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Old 05-20-2008, 10:37 PM
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Oakland California 1911: "My new car--30 horse power 5 passengers I bought it for my Christmas present. Weighs half as much as my big car My National is a 60 horse power"



Road race in Oakland 1909, "The dangerous corner":



Looking west along 12th Street in Oakland 1920s:


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Old 05-20-2008, 10:47 PM
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Wow. Look at that photo of downtown Folsom. In the span of one block you could pick up your dry cleaning, get a prescription filled, pick up those bolts and washers you need, top off your gas tank and make a deposit at the bank. What a concept! And not a Starbucks in sight!
You could also offer a ride in your classic Chebby to that little redhead crossing the street
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Definitely the OLD DAYS! Aft cabin lounge scene in a PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines) Lockheed Electra 4-engine turbo-prop airliner as it cruises over San Francisco, c61:



Highway 1 through Stinson Beach north of San Francisco c57:



Sea Downs diner on Stinson Beach c57 (long gone):



San Francisco school bus 1925:


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Great shot of the artillery shell. The guys in the photo are standing right next to the cannon as it blasts away and aren't even phased by it. I would have power packed my shorts! Anyway, would this be out near the Marin Headlands?
Man, am I enjoying these photos! Keep 'em coming!
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Great shots Bill -


What a shame those pictures of Richmond - amazing what can happen in thirty years!

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Old 05-20-2008, 11:40 PM
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Abe, yeah that artillery position was along the coast either south of SF or north on the Marin County side. It might be the site that still exists on the north side of the Golden gate bridge.

Glenn, the Beaver got mugged and beaten and his family moved out of there a long, long time ago...
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Here's a neat old place I was too young to experience. Sutro Baths was built on the coast of San Francisco next to the Cliff House in 1895. It was a salt-water swimming and recreation center and later had ice skating rinks installed in the late 1940s. It went downhill in the 1950s and by the early 1960s it was on very hard times and finally closed in about 1963. There was a dispute between the city and the land owner as to what would become of the baths and when it could not be resolved the baths mysteriously burned down on June 26, 1966.

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Entrance, 1938:



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Interior c1955:



Entrance, 1955:



Aerial view 1964:



Up in smoke, 6-26-66:





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Here's a few courtesy of the internet...

Beautiful Downtown Burbank (Where's Johhny Carson when you need him? )








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another...courtesy of http://www.mrnormsperformance.com/history.php


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