Contains 13662 photos
[Shana] Sailing ship Gjoa being moved across Great Highway to Golden Gate Park. Roald Amundsen's Gjoa was the first ship through the northwest passage in 1906. Donated to San Francisco, she was displayed at the west end of Golden Gate Park from 1909 to 1972, when she was returned to Norway.
Golden Gate Park
[Shana] Two women in the ruins of Sweeny Observatory atop Strawberry Hill. The observatory was a gift to the park from Thomas U. Sweeny [Ruins]
Golden Gate Park
[Shana] Sailing ship Gjoa being moved across Great Highway to Golden Gate Park. Roald Amundsen's Gjoa was the first ship through the northwest passage in 1906. Donated to San Francisco, she was displayed at the west end of Golden Gate Park from 1909 to 1972, when she was returned to Norway.
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park. Two women in front of old Memorial Museum. The Fine Arts Building for the Midwinter Fair was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum. Statue of lion created in 1898 by Ronald Hinton Perry and donated to the park in 1906. Dore Vase in background. [Shana]
Golden Gate Park
[Shana] Couple with little girl walking through underpass beneath Main Drive near 10th Avenue
Golden Gate Park
[Shana] Two women posing near the conservatory.
Sutro Heights
Crowd gathered near giant cross for Easter Sunrise service.
Sherwood Forest
McLaren was the superintendent of Golden Gate Park ( and of all San Francisco Parks) for 53 years.
View southeast from Bekins Storage building. Old Calvary Cemetery site. Land recently cleared for Anza Vista development. In the foreground is the site of City Center shopping center (Formerly Sears), behind (Across O'Farrell) is the site of Wallenberg High School, with a dead-end block of Terra Vista Avenue that was replaced by the school, and the location of the gas station is now part of Masonic Avenue.
Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
View southeast from Bekins Storage building. Old Calvary Cemetery site. Land recently cleared for Anza Vista development. In the foreground is the site of City Center shopping center (Formerly Sears), behind (Across O'Farrell) is the site of Wallenberg High School, with a dead-end block of Terra Vista Avenue that was replaced by the school, and the location of the gas station is now part of Masonic Avenue.
Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
View southeast from Bekins Storage building. Old Calvary Cemetery site. Land recently cleared for Anza Vista development. In the foreground is the site of City Center shopping center (Formerly Sears), behind (Across O'Farrell) is the site of Wallenberg High School, with a dead-end block of Terra Vista Avenue that was replaced by the school, and the structures in the bottom right corner are now part of Masonic Avenue. Saint Elizabeth's Home at right.
Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
Sutro Mansion (La Avanzada) ('Sutro's Castle') built by Adolph G. Sutro atop Mount Sutro in 1930. KGO-TV first signed on the air on May 5, 1949, and its studio was in the former Sutro residence.
Clarendon Heights
Adolph Gilbert Sutro's Mansion ('Sutro's Castle') atop Mount Sutro. KGO TV transmitter tower. KGO truck at left. Site of current Sutro Tower. Constructed in 1930 by grandson of mayor Adolph Sutro.
Clarendon Heights
View southeast from Bekins Storage building. Old Calvary Cemetery site. Land recently cleared for Anza Vista development. In the foreground is the site of City Center shopping center (Formerly Sears), behind (Across O'Farrell) is the site of Wallenberg High School, with a dead-end block of Terra Vista Avenue that was replaced by the school, and Saint Elizabeth's Home at right.
Laurel Heights / Jordan Park
View southeast from Bekins Storage building. Old Calvary Cemetery site. Land recently cleared for redevelopment at site of City Center shopping center (Formerly Sears), with Sears billboard. City Hall in distance.
Laurel Heights / Jordan Park