Contains 451 photos
View northeast across Van Ness Avenue near Post St. intersection to contingent of Knights Templar. In bacground St. Dunstan's Hotel (built 1901) and wooden houses. 8 Rebecca at the Well horse-drawn float with costumed female figures.
Cathedral Hill
View northeast across Van Ness Avenue near Sutter St. intersection to a contingent of Knights Templar, St. Dunstan's Hotel (built 1901). 9
Downtown
View southeast across Van Ness to horse-drawn coach with man and two women passengers. Concordia Club on left, Hotel Richelieu with tower at right. 9 San Mateo
Cathedral Hill
Night view east toward illuminated G.A.R. arches, Grand Army of the Republic Conclave. Decorated Call and Hearst Examiner Buildings at right. Mutual Savings Bank Building at left. Photographers and tripods in street.Grand Army of the Republic Encampment
Downtown / Union Square
Portola festival lights looking west on Market, Call Building in background left, illuminated Humboldt Bank Building beyond. Flannery Building with P.H. McCarthy for Mayor electric sign on top.
Downtown / Union Square
View south on Kearny to electrical decorations for Portola Festival October 19-23, 1909. Korn Hats, 15 Kearny in Johann Schmidt Building on right, Flannery Building beyond.
Downtown / Union Square
View east down Market west of Powell. At 3rd Street intersection in distance, large electric light display over street, possibly for Knights Templar convention. Emporium at right, Call Building in distance. Flood Building under construction at left. Alisky's Art Studio sign. Illuminated signs for Examiner and Bulletin newspapers at left. Marston's Restaurant, 865 Market at right.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view northwest across Van Ness. Great White Fleet Naval Parade. Colonel John A. Lundeen, Commander of the Presidio leads his men. The clothing store, Strauss, Greenberg, and Sachs at 1241 Van Ness is seen at left. [Fleet Parade, Col. Lundeen and Staff]
Lower Nob Hill
Great White Fleet Naval Parade, elevated view northwest across Van Ness and Geary. The parade marched north on Van Ness to Washington St., then turned around and marched south. The clothing store, Strauss, Greenberg, and Sachs at 1241 Van Ness is seen at left. Fleet Parade]
Lower Nob Hill
View east from center of Market Street to arches and decorations for the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). S.N. Woods & Co, Mutual Savings Bank and de Young/Chronicle buildings at left, Hearst Examiner and Call buildings at right.
Downtown / Union Square
Dedication of McKinley School Nov 6, 1910 Mayor P.H. McCarthy
Castro
View looking east on Market St. from 17th St. , Nov 6, 1910 McKinley School Dedication
Castro
Elevated view north over dedication of newly constructed swimming pool and bathing pavilion at the North Beach Playground. A crowd gathers around a speaker (Mayor James Rolph and Timothy Reardon of the Playgrounds Commission spoke at the ceremony. Children at play on the swings. In the background, from left, Carnation Mush sign, Alcatraz, Bauer-Schweitzer Hop and Malt factory complex, large gas storage tank at foot of Powell St. [No. 23? North Beach Playgrounds Aug. 31, 1913}
North Beach
Portola Fiesta, San Francisco. Elevated view west to king and queen of Portola Festival on horseback in a dense crowd, St. Francis Hotel.
Downtown
View west across Van Ness Ave to group of women with identical dresses and parasols parading south, with St. Mary's Cathedral in Background. Cropped from wnp14.0948.
Civic Center