Forty-Third Avenue

43rd Avenue

From San Francisco Chronicle article, Saturday January 18, 1913, "Sunset Fast Becoming Beautiful Residence Suburb":

"Rows of new, artistic homes in Sunset district. [...] a row of pretty homes built by J.W. Rapple, on the east line of Forty-third avenue, beside Golden Gate Park."

Images: 43rd Avenue in 1913, San Francisco Chronicle. 43rd Avenue in 2000, WNP photo.

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