Cliff House
Santa's Workshop diorama, Musee Mecanique (still on display in 2018 at Musee Mecanique, Pier 45) [Santa's Workshop, Cliff House]
Sutro HeightsAttraction
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Point Lobos Ave
View northwest from sidewalk toward Seal Rocks and Cliff House (with blue waves paint job, totem poles)
Sutro Heights
Midwinter Fair
Elk and goats in Midwinter Fair Esquimaux (Eskimo) Village exhibit, site of present Botanical Gardens. The Esquimaux Village was presented with the French spelling because the troupe had come from northern Quebec, near Hudson Bay.
Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
Elevated view south to Mechanical Arts Building (on present site of Academy of Sciences) viewed from Bonet's Electric Tower in center of today's Music Concourse. Steam from boilers in annex. Oriental Village and Cairo Street, Scenic Railway, Football and Baseball Grounds with grandstand (upper left)
Golden Gate Park
Memorial Museum
Dore Vase at entrance to Memorial (later part of de Young) Museum, originally Fine Arts Building of 1894 Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park. Copy of this: wnp37.03275. [Entrance to Museum, Golden Gate Park, SF, Cal. 1896]
Golden Gate Park
Memorial Museum
View northeast to Memorial Museum (later part of de Young Museum) on music concourse. Originally built as Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair. Turtle sundial (by M. Earl Cummings) installed October 1907. Dore vase, cannons. West wall shows repairs after 1906 earthquake damage. [Museum, Golden Gate Park, Made in Germany]
Golden Gate Park
Memorial Museum
Golden Gate Park. Dore Vase, Sphinx, cannon, bicycles in front of Memorial Museum. (Fine Arts Building for Midwinter Fair was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum).
Golden Gate Park
Sky Tram
View south past Sutro Baths to Cliff House. Arch Rock at right. [Cliff House Sky Tram SF-146. Scenic Views of the West Coast. Color by Kaldor.]
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Cliff House
3rd Cliff House. View west from Sutro Heights to automobiles parked on Point Lobos Ave below and Seal Rocks beyond. Camera Obscura (later Giant Camera) at left. Totem Pole at right.
Sutro Heights
South San Francisco
View north to tracks with Market St. Railway Streetcar #1235, Line #40 Interurban. Baden Kennel Club (a greyhound racing track) near Orange Ave.
Outside SF
Woodward's Gardens
[B 107 Woodward's Gardens, S.F. Watkins' New Boudoir Series Yo Semite and Pacific Coast, 427 Montgomery Street] Elevated view northwest from Mission & 14th Street. Horsecars and crowds at park entrance.
Mission
Ocean Beach
View north to three 'Boogie Board' surfers heading into the water. Third Cliff House and Giant Camera Obscura in background. Totem pole.
Sutro Heights
La Playa near Balboa
View north to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 5-line Streetcar #828 at Playland Terminal loop. Shoot the Chutes ride at left, Rocket Speedway in background. [0828-05-01 La Playa Terminal circa 1940]
Richmond Outer
Unknown Location
A model of an amusement park with roller coaster and other attractions, made of one million toothpicks, constructed by convicts at California State Prison at Folsom. Photo of completed model and press release document
Eddy & Jones
[Arcadia Dancing Pavilion - Eddy And Jones Streets San Francisco Calif. The Finest Dancing Pavilion in the United States - Dancing every evening and Sunday afternoon]
Tenderloin