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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DNN_mint-hill_San-Francisco-CA.html
In 1936 almost half of Mint Hill was removed to create a flat base for the Mint.
In 1947 Duboce Avenue east of the Sunset Tunnel was crowded with automobiles as shoppers thronged to the farmers' market.
The area near Market and Church Stree…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DNM_the-industrial-age_San-Francisco-CA.html
During the first half of the 20th century, electric streetcars reigned.
Hills were soon surmounted by the cable car.
The Industrial Age created the need for efficient urban transportation, which came first in the form of horse-drawn vehicle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DKC_king-of-the-road_San-Francisco-CA.html
More than one hundred years ago, the bicycle was king of the road in San Francisco.
The streets were filled with scorchers, bloomer girls, bone shakers, and wheelmen.
More than one hundred years ago, the bicycle was king of the road in San …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17MI_officer-jane-warner_San-Francisco-CA.html
Jane Warner spent two decades keeping the peace in the city's Castro, Noe Valley and Mission neighborhoods as a San Francisco Patrol Special Police Officer. To her many friends, she was simply known as "Officer Jane".
She was dedicated not only…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17JK_leonard-matlovich_San-Francisco-CA.html
In memory of Leonard Matlovichwho lived in this building for several years.
His epitaph reads:A Gay Vietnam VeteranWhen I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.
Never Again ?? ? Never For…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17IP_harvey-milk_San-Francisco-CA.html
Harvey Milk made history as the first openly-gay elected official in California, and one of the first in the nation, when he won election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in November 1977. His camera store and campaign headquarters at 575…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDWH_the-rainbow-flag_San-Francisco-CA.html
On November 8, 1997, this Rainbow Flag was installed to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the election of Harvey Milk to the Board of Supervisors of voters of District 5. This victory by an openly gay man was a watershed for the Queer rights mov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDW1_harvey-milk_San-Francisco-CA.html
Harvey Milk Plaza is named in honor of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, California's first elected official to be openly gay.
In 1975, Harvey Milk opened Castro Camera at 575 Castro Street and moved into the apartment upstairs. Harvey's s…