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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | '''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | ||
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'''Candlestick | '''Candlestick Park on Opening Day 1960, its inaugural season as the San Francisco Giants home park.''' | ||
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection,San Francisco,CA '' | ''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library'' | ||
[[Image:Candlestick-aerial-1950.jpg]] | |||
'''Candlestick Point, 1950, looking generally south towards San Bruno Mountain and the town of Brisbane. No ballpark, not even the land to build it on is yet present.''' | |||
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco,CA '' | |||
[[Image:Cushman-July-20-1957-101-causeway-with-more-brisbane-lagoon-and-no-candlestick-park-fill-P09410.jpg]] | [[Image:Cushman-July-20-1957-101-causeway-with-more-brisbane-lagoon-and-no-candlestick-park-fill-P09410.jpg]] | ||
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''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library'' | ''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library'' | ||
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'''View southward from Hunter's Point, | '''View southward from Hunter's Point, 1997.''' | ||
''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
Revision as of 21:36, 4 June 2011
Unfinished History
Candlestick Park on Opening Day 1960, its inaugural season as the San Francisco Giants home park.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Candlestick Point, 1950, looking generally south towards San Bruno Mountain and the town of Brisbane. No ballpark, not even the land to build it on is yet present.
Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco,CA
July 20, 1957: Highway 101 causeway with Brisbane Lagoon in foreground. Note Bayview Hill with no Candlestick landfill or stadium, nor does Candlestick Point State Recreation Area exist yet.
Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P09410)
Candlestick Park after its completion in 1960.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
View southward from Hunter's Point, 1997.
Photo: Chris Carlsson