Golden Gate Park

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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

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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.

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Midwinter Fair Midway

Midway Restaurant 'Oysters in every style'

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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.

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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)

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Casino Golden Gate Park

[Casino - Golden Gate Park 1894 across side road from conservatory] By this time, the Casino was out of business. Museum sign above entry. Building was used for a time to house M.H. de Young's collection.

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Japanese Tea Garden

Woman in kimono and storks in front of tea house with Drum Bridge (Called Sori Hashi in 1894) and lantern. Midwinter Fair.

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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)

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View N from Mt. Sutro

Panorama 1894 part 2. View toward Marin Headlands and Golden Gate. Deer Glen, Casino, Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. Early houses and Star of the Sea Church in Richmond District. Bay District racetrack and tree-lined Arguello Blvd (then 1st Avenue) at right. [F810 PAN-005b] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)

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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... ]

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Midwinter Fair

Golden Gate Park Fine Arts Building (later Memorial Museum; part of first de Young Museum). Taken from future Music Concourse.

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Children's Playground

[5871 Children's Playground, Golden Gate Park] Carousel (merry-go-round), Sharon Building, swings and children in Golden Gate Park.

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Midwinter Fair

Allegorical Fountain, and Bonet's Tower, Golden Gate Park

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Stow Lake

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

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