Decorations

Contains 322 photos

Market near 6th
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Market near 6th

View south across Market to float of the Gabrielle Parlor #139 (San Francisco) of Native Daughters of the Golden West in Admission Day parade.

South of Market
Market near 6th
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Market near 6th

Elevated view south across Market to Admission Day parade, California Flag carried by men with straw hats, Sterling Furniture Building, sign welcoming Native Daughters of Golden West.

South of Market
Market near McAllister
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Market near McAllister

View south across Market between 6th and 7th. San Joaquin County float in the Admission Day parade; Lots of people watching from windows and roofs, Sterling Furniture building 1049-51 Market

South of Market
Market near McAllister
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Market near McAllister

View south across Market between 6th and 7th. Float of the Orinda Parlor #56 (San Francisco) of the Native Daughters of the Golden West in the Admission Day parade. Sterling Furniture building 1049-51 Market Street.

South of Market
Market near 7th
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Market near 7th

View southeast across Market to the United Artists Theater and 6-Line streetcar #452 with wings livery in front. Centre Theatre, Guild Theatre, Sterling Furniture at left. Banners strung across Market. (Former MSRY Car #152 renumbered #452 after the merger to avoid confusion with Muni #152.)

Tenderloin
Columbus & Pacific
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Columbus & Pacific

View east to International Settlement sign, 2 Streetcars. McHales, Arabian Nights.

North Beach
Market & Grant
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Market & Grant

View east from center of Market to Portola Festival Majorette with parade behind. Union Trust Building at far left, Chronicle, Crocker and Hobart buildings beyond. Palace Hotel, Monadnock, Examiner and Call Buildings on south side of street, right.

Downtown / Union Square
Civic Center
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Civic Center

View west to City Hall. Old Main Library on right. Row of decorated flagpoles.

Civic Center
Market  & Mason
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Market & Mason

View east down Market to SFMR #5 N-Line during 4 track days - people with umbrellas in the rain, Humboldt Bank Building, Emporium, Hale's, Penney's, Pix and Esquire theaters, Flood Building. Annual Shriner Convention banners strung overhead. Unusual rain in July.

Downtown / Union Square
Market at Sansome
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Market at Sansome

View northeast across Market to Muni C-Line streetcar #635 with wings livery. Anglo California Trust Company Building, Adam Grant Building, Shell Building in the background. Flags and banners hung across street for Community Chest campaign. (Former Market Street Railway MSRy unit #235 renumbered after merger)

Financial District
Market near 1st
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Market near 1st

View northwest across Market to Muni C-Line #125 with wings livery and ad for Christian Science lecture. In background, Sheldon Building, Hooker & Lent Building with Owl Drugs, Underwood Building. Land Bros. Sporting Goods, Flags and banners strung across street. Elevated Muni traffic control tower at 1st Street corner.

Financial District
Powell & Post
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Powell & Post

Elevated view northeast over Union Square from St. Francis Hotel. Crowds assembled for Portola Festival. Grandstand set up in empty lot at northeast corner Powell & Post, former Trinity Church site. Temple Emanu-El in background showing post-earthquake changes to steeples. Union Square Building at right. Some of the ten 40-foot carp banners donated by George Shima on behalf of the San Francisco Japanese community at right. [511]

Downtown / Union Square
Grant near Commercial
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Grant near Commercial

View northwest across Grant Avenue. Man carrying basket approaching. Hang Far Low (sometimes Hung Far Low) Restaurant and Tea Garden at left (Albert Pissis, architect, built 1907). American and Chinese (Blue Sky with a White Sun design, later Republic of China or Taiwanese) flags on buildings.

Chinatown
Van Ness & Eddy
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Van Ness & Eddy

Elevated view across Van Ness to U.S. Navy parading, Great White Fleet visit, Tait's Pompeian Garden, Goldstein & Co. Theatrical Supplies.

Tenderloin
Van Ness near Eddy
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Van Ness near Eddy

Elevated view west across Van Ness to Vallejo battleship float ('Vallejo Welcomes The Fleet') in parade for Great White Fleet visit, past Tait's Pompeian Garden, Charles Lyons London Tailor, 731 Van Ness.

Tenderloin