In 1868, hotel owner Robert Woodward opens his home and gardens at Mission and 14th Streets, alongside the tracks of his horse car line, as a pleasure park, with a 25-cent admission fee to enter the gates.

Woodward's Gardens
"Woodward's Gardens are...a grand union of park, garden, conservatory, museum, gymnasium, zoological grounds and art gallery, no Eastern city offers the equal of Woodward's Gardens."
-- BANCROFT's PACIFIC GUIDE.

Woodward's Gardens, 1874

Woodward's Gardens, art gallery

Woodward's Gardens, between 1866 and 1892

Camel rides being given in Woodward's Gardens
