Midcentury San Francisco as Seen by Its Most Famous Photographer

A Golden Gate Bridge painter climbs a cable.

Fred Lyon

Coit Tower, Telegraph Hill.

Fred Lyon

Skate coasters, North Beach.

Fred Lyon

Herring fishermen, Sausalito’s Old Town in the distance.*

Fred Lyon

Union Square flower stand in front of the posh store I. Magnin.

Chinatown phone booth at the corner of Grant Avenue and California Street.

Fred Lyon

Parking on the steep hill just below the Mark Hopkins hotel.

Fred Lyon

Two construction workers eating lunch downtown revel in their front-row seats above 

the bustle of the noon crowd.

Fred Lyon

Artist Jean Varda's ferryboat home and studio.

Fred Lyon

Barker at a strip club on Broadway.

Fred Lyon

Ballet class for young dancers.

Fred Lyon

Ocean Beach from Sutro Heights.

Fred Lyon

San Francisco Ballet performance of the Nutcracker Suite.

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