Union Square
View southeast towards Geary & Stockton. Great White Fleet Decorations. Temporary building in square, Whittell Building, City of Paris, Call Building in background.
Downtown / Union SquareFlags
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Fillmore & Ellis
View southwest across intersection to Geo. Haas and Sons; Clothing store decorated with flags, paintings of ships for Great White Fleet visit. Orpheum and Princess Theatres in background (both opened in 1907). Steel arch over intersection.
Western Addition
Kearny & Post
View northwest across intersection of Post and Kearny to 101 Kearny. Alfred Lilienfeld and Co. men's furnishings store decorated for the Portola Festival.
Downtown / Union Square
Fillmore near Ellis
View north down Fillmore to decorative steel arches over intersections with American flags, electric lights strung over street, and S.N. Wood store at right. At left, Puritan Dining Room 1433 Fillmore.
Western Addition
Market & New Montgomery
Elevated view north across Market to parade turning up Montgomery Street. People sitting atop Gannon's Cigar Store, Osborn & Alexander at left. Masonic Temple. Grand Hotel at right. Same image as wnp13.356, with different cropping. 4092 California.
Financial District
Montgomery at Washington
View of east side of Montgomery. People in windows and on rooftops. Firemen in helmets march in Admission Day parade on Columbus Avenue. Lombardi Restaurant 706 Montgomery, Baum's Furniture 710 Montgomery, Moller & McMullen 714 Montgomery.
North Beach
Chinatown
View southeast across Grant to Sing Fat Co. building with pagoda on top, stained glass globe streetlamps in front. Astoria Hotel in distance left.
Chinatown
Steuart & Market
Preparedness Day Parade Bombing. Elevated view west to windows blown out of building, ambulance, crowd. Ferry Exchange, Marine Bank. Market Street in background.
Financial District
Parade at Market & Mason
View northeast down Market St. to American Legion Parade, Marching Band. Admission Day Native Sons monument still at original location at center. Esquire, Pix, Telenews Theatres.
Tenderloin
Civic Center
View northeast across Larkin to United Service Organization (USO) Hospitality House (constructed between March and August, 1941), a clubhouse for enlisted men. Present site of Main Library. Old Main Library, Old Federal Office Building, Empire Hotel (with sign on upper stories) in background. U.S. Navy Recruiting Service vehicle parked in front.
Civic Center
Parade at 4th & Market
View northeast across Market to Shriner's Parade, Roos Bros. store, California Redwood Industry float
Downtown / Union Square
Grove & Larkin
Elevated view northeast from Civic Auditorium across intersection to United Service Organization (USO) Hospitality House (constructed between March and August, 1941), a clubhouse for enlisted men. WACs (Women's Army Corps) marching across intersection. In background from left, Main Public Library, Old Federal Office Building, Orpheum Theater, Lick Pioneer Monument (in original location). Standard Oil of California truck with bunting and sign for AAF (Army Air Force) Oil for Winged Victory. Posters on streetlamp poles for War Show at Seals Stadium. Probably related to production at this time at Opera House of Moss Hart play "Winged Victory". [Winged Victory]
Civic Center
California & Spring
Elevated view southwest across California to G.A.R. Members carrying Civil War Flag during parade in front of West Coast Publishing Co., 535 California Street, SW corner.
Financial District
Market near 6th
View south across Market to float of the Berkeley Parlor #150 of Native Daughters of the Golden West in Admission Day parade.
South of Market
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