Photo prints from the San Francisco area, taken between 1980-1983. The original film and slide photos were destroyed while in storage. The film and slides were put in “archival” plastic sleeves that, instead of preserving the images, destroyed them. The only copies left were prints that had been displayed on the walls, and were damaged over time by sunlight. The prints were scanned in to create digital images. They are presented in no particular order, much as they were displayed on the walls.
The USCGC Eagle docked in San Francisco for an open house. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, scanned from a sun-damaged print. Taken circa 1978, with a Yashica TL-Electro.Oakland, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Treasure Island, a large container ship, and homes in San Francisco can be seen in this photo, circa 1979. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.A Guppy II class submarine (World War II submarine with postwar modernization) sails into the Pacific under Golden Gate Bridge. The fisherman at the left is resting against the walls of Fort Point. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken circa 1979 with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.This stone bridge crosses Stow Lake to Strawberry Hill in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, on a foggy day in 1978. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.A lone duck crosses Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, on a foggy day in 1978. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Trees surrounded by fog in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, circa 1978. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.This squirrel volunteered itself to test a squirrel-proof feeder in a bird cage at San Francisco Zoo circa 1980. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.A bulk freighter sails past a navigation platform near San Francisco in stormy seas, circa 1979. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Photo of San Francisco, from the Presidio of San Francisco. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.San Francisco is split by a coastal mountain range running down the center of the city. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken from the crest of Twin Peaks, using a Yashica TL-Electro. Scanned from a sun-damaged print.Crystal Springs Reservoir fills a rift caused by the San Andreas fault that runs down the length of the San Francisco peninsula. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken circa 1978 with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.This scribe sharpens her goose quill at the Santa Rosa Renaissance Faire in 1978. While pen knives were born from sharpening pens, she is using an Xacto knife. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.This elegant lady with her pewter goblet graced the fair and offered a hearty greeting. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken circa 1978 with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.This buxom lass offered “fresh, hot buns” at the Santa Rosa Renaissance Fair, circa 1978. Caution prevailed. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.This future Marine took aim at suspect formations with this recoilless rifle at Naval Air Station Moffett Field during an Armed Forces Day display circa 1978. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Opened in 1895, the Public Health Service Hospital San Francisco helped generations of mariners and immigrants with health needs. The current building opened in 1932, and was shuttered when the Reagan Administration closed the system in 1981. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken in 1979 with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.A Japanese pagoda in Golden Gate Park circa 1979. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.First flown in 1965, the Corsair II had a long, illustrious career in the US Navy. These two Corsairs are at Naval Air Station Alameda, with San Francisco Bay Bridge in the background, circa 1979. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.The Basilica of San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission (Carmel Mission) was founded by Fr. Junipero Serra in 1770, but is now better known as Carmel-by-the-Sea. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken circa 1980 with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Until 2003, the Avery Brundage Asian Art Museum resided in Golden Gate Park, near this Japanese garden. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken circa 1978 with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Koi (nishikijoi) or “brocaded carp” are often used to ornament Japanese gardens, such as this one near the Avery Brundage Museum in Golden Gate Park, circa 1978. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Two ducks dry themselves on a log in Strawberry Lake, Golden Gate Park, circa 1979. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Under Golden Gate Bridge is a Civil War-era brick fort, Fort Point. Yes, the “Golden Gate” bridge is red, not gold. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken circa 1979 with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Golden Gate Bridge on an overcast, blustery day. Marin County is on the far side, and Fort Point is to the right. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, aken circa 1979 with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Spring colors grace Fort Funston, a coastal artillery battery constructed on 200-foot-high cliffs at the southern edge of San Francisco, beginning in 1917. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken circa 1980 with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Fort Funston is an old coastal artillery battery on the Pacific side of San Francisco. Among the many sights, you could see strange formations in the sand. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.
The US Coast Guard ship Eagle visits San Francisco on a foggy day, surrounded by fireboats and sailboats. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken circa 1978 with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.A mast of the Eagle. The USCGC Eagle is a training vessel used by the US Coast Guard Academy. It was originally the German training vessel Horst Wessel, launched in 1936, but was taken as war reparations and given to the Coast Guard in 1946. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters. Scanned from a sun-damaged print. Taken circa 1978, with a Yashica TL-Electro.Cormorants preen themselves on rocks at the edge of Half Moon Bay. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken circa 1978 with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Alcatraz (Pelican) Island was known chiefly for birds, prior to establishing a military prison there during the Civil War, and a federal prison in 1934. Today it is a National Historic Landmark. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken in 1977 with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Rowers take a shell out for a spin on Lake Merced, San Francisco, circa 1979. Lake Merced was the sight of the “last duel” in the US, where former California Supreme Court Justice David Terry shot US Senator David Broderick; the issue was slavery, with Broderick a fierce proponent for freedom. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, scanned from a sun-damaged print from a Yashica TL-Electro.Magellanic penguin at San Francisco Zoo, circa 1979. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, scanned from a sun-damaged print. Original image on film, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro.During an Armed Forces Day display circa 1978, a Marine was injured repelling from a helicopter. The helicopter was then used to medevac him to a hospital. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Lombard Street, San Francisco, is a popular spot in films and TV episodes. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters. This was scanned from a sun-damaged print, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro circa 1978.Golden Gate Bridge as seen from the Presidio of San Francisco. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken circa 1978 with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Winter storm waves hitting the seawall at Fort Point, under Golden Gate Bridge. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken 1978 with a Yashica TL-Electro; scanned from a sun-damaged print.Storm waves hitting the seawall at Fort Point, San Francisco. After taking this photo, a woman in her 20s, walking along the edge, fell in. I pulled her out of the water, wrenching my shoulder. I also thought I’d ruined my camera. She left in a car without even a thank-you. Taken with a Yashica TL-Electro in 1978. Scanned from a sun-damaged print.Storm waves hitting the seawall at Fort Point, San Francisco. This photo was taken shortly after I rescued a woman who was walking along the chain and was knocked into the sea. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a suddenly water-soaked Yashica TL-Electro in 1978. Scanned from a sun-damaged print.Setting sun in the sea off Marin County, California. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken circa 1978 with a Yashica TL-Electro. Scanned from a sun-damaged print.Moon at sunset in San Francisco, circa 1978. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters. From a sun-damaged print, shot with a Yashica TL-Electro.Air Force Thunderbirds at Travis Air Force Base, 1979. At this point in time, the Thunderbirds flew the T-38 Talon, a supersonic jet trainer. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, scanned from a sun-damaged print.Foggy San Francisco, seen from Alameda Naval Air Station on a sunny (?) summer day. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, scanned from a sun-damaged print.The fog envelopes Golden Gate Bridge above Fort Point. Fort Point, one of the last brick forts made in the United States, was almost immediately obsolete due to advances in warfare during the Civil War. It is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Photo by Lawrence I. Charters, taken with a Yashica TL-Electro film camera, scanned from a sun-damaged print.
