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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''
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'''View east on Portola Drive, 1929.'''
''Photo: Courtesy John Pommon''
[[Image:Portola-Drive-widening-west-from-Clipper-Nov-7-1929-SFDPW.jpg|720px]]
'''Portola drive widening looking west from Clipper Street, Nov. 7, 1929.'''
''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C. R. collection''
[[Image:Portola-drive-2014 2914.jpg]]
'''Portola Drive west from near Clipper, July 2014, the road having been straightened and widened in the ensuing years.'''
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
[[Image:Corbett-Rd-now-Portola-Dr-northeast-from-nr-Twin-Peaks-Blvd-May-10-1910.jpg|720px]]
'''Corbett Road (now Portola Drive) looking northeast from near Twin Peaks Blvd., May 10, 1910.'''
''Photo: C. R. collection''


[[Image:Portola-Dr-northeast-near-Twin-Peaks-Blvd-April-16-1930-SFDPW 72dpi.jpg|720px]]
[[Image:Portola-Dr-northeast-near-Twin-Peaks-Blvd-April-16-1930-SFDPW 72dpi.jpg|720px]]
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'''Portola Drive northeast near Twin Peaks Blvd, April 16, 1930.'''
'''Portola Drive northeast near Twin Peaks Blvd, April 16, 1930.'''


''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''
''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C. R. collection''
 
[[Image:Portola-east-near-Twin-Peaks-Blvd 2908.jpg]]
 
'''Nearly the same image, 84 years later.'''
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


[[Image:glenpark$portola-drive-1938.jpg]]
[[Image:glenpark$portola-drive-1938.jpg]]


'''Portola Drive below Mt. Davidson, c. 1938'''
'''Portola Drive below Mt. Davidson, c. 1940'''


1938 photo of Portola Drive and the Miraloma Market.
1938 photo of Portola Drive and the Miraloma Market.


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


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'''Portola Drive northeast at Teresita Blvd., O'Shaughnessy enters are right, March 13, 1947.'''
'''Portola Drive northeast at Teresita Blvd., O'Shaughnessy enters are right, March 13, 1947.'''


''Photo: SFDPT, courtesy Charles Ruiz''
''Photo: SFDPT, courtesy C. R.''
 
[[Image:Portola-and-Teresita-easterly-2014 2907.jpg]]
 
'''Portola at Teresita looking east, O'Shaughnessy just ahead on right, July 2014.'''
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


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Latest revision as of 13:27, 4 June 2020

Unfinished History

View east on Portola Drive, 1929.

Photo: Courtesy John Pommon

Portola drive widening looking west from Clipper Street, Nov. 7, 1929.

Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C. R. collection

Portola Drive west from near Clipper, July 2014, the road having been straightened and widened in the ensuing years.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Corbett Road (now Portola Drive) looking northeast from near Twin Peaks Blvd., May 10, 1910.

Photo: C. R. collection

Portola Drive northeast near Twin Peaks Blvd, April 16, 1930.

Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C. R. collection

Nearly the same image, 84 years later.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Portola Drive below Mt. Davidson, c. 1940

1938 photo of Portola Drive and the Miraloma Market.

Photo: Private Collection

Portola Drive northeast at Teresita Blvd., O'Shaughnessy enters are right, March 13, 1947.

Photo: SFDPT, courtesy C. R.

Portola at Teresita looking east, O'Shaughnessy just ahead on right, July 2014.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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