The Snapshots in Time Collection

Woman in 1920s Fashion at the Presidio of San Francisco

Woman in 1920s Fashion at the Presidio of San Francisco

This candid family snapshot, preserved in a photograph album from the Presidio of San Francisco, captures a woman in fashionable 1920s attire posed on the post's open grounds. Long a hub of U.S. Army activity on the West Coast, the Presidio was home to thousands of military families during the interwar period, and personal photographs like this one offer an intimate counterpoint to the post's official military history. Project: 218574