I was looking at the site for the San Francisco Public Library and found a link to the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection.
They have hundreds of historic photographs in their online database! If you live in San Francisco, you should check it out!
I did a search for "Eureka Valley" and found some great photos of our neighborhood dating back to the late 1800s.
This one is the best. It is of our block, looking South. Our house is on the left. It was taken in 1926.
I think it's so cool that we have a photo with our house that's almost 80 years old!
It's funny, the whole street looks so similiar to how it looks now. The only thing missing are the trees along the sidewalk, and all of the cars. Ah, the days before residential parking permits ;)
You can actually order reproductions of these photos from the library. Unfortunately, you can't order them online - you have to actually call the library and speak with a live person ;). I think I'll order a few, and keep them in a scrapbook of our house. I also hope to make it down to the library, or the Water Works department to find out more historic information about our home.
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