Contains 322 photos
View southeast across Market to 723 Market Street, the A. L. Bancroft & Company Building, between 3rd & 4th Streets. Building destroyed by fire, April 30, 1886.[Bancroft's Building, Market St., S. F. July 4, 1876. 3580]
South of Market
[5514 Market St. and Palace Hotel San Francisco, During Pres. McKinley's visit. Copyright 1901 by C. H. Graves.] Elevated view east over intersection to crowds of people assembling during President McKinley's Visit. Grand Hotel, Palace Hotel, Lotta's Fountain, horse drawn laundry cart and other cars, cable cars, Detmer Woolen Co. building, A.A. Jacob Millinery building, people riding horses and bicycles .
South of Market
Elevated view southeast across Market Street decorated for President McKinley's visit. Palace Hotel, Examiner Building, Call Building, Bancroft History Building, Midway Plaisance theater in background. Dixon's Wear ad, carriages, wagons, Call Building, parade crowd and cable cars. [49-5949 Busy Market Street of the City of the Golden Gate, San Francisco, California]
Downtown / Union Square
[8796 U. S. Marine Corps, Naval Parade, San Francisco, U.S. copyright 1908 by H. C. White Co.] View northwest across Van Ness to soldiers with rifles marching in formation in Great White Fleet Naval Parade.
Lower Nob Hill
View southwest across Market to Muni 8-line streetcar #202 (with Market Street Railway MSRy shield not yet painted out), Muni K-line streetcar. James E. Townsend & Co. office equipment, Ditto Business Systems. Underwood Building at right. Banners strung over street.
Financial District
View east across Embarcadero to original Ferry Building decorated with American flags, anchor insignia. Only horsecars. A wooden clock tower was added to the building after its opening in September, 1875, and was completed in January, 1877. This may be the decorating done for the arrival of General (and former U.S. President) Ulysses S. Grant in September 1879.
Financial District
View east from center of Market. Donahue Mechanics Monument at left. Remnant of old trackwork crossing tracks in foreground. Ferry building in distance. View east from middle of Market Street, decorated with foliage and flags for parade. Possibly September, 1900 Native Sons Admission Day Semi-Centennial parade.
Financial District
Looking west from Union Square to heavily decorated hotel, for Portola Festival.
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view north on Stockton to [Chinese New Year?] Dragon Parade, crowds, people on rooftops. Porch with iron railing at far left is part of First Presbyterian Chinese Church, 911 Stockton. Parade participants carry a portable gate preceding the main procession of the dragon. Two Chinese ideograms across the top of the gate read “Yu Gate", referring to a near-mythical sage-king of ancient China, known as Yu the Great or Yu the Engineer. To the ancient Chinese, the fish jumping over the Dragon Gate symbolized the sudden elevation and advancement of one’s social status into the upper class. In this use, it called on this pioneer community’s will and courage to strive for transformative accomplishments. (Interpretation by Doug Chan). [Chinese Parade With The Dragon #465]
Chinatown
Elevated view southeast over Market to Great White Fleet Welcome Parade, Mare Island "Vallejo Welcomes the Fleet" battleship float. Passing Gregory Hardware Co, 615 Market near 2nd.
Financial District
West Portal between 14th & Vicente. Christmas decorations at night [Jack Tillmany Collection SC9]
West Portal
View East to GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) Arch, Nucleus Hotel, Palace Hotel in background [SC39]
South of Market
Market St. near Powell looking east. The Emporium at 835-855 Market, Pacific Building Humboldt Bank Building, Call Building in distance on south side of Market. Lincoln Building on right, Douglas Building, Flood Building at left. Flag bunting on building, flags strung across street on wires, probably for Portola Festival celebration. Clayton St Family Collection
Downtown / Union Square
Elevated view north across Market to Diamond Jubilee Parade with Mission Dolores Float on Market St, Photo Postcards [Great Jubilee Parade SC109] Victorien M. Meyer Rugs, 38 Sansome in background. Flatiron Building at left, Anglo California Trust Company Building at center.
Financial District
View east from center of Market St at 9th, Hotel Whitcomb at right. Flags decorate streetlamps. Snapshots from SF photo albums
South of Market