Golden Gate Park: Conservatory
The cards on this page look north toward the Conservatory in Golden Gate Park.
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Mitchell 37 gives a good view of the decorative foliage in front of the Conservatory,
spelling out "Welcome G.A.R. 1903".
A fraternal organization of Civil War veterans,
The Grand Army of the Republic held commemorative "encampment" events
throughout the U.S.
Another Mitchell 37 uses the same stock number for a different image.
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Owl Drug 37 shows the same image with the same stock number.
It's likely that Mitchell printed this card for Owl Drugs.
The foliage on this Weidner image matches the Mitchell and Owl cards above.
The shadows imply that the the image shows an afternoon view.
- Weidner 134, AutoChrom logo, postmarked SF 10/07/1904.
- Weidner 134, same image, post-quake caption added, no AutoChrom logo, postmarked SF 6/08/1908.
This Behrendt image is very similar to the Weidner cards,
but the shadows imply that these cards show a morning view.
- Britton & Rey 614 is a similar view of the Conservatory, but with different decorative foliage.
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