Seals Stadium Apr 15, 1958 16th & Bryant, First Giants game in San Francisco, pre-game festivities. Giants and Dodgers lined up on base lines Happy Opening Day! #sfhistory #sfmemory #sfgiants #baseball
Seals Stadium Apr 15, 1958
16th & Bryant, First Giants game in San Francisco, pre-game festivities. Giants and Dodgers lined up on base lines Happy Opening Day! #sfhistory #sfmemory #sfgiants #baseball
a glass negative scan of Private Eddie Conrad holding the "gilded baseball" he retrieved after it was thrown into the crowd at and exhibition game between the Seals and Oaks, in the Presidio July 23, 1917
"His Trophy of the Game" The same photo on Eddie Conrad published in the San Francisco Call July 27, 1917
a news paper clipping describing the scramble for the ball after it was thrown into the crowd but Judge Thomas Graham
Presidio, 1917
A pic of a man in a car holding a baseball??
100s of scans later, same event & cars. Voila! It's Pvt Eddie Conrad who caught the "gilded ball" thrown into the crowd at a game between the Seals & Oaks. He seems very happy, but no word of what he won. #sfhistory #sfmemory #baseball
11 young women in swim suits lined up with their instructor against a wooden wall
Sutro Baths, circa 1915
Teen swimmers with their instructor lined up outside the Sutro Baths near the settling pond #sfhistory #sfmemory
Howard Ehmke, Philadelphia A's in the late 1920s
Unknown ballplayer for the 1914 Pacific Coast League Los Angeles Angels at Ewing Field
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On the left is pitcher Howard Ehmke circa 1928 for the American League Philadelphia Athletics. On the right unknown ballplayer for the 1914 Pacific Coast League Los Angeles Angels. Same Person? #sfhistory #sfmemory #baseball
a woman in a white cotton gown sitting in dune grass
a woman in a white cotton gown dancing in dune grass
a woman in a white cotton gown lying in dune grass
Spring is here! (Sam Crow photos, 1915)
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a boy, Andrew Crow, leaning against a sign reading "Bathers' Lounging Limit" Santa Cruz beach, circa 1918
How about this weather, huh
This is Santa Cruz around 1918
a recent scan from the Sam Crow negatives #sfhistory #sfmemory #santacruzbeach
1915c, A woman in a Sutro Baths bathing suit smiling with the Sutro Baths buildings in the background
Sam Crow Negatives: You can see what we're talking about and everything online here (new uploads will be added to this link) sfmemory.org/search/index... #sfmemory #sfhistory
Nice words from Woody LaBounty about my recent efforts with the amazing Sam Crow negatives. I've recently uploaded 291 of the over 1000 glass negatives #sfhistory #sfmemory www.sanfranciscostory.com/re-exposed/?...
1915c, a woman in riding attire showing off a horse with an English saddle in front of the now demolished Memorial Museum in Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, circa 1915
Horses were once a common sight in the park, 2 large stables were nearby. Here Esther Crow shows off her horse in front of the memorial Museum and Dore Vase in the Music Concourse. more: sfmemory.org/Update/2026-... #sfhistory #sfmemory #goldengatepark #sanfrancisco
Sutro Baths, 1910
These (better scans) and about 300 others from photographer Sam Crow are up on the site. take a look #sfmemory #sfhistory sfmemory.org/Update/2026-...
Golden Gate Park, circa 1912 A boy, Andrew Crow, posed with the Cider Press fountain in the Music Concourse
SFMemory Update!
291 glass plate negatives from 1910-1920 by photographer Sam Crow. These were stored in a garage for decades until recently scanned. Some remarkable views like I've never seen #sfmemory #sfhistory sfmemory.org/Update/2026-...
View north toward Balboa and Sutro Heights, a Muni 5-McAllister trolley bus at the Playland terminal on La Playa
La Playa & Balboa 1963
Municipal Railway (Muni) Fageol Twin coach trolley bus #656 at the Playland terminal, Sutro Heights in the background. (Roy Proffer Photo) #sfmemory #sfhistory sfmemory.org/Display/sfm0...
Bart Tube Construction, 1967
The over 50 sections of the Bart Tube were constructed at Bethlehem Steel at Potrero Hill, Pier 70. The paint outline at Crane Cove Park doesn’t do them justice. #sfhistory #sfmemory
View northeast on Market Street toward 3rd street the Hearst and Call Buildings in the background. 3 dappled white Percheron horses pulling a smoking fire engine while pedestrians look on
Market near 3rd St, circa 1912
3 Percheron horses pull a smoking SF fire engine down Market Street, Photographer Sam Crow was adept at capturing a high speed scene. (scanned from a deteriorating 4"x5" glass negative) #sfmemory #sfhistory
3 smiling women in red cross canteen uniforms sit at a counters plates cups and spoons
Ferry Building, 1918
Three volunteer women smiling at a counter at the Red Cross Canteen in the Ferry Building (I assume) Thousands of Red Cross Canteens were set up in transit stations across the country to welcome home service people from World War I. #sfhistory #sfmemory (Sam Crow glass negative)
2 women in very large hats and a boy posed in front of the Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Golden Gate Park, 1905
The Conservatory of Flowers and the Melvin Earl Cummings (installed 1905). Not sure of the date, but the child, Andrew Crow, was born in 1903 & I think the Conservatory had some glass replaced after 1906. Part of the huge glass negative collection recently acquired. #sfmemory
a woman in a one piece bathing suit holding a parasol poses for the camera in front of the crowd of onlookers
Idora Park Oakland, 1916
The annual "Bathing Girl Pageant" at Idora Park (entrance at 57th & Telegraph) not sure of the date of this one, the pageants ran from 1916 to the mid 1920s, the amusement park was demolished in 1929. #sfmemory
Sutro Baths,circa 1915
Going through 1000 glass negatives and came across these racy pinup shots of your great grandmother in a wool bathing suit #sfmemory #sanfrancisco
A float with a sign reading "Let San Francisco have the Liberty Bell for 1915"
Van Ness & McAllister, 1912
Bring the Liberty Bell to SF for the 1915 PPIE. A petition signed by Californians was an 80 foot long roll paraded down Market Street en route to Philadelphia. Spoiler: it was shown at the PPIE. This is another from the giant donation of glass negs #sfhistory #sfmemory
A line of young competitive swimmers in different club swim suits above the intake pool on the north side of Sutro Baths
Portrait of a woman in a Sutro Baths swim suit outside above the intake pool at the Sutro Baths
Sutro Baths, circa 1915
A couple portraits of swimmers taken outside of Sutro's at the intake pool, Part of an amazing gift I received yesterday of approximately 1000 glass plate negatives. It will take a while to get these onto SFMemory.org but I wanted to share them with you. #sfmemory #sfhistory
Ferry Building, June 1922
A view northeast on Market from about Steuart. Streetcars, people ,and the Ferry Building decorated for the Shriners Convention. #sfmemory #sfhistory
Aerial View over US101 Candlestick Causeway construction at left, Sierra Point at top, city of Brisbane, California at center, Bayshore and Southern Pacific Railroad tracks are at center from top to bottom
Brisbane, 1956
The Candlestick Causeway for US101 Bayshore Freeway being constructed over the open waters of San Francisco Bay. I ride my bike this way to visit my sister in San Bruno (ok sometimes go around the other side of San Bruno Mountain) #sfhistory #construction #sfmemory
Market near Sutter Mar 1968 Bart Construction, Market Street, view northerly on Market, showing open trench on south side of the street. California Notion & Toy Company, Stacey's Bookstore, and Bass Camera in the background James A. Martin / (Tiffany Cabinet Slides / Courtesy of Donnie Weaver)
Market near Sutter, 1968
Bart Construction on Market Street, this block is virtually unrecognizable today save for the small footprint of the former Stacey's Bookstore. Part of the James Martin /Tiffany Cabinet slides. #sfhistory #sanfrancisco #neon #sfmemory
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Playland by night, 1948 by Gene Gallagher
Playland, circa 1948
My father shot this night view near the streetcar turnaround at Cabrillo around 1948 or so with his Speedgraphic camera. He loved Playland. #sfmemory #sfhistory
Chinese New Year Parade
Embarcadero Freeway Demolition by John Holtzclaw
1956 Aerial view of the Central Waterfront - Railroads!
Girls in a boat, Golden Gate Park
SFMemory Update!
307 new old pictures for you. 1956 Aerial view around the bay, Embarcadero Freeway Demolition, Key System, People in Boats & whole lot more take a look! sfmemory.org/Update/2026-... #sfhistory #sfmemory
4th near Stevenson 1938 View southerly across 4th Street toward the Santa Fe (ATSF) bus terminal and Hotel Keystone Carlton Koski / (Courtesy of David Gallagher)
4th near Stevenson, 1938
Ostensibly a shot of the Santa Fe Railroad's Art Deco 4th St. bus terminal, which is very much demolished, there are a few buildings shown here that survived encroaching redevelopment. found this & about 1000 more from from railfan Carlton Koski at the flea market #sfmemory
An orange sky and the sun shining through the framework of a downtown office building under construction.
Sunrise from Russian Hill, 1972
Working through a lot of slides by John Holtzclaw. Usually I like to fill in complete information about what's depicted, but this one has me stumped. I don't care, I'll include it anyway. I imagine I'll figure it out at some point. #sanfrancisco #sfmemory
Brock solved one of the mysteries. Thank you! The car is right about where the basketball court is in Crystol Red Park & I believe one of the houses visible on the right is 1670 Franklin (the one in front has been demolished. ) behind the pantograph is 1611 Franklin #berkeley #keysystem #sfmemory
Church & Market, Jan 21, 1941
A cloudburst dumped almost 3/4" of rain & flooded the intersection. This is a view northerly across the intersection toward what's now the Safeway parking lot. (a recent scan from the Emiliano Echeverria/Randolph Brandt Collection) #sfmemory #sfhistory #sanfrancisco
A view west from Ocean Beach San Francisco toward the Pacific Ocean and the Olympic Salt Water Pier. The sun is setting on December 31, 1966
Ocean Beach, December 31, 1966
An unknown photographer watched the sun go down on the last day of the year 59 years ago. With the help of some great volunteers I hit a milestone of 10,000 images on the site, I'm lucky that I get to do exactly what I want & happy to put this year behind us. #sfmemory
