Decoration

Contains 237 photos

U.S. warship in Bay
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U.S. warship in Bay

Possibly USS New York anchored off waterfront. Telegraph Hill in background. Possibly part of welcoming the Sherman

SF Bay
Liberty Tower
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Liberty Tower

View east from Geary and Kearny toward World War I Liberty Loan display with Liberty Bell replica on top and clock faces indicating number of millions raised in Liberty Loan campaign encasing Lotta's Fountain. Palace Hotel (with Western Pacific Railroad Co. in corner retail location, Monadnock Building with electric sign for Oakland Tribune and Northern Pacific Railway. Workers working on marquee on Flannery Building at right. Newsboys sell to people waiting for streetcars on Market. Spots on image. [1168]

Downtown / Union Square
Crown-Zellerbach Pavilion
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Crown-Zellerbach Pavilion

Built in 1959, this pavilion accompanied the first modern skyscraper built on Market Street in 30 years. Likely November or December, Christmas decorations and a wreath over the door.

Financial District
Market near Montgomery
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Market near Montgomery

View northeasterly across Market to Muni L-Line #173 with wings livery and Red Cross flag. Crocker Building (demolished 1966) at left. Red Cross banner over street.

Downtown / Union Square
Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta
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Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta

Parade. Kilts and cowboys on Van Ness Ave at Greenwich Street.

Union Street
Liner SS Washington
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Liner SS Washington

Arrival of Liner SS Washington off Marina

Marina
Market & Fulton
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Market & Fulton

Beer Float in Shriners Parade turning onto Fulton, looking northeast on Market toward 7th Street, billiards , snooker, Hotel Shaw, Rainier Beer

Civic Center
Hotel Whitcomb at night
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Hotel Whitcomb at night

Elevated view south across Market to electrically lit facade. Originally built as San Francisco's temporary City Hall (see City Hall sign above main entry), and served as such from 1912 to 1915. Then became Hotel Whitcomb. [Wright, Rushforth & Cahill Architects]

Civic Center
Market & 5th
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Market & 5th

Elevated view northeast across Market Street. St. Ann's Building, Baldwin Hotel (destroyed by fire 1898, site of later Flood Building) at right on Powell St. Flags strung from utility poles with 7 crossbars on south side of Market, and banners hung across street. The Louvre Restaurant, Unsworth Sign Co. 1028 Market.

South of Market
Parade, Van Ness Avenue
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Parade, Van Ness Avenue

Great White Fleet Sailors from the Battleship Georgia marching down Van Ness carrying guns, American flags, spectators on the side

Market near 4th
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Market near 4th

View east to welcome arch for Christian Endeavors convention. Call Building in background. Cable cars, horse drawn carriages, man sweeping street. The Sixteenth International Christian Endeavor Convention, held in San Francisco from July 7th to 12th, 1897. [5060 - Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. U.S.A.]

Downtown / Union Square
Van Ness Avenue
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Van Ness Avenue

Great White Fleet Naval Parade. Soldiers on horseback, people on roofs and grandstand

Van Ness & Sacramento
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Van Ness & Sacramento

Great White Fleet Naval Parade, view southeast across Van Ness. Bradbury Hotel in background at corner of California and Polk. The parade marched north on Van Ness to Washington St., then turned around and marched south.

Polk Gulch
Public Military parade
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Public Military parade

Unknown location. Horse drawn carriage

Ferry Building
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Ferry Building

Promotion for California State Fair

Financial District