Alamo Square
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from Alamo Square, after earthquake. Smoke in distance, lots of people sitting on lawn, watching fire in Hayes Valley. 'Painted Lady' Victorians at left center.
Alamo SquarePark
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Golden Gate Park
Memorial Museum and music concourse. Building was originally constructed as Fine Arts Building for the 1894 Midwinter Fair, and re-named Memorial Museum in 1895. It was later incorporated into the de Young Museum.
Golden Gate Park
Fulton & 7th Ave
View southwest across Fulton to Muni 5-line #665 on fan trip to make the end of rail service on the 5-line. Golden Gate Park and Powell Street Railroad Company waiting room / park entrance on left. (Former Market Street Railway streetcar #265 was renumbered to #665 to avoid duplication after the 1944 merger).
Golden Gate Park
Buchanan near Marina
Elevated view looking east from Buchanan St. across graded site of future Marina Safeway. Fort Mason in background. The area now called the Great Meadow is covered with military buildings and streets. The large dark patch is the shadow of the towering gas storage tank (a 'gasometer') that stood at the corner of Bay and Laguna. (very similar to wnp100.20013)
Marina
Golden Gate Park
North Lake, Chain of Lakes. 4 people posing on high rustic bridge on to island on North Lake. View South toward Main Drive.
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Music Concourse, 6 people posing near the Spreckels Temple of Music / Bandshell
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Music Concourse, a family of 6 posing near the Memorial Museum, later part of de Young Museum.
Golden Gate Park
Fort Mason
1906 Earthquake and Fire, woman cooking in the street at Fort Mason. [3792 - Preparing dinner for her family - Old Lady cooking on the curb. SF Disaster] View north on MacArthur Ave near General's House, visible through trees at upper center.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Conservatory of Flowers
Golden Gate Park, view northeast to Conservatory of Flowers after January 5, 1883 fire. (New dome in place by 1884) (dupe of wnp24.423a.)
Golden Gate Park
Deer Glen
Golden Gate Park, view northwest across Bowling Green Drive near Middle Drive (now Nancy Pelosi) toward the entrance to the Deer Glen (now the AIDS Memorial Grove). From at least the 1910's to the 1990's this was known as the De Laveaga Dell, named after settler and philanthropist Jose Vicente de Laveaga. who gave a monetary bequest for its development in the 1890's.
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Conservatory of Flowers and Garfield Monument, view looking northwest.
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
View north across Music Concourse 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. Man poses, reclining on grass circle in center of Concourse. Building at left was originally the Royal Bavarian Pavilion at the 1894 Fair. It was converted into an annex to the Memorial Museum. Together with the nearby Japanese Village (today's Tea Garden) these were the only buildings not demolished after the fair.
Golden Gate Park
Aquatic Park
View east from Fort Mason to Aquatic Park and Bathhouse / Casino Building (later the Maritime Museum). Large number of bathers on the beach and in the water. Haslett Warehouse, Bay Bridge, and Coit Tower in background.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Lincoln Park
Crowds of people and automobiles in front of the Palace of the Legion of Honor. Elevated view northeast from top of the Legion of Honor colonnade towards Golden Gate, Fort Point and Angel Island. The circular fountain was installed around 1929.
Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Franklin Hospital
Aerial view of old German Hospital, which became Franklin hospital, which became Davies hospital, which became Cal Pacific Davies campus. View looking southwest from Noe and Duboce Streets.[11755]
Duboce Triangle