Finding Aid to the Willard E. Worden Glass Plate Negatives (1907 - 1912) SFP 22
Finding aid composed by Christina Moretta
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
2023
Title: Willard E. Worden Glass Plate Negatives
Date (inclusive): 1907 - 1912
Identifier/Call Number: SFP 22
Creator:
Worden, Willard E. , 1868-1946
Physical Description: 15 boxes with 432 glass plate
negatives
(5.25 Cubic Feet)
Contributing Institution:
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4567
sfhistory@sfpl.org
Abstract: Collection contains
432 glass plate negatives taken by San Francisco photographer Willard E. Worden between 1907
and 1912. More then half of the collection depicts the building of the Ingleside Terraces
residential neighborhood by the Urban Realty Improvement Company. The remainder includes
residences in Jordan Park, Richmond District and Visitacion Valley; various Victorian
residential interiors; Sacred Heart School; the Y.M.C.A. building at Golden Gate Avenue and
Leavenworth and Y.M.C.A. camps; and views of Berkeley and Piedmont.
Physical Location: The collection is stored on
site.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English.
The collection is available for use during Photo Desk hours.
No copyright clearance needed as photographs by Willard E. Worden from 1907-1912 are in the
Public Domain.
[Identification of item], Willard E. Worden Glass Plate Negatives (SFP 22), San Francisco
History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Purchased from Marilyn Blaisdell in 2002 with Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
funds (2002-18).
For more photographs and glass plates by Willard E. Worden, researchers are encouraged to
see also the Marilyn Blasidell Photograph Collection (SFP 84).
During processing, the entire collection was re-foldered and re-housed in acid-free 4-flap
enclosures and glass plate negative boxes. Glass plates were scanned as TIFFs in 2003.
Willard Elmer Worden was born in Deleware on November 20, 1868. Worden served in the
military from May 1898 - June 1901 during the Spanish-American War. Worden began his career
as a photographer in San Francisco in 1902. His first studio was at the Cliff House. He
later moved to a gallery on Stockton Street. Worden received acclaim for his photographs of
Chinatown, the 1906 Earthquake and Fire and the Panama Pacific International Exposition.
Worden was a long-time resident of the Western Addition and confirmed bachelor. Willard E.
Worden died on September 6, 1946 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto and is
buried in the San Francisco National Cemetery, Presidio.
Collection contains 432 glass plate negatives taken by San Francisco photographer Willard
E. Worden between 1907 and 1912. More then half of the collection depicts the building of
the Ingleside Terraces residential neighborhood by the Urban Realty Improvement Company. The
remainder includes residences in Jordan Park, Richmond District and Visitacion Valley;
various Victorian residential interiors; Sacred Heart School; the Y.M.C.A. building at
Golden Gate Avenue and Leavenworth and Y.M.C.A. camps; and views of Berkeley and
Piedmont.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architecture -- California -- San Francisco
Ingleside Terraces (San Francisco, Calif.)
Jordan Park (San Francisco, Calif.)
Visitacion Valley (San Francisco, Calif.)
Piedmont (Calif.).
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Glass Negatives
Berkeley (Calif.)
Worden, Willard E. , 1868-1946
Young Men's Christian Association. (San Francisco, Calif.)
Sacred Heart College . (San Francisco, Calif.)