Worlds Fair

Contains 1750 photos

Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Administration Building, bandstand, and Allegorical fountain on east end of Grand Court (later the Golden Gate Park Music Concourse). Written on back: [Administration Bldg. on site of present Music Stand Japanese Tea Garden in background in trees] (Note: Band Shell actually sits on site of Allegorical Fountain. Former site of Administration Building is now a parking lot.)

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Horticultural and Agricultural building across Music Concourse. Columbus statue on right.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Golden Gate Park. Colorado Gold Mine 'A Mine in Full Operation' Exhibit, on today's Nancy Pelosi Drive.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

View west to Administration Building, Allegorical Fountain, Strawberry Hill in distance, and Columbus statue in Golden Gate Park. [8317 Court of Honor, Looking East. Cal. Mid. Inter. Exp. 1894.]

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

[8019 Scene in Japanese Village at Cal. Mid. Inter. Exp., S.F.] Woman standing near waterfall with Tsuru (storks) and Two Story Nobleman's House in background. Present day Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

[8206 Scene in Japanese Village. Cal. Mid. Inter. Exp., 1894] Japanese women with Two Story Nobleman's House. Kura on left. Present day Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Acrobat Achille Philion on walking globe atop spiral tower. Bonet's Electric Tower and Manufactures and Liberal Arts building in background. Philion first performed at the fair in Golden Gate Park on April 1, 1894.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair Midway
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Midwinter Fair Midway

Midway Restaurant 'Oysters in every style'

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Elk and goats in Midwinter Fair Esquimaux (Eskimo) Village exhibit, site of present Botanical Gardens. The Esquimaux Village was presented with the French spelling because the troupe had come from northern Quebec, near Hudson Bay.

Golden Gate Park
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Elevated view south to Mechanical Arts Building (on present site of Academy of Sciences) viewed from Bonet's Electric Tower in center of today's Music Concourse. Steam from boilers in annex. Oriental Village and Cairo Street, Scenic Railway, Football and Baseball Grounds with grandstand (upper left)

Golden Gate Park
View NW from Mt. Sutro
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View NW from Mt. Sutro

Panorama 1894 part 1. View toward Marin Headlands and Golden Gate. Midwinter Fair, Bonet Electric Tower. Sand dunes in Richmond District. Mt Tamalpais in distance. [F810 PAN-005a] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

Golden Gate Park
GGIE
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GGIE

Night view of the Tower of the Sun from Court of the Moon, Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island.

Treasure Island
GGIE Diorama
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GGIE Diorama

Birds eye view of diorama of Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island, GGIE

Treasure Island
Midwinter Fair
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Midwinter Fair

Doctors and nurse attend to a patient at the Midwinter Fair Emergency Hospital (near the current bandstand) [Midwinter Fair Emergency Hospital - Where great crowds... ]

Golden Gate Park
Palace of Fine Arts
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Palace of Fine Arts

Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE), Rotunda with swans (GGNRA/Wulzen GOGA 18480)

Marina