California Admissions Day Celebration, 1898, Glen Canyon
Unfinished History
September 1898, California Admissions Day celebration in Glen Canyon. Known then as "Little Switzerland" the area was a resort. Note the bridges over a rather substantial Islais Creek. "Morro Castle," built as part of the Baldwin Real Estate Company's Park and Zoo, and in commemoration of the Spanish-American War, sits atop the ridge in the distance.
Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Morro Castle (modeled on the historic castle at the mouth of Havana, Cuba) at approximately today's Mizpah and Sussex Streets in Glen Park.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Mission Zoo, two people posing in front of model of Morro Castle, located at approximately today's Mizpah and Sussex Street c. 1899.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp27.6529
Balloon ascension 1899. Light-colored structure at right is a model of Morro Castle, located at approximately today's Mizpah and Sussex Street.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.orgwnp130.00037