Attraction

Contains 313 photos

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PPIE

Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Tower of Jewels with fairgoers strolling.

Marina
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PPIE

Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Tower of Jewels with landscaping in foreground.

Marina
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Fine Arts Building for 1894 Midwinter Fair was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum. Dore vase and mounted cannon in front of entrance. Soldier wearing campaign hat at right.

Golden Gate Park
Pt Lobos near Great Highway
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Pt Lobos near Great Highway

Women and child in front of Cliff House. Sutro Baths with Tropic Beach sign, Cliff Cafe, in background

Sutro Heights
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Music Concourse. Old Memorial Museum and new de Young Museum. Sphinxes, field guns.

Golden Gate Park
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PPIE

Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Tower of Jewels with water feature in foreground.

Marina
Memorial Museum
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Memorial Museum

Golden Gate Park. Child posing next to fence enclosing Dore Vase in front of the Memorial Museum. The Fine Arts Building for the Midwinter Fair was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum.

Golden Gate Park
Memorial Museum
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Memorial Museum

Golden Gate Park. Family posing with cannon in front of Memorial Museum. 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
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

View east from site of present de Young Museum with people laying on grass. Memorial Museum in distance was 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
de Young Museum
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de Young Museum

Architect Louis Christian Mulgardt's de Young Museum, crowds of people, postcard view. [Memorial Museum Golden Gate Park Piggott Photo #3?]

Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Memorial Museum, replacement sphinxes in front, sundial sculpture (by M. Earl Cummings) installed October 1907. 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 when name was changed in 1921.

Golden Gate Park
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GGIE

View upward to head and torso of 81-foot Pacifica statue created by Ralph Stackpole for the Golden Gate International Exposition.

Treasure Island
Memorial Museum
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Memorial Museum

Golden Gate Park. View northwest from Music Concourse (Fine Arts Building for Midwinter Fair was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum). Pedestrian Underpass with benches lining roadway, Apple Cider Press Statue, original sphinx statues, Dore vase, cannon.

Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Music Concourse. View northacross concourse toward Memorial Museum. 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. Building at left was originally the Royal Bavarian Pavilion at the 1894 Fair. It was converted into an annex to the Memorial Museum.

Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

View east to Memorial Museum. 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. Sundial (by M. Earl Cummings) installed October 1907, unmounted cannon on lawn, Dore Vase, Replacement sphinxes.

Golden Gate Park