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Elevated view northeast across Market toward Sansome. Crowds lining the street for parade. Native Sons of the Golden West float with replica of Mission Dolores pulled by horses. Flatiron Building at left, Anglo California Trust Company Building at Sansome Street. Admission Day Parade, California Diamond Jubilee.
Financial District
Elevated view northeast across Market toward Sansome. Crowds lining the street for parade. Flatiron Building at left, Anglo California Trust Company Building at Sansome Street. Admission Day Parade, California Diamond Jubilee. [Great Jubilee Parade September 9, 1925; Grandma and me]
Financial District
Diamond Jubilee Parade. Float with replica of Fort Gunnybags. Group of men in 1850s clothing holding axe handles posing in front of float.
Interior view of the Ferry Building, during National Education Association convention. [N.E.A. Membership Registration in Ferry Building]
Financial District
Fulton Street Chutes, Two women in prop navy motor launch with sign May 6th 08, the day the Atlantic Fleet (popularly known as the Great White Fleet), entered SF Bay. Painted backdrop of battleships at anchor. The photo concession of Abe Lipman on 10th Avenue near Fulton (JF)
Richmond Inner
Elevated view looking northwest across Union Square. 1913 addition to St. Francis Hotel is partially complete. Reviewing stands along Post Street for the Portola Festival (Oct 22-25) which also commemorated Balboa's 'discovery' of the Pacific Ocean. Large replica of Balboa's ship on on display in the square. Nob Hill in the background.
Downtown / Union Square
View southwest across Union Square towards a large replica of Balboa's ship on display. Union Square decorated for the Portola Festival Oct. 22 - 25. In 1913 the Portola Festival theme centered more on images from 1513, when Balboa 'discovered' the Pacific Ocean. St. Francis Hotel decorated with bunting and American flags at right, Elkan Gunst Building at left.
Downtown / Union Square
Women dancing around pillar with planter urn, at sundial at Entrada Court. (Superior copy of wnp37.04192)
Ingleside Terraces
Panama Pacific International Exposition, Art Smith in his airplane flying past Mulgardt's Tower. A crowd of people gathered to watch the event. [Art Smith Flying at ppie worlds_fair demolished E168 C.V]
Marina
Greek Theatre [Introduction of Ella Flagg Young N.E.A. S.F. Cal.] Ms. Young was president National Education Association. N.E.A. convention was held in SF July 8 through 14, 1911.
Outside SF
Army band playing on pier at Port of Embarkation. View looking down from a ship tied up alongside the pier.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Army band playing on pier at Port of Embarkation. View looking down from a ship tied up alongside the pier.
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Army officer with Medical Corps insignia on uniform standing on deck of military transport at Port of Embarkation. Same officer as in wnp14.13226
Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
Aerial view of a 3-alarm fire on Duboce across from Woodward Street (Between Mission and Valencia Street), now in the path of the Central Freeway and site of SOMA West Skatepark. View northerly from above 14th Street, Mission Street at right. Central Freeway (under construction) stub at South Van Ness at right (the same day as a major earthquake though determined to be unrelated)
Mission Dolores
Aerial view east to a 3-alarm fire on Duboce across from Woodward Street (Between Mission and Valencia Street), now in the path of the Central Freeway and site of SOMA West Skatepark. X-Shaped Mary's Help Hospital in the foreground. Central Freeway (under construction) stub at South Van Ness at center. 150 Otis, built 1916 as Juvenile Detention Home, and in 1957 Department of Social Services offices, to left of smoke plume (SF Landmark # 248). Former Valencia Theatre, converted to a church in 1929, right of center. (Fire was the same day as a major earthquake, though determined to be unrelated)
Mission Dolores