Contains 2266 photos
View northeast to President Theodore Roosevelt in lead carriage turning the corner from Sutter onto Kearny. Pauson & Co. clothiers, Nathan-Dohrmann Co. store with street clock in front at 122-130 Sutter in background. Big crowds, several carriages behind.
Downtown / Union Square
[No 6 Market Street west from Second. 1905. R. J. Waters & co] Grand Hotel, Palace Hotel, Call Building, Mutual Bank Building, Chronicle Building, Crocker Building. Carriages, buggies, cablecar.
Financial District
[U. S. troops leaving San Francisco for Manila copyright 1898 by M. H. Zahner] Row of mounted musicians on horseback. Parade of troops passing under 2nd street cut bridge.
Rincon Hill
View east on Market to approaching elephant parade. Humboldt Bank Building, Pacific Building and Emporium in background
Downtown / Union Square
[No. 132 Sacramento St] Two men stand on the sidewalk. Crowd gathered in the street in the distance.
Financial District
View south to large crowd watching City engineer O'Shaughnessy speaking for the Twin Peaks Tunnel Celebration for pedestrian opening at East Portal.
Corona Heights
Twin Peaks Tunnel Celebration at East Portal. Looking north. 300 block of Castro on upper right. House at 354 Castro St visible at center.
Castro
Twin Peaks Tunnel Celebration, West Portal entrance. Pedestrians walking through the tunnel.
West Portal
Panama-Pacific International Exposition, at night, large crowd at the Column of Progress, possibly looking at something in the harbor
Marina
Overhead view taken from upper level of Cannery of plaza and marketplace between the Cannery and Haslett Warehouse at right. View to the south with Beach Street in center distance.
Fishermans Wharf
Crowd waiting for news about the Boxer Rebellion outside Ning Yung Association. 23 Waverly Place. [Dupont St. 1902 (sic)] Grant Avenue. Quong On Chong & Co. (23 Waverly in 1895 directory), Chew Chung Lung Wo Kee Company (27 Waverly in 1894 directory), crowd on the sidewalk, children playing in the street.
Chinatown
Elevated view southeast across Market to troops in parade (led by mounted band) for President McKinley's visit. Palace Hotel, Examiner Building, Call Building, Call Building Annex, Bancroft History Building, Midway Plaisance theater in background Crowds of onlookers.
Downtown / Union Square
Unknown Parade, possibly Red Cross Benefit Parade in front of City Hall. Military band and boy scouts. Corner of City Hall at right.
Civic Center
Elevated view southeast down Market to large military parade during World War I, likely on the occasion of the arrival of Japan's envoy, Viscount Ishii KikujirÅ. Some 3,000 troops escorted him to City Hall from the Embarcadero. Roos Bros. Department Store, Call Building, Humboldt Bank Building, Portola Theater with Billie Burke in The Mysterious Miss Terry. California Theatre, which opened on November 1, 1917, in late stages of construction at 4th and Market.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view southeast to Christmas Eve concert, December 24, 1910, in front of the Market Street side of the Examiner Building across from Lotta's Fountain. Monadnock Building, Hearst Building. Large crowd formed, thousands of hats. El Camino Real bell at lower right. Mayes Oysters sign on 3rd Street at far right.
Downtown / Union Square