Please join the San Francisco History Center on Thursday, November 5 for Woody LaBounty's presentation about his new book Carville-By-The-Sea: San Francisco's Streetcar Suburb. The program will begin at 6 p.m. in the Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room B on the lower level of the Main Library with a book signing following the presentation. Mr. LaBounty will talk about San Francisco's quirkiest and least-remembered communities. In the late 19th century the community began out in the sand dunes by converting old transit cars into cottages and clubhouses.
If you would like to learn more about Carville before or after the program, please come visit the San Francisco History Center or view sources online through the San Francisco Public Library's Web site.
In the San Francisco History Center, ask at the reference desk for the Vertical File "San Francisco. Districts. Carville." In the file you will find newspaper clippings and magazine articles about the Carville buildings and community. While you're in the Center, you may want to read the article "A City of Cars" by Gibbs Adams in Overland Monthly, v. 52, November 1908. The contemporary article highlights the community with wonderful photographs.
Through the online San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, you may browse digitized images of Carville. With a San Francisco Public Library card, one can view articles about Carville in the San Francisco Chronicle Historical database. The San Francisco Chronicle article "Burn the Car Out of Carville Residents of Oceanside Celebrate" dated July 6, 1913 reports on the Fourth of July celebration, spearheaded by the Oceanside Improvement Club, which burned over 30 cars. The article reminisces about the old Carville community.
If you would like to learn more about Carville before or after the program, please come visit the San Francisco History Center or view sources online through the San Francisco Public Library's Web site.
In the San Francisco History Center, ask at the reference desk for the Vertical File "San Francisco. Districts. Carville." In the file you will find newspaper clippings and magazine articles about the Carville buildings and community. While you're in the Center, you may want to read the article "A City of Cars" by Gibbs Adams in Overland Monthly, v. 52, November 1908. The contemporary article highlights the community with wonderful photographs.
Through the online San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, you may browse digitized images of Carville. With a San Francisco Public Library card, one can view articles about Carville in the San Francisco Chronicle Historical database. The San Francisco Chronicle article "Burn the Car Out of Carville Residents of Oceanside Celebrate" dated July 6, 1913 reports on the Fourth of July celebration, spearheaded by the Oceanside Improvement Club, which burned over 30 cars. The article reminisces about the old Carville community.
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