Attraction

Contains 313 photos

3rd Cliff House
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3rd Cliff House

Third Cliff House with moderne redwood exterior. View looking north on Point Lobos Ave. Camera Obscura (later Giant Camera) at far left. Totem Pole in distance.

Sutro
Playland at the Beach
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Playland at the Beach

Playland at the Beach. Streetcar terminal on La Playa. Elevated view south. Shoot the Chutes ride at right.

Sutro Heights
Cabrillo Streetcar Loop
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Cabrillo Streetcar Loop

Elevated view west. The end of the B-line was a loop at Cabrillo and Great Highway between the 2 blocks of Playland. Fun House, Midway at left. Laff In The Dark ride at lower right. Five Muni B-Line streetcars, including #206 and #203. Same as SFMTA Archive photo D4310.

Richmond Outer
Playland
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Playland

Laffin' Sal in window of Fun House, at Cabrillo and La Playa.

Ocean Beach
Chutes at the Beach
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Chutes at the Beach

Elevated view northwest from Balboa and La Playa to The Chutes' Tabloid Golf Course. Hawai-Land dance hall in Ocean Beach Pavilion in background.

Ocean Beach
Balboa & La Playa
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Balboa & La Playa

A fan trip, streetcar #1553, stops at Playland at the Beach. Shoot the Chutes in background. View northwest

Richmond
Refugee Headquarters
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Refugee Headquarters

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Golden Gate Park Concourse - Memorial Museum, with west wall damaged by earthquake. Originally constructed as the Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair, it was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Trained Pigs performing at Col. Daniel Boone's Arcade. Horse and chariot racing in background.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair Parade
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Midwinter Fair Parade

View east on Golden Gate Ave. to parade with Midwinter Fair participants, the Dahomey Villagers. St. Boniface Church in background.

Tenderloin
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

View southeasterly from the concourse toward the Electric Fountain (left) and Firth Wheel and Kilauea Volcano Cyclorama beyond, right.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Golden Gate Park, View east from inside Japanese Village and Tea Garden with drum bridge, Tea House, Tsuru (Sacred Storks), and entrance gate. Bonin Electric Tower in background.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Tight wire walker John Weitzman on rope wire stretched between Bonet Tower and Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building (Weitzman is below Belvista Cafe sign). View taken from dome of Building, looking southwest. Strawberry Hill at right.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Hawaiian Village entrance. Kid sitting on post, woman in ticket booth.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Heidelberg Castle. Strawberry Hill and Sweeny's Observatory in distance. Railroad tracks in front. Near south entrance gate.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Hawaiian Village Musicians posed in front of Hale Pili, grass hut. Electric Tower in background

Golden Gate Park