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Sutro Baths Dolce far Niente Parapet Ocean Beach Cliff House Firth Ferris Wheel Ocean Beach Pavilion Seal Rock House stables Seal Rocks Flag Rock

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Ocean Beach Pavilion, built about 1880-1885 Lurline Baths salt water pumping Ocean Beach Casino (?) original Seal Rock House, built in the 1850s
From Cliff House, looking south to Ocean Beach

 

Dolce far Niente Balcony (completed abt. 1881) Parapet
From Ocean Beach, looking north



View from Cliff House, overlooking Sutro Baths (north)
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Photo believed to have been taken from the tower of the Cliff House, about 1898.
Below is a rendering from John Hall's model, viewed from the tower north side roof dormer.




Looking down the hill from north of the Cliff House, looking east
Contributed by John O'Neill

It looks like this photo is taken at the top of the hill. The group of men in the far background are standing at the intersection of Pt Lobos and 48th Av.
The below arrow indicates the orientation of the above photo.