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Unfinished History

Mom chasing kid just west of Corona Heights, c. 1966.

Corona Heights above Eureka Valley, seen here from Diamond and 20th Streets, March 26, 1952.

Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P05903)

Looking north on Diamond Street towards Julia Randall Museum on Corona Heights, 1965, former quarry site.

Corona Heights above Eureka Valley, from 20th and Diamond Streets, July 26, 2009.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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 '''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''
-[[Image:ecology1$brick-factory-1880s.jpg]]
+[[Image:Mom-chasing-kid-w-Corona-Hts-behind 0644 Chuck-Gould.jpg]]
-'''The [[Gray Brothers Quarry at Corona Heights |Gray Brothers Quarry]] and brick factory on Corona Heights above bucolic Eureka Valley established in the 1890s. All this territory was once part of [[Rancho San Miguel Disappears|Rancho San Miguel]].'''
+'''Mom chasing kid just west of Corona Heights, c. 1966.'''
-''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''
+''Photo: © 1969 Chuck Gould, all rights reserved.''
-[[Image:ecology1$corona-hts-quarry-1899.jpg]]
+[[Image:Cushman-March-26,-1952-north-Diamond-from-20th-towards-Corona-Hts-P05903.jpg]]
-'''By 1899, they had removed tons of rock and produced tens of thousands of bricks, creating the blasted landscape at left (seen from the hill between Eureka and Noe Valleys just west of Dolores Park). The Gray Brothers also quarried [[Telegraph Hill Quarry |Telegraph Hill]] and [[30th and Castro South |Billy Goat Hill]] above Noe Valley.'''
+'''Corona Heights above Eureka Valley, seen here from Diamond and 20th Streets, March 26, 1952.'''
-''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''
+[http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/ ''Charles Cushman Collection: Indiana University Archives (P05903)'']
-[[Image:Corona-Heights-from-north-1926.jpg]]
+[[Image:1965-diamond-st-view-north.jpg]]
-'''Corona Heights from the north, looking south, 1926.'''
+'''Looking north on Diamond Street towards Julia Randall Museum on Corona Heights, 1965, former [[Gray Brothers Quarry at Corona Heights|quarry site]].'''
-''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''
+[[Image:Corona-hts-from-20th-and-Diamond-July-26-2009 0739.jpg]]
-[[Image:ecology1$grey-bros-corona-heights-quarry$factory_itm$brick-factory-1900.jpg]]
+'''Corona Heights above Eureka Valley, from 20th and Diamond Streets, July 26, 2009.'''
-'''The Gray Brother's Brick Factory (on the right-hand slope of the hill, center) on Corona Heights as seen from Twin Peaks in 1900'''
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
-''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''
-[[Gray Brothers Quarry at Corona Heights | 1965 view towards quarry site]]
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