Lands End
Two young women posing on a rock at Lands End Beach (also Mile Rocks Beach). [Rosie & ...] Cliff face of Lands End promontory at right, Marin Headlands visible across the Golden Gate.
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Lands End
View northeast from cliffs between Point Lobos and Lands End towards Helmet Rock. Marin Headlands in distance, Lands End promontory at right.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Lands End
View north from cliffs of Lands End towards Golden Gate and the Marin Headlands. Mile Rocks without lighthouse visible at center left.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Ocean Beach
Ocean Beach Pavilion viewed from Great Highway. Seal Rock Hotel at far left. Numerous horse drawn carriages and crowds of people on highway. Built in 1884, it contained a giant ballroom that could hold 2,000 people at a time. The building had bars, restaurants, and a boxing gym that was once used by the first African-American heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson. After many conversions and remodelings, the Pavilion was demolished in 1972.
Sutro Heights
Marine Exchange Lookout
Marine Exchange Lookout at Point Lobos. View taken from right-of-way for Ferries & Cliff House Railroad, which ran below the structure. Lookout was demolished in March 1927. Site is now the location of the USS San Francisco Memorial.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Baker Beach
Boy and girl (Henry and Elsa Goecker) posing on the rocks at Baker Beach (aka Baker's Beach) at Fort Winfield Scott, Presidio. Marin Headlands visible in the distance.
Presidio
Baker Beach
Man and woman wading in the surf at Baker Beach (aka Baker's Beach) at Fort Winfield Scott in the Presidio. Marin Headlands visible across the Golden Gate.
Presidio
McLaren Lodge
Golden Gate Park. Built in 1896, the McLaren Lodge was once the home of John McLaren, the Park Superintendent from 1887 to 1943. Also held Offices for the Recreation and Parks Department, a use that continues today.
Golden Gate Park
Stow Lake
Golden Gate Park. Little girl in white dress and little boy in sailor suit (Elsa and Henry Goecker) feeding ducks in Stow Lake.
Golden Gate Park
Stow Lake
Golden Gate Park. View northwest from slopes of Strawberry Hill to original boathouse with Prayer Book Cross (also Drake's Cross) in the distance..
Golden Gate Park
Stow Lake
Golden Gate Park. View across lake toward Strawberry Hill. Sweeny Observatory visible atop hill.
Golden Gate Park
Memorial Museum
Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park. Originally constructed as Fine Arts Building for Midwinter Fair in 1894, it was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum. It was demolished in 1929. Original sphinxes flanking stairs. Cider Press statue at left, and Dore Vase in center. Cupid cherub statuary groupings which were moved to front of the Spreckels bandshell from some time in 1900 until approximately 1915.
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park.
Sharon Building (also Sharon Lodge). Built in 1888, a sandstone building in the Richardsonian Romanesque style to serve as a canteen for children and mothers visiting the Golden Gate Park Children's Quarters. It was damaged the 1906 Earthquake and by fire in 1974, but it was restored to its original appearance after each of these disasters.
Golden Gate Park
Children's Playground
Golden Gate Park. People gathered in Children's Playground. Mother holding baby in foreground. Rustic building in background.
Golden Gate Park
Conservatory of Flowers
Golden Gate Park. View over Conservatory Valley from near Main Drive (today's JFK Drive) towards Conservatory of Flowers.
Golden Gate Park