Midwinter Fair
[8486 On the Midway] Performing Fleas, Creole Dancing Girls, Crystal Palace. Shadow of Scenic Railway. Onion-turret of Mirror Maze at left. View northeast from present Nancy Pelosi Drive near MLK.
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[8490 On the Midway] Administration Building, Cactus from Arizona Indian Village, British building at right. View east on today's MLK Drive below Stow Lake
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[8173 Interior of the Fine Arts Building] Memorial Museum
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[8480 Entrance to the Oriental Village] Cairo Street
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Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building at California Midwinter International Exposition in Golden Gate Park. [8265 Manufacturer's and Liberal Arts Building]
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Ostriches within an enclosure at the Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park. [8323 Ostrich Farm]
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[8388 Jinrikisha] Japanese village. Man with floral hat and lei pulling Japanese woman in rickshaw.
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[3701 Deer Park at Golden Gate Park] Deer Glen. Buggy with horses on road. Stacks of wood, possibly fencing material. Now site of National AIDS Memorial Grove. Duplicate of wnp26.401
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[6555 Unveiling of the Drake Cross in Golden Gate Park.] Prayer Book Cross Dedication from Main Drive. Also called the Drake Memorial.
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Statue grouping of Neptune or Poseidon center with horses and sea nymphs from 1894 Midwinter Fair; Golden Gate Park. This piece, or a copy, was set over the entrance to the German exhibit in the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building. From the wear, this photo appears to be after the fair's conclusion?
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View across Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park to Fine Arts Building. Large crowd in front. 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. It was demolished in 1929.
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Golden Gate Park, View from Strawberry Hill toward Midwinter Fair [Henry Kahn & Co]
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Children's Playground, Elevated view over people in park, strolling and sitting. In fenced area, children riding goat carts and donkeys. [9912 Golden Gate Park in its Glory. Happy is Little Humanity. San Francisco, California] Publisher James M. Davis catalog entry: "9912 Golden Gate Park. In its glory, and thronged with happy little humanity."
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[9533. Into the Jaws of death we go without a thought, California Midwinter Exposition.] Couple inside the jaws of Dante's Inferno attraction entrance. From Kilburn catalog: "Without a thought we enter, passing between the dragon's teeth."
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1894 Midwinter Fair, Chinese Parade. Site of Big Recreation field (Big Rec).
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1894 Midwinter Fair, Chinese Parade with float. Site of Big Recreation field (Big Rec).
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Acrobat Achille Philion on spiral tower atop walking globe. His first performance at the fair in Golden Gate Park was on April, 1, 1894. Mechanical Arts Building in background.
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View northwest across Music Concourse past firemen and fire fighting apparatus. Horticultural and Agricultural Building. Allegorical fountain.
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Golden Gate Park. 1894 Midwinter Fair, viewed from North Drive to entry gate. Bonet Electric Tower, rear of Fine Arts Building (later the Memorial Museum).
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1894 Midwinter Fair, Golden Gate Park. Bonet Electric Tower, Mechanical Arts Building, view south to Golden Gate Heights, Belvista Cafe.
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