Music Concourse
Golden Gate Park. Visitors listening to band concert in Music Stand / Bandshell / Spreckels Temple of Music
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Planes over Bernal Hts
View northwest to 12 Navy biplanes (Grumman F3F fighters from 6F squadron attached to USS Enterprise) flying south over Bernal Heights at right (with Bernal Heights Boulevard constructed on hilltop), Noe Valley, and undeveloped Diamond Heights, Twin Peaks and Mt. Sutro behind. At bottom, St. Mary's Park, St. Mary's Park playground (later St. Mary's Park Recreation Center), Holly Park and Holly Park (College Hill) Reservoir with Junipero Serra Elementary School and Fairmount School behind. Probably from visit of aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) to Golden Gate International Exposition in July, 1939.
Bernal Heights
Kearny near Post
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Dynamiting the Examiner Building] View south to Palace Hotel at left, Chronicle, Call and Mutual Savings Bank Buildings at right.
Downtown / Union Square
Van Ness & Vallejo
1906 Earthquake and Fire, [Van Ness Ave. at Vallejo St.] View south to west side of Van Ness [Van Ness Ave. at Vallejo St.] Cracked and sunken roadway. St. Brigid's church in background. Cropped version of wnp27.2992
Pacific Heights
Golden Gate Park
View northwest to man posed in front of earthquake damaged east facade of Memorial Museum on Music Concourse 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. Original sphinx, Dore Vase at entrance. [Museum, G.G. Park]
Golden Gate Park
Old Mint
View northwest across Mission to Old U.S. Mint at 5th and Mission Streets. [U.S. Mint 5th And Mission Sts.
South of Market
Memorial Museum
Golden Gate Park. Damaged west wall of Memorial Museum on Music Concourse. 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. [Museum, G.G. Park}
Golden Gate Park
St. Ignatius Church
1906 Earthquake and Fire. Ruins of St. Ignatius Church and College, northeast corner of Hayes & Franklin Streets. (Present site of Davies Symphony Hall.) Old City Hall at right
Civic Center
Geary near Fillmore
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of Jewish Synagogue
Western Addition
St. Francis Hotel
Looking from Union Square. Undergoing reconstruction post-earthquake
Downtown / Union Square
Golden Gate Park
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Ruins of Sweeny Observatory on Strawberry Hill. The observatory was a gift to the park from Thomas U. Sweeney (Sweeney's name was misspelled on the observatory.)[Observatory G.G. Park S.F.]
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Damaged Music Stand / Bandshell / Spreckels Temple of Music showing damage from 1906 earthquake. [Band Stand, G.G. Park]
Golden Gate Park
Valencia near 18th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View West across Mission District ruins. Soldier. Old Mission High School and Mission Dolores in background. Duplicate of wnp27.2993
Mission
9th & Brannan
1906 Earthquake and Fire, Collapsed residential buildings
Showplace Square
Unknown Park
Man & woman posing in a park, same location as wnp27.5483