Balloons, Monkeys, Lions, and Camels: The Long-Lost Magic of San Francisco’s Woodward’s Gardens
Lost Masterpieces
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Library of Congress
Think P.T. Barnum’s Museum or the pleasure grounds of Starin’s Glen Island. In the 1800s, Woodward’s Gardens played a monumental role in the leisure time of San Franciscans.