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To your hands, General Barnes, as a representative of the people of California, I commit the gift. My wish is that the pavilion, and the music which will flow forth from it may be incentives to artistic aspirations among all the people of California, and help them to find that happiness, which
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The Spreckels Temple of Music was the third bandstand in the park. The first was built in 1882, and a larger one was built 1888. In 1895, discussions began about building a larger bandshell to accommodate the "Sunday and holiday crowds."
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and the one on the right a trumpet. The platform is 45 feet wide and 80 feet high and can accommodate 100 musicians. It is one of the largest bandshells in the
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The bandshell often draws 10,000 to 20,000 listeners. The pavilion has been the place for annual celebrations of the anniversary of the
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humanity is to attain in this golden land, in a more abundant degree than in any other under the whole heavens.
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shell standing 70 feet high and covered in Colusa sandstone. The two relief sculptures are by sculptor
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1908 Post Card of what was called the "Music Stand," Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
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Building San Francisco's Parks, 1850-1930 (Creating the North American Landscape)
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Young, Terence; Hall, William Hammond; Olmsted, Frederick Law (2004-02-16).
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The new bandstand was dedicated as a gift to the people of California on
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Spreckels Temple of Music, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
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Construction began in 1899, before the completion of the
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Music Concourse
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
37°46′11″N 122°28′6″W / 37.76972°N 122.46833°W / 37.76972; -122.46833
Reid & Reid
Robert Ingersoll Aitken
Italian Renaissance
San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department
Spreckels Temple of Music is located in California
San Francisco
Spreckels Temple of Music is located in the United States
bandshell
Music Concourse
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
Claus Spreckels
North America


Adolph B. Spreckels
Claus Spreckels
Spreckels Sugar Company
Admission Day
Golden Gate Park
Music Concourse
Reid & Reid
Italian Renaissance
coffered

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