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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | |||
''by [http://www.dscrafts.net/ Daniel Steven Crafts]'' | |||
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The Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park, 1894 | '''The Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park, 1894''' | ||
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA'' | |||
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'''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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[[California Midwinter Fair of 1894: ’49 Mining Camp glorifies Gold Rush Fantasies| ’49 Mining Camp glorifies Gold Rush Fantasies]] | |||
[[California Midwinter Fair of 1894: Women’s Work and Vice|Women’s Work and Vice]] | |||
[[California Midwinter Fair of 1894: Depression and Poverty|Depression and Poverty]] | |||
[[California Midwinter Fair of 1894: An Orientalist Exposition|An Orientalist Exposition]] | |||
[[Racism at Golden Gate Park's 1894 Midwinter Fair|Racism at Golden Gate Park's 1894 Midwinter Fair]] | |||
[[The Day the Biggest Mechanical Toy Stopped|The Day the Biggest Mechanical Toy Stopped]] | |||
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'''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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Latest revision as of 14:36, 17 March 2020
Unfinished History
The Midwinter Fair in Golden Gate Park, 1894
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
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.
Read More on the Midwinter Fair on Foundsf:
’49 Mining Camp glorifies Gold Rush Fantasies
Racism at Golden Gate Park's 1894 Midwinter Fair
The Day the Biggest Mechanical Toy Stopped
Fine Arts Building, 1894, on the site of the modern M. H. deYoung Museum.
The Prune Knight representing California's agricultural production.