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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...")

22:3222:32, 13 April 2026 Sutro Baths: Civil Rights Monument? (hist | edit) [8,557 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by David Bacon'' ''Originally published at [https://48hills.org/2026/03/remembering-sutro-baths-and-the-1896-law-that-helped-fight-racial-discrimination-in-california/ 48hills.com] as "Remembering Sutro Baths, and the 1896 law that helped fight racial discrimination in California", March 2026'' Image:Dnb2026sutrobaths05.jpg '''Grafitti at the old Sutro Baths...")

18:4718:47, 12 April 2026 Larry Itliong and the Great Delano Grape Strike (hist | edit) [13,272 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''text and photos by David Bacon'' ''Originally published on the author's blog, [https://davidbaconrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2026/04/larry-itliong-and-great-delano-grape.html ''The Reality Check''], April 8, 2026'' Image:Dnb filipino farmworkers 03.jpg '''COACHELLA, CA - Although Filipino workers were a large and important part of the farm labor workforce in th...")

21:1721:17, 16 March 2026 Texas Street Views (hist | edit) [454 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' Unfinished History ''' 800px '''Texas near 19th Street, April 1953.''' ''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp27.7387'' Image:Texas-and-18th-St-c1957 PHAP.jpg '''Texas and 18th Street, c. 1957.''' ''Photo: Potrero Hill Archives Project'' category:Potrero Hill category:1950s category:roads")

18:3918:39, 9 March 2026 Scott Williams at Home (hist | edit) [4,660 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' "I was there..." ''' ''by Robert Collision'' 400px '''Scott Williams in his kitchen.''' ''Photo: Robert Collision'' I first visited Scott Williams’s flat at 20th and Shotwell starting in the early ‘90’s, looking to collect artwork directly from the artist himself. At the time, his spray stenciled paintings covered live-work spaces, automobiles, burg...")

14:0314:03, 6 March 2026 Windows Into the Tenderloin—Seeds of Dreams (hist | edit) [3,039 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' "I was there..." ''' ''text and photos by Mona Caron'' Overview of the project 800px To the left of the tall windows, a curtain opens to reveal a meadow with its grass roots exposed. Underground, there are sprouting seeds. These seeds are made of tile, and each was created by a differe...")
13:5713:57, 6 March 2026 Windows Into the Tenderloin—Another Way (hist | edit) [6,968 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' "I was there..." ''' ''text and photos by Mona Caron'' Overview of the project 800px From the present to the future: a DIY utopia! This is the part of this mural that became a vehicle for the community to envision an alternative future, another way for their community to exist. Both tall...")

00:1000:10, 5 March 2026 Windows Into the Tenderloin—The Ghosts of the Past (hist | edit) [6,280 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' "I was there..." ''' ''text and photos by Mona Caron'' Overview of the project 800px 800px From the cityscapes below, vapor-like white streams rise up into the sky. These are the trails of transparent "ghosts of the...") originally created as "Windows Into the Tenderloin—The Ghosts"

23:4523:45, 4 March 2026 Windows Into the Tenderloin—The Street (hist | edit) [4,718 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' "I was there..." ''' ''text and photos by Mona Caron'' Overview of the project 800px '''Looking up Jones Street from Market Street, mural in the distance''' In this first panel of the mural, a fading gateway opens onto a bird's eye view of the mural's own location, looking North from an imagined vi...")
23:2023:20, 4 March 2026 Windows Into the Tenderloin—A Lost Mural (hist | edit) [5,257 bytes] Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''' "I was there..." ''' ''by Mona Caron'' 800px '''Windows Into the Tenderloin mural, 2010.''' ''Photos: Mona Caron'' 800px Windows into the Tenderloin was a mural in, for, and about the Tenderloin District in San Francisco. The mural had several "windows" that showed bir...")

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