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St Mary's Recreation Center

2015-12-09T19:59:20Z

Dsgallagher: scanning the original negatives which, uncropped,

''' Unfinished History '''

'''Manual laborers "shaping" the slopes for the St. Mary's Recreation Center.'''

[[Image:bernlhts$st-marys-residence-dev-1930s.jpg|720px|thumb]]

'''St. Mary's Recreation Center Construction, looking southwesterly from near Crescent and Justin, January 4, 1934.'''

''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

[[Image:bernlhts$st-marys-residence-workers.jpg|720px|thumb]]

'''St. Mary's Recreation Center Construction work crew, January 4, 1934'''

''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

[[Image:bernlhts$st-marys-res-dev-long-shot-30s.jpg]]

'''Longer view of the St. Mary's Recreation Center Construction, December 26, 1933'''

''photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

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Trains in the Mission

2013-12-23T18:52:19Z

Dsgallagher:

''' Unfinished History '''

[[Image:transit1$sp-railroad-in-mission-c-1920.jpg]]

'''Southern Pacific's San Jose Railroad chugging through the Mission District, c. 1920'''

''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

[[Image:Rr-in-noe-valley-towards-bernal-cut 3014.jpg|720px|thumb]]

'''Railroad right of way visibly curving through lower Noe Valley in this early 1940s aerial image. Also notable is the location of the not-yet built Noe Valley Recreation Center on the west end of the block bounded by 30th, Sanchez, and Day Streets.'''

''Photo: San Francisco Planning Department''

[[Image:Train on bridge near Dolores 1908 AAB-3476.jpg]]

'''Train on bridge near Dolores Street, 1908.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''

[[Image:Railroad passing Bernal Cut 1908 AAA-9900.jpg]]

'''Railroad passing [[Bernal Cut|Bernal Cut]], 1908.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''

[[Image:Carbarn-and-trolley-on-Mission-near-29th-1937.jpg]]

''United Railroads carbarn and trolley on Mission near 29th Street, 1937.'''

''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco''

[[Image:21st-and-Harrison-SP-train-1905-AAA-9981.jpg]]

'''Southern Pacific train running on Harrison Street near 21st, 1905.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''

[[Image:transit1$29th-dolores-c-1902.jpg]]

'''29th & Dolores Sts., apx. 1902, railroad bridge in background.'''

''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

[[Image:1873_SFSJ_RR_missiondist_rumsey.jpg]]

'''The actual route of the San Francisco-San Jose Railroad through Noe Valley - 1873'''

''Photo: David Rumsey Collection''

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Trains in the Mission

2013-12-23T18:50:51Z

Dsgallagher: added information to image description.

''' Unfinished History '''

[[Image:transit1$sp-railroad-in-mission-c-1920.jpg]]

'''Southern Pacific's San Jose Railroad chugging through the Mission District, c. 1920'''

''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

[[Image:Rr-in-noe-valley-towards-bernal-cut 3014.jpg|720px|thumb]]

'''Railroad right of way visibly curving through lower Noe Valley in this early 1940s aerial image. Also notable is is the not-yet built location of Noe Valley Recreation Center on the west end of the block bounded by 30th, Sanchez, and Day Streets.'''

''Photo: San Francisco Planning Department''

[[Image:Train on bridge near Dolores 1908 AAB-3476.jpg]]

'''Train on bridge near Dolores Street, 1908.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''

[[Image:Railroad passing Bernal Cut 1908 AAA-9900.jpg]]

'''Railroad passing [[Bernal Cut|Bernal Cut]], 1908.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''

[[Image:Carbarn-and-trolley-on-Mission-near-29th-1937.jpg]]

''United Railroads carbarn and trolley on Mission near 29th Street, 1937.'''

''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco''

[[Image:21st-and-Harrison-SP-train-1905-AAA-9981.jpg]]

'''Southern Pacific train running on Harrison Street near 21st, 1905.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''

[[Image:transit1$29th-dolores-c-1902.jpg]]

'''29th & Dolores Sts., apx. 1902, railroad bridge in background.'''

''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

[[Image:1873_SFSJ_RR_missiondist_rumsey.jpg]]

'''The actual route of the San Francisco-San Jose Railroad through Noe Valley - 1873'''

''Photo: David Rumsey Collection''

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Bernal Cut

2011-03-17T15:33:04Z

Dsgallagher: added more accurate map showing railroad route

''' Unfinished History '''

[[Image:Train passing through Bernal Cut nd AAA-9904.jpg]]

'''Train passing through Bernal Cut near Milton Street, 1905.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

[[Image:Looking south in Bernal Cut near Charles Street 1905 AAB-8697.jpg]]

'''Looking south in Bernal Cut near Charles Street, 1905.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

[[Image:Railroad passing Bernal Cut 1908 AAA-9900.jpg]]

'''Railroad passing Bernal Cut, 1908.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

[[Image:Bernal Cut southerly view nd AAA-9919.jpg]]

'''Looking south through the Bernal Cut, pre-1929.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

[[Image:Widening Bernal Cut 1929 AAB-6752.jpg]]

'''Widening the Bernal Cut to make it a car route too, 1929.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

[[Image:Bernal Cut, Richland Avenue and Miguel Street Bridge oct 18 1929 AAA-9913.jpg]]

'''Bernal Cut at Richland Avenue overpass, October 18, 1929.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

[[Image:Bernal Cut, Richland Avenue, Miguel Street Bridge and Highland Avenue Bridge Oct 1929 AAA-9924.jpg]]

'''Bernal Cut, Richland Avenue, Miguel Street Bridge and Highland Avenue Bridge, October 18, 1929.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

[[Image:Bernal Cut looking from Rousseau street April 1930 AAA-9905.jpg]]

'''Bernal Cut looking north from Rousseau Street, April 1930.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

[[Image:Bernal cut hazardous roadway w 3 kids 1942 AAA-9927.jpg]]

'''Three children wander hazardously along the Bernal Cut, c. 1942.'''

''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''

[[Image:Bernal-cut-rr-line-through-mission.jpg]]

'''The red line indicates the path the San Jose-San Francisco Railroad took through the Mission to reach the Bernal Cut at the bottom of the photo.'''

[[Image:1873_SFSJ_RR_missiondist_rumsey.jpg]]

'''The actual route of the San Francisco-San Jose Railroad through Noe Valley - 1873 - (David Rumsey Collection)'''

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File:1873 SFSJ RR missiondist rumsey.jpg

2011-03-17T15:27:50Z

Dsgallagher: The route of the San Francisco-San Jose Railroad through Bernal cut and Noe Valley 1873 - From the David Rumsey Collection http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1460~190001:Bancroft-s-Official-Guide-Map-Of-Ci?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialS

The route of the San Francisco-San Jose Railroad through Bernal cut and Noe Valley 1873 - From the David Rumsey Collection

http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~1460~190001:Bancroft-s-Official-Guide-Map-Of-Ci?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:san%2Bfrancisco;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=22&trs=1250

St Mary's Recreation Center

2010-03-26T20:46:33Z

Dsgallagher:

''' Unfinished History '''

'''manual laborers "shaping" the slopes for the St. Mary's Recreation Center.'''

[[Image:bernlhts$st-marys-residence-dev-1930s.jpg]]

'''St. Mary's Recreation Center Construction, looking southwesterly from near Crescent and Justin, 1947-51'''

''photo: Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''

[[Image:bernlhts$st-marys-residence-workers.jpg]]

'''St. Mary's Recreation Center Construction work crew, 1947-51'''

''photo: Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''

[[Image:bernlhts$st-marys-res-dev-long-shot-30s.jpg]]

'''Longer view of the St. Mary's Recreation Center Construction, 1947-51'''

''photo: Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''

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St Mary's Recreation Center

2010-03-26T20:45:15Z

Dsgallagher: clarified dates and picture captions

''' Unfinished History '''

'''1930s shots of manual laborers "shaping" the slopes for the St. Mary's residential development.'''

[[Image:bernlhts$st-marys-residence-dev-1930s.jpg]]

'''St. Mary's Recreation Center Construction, looking southwesterly from near Crescent and Justin, 1947-51'''

''photo: Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''

[[Image:bernlhts$st-marys-residence-workers.jpg]]

'''St. Mary's Recreation Center Construction work crew, 1947-51'''

''photo: Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''

[[Image:bernlhts$st-marys-res-dev-long-shot-30s.jpg]]

'''Longer view of the St. Mary's Recreation Center Construction, 1947-51'''

''photo: Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''

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