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(More customer reviews)I first heard about this book from my brother. After looking it up on Amazon I promptly purchased two of these books - one for myself and one for my sister.
We all were delighted to find, on page 65, our parents' wedding photo - Louis and Mary Meyer. On page 61 there is another photo that indicates it is of my parents. However, both my sister and I disagree about this. We believe the lady on the right is Viola Lawless, but, after examination by a magnifying glass, we are pretty sure the other lady and the gentleman are not Louis and Mary Meyer.
Aside from that, we all enjoyed the book tremendously. My brother said it was like having his life flash before his eyes. Mike and Viola Lawless were great friends of my parents and, of course, we remember the Lawless children. It was fun seeing their pictures in the book.
We remember Nolte's Saddle Shop and the slaughterhouses of Butchertown. In fact, one of my uncles worked at Moffat's for many years. I, in particular, enjoyed seeing the picture of Guy Mitchell as my uncle knew him and I was a fan of his when I was young. I also loved the rural side of SF. It's probably hard for people to believe that, not all that many years ago, there were cowboys and horses in the area.
I decided to check for other books in this series to send to friends and was disappointed to find there was no book on North Beach where one of them was born and raised. Perhaps there will be one soon.
But, all in all, I (we) loved the book and have enjoyed discussing it with lots of "do you remember...?" in the process.
Mary Meyer Moss
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It's hard to imagine cows walking up Third Street or sheep on Innes Avenue, yet a large portion of the area known today as Bayview Hunters Point was once extremely rural. Called Butchertown by locals, the neighborhood was a source of much of San Francisco's food. Over the years, it evolved into an interesting combination of residences, businesses, and industries. The area was home to slaughterhouses, tanneries, tallow works, a saddle shop, the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, numerous boat yards including the legendary Allemand Brothers Boat Repair, and the U.S. Naval operations at Hunters Point Shipyard. Alongside these entities lived thousands of residents with unique stories and lifestyles.
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