Jefferson Square
Wendell Willkie Rally. SF emergency communications center & radio towers
Cathedral HillCrowd
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Columbus & Union
Wendell Willkie motorcade passing Washington Square and Palace Theater
North Beach
Columbus & Union
Wendell Willkie motorcade; looking north
North Beach
Market & 3rd
Wendell Willkie motorcade; numerous streetcars, Examiner Building
Downtown / Union Square
Civic Center
Wendell Willkie on steps of City Hall speaking to crowd
Civic Center
Civic Center
Wendell Willkie on steps of City Hall speaking
Civic Center
Grant & California
View north across intersection to Wendell Willkie motorcade; Old St. Mary's Cathedral. Banners strung across street, some saying 'Welcome Visitors' for Golden Gate International Exposition, GGIE. Sing Chong Co. at left.
Chinatown
Market & Fulton
Market St between 7th and 8th Streets, looking southwest across Market. Muni M & L cars outbound #150; crowd boarding; kid on cow catcher. Strand Theatre, Hotel National, Benatar's Department Store, Crystal Palace Market, a huge food mall, is visible behind cars, demolished 1959; current site of Trinity Place: (See sf.curbed.com article for good history of Crystal Palace.) Hotel Whitcomb and Merchandise Mart in distance. Market Street decorated for Shrine Convention. (parade was July 21, 1946)
Civic Center
Bayshore Blvd Dedication
Bayshore & County Line, view north toward Visitacion Valley and Bayview Hill [Bayshore Blvd Dedication dpwbook45 dpwA2216]
Visitacion Valley
Bayshore Blvd. near Wheat
View north to Motorcade parade celebrating the opening of Bayshore Boulevard. Apartment building at right, 1645 Bayshore, extant 2019. In center distance, Kroehler Manufacturing Building at right still stands at 1485 Bayshore Blvd. [Bayshore Blvd Dedication, Bayshore north (Sic) of Wheat dpwbook45 dpwA2217]
Bret Harte
Bayshore Blvd. Dedication
Bayshore Boulevard & County Line. Mayor James Rolph on reviewing stand with crowd [Bayshore Blvd Dedication Mayor Rolph dpwbook45 dpwA2219]
Visitacion Valley
Opera House
Laying Legion of Honor cornerstone during construction of War Memorial Opera House at Van Ness & Grove. [Legion of Honor Cornerstone- Gen. H. Liggett] [dpwbook46 dpw3218]
Civic Center
City Hall
[Mayor Rossi inauguration dpwbook46 dpwA3270] Board of Supervisors' chamber
Civic Center
Civic Center
[Shrine convention dpwbook46 dpwA3448] Reviewing stand on Polk Street
Civic Center
Civic Center
[Shrine convention dpwbook46 dpwA3449] Shriners with camel float. Reviewing stand on Polk Street in background.
Civic Center