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Cultural/Historical ContextLabel
“ The road to the Presidio ran past our place. Almost daily, vaquero were seen driving the immense droves of cattle. The old road was very picturesque, bordered with brick and yellow lupin. Our neighbors and always our dear friends were the Spanish families. The Valencia family lived in a long adobe house on Sixteenth Street, then called Centre Street after John Centre, an early settler of Mission Dolores. The Sanchez family lived in a modern house opposite the old adobe. In the rear lived the Galindos and the Noes lived in the valley named for them at the foot of the Twin Peaks.
It was the joy of my girlhood days to hear Mrs. Tissori tell of the fiestas held at the Mission. When she was a young lady, the Spanish families from far and near would gather here and the celebration would continue for a week. ”
Nellie Thompson
born in San Francisco, California