San Francisco - Early 1930s

It seems like San Francisco has been featured in the news a lot these days. Unfortunately most of the time it is for all the wrong reasons. Scenes on the nightly news don't paint a pretty picture. It has been many years since I have visited this once fair city - both for business as well as a family vacation. My times there were enjoyable and that's the way I would like to remember it. .

San Fran Promotional Brochure

In 1931, when my Dad was a young man, he and a friend took a cross country trip from the upper mid-west to the west coast. When they stopped to visit San Francisco he picked this 16 page brochure high-lighting the many features this west coast "rising star" had to offer for visitors. My how times have changed. If you are viewing the pages on a larger screen, click on any picture for a larger view.

1930s San Francisco Brochure Front Cover

San Francisco's Business and Shipping Center, from the Air

Montgomery Street, Financial Stronghold of the West

Market Street, Most Important Thoroughfare of Western America

Great Modern Docks Almost Encircle San Francisco

Oriental Night Parade in Chinatown