The photos below show how populous San Francisco\u00a0was getting in the 1940s and\u00a0depict what life was like in\u00a0the city as conflict raged around the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Based on the pedestrian and automobile confusion shown in the photo above, it’s clear some things never change \u2014\u00a0Market Street, currently a major thoroughfare in downtown San Francisco, was also incredibly\u00a0busy in the 1940s.<\/p>\n This expansive view captures a huge traffic jam along Market Street.<\/p>\n Little Hollywood, which still exists today, is a tiny San Francisco neighborhood that\u00a0popped up in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of the houses there are similar in style to homes in Southern California, and that’s where the area got its name.<\/p>\n The San Francisco Zoo was originally named the Fleishhacker Zoo after Herbert Fleishhacker, president of the San Francisco Parks Commission. Fleishhacker built a saltwater pool also named after himself across the street from the zoo, and it\u00a0later fell into disrepair and was destroyed by a fire in 2012. The San Francisco Zoo now uses that space as\u00a0an additional parking lot.<\/p>\n Completed in the 1940s, the MacArthur Tunnel is located in the Presidio<\/a> and is\u00a0a direct link between Park Presidio Boulevard and Lake Street.<\/p>\n Now in ruins, the Sutro Baths used to be a privately owned saltwater bathhouse located near the Cliff House restaurant. Before the facility\u00a0burned down and closed in 1966, it\u00a0included an ice skating rink, a 2,700-seat amphitheater, six saltwater pools, seven slides and 30 gymnastic swinging rings.<\/p>\n There used to be a streetcar depot curling around the coast near the former Sutro Baths location. Unfortunately for Outer Richmond residents, that mode of public transportation has been closed since 1949.<\/p>\n Above, sunbathers loiter on a rare sunny day at\u00a0Ocean Beach. Behind the photographer would have been Playland-at-the-Beach, an amusement park that was demolished in the 1970s<\/a>. The Boardwalk in Santa Cruz was modeled after the attraction.<\/p>\n Sherman Elementary School, built in 1892, is still an integral part of San Francisco’s\u00a0public education system.<\/span><\/p>\n The post-World War II construction boom of the 1950s<\/a> would eventually transform the Outer Sunset neighborhood into a sleepy suburb, but in the 1940s the area was still only sand dunes. <\/span><\/p>\n Through the 1930s and into the 1950s, the polo fields in Golden Gate Park were\u00a0the spot for cycling races. Fast forward\u00a0to 1967, and that same space was being\u00a0used by\u00a0the historical <\/span>Human Be-In <\/span><\/a>counterculture movement.<\/span><\/p>\n On the right in\u00a0the above photo you can see a sign for Foster\u2019s Cafeterias, once\u00a0a widespread chain in San Francisco. The restaurants were famous for their sourdough English muffins. <\/span><\/p>\n6th Street and Market Street, 1940<\/b><\/h2>\n
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<\/a>Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp32.0092.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nValencia Street and Market Street, 1940<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp14.3179.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nLittle Hollywood, 1940<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp14.3461.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nSolitary polar bear at the Fleishhacker Zoo, 1940<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp28.0760.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/p>\nMacArthur Tunnel, 1940<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp28.0267.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nSutro Baths main tank, ca.\u00a01940<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp4\/wnp4.0321.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nSutro Baths Streetcar Depot, 1940<\/h2>\n
Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp14.1472.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nOcean Beach, ca.\u00a01940<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp4\/wnp4.0635.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nSherman Elementary School, 1941<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp26.372.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n33rd Avenue and Pacheco Street, 1943<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp26.018.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nPolo fields in Golden Gate Park, 1945<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp14.3373.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nGeary Street and Grant Avenue, ca. 1947<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a>Photo: OpenSFHistory\/wnp14.3408.jpg<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nHaight Theater, 1948<\/b><\/h2>\n