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Title: [Abandoned cable cars on sand dunes in the Sunset District]
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1895 and 1913]
Contributing Institution: San Francisco Public Library
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
Description: Folder: S.F. Districts-Sunset.
Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
Written on back: "The beach sand dunes at the foot of the Sunset District was the dumping ground for outmoded horse and cable cars at the turn of the century. They were much in demand by enterprising citizens who converted the old cars into both beach houses and permanent homes [Carville]. A few exist even to this day.
Negative #5734
Type: image
Extent: 1 photographic print:
Subject: Districts--Sunset
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs

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