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''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''
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'''Opening Day at Candlestick Park - April 12, 1960'''
''Video: California Pioneers of Santa Clara''


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'''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.'''
'''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 ''
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco,CA ''


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Latest revision as of 23:51, 23 December 2013

Unfinished History

Candlestick Parks opening day and opening day of season 1960 AAC-5288.jpg

Candlestick Park on Opening Day 1960, its inaugural season as the San Francisco Giants home park.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

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Opening Day at Candlestick Park - April 12, 1960

Video: California Pioneers of Santa Clara

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: Private Collection, San Francisco,CA

Bayview-Hill-and-surroundings-from-air-1957 3003.jpg

Candlestick Point, 1957, same view as above, seven years later, with a good deal of construction and landfilling underway.

Photo: San Francisco Planning Commission


Cushman-July-20-1957-101-causeway-with-more-brisbane-lagoon-and-no-candlestick-park-fill-P09410.jpg

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 north view 1960 AAC-5280.jpg

Candlestick Park after its completion in 1960.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

Candlestk97.jpg

View southward from Hunter's Point, 1997.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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