ve written so many tributes, obituaries, eulogies, and farewells, but I never thought I’d be writing one for the man who sat next to me as I wrote most of them. I don’t know how to process this yet, as he was very tight-lipped about his health with me of late and it’s been a shock, but writing the following helped and I hop...")

12:3312:33, 9 December 2025 GGIE, Ruth Taylor and the Treasure Island Cartograph (hist | edit) [5,877 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by Kenneth Stein'' I recently got a poster size copy of this classic 1939 two-sided map (there called a “Cartograph”) of the World’s Fair on Treasure Island. 800px 800px This one is a bit larger than the foldout frontispiece versions that graced the in...")

12:0612:06, 4 December 2025 Rob Andrews' Dramatic First Home Run (hist | edit) [5,837 bytes] MattSieger (talk | contribs) (Rob Andrews' first major league home run was a dramatic one.)

23:0823:08, 12 November 2025 Literary Roots in the Long-Vanished City of God (hist | edit) [28,539 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' "I was there..." ''' ''by Robert Andersen, 2025'' ''Originally published at the [https://andersenr.substack.com/p/san-francisco-take-two author's substack] under the title "San Francisco Take Two: Then, from Now"'' :::''…the fabulous white city of San Francisco on her eleven mystic hills...'' :::::—Jack Kerouac <big>1. Class of 1963</big> ::''To the memory of Michael James Monaha...")

22:5222:52, 10 November 2025 Rout of San Francisco Bay (hist | edit) [18,433 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' "I was there..." ''' ''by Robert Andersen, 2025'' ''Originally published at the [https://andersenr.substack.com/p/the-view-from-the-uss-san-francisco author's substack]'' :::''To the memory of James Hornfischer'' <big>1</big> A brilliant Friday afternoon in San Francisco, visibility unlimited, and as the Blue Angels dart overhead in a sonic romp, rehearsing their Fleet Week grand fin...") originally created as "View from the USS San Francisco Memorial"

13:1913:19, 7 November 2025 Mission Miracle Mile (hist | edit) [8,777 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' "I was there..." ''' ''by Robert Anderson, 2025'' <big>'''The Great Good Place Then and Now'''</big> :::''To the memory of my parents'' 792px '''22nd and Mission Streets, 1950s.''' ''Photo: provenance unknown'' The Miracle Mile began at Army and Mission, at the big Sears Store, and ended at 16th and Mission, at Lachman Brothers Furniture Store, w...") originally created as "Once Upon a Time in the Mission"

22:3822:38, 4 November 2025 Gayola Scandal (hist | edit) [8,907 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by Michah Ford, 2025'' {| style="color: black; background-color: #F5DA81;" | colspan="2" |'''In San Francisco in the middle of the 20th century, police officers would demand bribes from gay bar owners to protect them from raids and arrests, which led to public humiliation. This was soon labeled as the Gayola Scandal. The origins of the scandal regarding homophobic...")