Spots Unknown » photo http://spotsunknown.com Forgotten places, histories, and events of San Francisco Mon, 14 May 2012 01:53:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Zoom Around a Leveled San Francisco http://spotsunknown.com/zoom-around-a-leveled-san-francisco/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zoom-around-a-leveled-san-francisco http://spotsunknown.com/zoom-around-a-leveled-san-francisco/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 01:53:34 +0000 Jeff Diehl http://spotsunknown.com/?p=3043 Leveled San Francisco, 1906

I just spent way too much time immersed in this post-earthquake-and-fire aerial photo of SF. You will too.

Photographed by George R. Lawrence with a kite a few weeks after the disaster:

It is a 160-degree panorama from a kite taken 2000 feet (600 m) in the air above the San Francisco Bay that showed the entire city on a single 17-by-48-inch contact print made from a single piece of film. Each print sold for $125 and Lawrence made at least $15,000 in sales from this one photograph. The camera used in this photograph weighed 49 pounds (22 kg) and used a celluloid-film plate.

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]]> http://spotsunknown.com/zoom-around-a-leveled-san-francisco/feed/ 0 This is #cappstreet on Instagram http://spotsunknown.com/this-is-cappstreet-on-instagram/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-is-cappstreet-on-instagram http://spotsunknown.com/this-is-cappstreet-on-instagram/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:35:20 +0000 Jeff Diehl http://spotsunknown.com/?p=2984 Capp Street, San Francisco, on Instagram

Coming to Instagram as late as I have, I was shocked to find that there was zero Capp Street coverage. No longer!

There are reasons for healthy fear of Capp, but there is also beauty if you bother to look. So come on, have a look. And post pics. I'll repost nice ones @SpotsUnknown.

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]]> http://spotsunknown.com/this-is-cappstreet-on-instagram/feed/ 0 Happy Quake Day: The Mint http://spotsunknown.com/happy-quake-day-the-mint/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-quake-day-the-mint http://spotsunknown.com/happy-quake-day-the-mint/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:48:59 +0000 Jeff Diehl http://spotsunknown.com/?p=2797

Is that guy in the bowler hat checking his iPhone?

Image courtesy US Library of Congress.

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]]> http://spotsunknown.com/happy-quake-day-the-mint/feed/ 0 Happy ’06 Earthquake Day: Stanford http://spotsunknown.com/happy-06-earthquake-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-06-earthquake-day http://spotsunknown.com/happy-06-earthquake-day/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:47:35 +0000 Jeff Diehl http://spotsunknown.com/?p=2794

This statue on the Stanford University campus just couldn't take it any more.

Image courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.

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I hit you because I love you. Will you be my Valentine?

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]]> http://spotsunknown.com/love-tap/feed/ 0 Coit & Columbus http://spotsunknown.com/coit-columbus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coit-columbus http://spotsunknown.com/coit-columbus/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:26:16 +0000 Jeff Diehl http://spotsunknown.com/?p=2751 Columbus & Coit, San Francisco

I managed to find my way to the 34th floor of the Transamerica Building on Saturday. This was my first time inside. I was doubly lucky because of how nice of a day it was. Click to expand.

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]]> http://spotsunknown.com/coit-columbus/feed/ 1 In a Van Down By Ocean Beach http://spotsunknown.com/in-a-van-down-by-ocean-beach/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-a-van-down-by-ocean-beach http://spotsunknown.com/in-a-van-down-by-ocean-beach/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:09:41 +0000 Jeff Diehl http://spotsunknown.com/?p=2716 Vans Down By Ocean Beach: San Francisco

Pole aerial shot of Volkswagen van owners' gathering. Photo by Flickr user KAP Cris.

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]]> http://spotsunknown.com/in-a-van-down-by-ocean-beach/feed/ 0 Nice Try, Teddy http://spotsunknown.com/nice-try-teddy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nice-try-teddy http://spotsunknown.com/nice-try-teddy/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 22:57:00 +0000 Jeff Diehl http://spotsunknown.com/?p=2589 Nice Try, Teddy; San Francisco

I think we've all been tempted to go over the wall at some point by the apparent harmlessness of barbed wire. Learn from this Teddy Bear's mistakes and save yourself some grief. (Then again, at least he died yearning for freedom.)

(Spotted on Capp Street near 17th.)

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]]> http://spotsunknown.com/nice-try-teddy/feed/ 1 “The City is My Sweetheart” http://spotsunknown.com/the-city-is-my-sweetheart/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-city-is-my-sweetheart http://spotsunknown.com/the-city-is-my-sweetheart/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:15:54 +0000 Jeff Diehl http://spotsunknown.com/?p=2569 The city is my Sweetheart Tattoo, San Francisco
Image by Jonathan Moore

From the Spots Unknown Flickr pool.

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]]> http://spotsunknown.com/the-city-is-my-sweetheart/feed/ 3 Moustache Magic http://spotsunknown.com/moustache-magic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moustache-magic http://spotsunknown.com/moustache-magic/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:48:11 +0000 Jeff Diehl http://spotsunknown.com/?p=2541 Magic of the Moustache, San Francisco

Mr. Magic performs on the street in Fisherman's Wharf. To be honest, even though he's pretty good with the metal rings in his hands, the rings around his eyes and on his upper lip had me more mezmerized.

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