Playland (San Francisco)
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Playland was a 10-acre seaside amusement park located next to Ocean Beach, in the Richmond District on the West Side of San Francisco, California, along Great Highway, bounded by Balboa and Fulton str
Playland in 1918
A satirical depiction of Mooneysville by Henry Barkhaus published in The Wasp, January 26, 1884
Playland's Big Dipper c. 1920s
The Shoot-the-chutes
Cliff House, San Francisco
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The Cliff House is a neo-classical style building perched on the headland above the cliffs just north of Ocean Beach. Located on the West Side of San Francisco in the city's Outer Richmond neighborhoo
Playland (San Francisco)
…and Cliff House Railroad, the Park and Ocean Railroad, and the Sutro Railroad — that encouraged commercial amusement development as a trolley park. The Cliff House, which opened in 1863, and Sutro Baths, which opened in 1896, drew thousands of visitors. The rides and attractions that began to spring up along the…
Cliff House from Ocean Beach, 2010
First Cliff House, c. 1868
Second Cliff House, c. 1900
Third Cliff House, c. 1909