City Hall
Elevated view of drafted men in front of City Hall. [dpwbook21 dpw4763]
Civic CenterMilitary
Contains 459 photos
Fulton & Hyde
View north to Civic Center Red Cross Building flag ceremony, YMCA and St. Boniface Church in background [Red Cross Building Civic Center dpwbook23 dpw5637]
Civic Center
Polk near City Hall
Elevated view of City Hall reviewing stand, with Mayor James Rolph and members of the French Siberian Expedition, for celebration of return from France of the California Grizzlies, 144th Field Artillery. During the 'Spanish Influenza' epidemic, some soldiers and dignitaries wearing masks, most of the audience at upper right is masked. [California Grizzlies (troops at Civic Center) dpwbook23 dpw5710]
Civic Center
Spear near Harrison
View northwest across Spear to former Marine Hospital, Haslett Santa Fe Warehouse [Spear St W side N from Harrison] [dpwbook24 dpw5827] (Originally built in 1853 as the U.S. Marine Hospital, it moved to the Presidio in 1875. This large building then became a sailor's boarding home operated by the Ladies' Seaman's Friend Society.)
Rincon Hill
Harrison & Spear
View northwest across Harrison to old Marine Hospital [Harrison N side W from Spear dpwbook24 dpw5833] (The U.S.Marine Hospital opened in 1853 but later moved to the Presidio in 1875. This large building then became a sailor's boarding home operated by the Ladies' Seaman's Friend Society.)
Rincon Hill
Spear near Harrison
View southwest across Spear Street towards Marine Hospital (left) and Santa Fe Warehouse of the Haslett Warehouse Co. [Spear St W side Bet Folsom & Harrison dpwbook25 dpw5909]
Rincon Hill
Powell & Market
War Womens Day Parade, celebrating the contribution of women volunteers during World War I, coincided with the visit of the Pacific Fleet. [Mother's Day Parade dpwbook25 dpw6230]
Downtown / Union Square
Taylor & Market
Elevated view southeast across Market to soldiers marching en route to Spanish American War. Van Vroom Electro Dental Parlor, 997 Market; Edison Phonograph, Sterett Printing, 933 Market at left. [9384 - First New York Volunteers at San Francisco, en route to Manila.]
Tenderloin
Market & Montgomery
Soldiers marching across Market in front of Crocker Building [9383 The First Troop Utah Cavalry at San Francisco, en route to Manila.]
Financial District
Union near Pierce
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View southeast across Union between Pierce & Steiner. Soldier with rifle standing on broken street and tracks after earthquake. Chinn-Beretta Optical sign painted on fence. At left, St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church (1891). [8224 Union Street, sunk by the great earth convulsion which destroyed the city, San Francisco, Cal.] Information on back.
Cow Hollow
Camp Merritt
Soldiers with rifles and bayonets. Lone Mountain in distance. [(9386) "Cease Firing! - Co. F., 1st Colorado Infantry, US volunteers, Camp Merritt.]
Richmond Inner
Camp Merritt
View west from Inner Richmond to soldiers in front of Sibley tents, their gear on the sand and their rifles stacked. [9385 - First New York Volunteers at Camp Merritt]
Richmond Inner
View along Embarcadero
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View northwest along Embarcadero (then East St) near foot of Clay. Produce District in ruins, many military tents. St. Francis of Assisi church steeples at left, U.S. Restaurant, Telegraph Hill in background.
Financial District
Carl & Shrader
View northwest across Carl to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 6-Line #137 with Bay Meadows ad on side. George R. Reilly for Mayor sign on house in background (156 Carl), Queen Anne cottage extant 2020 minus much decorative trim.
Cole Valley
San Francisco from Marin
San Francisco skyline and bay, viewed looking southeast over Fort Baker. Cavallo Point, Horseshoe Cove, parade ground.
SF Bay