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Sutro Heights
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Sutro Heights

Sutro residence viewed through trees of Old Grove at Sutro Heights.

Sutro Heights
Union Square
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Union Square

View looking southeast across Union Square towards Butler Building under construction at Geary and Stockton. (with a sign reading 'Newman-Levinson Dry Goods will occupy this building') Dewey Monument at left.

Downtown / Union Square
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Egyptian-influenced museum building 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. Dore vase at center. Shows building following repairs after 1906 earthquake.

Golden Gate Park
California & Taylor
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California & Taylor

1906 Earthquake and Fire. Ruins of City Hall framed by entrance columns of former Alban Towne Mansion. Portals moved to Golden Gate Park in 1909 as Portals of the Past..

Nob Hill
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Music Concourse. Group of men from Bank of Italy gathered in front of statue of General John J. Pershing. [Bank Day] (same day as wnp70.10102)

Golden Gate Park
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

Sculptor M. Earl Cummings in his studio working on a early version of 'The Doughboy' statue, eventually placed in the Grove of Memory in Golden Gate Park.

Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Music Concourse. Taken from roof of North American Hall of Academy of Sciences, looking northeast over Francis Scott Key Monument in its second location. Automobiles in Golden Gate Park. (duplicate wnp37.03334)

Golden Gate Park
Sutro Heights
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Sutro Heights

Group of men and boys posing in front of the well house at Sutro Heights. Boys are similarly dressed, wearing military-type pillbox caps. Possibly a school group. Several boys appear to be Native American.

Sutro Heights
Sutro Heights
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Sutro Heights

Group of people gathered on the parapet alongside a large cannon. Statues atop the crenellations flank the group. The gun was an obsolete U.S. Navy 'Parrott Rifle' that Sutro purchased from a scrap dealer in 1896. There was a twin gun located further north on the parapet overlooking the Cliff House.

Sutro Heights
Lands End Station
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Lands End Station

Group of sightseers posed at Lands End Station on the Cliff Line. [Seeing SF on the United Railroads Observation Car. Lands End near the Gate. The old man is there. Can you find him?] (postmark Feb 12, 1906)

Lincoln Park / Ft. Miley
Sweeny Observatory
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Sweeny Observatory

Sweeny Observatory, Golden Gate Park, The observatory was a gift to the park from Thomas U. Sweeney (Sweeney's name was misspelled on the observatory.)

Golden Gate Park
Sweeny Observatory
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Sweeny Observatory

Family posed in front of Sweeny Observatory, Golden Gate Park, The observatory was a gift to the park from Thomas U. Sweeney (Sweeney's name was misspelled on the observatory.)

Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park, first Bandshell in Conservatory Valley showing early decorative plantings.

Golden Gate Park
Twin Peaks Aerial
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Twin Peaks Aerial

View southwest over the Mission District, Twin Peaks, Mt. Davidson, Sunset District, Lake Merced, and Pacific Ocean. Dolores Park at lower right. [15077]

Mission Dolores
Sunset Aerial
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Sunset Aerial

View east from Pacific Ocean toward the Sunset District, Golden Gate Park, spanning the the entire bay, Mt. Diablo in the distance. [74003]