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Period Piece: Baker Street sense
Baker Street's namesake Edward Dickinson Baker falls in a battle in Virginia.PHOTO COURTESY SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARYGuardian history writer Lucy A. Schiller is examining SF's history corner by...
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Period Piece: Brannan Street sense (and Geary Boulevard, too)
Samuel Brannan's well-placed general store made him one of the first Gold Rush millionaires.PHOTO COURTESY SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARYGuardian history writer Lucy Schiller is exploring the city...
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Period Piece: Green and Gilbert Streets sense
Green Street circa 1927, named for a fraudulent Talbot Green.PHOTO COURTESY SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARYGuardian history writer Lucy Schiller is exploring the city street-by-street in the slow week...
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Period Piece: Laguna and McAllister Streets sense
Near present-day Fort Mason, Washerwoman's Lagoon sat, well-used by laundry day San Francisans.PHOTO COURTESY SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARYGuardian history writer Lucy Schiller is exploring the city...
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Period Piece: Palou Avenue
A wedding celebration presided over by the statue of Francisco Palou.PHOTO COURTESY SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARYGuardian history writer Lucy Schiller is exploring the city street-by-street in the slow...
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