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'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' | |||
[[Image:Wnp36.00854 Islais Creek near Kentucky.jpg]] | |||
''photo: | '''Islais Creek wetlands, once home to many kinds of fish and a favorite place to play and fish for the kids on Bernal Heights. This bridge across Islais Creek is located near Kentucky Street (now 3rd Street), August 23, 1915.''' | ||
''photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.00854.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.00854.jpg'' | |||
[[Image:Wnp36.00730 Islais Creek San Bruno near Cortland.jpg]] | |||
'''Former Wetlands of Islais Creek seen from Bernal Heights, San Bruno Avenue near Cortland, March 4, 1915 ''' | |||
''Photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.00730.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.00730.jpg'' | |||
[[Image:3rd-Street-Bridge-over-Islais-Creek I0049943A.jpg]] | |||
'''The 3rd Street Bridge over Islais Creek, c. 1920s.''' | |||
''Photo: Online Archive of California'' | |||
[[Image:March 14 1915 Islais Creek E from Hill dpwbook11 dpw2272 looking north to Potrero Hill wnp36.00729.jpg|792px]] | |||
'''Islais Creek east from Bernal Hill, looking north to Potrero Hill.''' | |||
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.00729; DPW Book 11, DPW 2272'' | |||
[[Image:Wnp36.01165 Islais Creek South from trestle after flood.jpg]] | |||
'''January 25, 1916 view of Islais Creek wetlands following a flood. Location is east of Bernal Heights looking south from the railroad trestle seen in above photo.''' | |||
''photo: [http://opensfhistory.org/Display/wnp36.01165.jpg OpenSFHistory] / wnp36.01165.jpg'' | |||
[[Image:bernlhts$clam-house.jpg]] | [[Image:bernlhts$clam-house.jpg]] | ||
'''The Old Clam House, in place at the edge of the wetlands since the 1860s | '''The Old Clam House at [[East Slope Bernal Heights|Bayshore Blvd. and Oakdale Ave.]], in place at the edge of the wetlands since the 1860s.''' | ||
''photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ''photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
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'''Lifelong Bernal resident George Williams used to beg for bait at the Old Clam House when he played in the swamps as a kid.''' | |||
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"I was there..."
Islais Creek wetlands, once home to many kinds of fish and a favorite place to play and fish for the kids on Bernal Heights. This bridge across Islais Creek is located near Kentucky Street (now 3rd Street), August 23, 1915.
photo: OpenSFHistory / wnp36.00854.jpg
Former Wetlands of Islais Creek seen from Bernal Heights, San Bruno Avenue near Cortland, March 4, 1915
Photo: OpenSFHistory / wnp36.00730.jpg
The 3rd Street Bridge over Islais Creek, c. 1920s.
Photo: Online Archive of California
Islais Creek east from Bernal Hill, looking north to Potrero Hill.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.00729; DPW Book 11, DPW 2272
January 25, 1916 view of Islais Creek wetlands following a flood. Location is east of Bernal Heights looking south from the railroad trestle seen in above photo.
photo: OpenSFHistory / wnp36.01165.jpg
The Old Clam House at Bayshore Blvd. and Oakdale Ave., in place at the edge of the wetlands since the 1860s.
photo: Chris Carlsson
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/ssfgwill" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Lifelong Bernal resident George Williams used to beg for bait at the Old Clam House when he played in the swamps as a kid.