The 1894 Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park - Revision history

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 The worst threat to the park came in 1894 with the Columbian Exposition. The ''Chronicle'' newspaper proposed the event be held in Golden Gate Park. "Uncle John" McLaren fought tooth and nail against the suggestion, claiming the damage to the natural setting would take decades to reverse. He lost. More than a hundred buildings were erected around the Central Plaza. Among then were the Moorish Village, the Japanese Tea Garden, the Vienna Prater and the Turkish Village (which featured an erotic dancer known as Little Egypt). After more than 2 million people had tramped through the Exposition, the park was once again returned to McLaren. Two features he did permit to remain, however, the Art Museum and the Japanese Tea Garden. The Art Museum was eventually torn down in 1936.
-''by [http://www.dscrafts.net/ Daniel Steven Crafts]''
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	''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

			[[Image:Midwinter-fair 1894 wnp15.247.jpg]]

			'''Midwinter Fair, 1894.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org''

	The worst threat to the park came in 1894 with the Columbian Exposition. The ''Chronicle'' newspaper proposed the event be held in Golden Gate Park. "Uncle John" McLaren fought tooth and nail against the suggestion, claiming the damage to the natural setting would take decades to reverse. He lost. More than a hundred buildings were erected around the Central Plaza. Among then were the Moorish Village, the Japanese Tea Garden, the Vienna Prater and the Turkish Village (which featured an erotic dancer known as Little Egypt). After more than 2 million people had tramped through the Exposition, the park was once again returned to McLaren. Two features he did permit to remain, however, the Art Museum and the Japanese Tea Garden. The Art Museum was eventually torn down in 1936.		The worst threat to the park came in 1894 with the Columbian Exposition. The ''Chronicle'' newspaper proposed the event be held in Golden Gate Park. "Uncle John" McLaren fought tooth and nail against the suggestion, claiming the damage to the natural setting would take decades to reverse. He lost. More than a hundred buildings were erected around the Central Plaza. Among then were the Moorish Village, the Japanese Tea Garden, the Vienna Prater and the Turkish Village (which featured an erotic dancer known as Little Egypt). After more than 2 million people had tramped through the Exposition, the park was once again returned to McLaren. Two features he did permit to remain, however, the Art Museum and the Japanese Tea Garden. The Art Museum was eventually torn down in 1936.

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	'''The Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park, 1894'''		'''The Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park, 1894'''

	''Photo: ~~Greg Gaar~~ Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	The worst threat to the park came in 1894 with the Columbian Exposition. The ''Chronicle'' newspaper proposed the event be held in Golden Gate Park. "Uncle John" McLaren fought tooth and nail against the suggestion, claiming the damage to the natural setting would take decades to reverse. He lost. More than a hundred buildings were erected around the Central Plaza. Among then were the Moorish Village, the Japanese Tea Garden, the Vienna Prater and the Turkish Village (which featured an erotic dancer known as Little Egypt). After more than 2 million people had tramped through the Exposition, the park was once again returned to McLaren. Two features he did permit to remain, however, the Art Museum and the Japanese Tea Garden. The Art Museum was eventually torn down in 1936.		The worst threat to the park came in 1894 with the Columbian Exposition. The ''Chronicle'' newspaper proposed the event be held in Golden Gate Park. "Uncle John" McLaren fought tooth and nail against the suggestion, claiming the damage to the natural setting would take decades to reverse. He lost. More than a hundred buildings were erected around the Central Plaza. Among then were the Moorish Village, the Japanese Tea Garden, the Vienna Prater and the Turkish Village (which featured an erotic dancer known as Little Egypt). After more than 2 million people had tramped through the Exposition, the park was once again returned to McLaren. Two features he did permit to remain, however, the Art Museum and the Japanese Tea Garden. The Art Museum was eventually torn down in 1936.

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	The worst threat to the park came in 1894 with the Columbian Exposition. The ''Chronicle'' newspaper proposed the event be held in Golden Gate Park. "Uncle John" McLaren fought tooth and nail against the suggestion, claiming the damage to the natural setting would take decades to reverse. He lost. More than a hundred buildings were erected around the Central Plaza. Among then were the Moorish Village, the Japanese Tea Garden, the Vienna Prater and the Turkish Village (which featured an erotic dancer known as Little Egypt). After more than 2 million people had tramped through the Exposition, the park was once again returned to McLaren. Two features he did permit to remain, however, the Art Museum and the Japanese Tea Garden. The Art Museum was eventually torn down in 1936.		The worst threat to the park came in 1894 with the Columbian Exposition. The ''Chronicle'' newspaper proposed the event be held in Golden Gate Park. "Uncle John" McLaren fought tooth and nail against the suggestion, claiming the damage to the natural setting would take decades to reverse. He lost. More than a hundred buildings were erected around the Central Plaza. Among then were the Moorish Village, the Japanese Tea Garden, the Vienna Prater and the Turkish Village (which featured an erotic dancer known as Little Egypt). After more than 2 million people had tramped through the Exposition, the park was once again returned to McLaren. Two features he did permit to remain, however, the Art Museum and the Japanese Tea Garden. The Art Museum was eventually torn down in 1936.

	''~~--Terry Hawkins~~''		''by [http://www.dscrafts.net/ Daniel Steven Crafts]''


	[[Image:ggpk$1894-mid-winter-fair$fab_itm$fine-arts-bld-1894-fair.jpg]]		[[Image:ggpk$1894-mid-winter-fair$fab_itm$fine-arts-bld-1894-fair.jpg]]

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	[[Where Lawn Bowlers Softly Bang their Balls \| Prev. Document]] [[Architecture of the Midwinter Fair \| Next Document]]		[[Where Lawn Bowlers Softly Bang their Balls \| Prev. Document]] [[Architecture of the Midwinter Fair \| Next Document]]

	[[category:Golden Gate Park]] [[category:Fairs]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:Amusement Parks]]		[[category:Golden Gate Park]] [[category:Fairs]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:Amusement Parks]] [[category:Parks]]

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	[[category:Golden Gate Park]] [[category:Fairs]] [[category:1890s]]		[[category:Golden Gate Park]] [[category:Fairs]] [[category:1890s]] [[category:Amusement Parks]]

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	'''Fine Arts Building, 1894, on the site of the modern M. H. deYoung Museum.'''		'''Fine Arts Building, 1894, on the site of the modern M. H. deYoung Museum.'''

			[[Image:ggpk$midwinter-fair-1894$prune_itm$prune-knight-1894-fair.jpg]]

			'''The Prune Knight representing California's agricultural production.'''

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	''--Terry Hawkins''		''--Terry Hawkins''

			[[Image:ggpk$1894-mid-winter-fair$fab_itm$fine-arts-bld-1894-fair.jpg]]

			'''Fine Arts Building, 1894, on the site of the modern M. H. deYoung Museum.'''

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	The Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park, 1894		'''The Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park, 1894'''

			''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	The worst threat to the park came in 1894 with the Columbian Exposition. The ''Chronicle'' newspaper proposed the event be held in Golden Gate Park. "Uncle John" McLaren fought tooth and nail against the suggestion, claiming the damage to the natural setting would take decades to reverse. He lost. More than a hundred buildings were erected around the Central Plaza. Among then were the Moorish Village, the Japanese Tea Garden, the Vienna Prater and the Turkish Village (which featured an erotic dancer known as Little Egypt). After more than 2 million people had tramped through the Exposition, the park was once again returned to McLaren. Two features he did permit to remain, however, the Art Museum and the Japanese Tea Garden. The Art Museum was eventually torn down in 1936.		The worst threat to the park came in 1894 with the Columbian Exposition. The ''Chronicle'' newspaper proposed the event be held in Golden Gate Park. "Uncle John" McLaren fought tooth and nail against the suggestion, claiming the damage to the natural setting would take decades to reverse. He lost. More than a hundred buildings were erected around the Central Plaza. Among then were the Moorish Village, the Japanese Tea Garden, the Vienna Prater and the Turkish Village (which featured an erotic dancer known as Little Egypt). After more than 2 million people had tramped through the Exposition, the park was once again returned to McLaren. Two features he did permit to remain, however, the Art Museum and the Japanese Tea Garden. The Art Museum was eventually torn down in 1936.
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	''--Terry Hawkins''		''--Terry Hawkins''

	~~Contributors to this page include:~~

	~~''Gaar Collection,San Francisco,CA - Publisher or Photographer ''~~

	~~Hawkins,Terry - Writer~~

	~~Athearn,S~~. ~~- Photographer-Artist~~		[[Where Lawn Bowlers Softly Bang their Balls \| Prev. Document]] [[Architecture of the Midwinter Fair \| Next Document]]

	[[~~Where Lawn Bowlers Softly Bang their Balls Prev. Document~~]] [[~~Architecture of the Midwinter Fair Next Document~~]]		[[category:Golden Gate Park]] [[category:Fairs]] [[category:1890s]]