Stern Grove
Large crowd at Stern Grove concert, including some serving in military.
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Stern Grove
Concession stand, audience in background
Parkside
Stern Grove
Audience watching performers on stage
Parkside
Sigmund Stern Grove
Men and women dancing on the lawn, with the audience on the slopes in the background.
Parkside
Polk & McAllister
Parade on McAllister. Civic Auditorium at left, City Hall at right.
Civic Center
Washington Square
View southwest toward Russian Hill. Soldiers assembling in square. Jobson's Observatory (1861-1869) in background. [Washington Square July 4th 1862. 326.]
North Beach
Van Ness near Bay
1906 Earthquake and Fire, 3000 block of Van Ness Avenue near Bay Street. Eggs being distributed to a crowd by US Navy Sailors. All of these buildings had to be demolished or moved to make way for the PPIE. The apartment building at far right was moved to 1515 Greenwich St, and still stands. At extreme left, barely visible, is a house that was moved to 1232-1234 Chestnut St; it also still stands.
Marina
2nd & Howard
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Howard from 2nd Street, toward the corner of New Montgomery. fire burning, people watching [Fleeing from the Fire, Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 191] The Hamburg Saloon, Adelaide Hotel on the corner.
South of Market
Kearny near Sutter
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View South from center of Kearny toward burning Call building at 3rd and Market. Chronicle Building and Annex, Hearst Examiner Building, 700 Market building, Mutual Savings Bank Building, Raphael's. [The Burning of the Call Building, Copyright 1906, Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 209]
Downtown / Union Square
Grant near Geary
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View South on Grant from Geary. Crowds of people and smoke south of Market. Hammam Turkish baths on right and original Phelan Building beyond [Grant Avenue During the Fire]
Downtown / Union Square
Fort Mason
1906 Earthquake and Fire, view east in refugee camp at Fort Mason. Fontana Warehouse in distance, Russian Hill at right. [Camp at Signal Corps] (another copy at wnp15.1026)
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Golden Gate Park
Crowds watching bicycle race in the Stadium (Polo Fields) Golden Gate Park Stadium was proposed in 1904, delayed construction because of the 1906 earthquake and fire. Opened on July 4, 1906. It was envisioned as a multi-use stadium, but popularly called the Polo Field because that sport was played intermittently from the 1920s to 1960s.(JF) (colorized)[Stadium, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Southern Pacific]
Golden Gate Park
Stanyan & Haight
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View North on Stanyan from Haight, Terminal Hotel, SE corner. Bread line stretching down Stanyan from distribution point at the Young Men's Hebrew Association (later the Boys and Girls Club) on Page Street. B.A. Hester, Tobacconist and Variety Store [Bread Line Stanyan St. Copyright 1906, Pillsbury Picture Co. No. 53] Duplicate of wnp27.0594.
Haight Ashbury
Midwinter Fair
Golden Gate Park with fair crowds. Japanese Village on left, Horticultural and Agricultural building on right.
Golden Gate Park
First Cliff House
View north toward Cliff House and Seal Rocks from Ocean Beach, two women walking on beach, first Cliff House
Richmond Outer