Van Ness near California
View east across Van Ness Avenue near California for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. Leon and Bertha Sloss home, 1516 Van Ness with arched entry visible across the street.
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Van Ness near California
View east across Van Ness Avenue near California for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. Leon and Bertha Sloss home, 1516 Van Ness with arched entry visible across the street.
Pacific Heights
Van Ness near California
View east across Van Ness Avenue near California for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. Leon and Bertha Sloss home, 1516 Van Ness with arched entry visible across the street.
Pacific Heights
Van Ness & Austin
View east across Van Ness Avenue between Pine and Austin for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. The Van Ness Avenue Methodist Episcopal Chapel, 1412 Van Ness, at right. The Van Ness Ave. M. E. Chapel was reported by the Call in February 1892 to be "recently built" as a "temporary" structure until a more substantial edifice could be built. It was listed as the Van Ness Ave. M. E. Church in the 1892-1894 city directories.(PF)
Lower Nob Hill
Van Ness & Austin
View east across Van Ness Avenue between Pine and Austin for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. The Van Ness Avenue Methodist Episcopal Chapel, 1412 Van Ness, at right. The Van Ness Ave. M. E. Chapel was reported by the Call in February 1892 to be "recently built" as a "temporary" structure until a more substantial edifice could be built. It was listed as the Van Ness Ave. M. E. Church in the 1892-1894 city directories. (PF)
Lower Nob Hill
Van Ness & Austin
View east across Van Ness Avenue between Pine and Austin for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. The Van Ness Avenue Methodist Episcopal Chapel, 1412 Van Ness, at right. The Van Ness Ave. M. E. Chapel was reported by the Call in February 1892 to be "recently built" as a "temporary" structure until a more substantial edifice could be built. It was listed as the Van Ness Ave. M. E. Church in the 1892-1894 city directories. (PF)
Lower Nob Hill
Van Ness & Austin
View southeast across Van Ness Avenue showing the east side of the street between Austin and Bush. The Knights Templar Parade with large marching contingents. Victorian homes on the site of the Marie Antoinette Apartments.
Lower Nob Hill
Van Ness & Austin
View southeast across Van Ness Avenue showing the east side of the street between Austin and Bush. The Knights Templar Parade with mounted equestrian contingents. Victorian homes on the site of the Marie Antoinette Apartments.
Lower Nob Hill
Van Ness near Bush
View southeast across Van Ness Avenue showing the east side of the street between Austin and Bush. The Knights Templar Parade with large marching contingents. Victorian homes on the site of the Marie Antoinette Apartments. The Concordia Club at Post Street in the distance at right.
Lower Nob Hill
Market near Grant
View northeast from the sidewalk on Market toward Kearny, huge crowd watching parade with mounted cavalry in full dress uniforms. Soldier playing a bugle at center. 700 Market Building (with L. Monaco Photographer signage), Chronicle Building and Crocker Building in the background right. A fire burned most of the Davis Brothers Golden Rule Bazaar building at 718 Market on February 26, 1894, along with the two clothing businesses next door, Stein & Company and Lyons & Fisher, advertised fire sales throughout most of March. (PF)
South of Market
SF Aerial
Wide aerial view looking west over the Bay Bridge showing entire northeaster portion of the San Francisco Peninsula. Golden Gate Park at upper left, Presidio at right, downtown and Embarcadero at lower center [14412]
Downtown Aerial
Aerial view northwest over South of Market, downtown, Russian Hill, and Marina District. Embarcadero Freeway at lower right. [15054-7]
Rincon Hill
Market & Powell
Elevated view east on Market from Powell St. From left: Flood Building, Call Building, Humboldt Bank and the Emporium at right. Crowds of people and streetcars.
Downtown / Union Square
Post & Market
View west on Post across Market, Crocker Building at left, Wells Fargo Union Trust at right, and Masonic Temple, completed 1868, at center. Post Street cable car on street.
Financial District
Geary near Fillmore
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Geary between Fillmore and Webster, people posed in the street with stoves and street kitchens, cable car tracks in the street. 1st English Evangelical Lutheran Church in the distance. This is fairly soon after the earthquake, initially cooking was required as far as possible from buildings. Later street kitchens were allowed to move to the sidewalk. (JF) This area completely demolished in redevelopment. (see also wnp37.00138)
Japantown