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Walt G

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21 minutes ago, 30DodgePanel said:

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Architect Bernard Maybeck's superb Palace of Fine Arts from the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition.  It was constructed in plaster as a temporary building at the time.  In the late 1950s, very successful SF contractor Walter Johnson donated to the City of SF a piece-by-piece dismantling and recasting in concrete to make this magnificent edifice permanent.  From time to time, I was able to watch this being done.

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"1938 - Golden Gate International Exposition, Visit of Franklin D. Roosevelt in motorcade, Construction of GGIE, Tower of the Sun [After a luncheon with 1000 specially invited guests during which he made a 15 minutes address to the nation over the air, FDR is pictured as he left the Treasure Island site of the 1939 GGIE thus opening a new road via the San Francisco Bay Bridge"

 

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"Van Ness & Hayes,Oct 1919 - View north toward 200 block of Grove, over present site of the Davies Symphony Hall, bounded by Van Ness, Hayes, Grove, and Gough, An Overland car event at the 'Overland Autodrome' (later the Commerce High School Athletic Field) Pacific Auto Painting Co 226 Grove (site of the SF Opera House) and spires of St. Paulus Church in background"

 

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"Eddy near Gough,1920 - View north across Eddy between Gough and Octavia. Two now-demolished mansions on Jefferson Square, 1090 Eddy at left and 1050 Eddy (after the 1906 earthquake, it served as the Olympic Club clubhouse and was later known as the Parkstone Hotel) at right. Homes on Willow Street are visible between the two. 1090 Eddy was demolished for 2 apartment buildings in 1929. The site of 1050 Eddy is now part of Sacred Heart Cathedral High School. Houses on Willow Street demolished for redevelopment. Jefferson Square is reflected in the car. Seems to be a staged photo for automobile safety."

 

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Hope this is ok to post for historical consideration. Unsure of the vehicle. 

 

"City Hall ruins,1906 - 1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northeast from Market to City Hall Ruins with car. Steeple of St. Boniface Church in distance right. Fairmont Earthquake Collection"

 

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