Portola Drive Mid-20th Century
Unfinished History
Portola drive widening looking west from Clipper Street, Nov. 7, 1929.
Photo: SFDPW, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection
Portola Drive west from near Clipper, July 2014, the road having been straightened and widened in the ensuing years.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Corbett Road (now Portola Drive) looking northeast from near Twin Peaks Blvd., May 10, 1910.
Photo: Charles Ruiz collection
Portola Drive northeast near Twin Peaks Blvd, April 16, 1930.
Photo: SFDPW, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection
Nearly the same image, 84 years later.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Portola Drive below Mt. Davidson, c. 1940
1938 photo of Portola Drive and the Miraloma Market.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Portola Drive northeast at Teresita Blvd., O'Shaughnessy enters are right, March 13, 1947.
Photo: SFDPT, courtesy Charles Ruiz
Portola at Teresita looking east, O'Shaughnessy just ahead on right, July 2014.
Photo: Chris Carlsson