Military

Contains 459 photos

Pioneer Monument
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Pioneer Monument

Sailor climbing on Pioneer (James Lick) Monument at Grove and Hyde Streets at Civic Center.

Civic Center
Market near 6th
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Market near 6th

View south across Market to VJ Day Parade; sailors and soldiers on City Ice Delivery truck. Eastern Outfitting/Union Furniture "Furniture and Carpets" 1017-1021 Market building, J Line street car in background.

Tenderloin
Market near Mason
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Market near Mason

View north across market to Dean Building (demolished 2018). Crowd on sidewalk watching parade; Ladies of the Grand Army Truck Float. United Cigars, Dr. Leaner & Son Chiropodist, Dr. Larsen Physician-Surgeon, Bernard Frank Men's Wear, Jacobs the Tailor.

South of Market
Market near Mason
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Market near Mason

View north across Market to parade; Marines marching in front of Dean Building (demolished 2018).

Tenderloin
Market & Front
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Market & Front

View northwest across Market to parade and sailors marching with rifles; Standard Oil Building under construction at left, Board of Trade Building with Leibold & Co., H. Bercovich Cigars in background.

Financial District
Market at Powell
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Market at Powell

Elevated view, looking west, from Emporium, City Hall and Baldwin Hotel (far right, destroyed in November, 1898). Crowds in streets and on ledges and rooftops watch soldiers march west on Market.

South of Market
Presidio
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Presidio

View northwest from Pacific Heights ridge to Tidal Marshes and Encampments

Pacific Heights
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

1906 Earthquake and Fire, Refugee Camp, U.S. Army Field Hospital 1, Main and Dispensary tents and Nurse. Mt. Sutro in background.

Golden Gate Park
Presidio
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Presidio

Elevated view of Letterman Hospital looking northwest to Golden Gate, Fort Point, Marin Headlands. PPIE pavilions and Avenue of the Nations at right.

Presidio
Market near 7th
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Market near 7th

View north across Market to Admission Day Parade, Marching Band, Soldiers on horses. Mark Strouse Bay City Market.

South of Market
Market near Turk
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Market near Turk

View north across Market to Admission Day Parade, Soldiers at attention, Mark Strouse Bay City Market (1138 Market, then between Taylor and Turk), people on rooftops and leaning from windows, soldier on horse The Bay City Market was first opened at this location from about 1875 to the earthquake and fire, re-opening on Van Ness and then on Hayes and Octavia until it returned to its original block from about 1909 to 1920. It was next at 19-25 Mason between Turk and Eddy from 1921 to 1922, then across Market Street to its last location at 945 Market to 1940. (PF)

Tenderloin
111 Sutter Street
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111 Sutter Street

View north to many U.S. Army Air Force bombers over SF, from Hunter Dulin Building, Sutter & Montgomery Sts. 450 Sutter, Mark Hopkins Hotel, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Building.

Downtown / Union Square
111 Sutter Street
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111 Sutter Street

Close up of U.S.Army Air Force Bombers in sky from Hunter Dulin Building, Sutter & Montgomery. 450 Sutter Building.

Downtown / Union Square
Army Flying Fortresses
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Army Flying Fortresses

View east From Twin Peaks looking east toward Corona Heights and downtown. A convoy of 116 Military bombers including 114 B-17 Flying Fortresses passed through the Bay Area, the largest assembly of planes on the West Coast to that date.

Twin Peaks
Market & Bush
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Market & Bush

Elevated east toward Ferry Building, Board of Trade / Tilden Sales Building (with recruiting and induction headquarters at street level), Southern Pacific, Matson and PG&E Buildings. Original Bimbo's 365 Club, 365 Market at Fremont. and Market. Donahue Mechanics Monument at lower left. Mobilgas sign above Fife Building. 450 Market Restaurant, Warner Bros. Radio, Navlet's Seeds and Flowers, Williams Bros. Cutlery.

Financial District