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Telegraph Hill Observatory circa 1885

Telegraph Hill Observatory, also known as Layman's Folly and Layman's German Castle. It was a roadhouse, restaurant, and observatory at the top of Telegraph Hill and reached by the Telegraph Hill Railroad up Greenwich Street. Funicular cable car at center at terminus.
Photographer Unknown (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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