San Francisco in the early 1960s stood at a cultural crossroads, quietly shifting from postwar tradition toward the vibrant awakening that would soon define it.
The city’s streets still echoed mid-century elegance, with cable cars rattling through Nob Hill and pastel Cadillacs cruising past diners in the morning mist. Market Street pulsed with neon-lit commerce, while North Beach brimmed with artistic energy from poets, jazz musicians, and café conversations. Chrome-covered cars and streetcars climbed the hills, reflecting a golden California light against a backdrop of Victorian homes and rising modernist towers. These rediscovered Kodachrome slides reveal a city full of grace and momentum, poised for transformation yet steeped in timeless charm.
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