19th Century Velodromes in SF - Revision history

Ccarlsson at 04:39, 27 May 2025

2025-05-27T04:39:58Z

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	[[Image:C1902 Golden Gate Park Panhandle and The Velodrome in foreground, on the site of the Southern Pacific Hospital at Baker and Fell. In the background is Calvary Cemetery. Part of a Panorama From Buena Vista Park wnp13.032.jpg\|800px]]		[[Image:C1902 Golden Gate Park Panhandle and The Velodrome in foreground, on the site of the Southern Pacific Hospital at Baker and Fell. In the background is Calvary Cemetery. Part of a Panorama From Buena Vista Park wnp13.032.jpg\|800px]]

	'''The cycling Velodrome is seen here at Baker and Fell, just north of the Panhandle, in this c. 1898 photo. Later the Southern Pacific Hospital was built on this same location, a building that is now a senior assisted living facility. Further in the distance is the [[Cemeteries at foot of Lone Mountain\|Calvary Cemetery]].'''		'''The cycling Velodrome is seen here at Baker and Fell, just north of the Panhandle, in this c. 1898 photo. Later the [[Southern Pacific Hospital\|Southern Pacific Hospital]] was built on this same location, a building that is now a senior assisted living facility. Further in the distance is the [[Cemeteries at foot of Lone Mountain\|Calvary Cemetery]].'''

	''Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp13.032''		''Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp13.032''
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	'''By the end of the 1890s, Thomas Varney's Rambler Bicycle Company had taken over the space and converted it to a velodrome and bicycling sport club.'''		'''By the end of the 1890s, Thomas Varney's Rambler Bicycle Company had taken over the space and converted it to a velodrome and bicycling sport club.'''


	[[Image:transit1$1896-scorcher-parade$scorcher_itm$scorcher-cartoon.jpg]]		[[Image:transit1$1896-scorcher-parade$scorcher_itm$scorcher-cartoon.jpg]]

	'''Cartoon about [[The Great Bicycle Parade of 1896\|"scorchers"]] (bicycles) from the turn of the 19th to 20th century.'''		'''Cartoon about [[The Great Bicycle Parade of 1896\|"scorchers"]] (bicycles) from the turn of the 19th to 20th century.'''

			[[Image:Coliseum,-Baker-St.-end-of-Golden-Gate-Park-Panhandle,-between-Oak-&-Fell-Sts.-on-Baker-St.jpg\|800px]]

			'''View in early 1900s of end of Panhandle. McKinley statue gazing eastward towards a type of amphitheatre or coliseum that sat on the site of today's Dept. of Motor Vehicles between Fell and Oak Streets.'''

			''Photo: provenance unknown''


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Ccarlsson at 22:05, 2 June 2023

2023-06-02T22:05:10Z

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	In the early 1890s there were "velodrome" races at Central Park at 8th and Market Street as well as at the Mechanics' Pavilion that was destroyed in the 1906 fire.		In the early 1890s there were "velodrome" races at Central Park at 8th and Market Street as well as at the Mechanics' Pavilion that was destroyed in the 1906 fire.

	Other velodromes were located at ~~7th~~ and Stevenson ~~(most recently the Greyhound Terminal~~, now ~~the new Federal Building at 7th and Mission)~~ and the Valencia Gardens Housing Project.		Other velodromes were located at [[Cyclorama at Tenth and Market\|10th and Stevenson]], where Dolby has its offices now, and the Valencia Gardens Housing Project.

			[[Image:Cyclorama.jpg\|800px]]

			'''By the end of the 1890s, Thomas Varney's Rambler Bicycle Company had taken over the space and converted it to a velodrome and bicycling sport club.'''


	[[Image:transit1$1896-scorcher-parade$scorcher_itm$scorcher-cartoon.jpg]]		[[Image:transit1$1896-scorcher-parade$scorcher_itm$scorcher-cartoon.jpg]]

Ccarlsson at 02:19, 20 February 2020

2020-02-20T02:19:11Z

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	[[Image:C1902 Golden Gate Park Panhandle and The Velodrome in foreground, on the site of the Southern Pacific Hospital at Baker and Fell. In the background is Calvary Cemetery. Part of a Panorama From Buena Vista Park wnp13.032.jpg\|800px]]		[[Image:C1902 Golden Gate Park Panhandle and The Velodrome in foreground, on the site of the Southern Pacific Hospital at Baker and Fell. In the background is Calvary Cemetery. Part of a Panorama From Buena Vista Park wnp13.032.jpg\|800px]]

	'''The cycling Velodrome is seen here at Baker and Fell, just north of the Panhandle, in this ~~1902~~ photo. Later the Southern Pacific Hospital was built on this same location, a building that is now a senior assisted living facility. Further in the distance is the [[Cemeteries at foot of Lone Mountain\|Calvary Cemetery]].'''		'''The cycling Velodrome is seen here at Baker and Fell, just north of the Panhandle, in this c. 1898 photo. Later the Southern Pacific Hospital was built on this same location, a building that is now a senior assisted living facility. Further in the distance is the [[Cemeteries at foot of Lone Mountain\|Calvary Cemetery]].'''

	''Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp13.032''		''Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp13.032''
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Ccarlsson: added OpenSFHistory photo and category

2020-02-20T02:16:59Z

added OpenSFHistory photo and category

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	'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''		'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''

	[[Image:~~transit1$1896-scorcher-parade$scorcher_itm$scorcher-cartoon~~.jpg]]		[[Image:C1902 Golden Gate Park Panhandle and The Velodrome in foreground, on the site of the Southern Pacific Hospital at Baker and Fell. In the background is Calvary Cemetery. Part of a Panorama From Buena Vista Park wnp13.032.jpg\|800px]]

			'''The cycling Velodrome is seen here at Baker and Fell, just north of the Panhandle, in this 1902 photo. Later the Southern Pacific Hospital was built on this same location, a building that is now a senior assisted living facility. Further in the distance is the [[Cemeteries at foot of Lone Mountain\|Calvary Cemetery]].'''

	''~~'Cartoon about [[The Great Bicycle Parade of 1896\|"scorchers"]] (bicycles) from the turn of the 19th to 20th century~~.'''		''Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org wnp13.032''

	In the 1890s there was a velodrome at the site of the former Southern Pacific Hospital on the NW corner of Fell and Baker. It opened in November, 1896 closed around 1898/99. By 1899 the Velodrome had been dismantled and the wooden track moved to the Olympic Grounds in the Sunset.		In the 1890s there was a velodrome at the site of the former Southern Pacific Hospital on the NW corner of Fell and Baker. It opened in November, 1896 closed around 1898/99. By 1899 the Velodrome had been dismantled and the wooden track moved to the Olympic Grounds in the Sunset.
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	Other velodromes were located at 7th and Stevenson (most recently the Greyhound Terminal, now the new Federal Building at 7th and Mission) and the Valencia Gardens Housing Project.		Other velodromes were located at 7th and Stevenson (most recently the Greyhound Terminal, now the new Federal Building at 7th and Mission) and the Valencia Gardens Housing Project.

			[[Image:transit1$1896-scorcher-parade$scorcher_itm$scorcher-cartoon.jpg]]

			'''Cartoon about [[The Great Bicycle Parade of 1896\|"scorchers"]] (bicycles) from the turn of the 19th to 20th century.'''


	[[category:Haight-Ashbury]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:transit]] [[category:sports]] [[category:Bicycling]]		[[category:Haight-Ashbury]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:transit]] [[category:sports]] [[category:Bicycling]] [[category:1900s]]

Ccarlsson: added to bicycling theme

2012-07-09T07:33:10Z

added to bicycling theme

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Lisaruth: removed bicycling as a category

2012-06-12T20:37:34Z

removed bicycling as a category

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Lisaruth: incorporated information from Angus Macfarlane per email corrections

2012-06-12T20:36:41Z

incorporated information from Angus Macfarlane per email corrections

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	'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''		'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''

			[[Image:transit1$1896-scorcher-parade$scorcher_itm$scorcher-cartoon.jpg]]

	[[~~Image:Velodrome-at-Baker-and-Fell.jpg~~]]		'''Cartoon about [[The Great Bicycle Parade of 1896\|"scorchers"]] (bicycles) from the turn of the 19th to 20th century.'''

	~~'''Velodrome on Baker directly across~~ from ~~end~~ of ~~Panhandle, between Fell and Oak Streets, 1890s~~.'''

	~~''Photo: Bancroft Library~~''

			In the 1890s there was a velodrome at the site of the former Southern Pacific Hospital on the NW corner of Fell and Baker. It opened in November, 1896 closed around 1898/99. By 1899 the Velodrome had been dismantled and the wooden track moved to the Olympic Grounds in the Sunset.

	~~Today's Department of Motor Vehicles~~ at ~~Baker~~ and ~~Fell sits on~~ the ~~site of what~~ was ~~a bicycling Velodrome~~ in ~~1893. Other velodromes were located at 7th and Stevenson (most recently the Greyhound Terminal, now the new Federal Building at 7th and Mission) and~~ the ~~Valencia Gardens Housing Project~~.		In the early 1890s there were "velodrome" races at Central Park at 8th and Market Street as well as at the Mechanics' Pavilion that was destroyed in the 1906 fire.

	~~[[Image:transit1$1896-scorcher-parade$scorcher_itm$scorcher-cartoon~~.~~jpg]]~~		Other velodromes were located at 7th and Stevenson (most recently the Greyhound Terminal, now the new Federal Building at 7th and Mission) and the Valencia Gardens Housing Project.

	~~'''Cartoon about [[The Great Bicycle Parade of 1896\|"scorchers"]] (bicycles) from the turn of the 19th to 20th century.'''~~

	[[category:Haight-Ashbury]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:transit]] [[category:sports]] [[category:bicycling]]		[[category:Haight-Ashbury]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:transit]] [[category:sports]] [[category:bicycling]]

Ccarlsson at 00:29, 2 December 2011

2011-12-02T00:29:10Z

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	[[Image:Velodrome-at-Baker-and-Fell.jpg]]		[[Image:Velodrome-at-Baker-and-Fell.jpg]]

	'''Velodrome at Baker and ~~Fell~~, 1890s.'''		'''Velodrome on Baker directly across from end of Panhandle, between Fell and Oak Streets, 1890s.'''

	''Photo: Bancroft Library''		''Photo: Bancroft Library''

Ccarlsson at 00:28, 2 December 2011

2011-12-02T00:28:26Z

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	'''Cartoon about "scorchers" (bicycles) from the turn of the ~~century (~~19th-20th).'''		'''Cartoon about [[The Great Bicycle Parade of 1896\|"scorchers"]] (bicycles) from the turn of the 19th to 20th century.'''

	[[category:Haight-Ashbury]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:transit]] [[category:sports]] [[category:bicycling]]		[[category:Haight-Ashbury]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:transit]] [[category:sports]] [[category:bicycling]]

Ccarlsson: Created page with '''' Unfinished History ''' Image:Velodrome-at-Baker-and-Fell.jpg '''Velodrome at Baker a...'

2011-12-02T00:26:50Z

Created page with '''' Unfinished History ''' Image:Velodrome-at-Baker-and-Fell.jpg '''Velodrome at Baker a...'

New page

''' Unfinished History '''

[[Image:Velodrome-at-Baker-and-Fell.jpg]]

'''Velodrome at Baker and Fell, 1890s.'''

''Photo: Bancroft Library''

Today's Department of Motor Vehicles at Baker and Fell sits on the site of what was a bicycling Velodrome in 1893. Other velodromes were located at 7th and Stevenson (most recently the Greyhound Terminal, now the new Federal Building at 7th and Mission) and the Valencia Gardens Housing Project.

[[Image:transit1$1896-scorcher-parade$scorcher_itm$scorcher-cartoon.jpg]]

'''Cartoon about "scorchers" (bicycles) from the turn of the century (19th-20th).'''

[[category:Haight-Ashbury]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:transit]] [[category:sports]] [[category:bicycling]]