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23:4323:43, 22 July 2026 Oral History: Aaron Peskin (hist | edit) [1,208 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Oral History ''' ''Interviewed by Chris Carlsson for Shaping San Francisco on July 16, 2026.'' <iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/aaron-peskin-oral-history-july-16-2026" width="560" height="384" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe> category:Oral Histories category:Power and Money category:Famous characters c...")

21:2721:27, 18 July 2026 Communards, San Francisco, and Chinese Labor (hist | edit) [22,004 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by Gia Vogerl'' ''An excerpt from the chapter "On the Sandlot" in ''Deconstructing Settler Socialism: Anarchism and the Internationals in the Wild West'', published by Historical Seditions, 2025'' Image:Common-Sense-Masthead 081836.jpg '''Radical Spiritualist newspaper of the 1870s.''' The historian Hubert Perrier noted that many francophone Sections [of the...")

22:2222:22, 10 July 2026 Clark's Point (hist | edit) [9,133 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by Woody LaBounty'' ''Originally published as "A Room at Clark's Point" at [https://www.sanfranciscostory.com/a-room-at-clarks-point/ ''San Francisco Story'', June, 2026'' 800px '''The Fremont Hotel on the cover of a German magazine in 1850.''' ''Image: courtesy [https://www.thehenryford.org/collections/explore/artifact/110...")
15:1215:12, 10 July 2026 Peter Neumann: Pavane for a Dead Prince (hist | edit) [4,109 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by Paulina Borsook, 2026'' 450px '''Peter G. Neumann''' ''Photo: Wikimedia Commons'' I can't stop thinking about it and I don't know how to write about it. It being the May 2026 death of august revered beloved computer scientist/computer security expert Peter Neumann at the age of 93. We were not friends; we met or talked just a f...")

20:5920:59, 21 June 2026 Oral History: Dave Glass (hist | edit) [2,391 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Oral History ''' ''Interviewed by LisaRuth Elliott and Chris Carlsson for Shaping San Francisco on March 2, 2023.'' Dave Glass has been taking photos of San Francisco going back to the 1970s. He grew up in the old Fillmore, and he was born in Mt Zion Hospital in 1951. After starting life in the Jewish neighborhood at 804A Webster Street, corner of Webster and Fulton, Glass spent some chi...")

16:4616:46, 12 June 2026 Legends of Early Riches (hist | edit) [22,331 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by Steven Carey Lassoff, 2014'' 800px '''Palace Hotel, 1870s, Lloyd Tevis sits at center with African-American staff in background. In the 1880s, the black workers were dismissed en masse under pressure from white labor unions.''' ''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org, wnp37.00867'' In...")

22:5222:52, 26 May 2026 Bay Area Military Bases (hist | edit) [17,388 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David D. Schmidt, 2026'' ''An excerpt from the book, [https://backcountrypress.com/book/san-francisco-bay-area/ ''San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History''], by David D. Schmidt (Backcountry Press, 2025). This is a survey of former and current military bases around the San Francisco Bay, but is not a full list of all such sites. Image:Presidio Cris...")
12:4812:48, 26 May 2026 Restoring Natural Areas on Federal Lands in San Francisco: Presidio and Fort Funston (hist | edit) [8,449 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David D. Schmidt, 2026'' ''An excerpt from the book, [https://backcountrypress.com/book/san-francisco-bay-area/ ''San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History''], by David D. Schmidt (Backcountry Press, 2025). In 1994, when the National Park Service took command of San Francisco's Presidio after more than 200 years of military use, Sharon Farrell began orga...")
12:2712:27, 26 May 2026 Restoring Natural Areas in San Francisco (hist | edit) [9,659 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David D. Schmidt, 2026'' ''An excerpt from the book, [https://backcountrypress.com/book/san-francisco-bay-area/ ''San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History''], by David D. Schmidt (Backcountry Press, 2025). Image:Bernal-Hts-green 20220213 234338555.jpg '''Bernal Heights in 2022, after decades of work to re-establish native plants and to reduce the p...")

22:1322:13, 25 May 2026 San Francisco's Drinking Water (hist | edit) [26,478 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David D. Schmidt, 2026'' ''An excerpt from the book, [https://backcountrypress.com/book/san-francisco-bay-area/ ''San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History''], by David D. Schmidt (Backcountry Press, 2025). Image:norbeach$black-point-1870.jpg '''Black Point (now Fort Mason), 1870. A new company formed by John Bensley and Antoine (aka Anthony) Chabot...")
21:2221:22, 25 May 2026 San Francisco’s Struggles With Sewage, 1860s-1990s (hist | edit) [21,879 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David D. Schmidt, 2026'' ''An excerpt from the book, [https://backcountrypress.com/book/san-francisco-bay-area/ ''San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History''], by David D. Schmidt (Backcountry Press, 2025). Image:KirbyCoveCulvertFeb2025.jpg '''This historic brick culvert, built in the 1860s at Kirby Cove in the Marin Headlands, is similar in size an...")
20:4520:45, 25 May 2026 Edgar and Peggy Wayburn, Phillip Burton Saved Vast Lands (hist | edit) [12,304 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David D. Schmidt, 2026'' ''An excerpt from the book, [https://backcountrypress.com/book/san-francisco-bay-area/ ''San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History''], by David D. Schmidt (Backcountry Press, 2025). Image:Edgar-and-Peggy-Wayburn-courtesy-Sierra-Club.jpg '''Edgar and Peggy Wayburn.''' ''Photo: courtesy Sierra Club'' Edgar Wayburn first came...")

22:2922:29, 24 May 2026 San Francisco's Garbage: From Mission Bay to Altamont (hist | edit) [33,728 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David D. Schmidt, 2026'' ''An excerpt from the book, [https://backcountrypress.com/book/san-francisco-bay-area/ ''San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History''], by David D. Schmidt (Backcountry Press, 2025). Image:TrashwagonSFEarly1900s.jpg '''The early days of trash pickup, or scavenging, in San Francisco, c. 1900.''' ''Photo: courtesy David D. Sch...")
21:3621:36, 24 May 2026 Saving Richardson Bay; Harold Gilliam Sounds the Alarm 1955-58 (hist | edit) [4,790 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David D. Schmidt, 2026'' ''An excerpt from the book, [https://backcountrypress.com/book/san-francisco-bay-area/ ''San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History''], by David D. Schmidt (Backcountry Press, 2025). Image:Richardson-Bay-from-Angel-Island 2563.jpg '''Looking northwest into Richardson Bay from Angel Island, 2014.''' ''Photo: Chris Carlsson''...")

17:3917:39, 22 May 2026 Mercury Mining (hist | edit) [34,321 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David D. Schmidt, 2026'' ''An excerpt from the book, [https://backcountrypress.com/book/san-francisco-bay-area/ ''San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History''], by David D. Schmidt (Backcountry Press, 2025). Image:AlmadenReductionWorksc1900.jpg '''The "reduction works" at the Almaden Mercury Mines, where ore was heated to vaporize the mercury, then...") originally created as "Mercury's Magic Touch: How Gold and Silver Mining Drove Demand"
16:4916:49, 22 May 2026 Borax King and Key System in East Bay (hist | edit) [4,338 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David D. Schmidt, 2026'' ''An excerpt from the book, [https://backcountrypress.com/book/san-francisco-bay-area/ ''San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History''], by David D. Schmidt (Backcountry Press, 2025). 800px View east from Be...")

22:5622:56, 20 May 2026 When Crab Was King at Fisherman’s Wharf (hist | edit) [7,181 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David D. Schmidt, 2026'' ''An excerpt from the book, [https://backcountrypress.com/book/san-francisco-bay-area/ ''San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History''], by David D. Schmidt (Backcountry Press, 2025). Image:Crabs at fisherman's wharf 1950s.jpg '''Crabs at Fisherman's Wharf, 1950s.''' ''Photo: Walter H. Miller'' Dungeness Crabs roam ocean and...")
22:4422:44, 20 May 2026 Abalone Boom and Bust (hist | edit) [4,431 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David D. Schmidt, 2026'' ''An excerpt from the book, [https://backcountrypress.com/book/san-francisco-bay-area/ ''San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History''], by David D. Schmidt (Backcountry Press, 2025). Image:04-Pacific-Grove-USC-Libraries-1536x1143.jpg '''Abandoned Chinese Abalone fishing village near Pacific Grove near Monterey, c. 1900.''' '...")
22:1122:11, 20 May 2026 Chinese Shrimp Camps Along The Bay (hist | edit) [8,302 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David D. Schmidt, 2026'' ''An excerpt from the book, [https://backcountrypress.com/book/san-francisco-bay-area/ ''San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History''], by David D. Schmidt (Backcountry Press, 2025). Italian fishermen were the first to fish for shrimp in San Francisco Bay in 1869. Beginning in 1871, however, Chinese fishermen with more efficient b...")
21:4721:47, 20 May 2026 Oysters, Pirates, and Pollution (hist | edit) [17,303 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David D. Schmidt, 2026'' ''An excerpt from the book, [https://backcountrypress.com/book/san-francisco-bay-area/ ''San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History''], by David D. Schmidt (Backcountry Press, 2025). 800px '''Oyster pirates in the San Francisco Bay, c. 1900.''' ''Photo: jstor'' F...")

11:5311:53, 17 May 2026 Polk Gulch LGBTQI History (hist | edit) [7,063 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' A Walking Tour ''' ''by Nan Alamilla Boyd, author of ''Wide Open Town'', 2026'' <iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/nan-a-boyd-polk-gulch-walking-tour" width="560" height="384" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe> ''Video featuring Nan Alamilla Boyd, filmed and edited by Chris Carlsson, May 16, 2026'' '''1. Cloud Seven, 23...")

00:0000:00, 6 May 2026 San Francisco Tenant’s Union 1978-1982 (hist | edit) [18,485 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' "I was there..." ''' ''by David Brigode'' ''Originally written for my MPA at SF State in 1983, this is part one (of three) of my personal recollection of SF Tenant History from 1974-1983, and my role as a co-founder of the San Francisco Tenant’s Union and advocate for Tenant’s Rights and Rent Control. part one San Francisco Tenant’s U...")

23:4223:42, 5 May 2026 San Francisco Tenant’s Union 1977-1978 (hist | edit) [13,390 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' "I was there..." ''' ''by David Brigode'' ''Originally written for my MPA at SF State in 1983, this is part one (of three) of my personal recollection of SF Tenant History from 1974-1983, and my role as a co-founder of the San Francisco Tenant’s Union and advocate for Tenant’s Rights and Rent Control.'' return to part one Image:SFTU-Ha...")
23:2623:26, 5 May 2026 San Francisco Tenant’s Union 1974-1977 (hist | edit) [11,505 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' "I was there..." ''' ''by David Brigode'' ''Originally written for my MPA at SF State in 1983, this is part one (of three) of my personal recollection of SF Tenant History from 1974-1983, and my role as a co-founder of the San Francisco Tenant’s Union and advocate for Tenant’s Rights and Rent Control. Image:SFTU-Kaussen.jpg < big>'''Part One—The Early Days'''</big> In July o...")

23:3523:35, 30 April 2026 Opening Building Trades to Women (hist | edit) [6,377 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by Molly Martin, originally published on her [https://mollymartin.blog/2026/04/02/how-can-women-make-a-living-wage-without-a-college-degree/ blog at tradswomen musings], April 2026'' Image:Local725iron-native-women-ironworkers.jpg '''Indigenous women in Ironworkers Local 725, Canada.''' ''Photo: Lightframe'' The Club for the Deaf’s attic on V...")

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