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Woody LaBounty

Stephen "Woody LaBounty" is a San Francisco history writer, speaker, and general gadabout. San Francisco Story is his side project, done for his own enjoyment of researching and sharing local history.

Woody Grab Bag #008

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Woody Grab Bag #008

A preview of Woody's San Francisco Story Annual 2022 featuring an excerpt about the larger-than-life diva, Lilian Slinkey, AKA "Madame Durini."

A Day Trip on the Mission Road, Part 2

Mission District

A Day Trip on the Mission Road, Part 2

Sunday pleasure resorts like Woodward's Gardens made San Francisco's Mission District more family-friendly in the 1860s and 1870s.

A Day Trip on the Mission Road, Part 1

Mission Dolores

A Day Trip on the Mission Road, Part 1

In the 1850s, San Francisco Sunday recreation meant getting across sand dunes and marsh to the Mission.

Woody Grab Bag #007

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Woody Grab Bag #007

A history of where you can put your car...and more.

1868: The First “Big One”

1868: The First “Big One”

The "great San Francisco earthquake" of 1868 and the next one on the way.

Hallowed Ground on Sutter Street

From the time of its dedication on March 23, 1866, the old Temple Emanu-El was a landmark of 19th-century San Francisco.

Men drinking beer

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Woody Grab Bag #006

Strange adventures of young men in San Francisco, market memories, a walnut elephant, and recognizing City Cemetery.

The Temple on Naples Street

The Temple on Naples Street

Solving the mystery of the mini Greek temple that once stood in San Francisco's Crocker-Amazon neighborhood.

Lithograph of fair

Golden Gate Park

10 Highlights from the 1894 Midwinter Fair

The good, the bad, and the ugly from the 1894 fair which made Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse.

Woody Grab Bag #005

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Woody Grab Bag #005

A Woody LaBounty salad bar of child pyramids, feminist art, poetry, sandlot baseball, and Mr. Fixit.

Reclaiming Admission Day

Reclaiming Admission Day

September 9th can mark the inclusion of California to the United States and be a yearly commitment to an inclusive California.

Seeing the End of Playland

Seeing the End of Playland

Playland at the Beach, San Francisco's version of Coney Island, closed for good on September 4, 1972. Photographer Dennis O'Rorke artfully captured the final days.

Telegraph Hill Castle: Layman's Folly

Telegraph Hill Castle: Layman's Folly

In the early 1880s, a transit car line ran to the top of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill where passengers could visit a strange observatory/concert hall/castle.

Man praising fog

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Woody Grab Bag #004

Living with the fog in San Francisco, figuring out the identity of Vin the doghouse-maker, and a moving dormer window on a Haight-Ashbury apartment building.

2340 Pacific Avenue

Pacific Heights

The Orphaned Pillar

San Francisco's Pacific Heights has a 7-foot remnant from a moved house that escaped the 1906 earthquake and fire.

Postcard view of gateway

Ingleside Terraces

Ingleside Terraces in 10 Slides

The horse-racing track turned into residence park (with one big sundial).

Woody Grab Bag #003

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Woody Grab Bag #003

Long before Nazis there were swastikas—around the world and in San Francisco. Plus, what happened to Engine Company 12?

1916 postcard of Clement Street

Richmond District

The Home Inside Green Apple Books

Green Apple Books hides an early Richmond District home in its core.

Sheep in Street

A Photographer in Butchertown

A discovered trove of photographs from the early 20th century leads to a bicycle mechanic in the Butchertown section of San Francisco's Bay View/Hunter's Point neighborhood.

Photos of men wearing fedoras

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Woody Grab Bag #002

Celebrating the 4th in 1862

Celebrating the 4th in 1862

The city turned out bright and early to celebrate Independence Day in 1862, and we have the photographs to prove it.

Transit cars on sand dunes

Carville-by-the-Sea in 10 Slides

San Francisco's bygone bohemian community made of recycled transit cars at Ocean Beach.

Woody LaBounty with newspaper

Woody Grab Bag #001

Debut of the Woody Grab Bag, a San Francisco history hash.

View of arches on Fillmore Street

Western Addition

The Fillmore Arches

After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, merchants tried to make Fillmore Street the city's new commercial center with some unique metal arches.

San Francisco Story Launches!

San Francisco Story Launches!

Stuff Woody likes, delivered weekly. Hello friends. Welcome to this new fun side project I've started as a way to share stuff I like about the city I love. You probably know my tastes: local history, quirky tales, little mysteries. You maybe know my style: fun, accessible, brief.