More Sights of California

First as we leave the hotel we see the buildings and streets and a man on the car, describes all of the buildings as we pass them. We come to the grounds where San Francisco will hold the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Then we come to the park called Golden Gate Park. It contains 1013 acres, and two dutch windmills furnish the water, one is 120 feet from tip to tip of the fans and the other is 80 feet. There is a small lake only 18 inches deep so small children can play in it. We see peacocks in the trees and an ostrich. They have a large buffalo heard. The man said if we saw one, we would see all, sure enough they were there, can you guess what they were? Well it was elks.
Next we come to the Presidio, it contains 1542 acres.
We could see the Alcatraz Island and the Military Prison of the U.S. Then we came to Sutro Heights Private Garden. We got out of the car and walked through it we went to the edge where we could see the seal rocks, we saw one swimming around in the water. A ways out in the water was a buoy, it was shallow waters there. Then we came back and get in the automobile, and started in the Sutro Heights we had our own picture taken, then as we came back we got them. We went through the park again, we saw the children's playgrounds where there were swings by the hundreds. We came back by the place where there was a lot of children playing, the man said now don't be offended if they children hollor rubber necks at you. Sure enough we got there they hollored rubber necks, rubber necks, because we were in a car that they called rubber necks. We got off at our hotel.


Just a little visual for your circa 1900's