Contains 322 photos
Elevated view northwest to parade of Volunteers returning from the Philippines after the Spanish American War. Mechanics' Pavilion (present site of Civic Auditorium) with sign for upcoming Mechanics' Fair of 1899, temporary grandstands and chairs filled with people on rooftops. Scottish Hall in distance right. (GGNRA/Wulzen GOGA 18480)
South of Market
View southeast across Market to Call Building, Bancroft History Building. Water wagon, cable cars, fleet flags strung over street. Sanborn, Vail Co.. [Market St 1899 SS-71] [F810 SS-071] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
View north to Magee Building at far left (with Owl Drug Co.) sign on roof, decorated Mutual Savings Bank Building (with Paul T. Carroll Knox Hats store), Flannery Building (with signage for Easy Dental Parlors, Dr. Hall's Electro-Vigor and P.H. McCarthy for Mayor sign on top). Johann Schmidt Building in background center (Herman Barth architect, 1908). Flags and banners strung over street, light array for 1909 Portola Festival. 16-line streetcar #698. [Portola Week]
South of Market
[CK007 Embassy as Rialto September 1919] Elevated view west on Market. Odd Fellows Building and Rialto Theater (later Embassy), Hotel Whitcomb at left. Decorative arch over street 'To President Wilson The French Colony" "France, Amerique". Streetlights decorated with American Flags.
Tenderloin
View east from intersection. State (former California) and Portola Theatres. Taverne Bon Gout on corner. Banners strung across street and on streetlamps for Lions International convention parade on July 28, 1947. Birdcage traffic signals. Cropped version of wnp5.50622. [California SF as State CAL-40 July 1947]
Downtown / Union Square
View southwest across Fillmore to buildings on west side of street, including Cameraphone Theatre 1331 Fillmore Street near Eddy, where a live company of actors would read the script aloud to the audience as the silent movie played. Large white object at right is part of street decorations for welcoming Great White Fleet, one of several pedestals mounted by a battleship. Franks Bros. clothing, Gilsey Cafe 1315 Fillmore. Platform truck for working on overhead wires at left. [Cameraphone Theatre SF 01B 1908]
Western Addition
Ford Ranchero coupe utility vehicle parked in front of Chinese Six Companies Building, 843 Stockton St, with banner 'Happy Double Ten to my many Chinese-American Friends...'. The National Day of the Republic of China (Taiwan) is also referred to as Double Ten Day.
Nob Hill
View southeast on Market from 8th Street. Municipal Railways (Muni) L-line streetcar #1005 (Magic Carpet Car) with wings livery. The Orpheum Theatre (showing 'The Egg and I') Embassy Theatre, Benatar's department store, Crystal Palace Market. Zinkes Hardware, McCarthy's Bar. Flags strung across Market with banner for Travel Sports and Boat Show, April 24 to May 5, 1947. Civic Auditorium.
Civic Center
Portola Festival Parade, Elevated view northeast across Market near 8th (at Marshall Square), Chinese Dragon, crowds of people, campaign signs. St. Boniface Church spire in the background. Marshall Square Market. Flags and banners strung over street.
Civic Center
View east on Market from Kearny. Chronicle Building and Lotta's Fountain at left. Palace Hotel, Metropolis Bank Building at right. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) L-line streetcar #152 outbound on Market at Kearny. Signs on buildings for Florsheim Shoes, Hymans Leasing, Peck-Judah. Birdcage traffic signal. Flags hung over Market for Lions International convention.
Downtown / Union Square
View east on Market from 8th. Orpheum Theatre at left. Embassy Theatre, Benatar's Department Store, Crystal Palace Market in background. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) N-Line and 21-line Streetcar #109. Flags and banners over Market Street for Community Chest campaign.
Civic Center
View west across Market toward Turk St. Dewey Warren Headquarters, Doctor H.H. Brady Dentist, Alice Wonder Hamburger, and billboard for Rainer Beer. SF Municipal Railway (Muni) PCC #1008, Market Street. Admission Day (Native Sons) Monument before 1948 move to Golden Gate Park.
Downtown / Union Square
Pacific & Montgomery, View West across intersection to Pacific Street from Montgomery. Pago Pago, The House of Zombie, Hop Lee Laundry, Fat Boy George's Comic Fotos, La Conga, The Hurricane, McKale's. Associated, DeSoto Plymouth dealer. [International Settlement, Old Barbary Coast][Zan 2472]
North Beach
View east from center of Market Street. Parade in progress, with automobiles decorated with American flags and sailor on motorcycle. Bunting across Market in several locations. Emporium, Commercial Building, Pacific Building at right. At left, West Bank Building, Phelan Building. Humboldt Bank Building, Call Building in distance.
Downtown / Union Square
View east on Market Street. Crowds lining sidewalks, police in intersection, possibly a parade route. Signs for United Artists, Centre and Paramount Theatres; Locker Club, Greyhound Bus, Weinstein, Merrill's Drugs. Fosters in Grant Building. David Hewes Building in center distance. Flags and banners strung across Market Street.
Civic Center