Music Concourse
[8042. Scenic Railway from West End at Cal Mid Inter Exp] Roller Coaster Ride.
Golden Gate ParkCopy Negative
Contains 6604 photos
Midwinter Fair
Golden Gate Park. [8336. General View Court of Honor Looking West Cal Mid. Inter. Exp. 1895. View west along present Music Concourse. Bonet's Electric Tower at center. Strawberry Hill in distance.
Golden Gate Park
Prayerbook Cross
Golden Gate Park, Dedication of Prayerbook Cross with quarry in the foreground. (now the site of Rainbow Falls)[Unveiling of the Drake Cross at Golden Gate Park]
Golden Gate Park
Eskimo Village
[8210 Esquimaux and Dogs. Cal. Mid. Inter. Exp., 1894.] Eskimo Villagers, adults and children, in traditional dress, with sled dogs. Igloos with 6-pane windows. Midwinter Fair
Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
[8343. South Sea Islanders in their performance] Polynesian Performers on stage.
Golden Gate Park
Japanese Village
[8219. Interior of Japanese Theatre] Performers at 1894 Midwinter Fair
Golden Gate Park
1894 Midwinter Fair
South side of South Drive behind the current Academy of Sciences. [8099. Colorado Gold Mine] Gold Mine Ride entrance.
Golden Gate Park
Music Concourse
[6496 Mrs. C.F. Johnson, reciting the Dedicatory Poem on the occasion of the turning of the first shovelful of sand for the Midwinter Fair Site, at Golden Gate Park, August 24th, 1893.] Huge crowd in attendance.
Golden Gate Park
Chenery near Diamond
View east on Chenery from Diamond. Augustus Straub in front of 685 Chenery Street (on right, now Glen Park Hardware). Owner several Glen Park businesses. On right 677 Chenery, on left 654 Chenery, both still stand. [SC1]
Glen Park
Bosworth & Diamond
Straub family, Husband and wife merchants in front of ice cream/candy store on the Southwest corner of Bosworth & Diamond.. The paint store in background was on the lot of the present Glen Park vanity sign, store was built about 1920 and demolished in 1960s for Bosworth widening. Straub owned this corner store building.[SC1]
Glen Park
Unknown Location
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Family posing at refugee shack after earthquake [SC1]
Chenery & Diamond
Augustus Straub behind bar in his liquor store [SC1]
Glen Park
Lippard near Bosworth
Lippard between Chenery and Bosworth. Taken at one of the two grading events in mid-1908 under the auspices of the Glen Park Improvement Association. Labor provided by local residents. Intended to fill in the deep gulch there, due to Islais Creek, that prevented access. Horse teams grading land with Glen Park Schoolhouse in background [SC1]
Glen Park
Chenery & Diamond
Looking north from Chenery & Diamond. Building on left is 2792 Diamond, with fire damage from major blaze two months before just visible on far left. Band playing with crowd, houses under construction, Branch office to sell lots; tracks of San Francisco San Mateo Electric Railway. [SC1]
Glen Park
Bosworth near Diamond
View north across Bosworth, east of Diamond Street. Cleaning and Dye works (572 Bosworth) in left foreground; Pacific Coast Basket Factory on right, at 26 Wilder St (now 76). Islais Creek rocky gulch visible on right, now filled in, Bart parking lot. [SC1] Compare to SFHC Photo AAB-8705.
Glen Park