de Young Museum
Golden Gate Park, Exterior of de Young Museum with original ornate detailing, as designed by architect Louis Christian Mulgardt. [The De-Young Museum. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Cal.]
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Contains 4847 photos
15th & Kirkham
View north from 15th Avenue steps to Golden Gate heights. Golden Gate Park and Strawberry Hill in distance.
Golden Gate Heights
Japanese Tea Garden
Golden Gate Park. Young woman wearing flowered hat and overcoat standing in front of shrine in Tea Garden [JTG]
Golden Gate Park
Laguna & Washington
View west on Washington toward Laguna, 2301 Laguna, Henry J. Crocker Mansion. Building torn down circa 1936. Alta Plaza visible in the distance.
Pacific Heights
View from Alta Plaza
View looking northeast from Alta Plaza towards Russian Hill. Intersection of Jackson and Steiner Streets at lower right.
Pacific Heights
Glen Park
View northerly from about the present site of the ballfield outfield. Crowd watching as cavalry soldiers demonstrate riding skills, apparently showing how to make horses lie down on command. (There were a number of cavalry exhibitions from the Presidio in January 1899)
Glen Park
Glen Park
View northerly from about the present site of the ballfield outfield. Crowd watching as cavalry soldiers demonstrate riding skills, apparently showing how to make a horse jump over a low hurdle. (There were a number of cavalry exhibitions from the Presidio in January 1899)
Glen Park
Glen Park
Balloon ascension at Glen Park. View east across the valley toward San Miguel Hills. This is possibly the scene of an accident, the aerialist can be seen below the balloon attached to undeployed parachute. Light-colored structure at right is a model of Morro Castle, located at approximately today's Mizpah and Sussex Street.
Glen Park
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