A view of the original San Francisco State College campus at Haight and Buchanan Streets in 1952. The image shows an earthen embankment reinforced with wooden supports and piping, descending toward a fenced tennis court. Portions of campus buildings and railings are visible above the slope. Photographed during the final year of the Haight Street campus, the scene reflects the constrained urban setting that the college had outgrown by the early 1950s. In 1953, classes officially moved to the newly developed Lake Merced campus, marking the end of this historic site’s academic use.
