Contains 451 photos
Baton twirler and bandsmen. Preparations for Columbus Day Parade. Parking lot at the present-day site of the Museum of Modern Art. Building in the center background is on the site of the parking garage behind the museum.
South of Market
Portola Festival Parade, Elevated view northeast across Market near 8th (at Marshall Square), Chinese Dragon, crowds of people, campaign signs. St. Boniface Church spire in the background. Marshall Square Market. Flags and banners strung over street.
Civic Center
Elevated view west, probably from City Hall, to float carrying Liberty Bell arriving in city for display at PPIE. Billboard for English stage actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940) in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, opening July 19th, 1915 at the Columbia Theatre. City Hall Store, Auto Painting 345-347 Van Ness, Auto Repair Shop 349 Van Ness. Postcard.
Civic Center
[We are marching up Market St ... in a parade for the 'Liberty Boys.'] Elevated view south across Market St. to sailors in marching band in formation. Probably the Draft Day Parade of September 21, 1917 honoring 1,571 military draftees departing for WWI. Bohemian Cafe, Portola Theatre playing Elsie Ferguson in 'Barbary Sheep'.
Downtown / Union Square
View east down Market from near center of roadway showing decorative pillars and electric lights along with flags and bunting, to celebrate the Knights of Pythias. Cable Cars running on Market. Hale's department store, Chinn-Beretta Optical Co. at right. Weinstock, Lubin & Co. in Donahoe Building at left across Taylor St.
Tenderloin
View northwest toward Drumm & California intersection to Cable Car #49, decorated for San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) 50th birthday. Fosters Cafeteria.
Financial District
View northwest toward Drumm & California intersection to Cable Car #50, decorated for San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) 50th birthday. Fosters Cafeteria
Financial District
View east from center of Market Street. Parade in progress, with automobiles decorated with American flags and sailor on motorcycle. Bunting across Market in several locations. Emporium, Commercial Building, Pacific Building at right. At left, West Bank Building, Phelan Building. Humboldt Bank Building, Call Building in distance.
Downtown / Union Square
View east on Market Street. Crowds lining sidewalks, police in intersection, possibly a parade route. Signs for United Artists, Centre and Paramount Theatres; Locker Club, Greyhound Bus, Weinstein, Merrill's Drugs. Fosters in Grant Building. David Hewes Building in center distance. Flags and banners strung across Market Street.
Civic Center
Parade on Market Street near 8th Street during Portola Festival. [M-G 102] Elevated view to northeast, with St. Boniface Church steeple at center, Fairmont Hotel at upper left, and Flood Building at extreme right. Storefronts at left are now the site of Orpheum Theater. Baths, Marshall Square Market. Flags and banners strung across street, Crowds along street and on rooftops.[M-G 102]
Civic Center
Parade on Market Street near 8th Street during Portola Festival. Elevated view to northeast, with St. Boniface Church steeple at center, Fairmont Hotel at upper left, and Flood Building at extreme right. Storefronts at left are now the site of Orpheum Theater. Baths, Marshall Square Market. Flags and banners strung across street, Crowds along street and on rooftops. [M-G. 108]
Civic Center
View northwest across Market toward Sansome, U.S. Navy officers marching in formation in parade, Flatiron Building at left, Anglo California Trust Company Building at right. Float at far right in shape of a battleship bow.
Financial District
View northeast on Market toward crew of navy ship marching in Atlantic Fleet (Great White Fleet) parade. [Sibyl Marston of Berkeley] (The Great White Fleet was a nickname given to 27 warships from the US Navy's Atlantic Fleet that visited San Francisco while circumnavigating the globe.)
Civic Center
View northwest across Post to U.S. Army soldiers marching in formation on Post Street. Buildings on north side of Grant in background. Vogue Cloak & Fur Co., 217 Grant, at Campton Pl. (then Stockton Pl) with flags on front of building.
Downtown / Union Square
View northwest across Post to U.S. Army brass band marching in formation on Post Street. Buildings on north side of Grant in background. Vogue Cloak & Fur Co., 217 Grant, at Campton Pl. (then Stockton Pl) with flags on front of building.
Downtown / Union Square