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'''Photograph of [[Mountain Lake 2000|Mountain Lake]] from 1890 and photograph of Lobos Creek from 1958.'''
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'''Mountain Lake in the Presidio, c. 1890.'''
'''[[Mountain Lake 2000|Mountain Lake]] in the Presidio, c. 1890.'''
 
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
[[Image:Mountain Lake 1941 AAA-7002.jpg]]
 
'''Mountain Lake, 1941.'''
 
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''


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'''Lobos Creek, seen here in 1958, which drains to Baker Beach, is one of only two creeks that still run above ground in San Francisco. It provides 4 million gallons a day of fresh water to the Presidio.'''
'''Lobos Creek, seen here in 1958, which drains to Baker Beach, is one of only two creeks that still run above ground in San Francisco. It provides 4 million gallons a day of fresh water to the Presidio.'''


''Photos: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
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Unfinished History

Ecology1$mountain-lake-1915.jpg

Mountain Lake in the Presidio, c. 1890.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Mountain Lake 1941 AAA-7002.jpg

Mountain Lake, 1941.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

Presidio$lobos-creek-1958.jpg

Lobos Creek, seen here in 1958, which drains to Baker Beach, is one of only two creeks that still run above ground in San Francisco. It provides 4 million gallons a day of fresh water to the Presidio.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA


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