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The term was first used for San Francisco Victorian houses by Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen in their 1978 book Painted Ladies: San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians. [1] Although polychrome decoration was common in the Victorian era, the colors used on these houses are not based on historical precedent. [2]
Grant Avenue at Market Street (and O'Farrell, which is the one that turns left in the foreground), San Francisco. The building on the right is now Wells Fargo. The temple on the left is now an Emporio Armani store.
"140 New Montgomery — The 140 Story". The140story.com. Archived from the original on May 10, 2021; Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Building photographs for multiple San Francisco locations at the San Francisco Public Library; Madrigal, Alexis C. (March 19, 2014). "A 26-Story History of San Francisco". The Atlantic.
A group of Marines arranged to buy a building owned by a women's club at Mason Street and Sutter Street in San Francisco, [1] whose members they had met through their participation in the wartime WAVES program. [10] The club opened on November 10, 1946, the anniversary of the founding of the Marine Corps. [11]
The San Francisco Bay Area is highly invested in the street art scene because of its prevalence in its community. Areas such as the Mission District of San Francisco have developed a wide public fan base because of its large murals. This area of San Francisco is home to one of the most famous pieces of street art, the Women's Building mural. [2]
V.C. Morris Store, 140 Maiden Lane, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA - Images in the Library of Congress; V. C. Morris gift Shop at "Wright on the Web."; Wright as an educator / Aaron Green and Lloyd Wright - radio program produced by Bruce Rodde for Pacifica Radio, in which "Reese Palley describes how San Francisco hippies volunteered to help reconstruct Wright's V.C. Morris Gift Shop."
Fred Lyon (September 27, 1924 – August 22, 2022) was an American photographer. [1] He was known for shots of foggy San Francisco, [2] [3] and photos of San Francisco life from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Mary Ellen Mark (March 20, 1940 – May 25, 2015) was an American photographer known for her photojournalism, documentary photography, portraiture, and advertising photography. She photographed people who were "away from mainstream society and toward its more interesting, often troubled fringes".