Union Square
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 SquareCeremony
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Memorial Museum
Setting cornerstone for Museum. Golden Gate Park, Music Concourse. In 1921, name was changed to de Young Memorial Museum.
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
[745 A Saturday Afternoon In Winter]Francis Scott Key Statue dedication, present site of tennis courts. View south to Sharon Lodge, Mt Sutro. Francis Scott Key Monument (later moved) and Sharon Building. People, horses, Carriage Concourse, Mt. Sutro in background.
Golden Gate Park
Twin Peaks Reservoir
Crowd walking on Twin Peaks, going to dedication [SC50 ][opening of reservoir at Twin Peaks]
Clarendon Heights
Twin Peaks reservoir
Dedication of Twin Peaks reservoir, Clayton St Family Collection
Clarendon Heights
Twin Peaks Reservoir
Dedication of Twin Peaks reservoir looking north, Clayton St Family Collection
Clarendon Heights
Mission Dolores
View west across Dolores St. to funeral procession stopped in front of Mission Dolores. Gothic Revival church at right, damaged in earthquake and fire, is being demolished. [Edgar A Cohen 2579]
Mission Dolores
Third & Market
[Unveiling Tetrazzini Memorial Bronze, San Francisco March 24, 1912. Copyrighted 1912 R. J. Waters & Co.] Elevated view north to Mayor Rolph speaking at Lotta's Fountain in front of large crowd; Chronicle Building (with large clock over entry) in background.1600 Market Realty Building, Crocker Building at right. The tablet commemorated singer Luisa Tetrazzini's Christmas Eve 1910 performance near Lotta's Fountain, before an estimated two to three-hundred thousand San Franciscans.
Downtown / Union Square
Lotta's Fountain
Elevated view from Market looking north Kearny during Luisa Tetrazzini plaque unveiling. Large crowd in front of Chronicle building. The tablet commemorated singer Luisa Tetrazzini's Christmas Eve 1910 performance near Lotta's Fountain, before an estimated audience of 200,000-300,000 San Franciscans.
South of Market
Civic Center
Elevated view southeast over crowd, including sailors, in Civic Center Plaza. Civic Auditorium, Hotel Whitcomb in background.[The Liberty Boys. San Francisco's Farewell to ... Sept 21st 1917. Photo by Cardinell-Vincent Co 577 Market St.]
Civic Center
Transcontinental Phone Call
First public test of the transcontinental telephone line, as seen at the San Francisco end at Pacific Telephone's building at 333 Grant Ave., shortly before the opening of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. In New York, Alexander Graham Bell and others spoke with Mayor James Rolph and other dignitaries in San Francisco, including Thomas A. Watson, who was the recipient of Bell's first words over the telephone in 1876. Bell began the call by repeating those words "Mr. Watson, are you there?" Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Lux School
Elevated view north over rooftop ceremony at Lux School For Industrial Training for Girls, 17th and Potrero, dedicating rooftop playground. 7 women in Grecian dress surrounded by audience in folding chairs in front of stage with seated people behind table. Phoebe Apperson Hearst is sitting at the table, partially obscured by a potted plant. Lux School operated between 1912 and 1952. Its school building is extant in 2018. Downtown skyline in background.
Mission
Golden Gate Park
Groundbreaking ceremony in Polo Grounds for Panama Pacific International Exposition. President Taft turning ceremonial first shovel of earth. [1911 copyright by G.H. Dresser 226 Powell St. S.F.]
Golden Gate Park
Stockton near Pacific
View northwest across 1100 block of Stockton Street between Jackson and Pacific showing the west side of the street. A funeral procession with horse-drawn hearse leads mourners walking in the street. Quen Hop (or Quon Hop) underwear factory 1119 Stockton, in background right. [Chinese Funeral Procession, Chinatown]
Chinatown