Historical Photos

Spinning Sails

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 This photograph, circa 1920, shows the Murphy Windmill and the house
where the windmill caretakers lived in the southwest corner of Golden
Gate Park. In the foreground, an early automobile travels eastbound on
the dirt road that would become Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Photo courtesy of a private collector/Western Neighborhoods Project.

 

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