Sunday afternoon, Golden Gate Park, S. F.
Summary
Photograph shows groups of people resting on the lawn, crowds of people riding in horse and carriages, and in the distance a monument.
No. 53.
Originally a Spanish (later Mexican) mission and pueblo, it was conquered by the United States in 1846 and by an invading army of prospectors following the 1848 discovery of gold in its hinterland. The Gold Rush made San Francisco a cosmopolitan metropolis with a frontier edge. In early 1900s the city tried to remake itself into a grand and modern Paris of the West.
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Date
01/01/1902
Location
San Francisco, California, United States, 37.77507, -122.41907
Source
Library of Congress
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