Contains 451 photos
View east on Market to Admission Day parade arch with portraits of Fremont and Sutter, Days of '49 painting, grizzly bear atop with figures of miner and Indian, 'The Glorious 9th' banner. [California's 40th Birthday, Sept 9th, 1890.]
South of Market
Elevated view east on Market to Admission Day parade, crowded streets, banners and flags strung above street ('The Glorious 9th', 'The 9th The Day We Celebrate'), people on telephone poles and on roofs and in windows, decorative archway over street with large grizzly bear on top, clock tower of Chronicle Building in background. [California's 40th Birthday, Sept 9th, 1890.]
South of Market
View north to dais with President Theodore Roosevelt and dignitaries at dedication of the Dewey Monument. Walkerley Building (then Pacific-Union Club) in background.
Downtown / Union Square
View east from center of Market to decorative arch with various Masonic insignia and "In Hoc Signo Vinces" slogan. Golden Rule Bazaar sign on left, Nucleus Hotel at right. [564? Knights Templar. Market Street Arch. San Francisco. Aug. 20, 1883.]
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view northeast to group of men and a few women, marching band, cable cars, and horse cars. Men are mostly in uniforms or Odd Fellows costumes in front of original Ferry Building. Station D Post Office (Opened October, 1884). Valencia Street #18 cable car on turntable at center. Likely on the occasion of the arrival of IOOF Grand Sire John H. White on October 3, 1887. [Odd Fellows Receiving 'Grand Sire' at Ferry Landing. Foot of Market St., S. F. CAL. A. J. McDonald]
Financial District
View north from center of Stockton to throng watching Chinese parade with dragon. African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church on the left just beyond Sacramento. First Presbyterian Chinese Church in left distance just beyond Clay. Cable car in background, center. [North on Stockton Street from Sacramento. A Street Scene in Chinatown]
Nob Hill
Elevated view (probably from decorative arch) of Knights Templar Parade on Market Street. Man standing on ledge of Flannery Building at left. Nucleus Hotel, Palace and Grand Hotels at right, flags and banners over street. People standing on roof of Palace Hotel. [621 K.T. Grand Parade of the Mississippi Commandery, Market St. San Francisco Aug 20, 1883.]
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view southwest to Knight's Templar parade (with columns marching in opposite directions) on Van Ness Avenue. St. Brigid's Roman Catholic church in distance. Presidio & Ferries Union St. cable car and trailer at center right. [658 K.T. Grand Review, Sacramento Commandery, Van Ness Avenue San F. Aug 20, 1885]
Russian Hill
[6496 Mrs. C.F. Johnson, reciting the Dedicatory Poem on the occasion of the turning of the first shovelful of sand for the Midwinter Fair Site, at Golden Gate Park, August 24th, 1893.] Crowd at ground breaking.
Golden Gate Park
View northeast across Market to 62nd Infantry, Parade to honor Belgians, World War 1. Marching band behind soldiers on horseback. In background, Union Trust / Nevada National Bank / Wells Fargo Building, Hobart Building, Heineman Building, Patrick & Co. Stationery, Flatiron Building, Postal Telegraph Building, Board of Trade Building, Fife Building, Ferry Building.
Financial District
[The Dragon, Chinese Procession] Looking north on Stockton near Sacramento. From right hand image of stereoview card. First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church on the left. First Presbyterian Chinese Church on left in the distance on Stockton near Clay. Possibly same procession as wnp37.00235.
Nob Hill
Elevated view south to soldiers parading north on Montgomery St. under commemorative arch. Express Building at left. Horsecar on California. 'Crawford & Dutch Dentists' at 415 Montgomery St. Same image as wnp71.1517, with different cropping. Austin's Building was 425-427 Montgomery. [Montgomery St., from Austin's Building, July 4, '65, S.F. 755]
Financial District
View north on Kearny St to Independence Day decorations. Flannery Building, Market Street RR horsecar, Lotta's Fountain [Kearny St., from Market, S.F. July 4, 1876. 3577]
South of Market
View southeast across Market St. to building decorated with bunting, Palace Hotel, Grand Hotel, street decorated. [The Palace Hotel, from Market Street 3572]
Downtown / Union Square
French Residents commemorative arch for Independence Day centennial. [Arch at Kearny and Sutter Streets. SF. 3578]
Downtown / Union Square