The Woman Who Saved The Cable Cars.

Friedel Klussmann. Sweet as pie. Tough as nails. When in 1947 San Francisco City Hall announced the pending demise of the cable car, Mrs. Klussmann began a one-woman, four-decade-long battle to save what she called, "The heart of the City."

Check out the San Francisco Chronicle archival photos that tell the story: https://www.sfchronicle.com/chronicle_vault/article/The-legend-of-the-woman-who-saved-the-cable-cars-10872009.php#photo-12112617

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