Decoration

Contains 237 photos

Post & Kearny
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Post & Kearny

View west to Knights Templar Decorations on Roos Brothers Store.

Downtown / Union Square
Market & 3rd
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Market & 3rd

Knights Templar Electric Light Decorations, looking southeast across Market Street, Palace Hotel in background center

Downtown
Market & 3rd
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Market & 3rd

Knights Templar Conclave decorations at 3rd and Market, looking east. Chronicle Building on left, Hearst (Examiner) building on right .

Downtown
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

Blurry night view of the Ferry Building with decorations for the Great White Fleet. Tower outlined with electric lights, giant electric stars and strips shield decoration in front.

Financial District
Market & Leavenworth
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Market & Leavenworth

View north across Market to L-Line streetcar with U.S. Coast Guard recruiting sign on side, Old Federal Building at left, Chester MacPhee for Mayor headquarters. Empire Hotel / McAllister Tower (later part of Hastings Law School) in background left. Birdcage traffic signals. Flags strung over Market Street for Community Chest campaign.

Civic Center
Market near Mason
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Market near Mason

Portola Festival Parade, View east from center of Market toward Mason, Market, Turk intersection, Dean Building, Admission Day (Native Sons) Monument, Mechanics Savings Bank Building, Flood Building, Emporium in background.

Downtown
Ferry Building at night
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Ferry Building at night

View northeast across Embarcadero to Ferry Building decorated for visit of the Great White Fleet. Tower outlined in electric lights, huge electric stars and stripes shield decoration in front.

Financial District
California & Powell
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California & Powell

Nighttime view. Admission Day Celebration 1910. Ferry Building and ships Illuminated.

Downtown
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

Night view of Ferry Building, decorated with lights for President McKinley's visit to SF.

Financial District
Union Square
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Union Square

'Expo '70' sign on lawn. St. Francis Hotel at left

Downtown
3rd & Market
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3rd & Market

Knights of Pythias Decorations, including pillars in street. Night view east on Market toward 3rd. Examiner (Hearst Building) at right. [8/11/02 Court of Honor K. of P. Conclave]

Downtown / Union Square
California at Market
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California at Market

View west up California. Fife Building at left, which opened in 1909; ex-Sutro Railroad 5-Line street car. Flags and banners strung across street, probably for the 1909 Portola Festival. Marine Building, Merchants Exchange in distance center.

Financial District
Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

Decorated for the Shriner's Convention; looking from the Fife Building. Ferry Loop streetcar tracks at center.

Financial District
Market & California
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Market & California

View east on Market Street to the Ferry Building; Decorated for the Shriner's Convention

Financial District
Kearny, Geary, & Market
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Kearny, Geary, & Market

Elevated view southeast across intersection to Lotta's Fountain and surrounding crowd of pedestrians. Palace Hotel (with Western Pacific Railroad office in corner retail space), Monadnock Building (with signage for Santa Fe and Oceanic), Metropolis Bank Building in background left. D-Line streetcar destination reads Exposition. Chronicle Building on left with large clock above entry. El Camino Real Bell at right. String of lights and planter baskets hung from streetlamp poles. [Lotta's Fountain]

Downtown / Union Square