Street artists

Unfinished History

San Francisco Street Artists

Starting at minute 10:40 of this KPFA September 9, 1972 news show, a protest of street artists begins.

Courtesy: Ethnic Studies Collection, UC Berkeley, at the Internet Archive

Courtesy H.K. Yuen collection

Fisherman's Wharf circa 1978
Photo: Jordan Weinstein

The immortal Grimes Poznikoff, the Human Jukebox. Fisherman's Wharf circa 1978
Photo: Jordan Weinstein

Fisherman's Wharf circa 1978
Photo: Jordan Weinstein

Susan Frank. Now a photographer. Fisherman's Wharf circa 1978
Photo: Jordan Weinstein

Fisherman's Wharf circa 1978
Photo: Jordan Weinstein

Outside Ghirardelli Square. Fisherman's Wharf circa 1978
Photo: Jordan Weinstein

Fisherman's Wharf circa 1978
Photo: Jordan Weinstein

The guy who cleaned up after us...for a small contribution. Fisherman's Wharf circa 1978
Photo: Jordan Weinstein

Fisherman's Wharf circa 1978
Photo: Jordan Weinstein

Get your own presidential pardon from Gerald Ford. Fisherman's Wharf circa 1978
Photo: Jordan Weinstein

Fisherman's Wharf circa 1978
Photo: Jordan Weinstein

The Embarcadero circa 1978
Photo: Jordan Weinstein

The Financial District circa 1978
Photo: Jordan Weinstein

Union Square, 1974
Photo: Elizabeth Treacy

Intense Shoe Shining in The Cannery
Photo: Jordan Weinstein

Street artists at the LA Fashion & Jewelry trade show...trying to jump into wholesaling. Circa 1976
Photo: Jordan Weinstein