Celebration

Contains 451 photos

Market & New Montgomery
wnp13.210

Market & New Montgomery

Elevated view north across Market to parade turning up Montgomery Street. People sitting atop Gannon's Cigar Store, Osborn & Alexander at left. Masonic Temple. Grand Hotel at right. Same image as wnp13.356, with different cropping. 4092 California.

Financial District
Golden Gate Park
wnp14.0849

Golden Gate Park

Scottish band playing in front of McLaren Lodge for John McLaren's 91st birthday

Golden Gate Park
Van Ness & O'Farrell
wnp14.0946

Van Ness & O'Farrell

Van Ness Ave & O'Farrell St. Crowd waiting in front of St. Mary's Cathedral to watch parade.

Cathedral Hill
Van Ness & O'Farrell
wnp14.0947

Van Ness & O'Farrell

Van Ness Ave near O'Farrell St. View west to crowd on steps and along street watching marching band parade south, passing St. Mary's Cathedral.

Cathedral Hill
Van Ness near Myrtle
wnp14.0948

Van Ness near Myrtle

View west across Van Ness Ave. Parading women in white dresses and parasols passing St. Mary's Cathedral, marching south.

Tenderloin
Van Ness & Myrtle
wnp14.0951

Van Ness & Myrtle

Marching band in uniform parading south, about to pass St. Mary's Cathedral [F]

Civic Center
Aquatic Park
wnp14.1061

Aquatic Park

View east along sidewalk to Aquatic Park dedication. Ghirardelli factory in background

North Beach
Montgomery at Washington
wnp15.590

Montgomery at Washington

View of east side of Montgomery. People in windows and on rooftops. Firemen in helmets march in Admission Day parade on Columbus Avenue. Lombardi Restaurant 706 Montgomery, Baum's Furniture 710 Montgomery, Moller & McMullen 714 Montgomery.

North Beach
Columbus Near Washington
wnp15.593

Columbus Near Washington

View northwest on Columbus Ave (then Montgomery Ave). Banner 'California The Land of Orange Bowers', Men in uniform, firemen pulling decorated wagons (one with a 'We Destroy To Save' motto on it, a common motto of 19th century hook and ladder companies), crowd lining street. Buildings decorated, flags strung across street. Tower of St. Francis of Assisi Church in distance. See also wnp15.1391, 15.590. Possibly Admission Day Parade, 1890.

Chinatown
3rd & Market
wnp15.595

3rd & Market

Night view east from center of Market toward illuminated G.A.R. arches, Grand Army of the Republic Conclave. Decorated Call and Hearst Examiner Buildings at right. Mutual Savings Bank Building and Chronicle Building with illuminated clock tower at left. Photographers and tripods in street.

Downtown
Pacific & Divisadero
wnp15.604

Pacific & Divisadero

View northwest to Last Day of the Pacific Avenue Cable Car Line. The line was opened in 1887 and finally closed service in 1929. A parade was staged along the line, these riders are dressed in period clothes of the 1890s.

Pacific Heights
Van Ness  & Myrtle
wnp14.0953

Van Ness & Myrtle

View northwest from center of street to group of men parading south in white caps with interlocked striped canes, ribbons on their coats. Probable Labor Day parade.

Tenderloin
Van Ness & Geary
wnp14.0955

Van Ness & Geary

Group of men led by drummer in probably Labor Day parade. Banner indicates District Council, Golden Gate Auxiliary No. 1, which was part of the Painters, Decorators And Paperhangers of America. Van Ness Avenue Parade [J] at corner of Geary

Civic Center
Market Street at night
wnp14.1165

Market Street at night

Looking East from center of Market to 3rd St. and decorative arches for the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Conclave, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Hearst Examiner Building, Call Building, S.N. Wood & Co.

Downtown
Market near 6th
wnp15.765

Market near 6th

View northeast across Market to parade on Market Street. View east from 6th Street, St. Ann's Building, Baldwin Hotel (burned down in November, 1898), Chronicle Building, Call Building in distant background, large crowds, parade with men on horseback in uniform. Weinstock, Lubin & Co. at left in Donahoe Building, Fowzer photographic gallery.

Downtown