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Great Highway at the Beach, San Francisco, California

Subjects
Aerial Views & PanoramasAutomobilesBeaches & Coastlines
Card type
Real photo
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Great Highway at the Beach, San Francisco, California, Helen Feeney, PA, USA, c. 1915 real photo postcard
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Back of Great Highway at the Beach, San Francisco, California, Helen Feeney, PA, USA, c. 1915 real photo postcard
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About this subject

Elevated view looking along San Francisco's Great Highway, with rows of parked automobiles lining the inland side of the road and a long promenade and wide sandy beach stretching to the right. Bathhouses, storefronts and beach crowds fill the scene under a hazy sky.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Sis, This is a grand amusement park but we didn't have time to ride on anything - we were too busy eating hamburgers, pop-corn + candy. The surf looked fun but I'll bet it was cold. Love, June + Red

PublisherJ. C. Bardell
GREAT HIGHWAY AT THE BEACH SAN FRANCISCO --- GREAT HIGHWAY AT THE BEACH, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA FOR CORRESPONDENCE POST CARD No. 431 J. C. BARDELL, SAN FRANCISCO
PostmarkedSan Francisco, CA, April 18, 1938, 17:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Helen Feeney

1515 Derry St., Harrisburg, Penna.

Postcard record

Postmarked, San Francisco, CA
ConditionGood
Place addressedHelen Feeney, 1515 Derry St., Harrisburg, PA
PublisherSan Francisco, CA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesBlack-and-white image with a white border; light staining and edge wear at bottom and top margins. Postmark: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. APR 18 5-PM 1938, with slogan cancel "BUY U.S. SAVINGS BONDS / ASK YOUR POSTMASTER". Divided-back card, white border, glossy real-photo style print; light edge wear and a few stains.

Cite this card

Great Highway at the Beach, San Francisco, California, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/great-highway-at-the-beach-san-francisco-california. Accessed October 5, 2026.