Willard E. Worden

Contains: photos

Willard E. Worden (1868-1946) was a photographer and later gallery owner at Union Square. His most prolific period falls between 1905 and 1915. He was one of the PPIE's official photographers and captured the fair both day and night. His personal interest seemed to be with the natural world. His images of the unbuilt Sunset District and Lands End are notable documents of a lost environment. Extensive collections of Worden's images reside in the San Francisco Public Library, de Young Museum, and other institutions. All images here scanned from glass negatives.

Ingleside Terraces
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Ingleside Terraces

Entry gate and portals at Junipero Serra and Mercedes Way

Ingleside Terraces
View from Ingleside Terraces
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View from Ingleside Terraces

Looking west. Ingleside Golf Club Clubhouse and Lake Merced beyond

Ingleside Terraces
Ocean Ave  & Cedro
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Ocean Ave & Cedro

View southeast to Ingleside Terraces entry gate at Ocean Avenue and Cedro. United Railroads 12-line streetcar #1728 stopped in front.[28]

Ingleside Terraces
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

Hillsode with a variety of shrubs and trees.

West End Pine Lake
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West End Pine Lake

view south on trail, wnp15.1248 is taken same day

Parkside
West End of Pine Lake
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West End of Pine Lake

View Easterly from the vicinity of Crestlake and Yorba

Parkside
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

Unknown Rural Road with ditch, possibly Eucalyptus Drive

Pine Lake
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Pine Lake

View looking west to Pine Lake (also Mud Lake). View through trees.

Parkside
Golden Gate from the Bay
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Golden Gate from the Bay

View west from near Fisherman's Wharf. Fort Mason at left, Fort Point at center, Marin Headlands at right

SF Bay
Ingleside Terraces
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Ingleside Terraces

Construction. horses, Merced Heights in background

Ingleside Terraces
Japanese Tea Garden
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Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park, Woman and young girl wearing kimono on curved rustic bridge with main entrance gate in background

Golden Gate Park
Music Concourse
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Music Concourse

Golden Gate Park, Memorial Museum with Dore Vase, Original Sphinxes in front.(Fine Arts Building for Midwinter Fair was renamed Memorial Museum in 1895 and eventually became part of de Young Museum). View north to pedestrian tunnel with roadway lined with benches.

Golden Gate Park
Japanese Tea Garden
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Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park, little girl wearing kimono standing outside main entrance gate to the Japanese Tea Garden

Golden Gate Park
California near Grant
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California near Grant

View east on California, from left to Sing Chong Co., Old Saint Mary's Church and rectory, Ferry Building, Kohl Building, Alaska Commercial Building, Merchants Exchange, Clunie Building, Hotel Yale, Helvetia Hotel, Sing Fat Co.

Chinatown
Old Hall of Justice
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Old Hall of Justice

Pre-1906 Hall of Justice, located at southeast corner of Kearny and Washington St. Viewed from Portsmouth Square.

North Beach
Market near Pine
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Market near Pine

View north across Market to early office buildings during reconstruction period after 1906 catastrophe. Boyd Block at left. At center, Sherwood (later Bourn) Building 320 Market (At street level, The Sazerac bar 302 Market, 306-308 Columbian Woolen Mills wholesale merchant tailor, 310 Sylvan Selig clothes, 316 Pacific Tank Co. National Wood Pipe Co, 322 Paul Seiler Electrical Works, 326-328 Toledo Computing Scale Co., 330-332 D. Levin trunks bags suitcases cutlery, 334-336 Frank F. Wear High Grade Specialties Hobart Electrical Mfg. Co. ; On second floor, Union Iron Works, Bethlehem Steel, Culver Co. Lumbermen; 3rd Floor Loop Lumber Co. Another building under construction at right. Plank sidewalk

Financial District
Market Street on fire
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Market Street on fire

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east from center of Market Street near Fremont to Ferry Building. Union Block (Board of Trade Building) on Pine / Davis / Market gore corner, at left.

Financial District
Market & Mason
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Market & Mason

1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east. Earthquake Damage. Flood Building in background, Admission Day/Native Sons Monument on left, Call Building, Emporium. duplicate of wnp4.1569

Downtown
Market near Mason
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Market near Mason

Portola Festival Parade, View east from center of Market toward Mason, Market, Turk intersection, Dean Building, Admission Day (Native Sons) Monument, Mechanics Savings Bank Building, Flood Building, Emporium in background.

Downtown
Ferry Building at night
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Ferry Building at night

View northeast across Embarcadero to Ferry Building decorated for visit of the Great White Fleet. Tower outlined in electric lights, huge electric stars and stripes shield decoration in front.

Financial District