Market & 3rd
Elevated view east down Market from top of arch. People on rooftops, Nucleus Hotel, Palace Hotel at right.[East on Market St from 3rd - Parade Grand Army MB Photo] Arch pictured in wnp37.00036
Downtown / Union SquareDecorations
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Airport (San Bruno Mt)
Elevated view north over parking lot to parked planes, Sign Hill and San Bruno Mountain. At right, grandstands and folding chairs set up on field. [North Area of Field viewed from ridge of Hangar No. 1 during Army War Maneuvers dpwbookBROWNBOOK dpwA2536]
Market near 3rd
View west at G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) arch. Wagons, horses, and cable car visible.
South of Market
3rd & Market
Elevated view east on Market to large Knights Templar hanging decoration over intersection. Large electric car crossing, these cars only had hand brakes but no air brakes so they had a lot of accidents and only lasted about 10 years. Chronicle Bldg., Crocker Bldg., Union Trust bldg., Palace Hotel, and Nucleus block.
Downtown / Union Square
Grant & Market
View east to GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) Arch. Through the arch is the Nucleus Hotel.
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Market
Elevated view north across Market to Lotta's Fountain, with many people climbing on it, at center. Probably the arrival parade for General and former President Ulysses S. Grant on his return from a world tour of several years. Troops marching on Market and Kearny Streets. Banners strung above Kearny. Large crowd fills street, many holding flags. People on rooftops, and filling windows. Building at northeast corner of Geary & Kearny has large "Eagleson & Co. 4 and 6 Kearny St. Shirts Underwear" sign, C.N. West Electro Medical Belts 652 Market, A. Roger & Co. Ostrich Feathers 652 Market.
Downtown / Union Square
Market near 4th
View east on Market to Admission Day parade arch with portraits of Fremont and Sutter, Days of '49 painting, grizzly bear atop with figures of miner and Indian, 'The Glorious 9th' banner. [California's 40th Birthday, Sept 9th, 1890.]
South of Market
Market & 4th
Elevated view east on Market to Admission Day parade, crowded streets, banners and flags strung above street ('The Glorious 9th', 'The 9th The Day We Celebrate'), people on telephone poles and on roofs and in windows, decorative archway over street with large grizzly bear on top, clock tower of Chronicle Building in background. [California's 40th Birthday, Sept 9th, 1890.]
South of Market
Market near 3rd
View east from center of Market to decorative arch with various Masonic insignia and "In Hoc Signo Vinces" slogan. Golden Rule Bazaar sign on left, Nucleus Hotel at right. [564? Knights Templar. Market Street Arch. San Francisco. Aug. 20, 1883.]
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Market
Elevated view (probably from decorative arch) of Knights Templar Parade on Market Street. Man standing on ledge of Flannery Building at left. Nucleus Hotel, Palace and Grand Hotels at right, flags and banners over street. People standing on roof of Palace Hotel. [621 K.T. Grand Parade of the Mississippi Commandery, Market St. San Francisco Aug 20, 1883.]
Downtown / Union Square
Maiden Lane
View East from Grant, Union Square and Dewey Monument in background. Flower festival.
Downtown / Union Square
Montgomery Street
Elevated view south to soldiers parading north on Montgomery St. under commemorative arch. Express Building at left. Horsecar on California. 'Crawford & Dutch Dentists' at 415 Montgomery St. Same image as wnp71.1517, with different cropping. Austin's Building was 425-427 Montgomery. [Montgomery St., from Austin's Building, July 4, '65, S.F. 755]
Financial District
Kearny from Market
View north on Kearny St to Independence Day decorations. Flannery Building, Market Street RR horsecar, Lotta's Fountain [Kearny St., from Market, S.F. July 4, 1876. 3577]
South of Market
Palace Hotel
View southeast across Market St. to building decorated with bunting, Palace Hotel, Grand Hotel, street decorated. [The Palace Hotel, from Market Street 3572]
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Sutter
French Residents commemorative arch for Independence Day centennial. [Arch at Kearny and Sutter Streets. SF. 3578]
Downtown / Union Square