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Tag: Playland

  • The Totem Pole at the Cliff House

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    Cliff House Land’s End According to the San Francisco Public Library  there was a small news copy regarding the totem pole when it was installed.  The publication date was not noted but it appears to be April 28th, 1949. Newscopy: “Chief Mathias Joe Capilano of the Squamish Indians of Western Canada, he carve ‘um 58-foot totem…

  • Playland Revisited

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    The Richmond District Corner of LaPlaya and Cabrillo Many people come to San Francisco and head to the Musee Mecanique.  There the first person you encounter, either with your ears or with your eyes is “Laughing Sal.”  Well she wasn’t always in a museum. Laughing Sal was originally at “Playland”.  Playland (also known as Playland…