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[[Image:95-lake-merced-with-flume.jpg]]
'''Lake Merced, c. 1895, with fresh water flume under construction.'''
''Photo: Shaping San Francisco''


[[Image:sfsuingl$lake-merced-1868.jpg]]
[[Image:sfsuingl$lake-merced-1868.jpg]]
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'''1872 map of Lake Merced showing the [[The First Traffic Jam |Ocean House Race Course]] and Lake House, which is at the juncture of Lake Merced and the East-West road.'''
'''1872 map of Lake Merced showing the [[The First Traffic Jam |Ocean House Race Course]] and Lake House, which is at the juncture of Lake Merced and the East-West road.'''


''map: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA ''
''map: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA ''


[[Image:sfsuingl$lake-house-1870.jpg]]
[[Image:Lake-House-1870s.jpg]]


''' Lake House in 1870.'''
''' Lake House in 1870.'''


''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA ''
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA ''


[[Image:Lake-merced-in-distance.jpg]]
[[Image:Lake-merced-in-distance.jpg]]
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'''Lake Merced in undeveloped landscape, far from nearby roads, c. 1900s.'''
'''Lake Merced in undeveloped landscape, far from nearby roads, c. 1900s.'''


''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Lake-Merced-1921.jpg]]
 
'''Car selling photo at Lake Merced, 1921.'''
 
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Skyline-Blvd-north-at-Great-Highway-Lake-Merced-at-right-Fleishhacker-Zoo-ar-left-Sunset-ahead-March-15-1937-SFDPW.jpg|720px]]
 
'''Skyline Boulevard north at Great Highway. Lake Merced at right, Fleishhacker Zoo at left, Sunset district straight ahead, March 15, 1937.'''
 
''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C.R. collection''


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Latest revision as of 16:02, 20 September 2016

Unfinished History

95-lake-merced-with-flume.jpg

Lake Merced, c. 1895, with fresh water flume under construction.

Photo: Shaping San Francisco

Sfsuingl$lake-merced-1868.jpg

Lake Merced and Laguna Puerca with the Ocean View racetrack and surrounding farms. In this "bird's-eye view" from 1868 the artist shows the lake draining to the ocean, and small farms sprouting in the surrounding area.

Image: George H. Goddard, Library of Congress

Sfsuingl$lake-merced-map-1872.jpg

1872 map of Lake Merced showing the Ocean House Race Course and Lake House, which is at the juncture of Lake Merced and the East-West road.

map: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Lake-House-1870s.jpg

Lake House in 1870.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Lake-merced-in-distance.jpg

Lake Merced in undeveloped landscape, far from nearby roads, c. 1900s.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Lake-Merced-1921.jpg

Car selling photo at Lake Merced, 1921.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Skyline-Blvd-north-at-Great-Highway-Lake-Merced-at-right-Fleishhacker-Zoo-ar-left-Sunset-ahead-March-15-1937-SFDPW.jpg

Skyline Boulevard north at Great Highway. Lake Merced at right, Fleishhacker Zoo at left, Sunset district straight ahead, March 15, 1937.

Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C.R. collection


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