Vignettes of San Francisco
Almira Bailey
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A collection of observations and stories about San Franciscan life - the people, the buildings, the parks, the food, the street-cars, the bay, Alcatraz, the sounds and the smells and the characteristics and idiosyncrasies of this fascinating city. Excerpt...IN the same way that the poets have loved Rome and made their pilgrimages there - as good Moslems travel toward Mecca, so there are some of us who have come to San Francisco. Then when we arrive and find it all that we have dreamed, our love for it becomes its highest tribute.
- Summary by Unknown (2 hr 45 min)
Chapters
| As Pilgrims go to Rome | 3:40 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| At the Ferry | 3:38 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| The Union-Street Car | 3:26 | Read by SK |
| The Latin Meets the Oriental | 3:20 | Read by SK |
| The Pepper and Salt Man | 3:25 | Read by LisaRubio |
| The Bay on Sunday Morning | 4:02 | Read by Michael Fassio |
| Safe on the Sidewalk | 3:42 | Read by SK |
| Port O'Missing Men | 3:46 | Read by Nemo |
| Market St. Scintillations | 3:57 | Read by Nemo |
| Cafeterias | 3:55 | Read by BettyB |
| The Open Board of Trade | 4:05 | Read by Eva Davis |
| The San Francisco Police | 4:05 | Read by Nemo |
| A Marine View | 3:21 | Read by SK |
| Hilly-Cum-Go | 3:59 | Read by Scotty Smith |
| I'll Get it Changed, Lady | 3:40 | Read by Michael Fassio |
| Fillmore Street | 3:55 | Read by LisaRubio |
| In the Lobby of the St. Francis | 3:31 | Read by BettyB |
| The Garbage-Man's Little Girl | 3:10 | Read by LisaRubio |
| The Palace | 3:23 | Read by SK |
| Zoe's Garden | 4:11 | Read by Eva Davis |
| Children on the Sidewalk | 4:54 | Read by Nemo |
| Feet that Pass on Market St. | 3:30 | Read by BettyB |
| Where the Centuries Meet | 3:20 | Read by BettyB |
| Bags or Sacks | 5:25 | Read by Michael Fassio |
| Portsmouth Square | 3:40 | Read by Glennie Junkin |
| Miracles | 3:34 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Impulses and Prohibitions | 3:08 | Read by SK |
| Stopping at the Fairmont | 3:21 | Read by BettyB |
| San Francisco Sings | 3:26 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Van Ness Avenue | 3:45 | Read by Michael Fassio |
| The Blind Men and the Elephant | 3:10 | Read by Nemo |
| You're Getting Queer | 3:59 | Read by Nemo |
| The Ferry and Real Boats | 3:19 | Read by BettyB |
| A Whiff of Acacia | 3:44 | Read by Eva Davis |
| It Takes All Sorts | 3:17 | Read by SK |
| The Fog in San Francisco | 3:38 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| A Block on Ashbury Heights | 3:02 | Read by Becca L. |
| The Greek Grocer | 3:24 | Read by Scotty Smith |
| Billboards or Art | 5:20 | Read by Scotty Smith |
| Golden Gate Park | 3:47 | Read by BettyB |
| Extra Fresh | 3:39 | Read by Eva Davis |
| On the California-Street Car | 1:56 | Read by SK |
| Western Yarns | 3:20 | Read by Michael Fassio |
| Mr. Mazzini and Dante | 4:19 | Read by Eva Davis |
| On the Nob of Nob Hill | 3:27 | Read by Larry Wilson |