Worlds Fair

Contains 1750 photos

Midwinter Fair
wnp26.976

Midwinter Fair

1894 Midwinter Fair, Golden Gate Park. Bonet Electric Tower, Mechanical Arts Building, view south to Golden Gate Heights, Belvista Cafe.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
wnp26.977

Midwinter Fair

View across concourse to Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building. Acrobat Achille Philion on spiral tower on walking globe. His first performance at the fair in Golden Gate Park was April 1, 1894. Belvista Cafe on Bonet Electric Tower, Columbus Statue.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
wnp26.978

Midwinter Fair

1894 Midwinter Fair, Golden Gate Park, view northeast to Memorial Museum. Bonet Electric Tower. Pedestal with rubble of Columbus Statue.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
wnp26.980

Midwinter Fair

1894 Midwinter Fair, Golden Gate Park. View southwest on road behind Administration Building. Crowd with gum girls. Haunted Swing ride, Cor. Hafford's Arizona Museum, The Maid from the Moon, Flemish Dairy restaurant.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
wnp26.981

Midwinter Fair

Golden Gate Park. Cairo Street performers, musicians, souvenir stand.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
wnp26.982

Midwinter Fair

1894 Midwinter Fair, Golden Gate Park. Bonet Electric Tower, Heidelberg Castle in background. Mechanical Arts Building being dismantled. Looking southwest towards Golden Gate Heights.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
wnp26.983

Midwinter Fair

1894 Midwinter Fair, looking northeast across concourse to Fine Arts Museum. Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building at right, electric fountain.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
wnp26.987

Midwinter Fair

Photographer (Taber?) on ladder with camera. Administration Building. Staff and Police posing.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
wnp26.990

Midwinter Fair

1894 Midwinter Fair, Golden Gate Park. Elevated view west across concourse to Administration Building and Strawberry Hill with Sweeny Observatory. Allegorical Fountain, Japanese Village, Columbus Statue at right.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
wnp26.991

Midwinter Fair

1894 Midwinter Fair, Golden Gate Park.View looking northeast from Midway past Dante's Inferno to Firth Wheel.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
wnp26.992

Midwinter Fair

1894 Midwinter Fair, Golden Gate Park. Elevated view southwest across concourse to Bonet Electric Tower, Administration Building, dunes. Strawberry Hill at extreme right. A cable stretches from the Tower toward the camera, and on it an aerialist dressed in white walks above the Grand Court.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
wnp26.993

Midwinter Fair

1894 Midwinter Fair, Golden Gate Park. Float with medieval statues and gargoyles

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
wnp26.994

Midwinter Fair

1894 Midwinter Fair, Golden Gate Park. Japanese Village / Tea Garden, interior view, Bonet Electric Tower in background.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
wnp26.995

Midwinter Fair

1894 Midwinter Fair, Rickshaw (Jinrikisha) covered with flowers, posed on recreation field (Big Rec).

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
wnp26.996

Midwinter Fair

1894 Midwinter Fair, Elevated view over Grand Court, Mechanical Arts Building, Bonet Electric Tower, Heidelberg Castle, Golden Gate Park.

Golden Gate Park