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r A K K A N D C E M ET ER Y. 
DAMAGE BY THE EARTHQUAKE TO GOLDEN GATE PARK, SAN FRANCISCO. 
In the aggregate, tlie beautiful Golden Gate Park, 
San Francisco, was damaged to the extent of about 
$50,000 by the earthquake ; some of the damages are 
beyond repair. The handsome $75,000 Temple of 
Music was fearfully shaken up and it will be neces- 
sary to take certain parts down and rebuild them. 
The crescent platform which the musicians occupied, 
was broken into fragments; the front top coping was 
knocked off, the inside of the huge “sounding shell,” 
which was elaborately carved, was very badly cracked 
and the 28 stone pillars supporting the north and 
south wings are more or less damaged, The richly 
variegated marble forming the ceiling of the two 
wings is badly shattered. The Music Temple was 
presented to the Park commissioners by the noted 
Sugar King, Claus Spreckels. It is built entirely of 
Colusa (Cal.) sandstone, and seats over 100 musi- 
cians. It is said to be the largest and most costly 
music stand in the world. 
Stretching eastward from the Temple for nearly 
1,000 feet, and with a width of several hundred feet, 
is a beautiful grove of about 2,000 trees. The trees 
'.vere transplanted some years ago, and have thrive’i 
remarkably well — most of them attaining a height of 
25 or 30 feet, and spreading well. There is scarcely to 
THE MUSIC TEMPLE, AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE 
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 
be seen a native tree of California — all being brought 
from the Eastern, Western and Southern .States. The 
varieties embrace several kinds of Elm, Sugar and 
Silver Maple, Balm of Gilead, Aspen and other 
northern and northwestern growths. There are but 
few Eucalyptus trees and no evergreens. In this grove 
are several thousand long seats, all fronting the mu- 
sic stand. Seating- accommodations are ample for at 
least 10,000. Winter and summer, excepting stormv 
weather, a band plays Sunday afternoons and on hol- 
idays. When the days are bright, these open air con- 
certs are rarely attended by less than 25,000 or 30.- 
000 people. 
Our picture of tlie Music Temple was taken 
just after the disaster. The damage does not 
show a great deal — except at the top on the front 
and down at the bottom where the musicians sat. It 
was, however, cracked and shattered in hundreds of 
places through and through. The cracks do not 
show in any picture, but they are there. Repairs 
have been in progress for some time. Another pic- i 
ture shows the wreck of the “Children’s Playhouse” j 
that stands near the Music Temple. As can be seen j 
that building (built of brick, concrete, granite and | 
sandstone) was almost totally wrecked. Next to the 
THE RUINS OF THE CHILDREN’S PLAYHOUSE 
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 
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