Motorcycle

Contains 67 photos

Van Ness near Fell
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Van Ness near Fell

View north from center of street to H-Line #48 on Van Ness near Fell. City Hall under construction. Van Ness Auto Body & Top Works, 100 Van Ness. Baumgardner Indian Motorcycles, 50-60 Van Ness.

Civic Center
Market near Fremont
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Market near Fremont

View northeast from center of Market to Charles Lindbergh motorcade and tickertape parade. Fife, Ferry, Southern Pacific, Matson and PG&E Buildings in background.

Financial District
Wendell Willkie motorcade
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Wendell Willkie motorcade

View north up Polk from in front of City Hall. Willkie campaigning. California Hall, State Office Building in background.

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

View north from Civic Center Plaza to testing of high pressure hoses. Old Main Library (later Asian Art Museum) at center. [dpwbook30 dpw7401]

Civic Center
Eisenhower Campaigning
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Eisenhower Campaigning

Elevated view east on California to President Dwight D. Eisenhower ('Ike') in motorcade on California at Sansome street, waving to big crowd. In background from left, Alaska Commercial Building, Southern Pacific Building, Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop, Robert Dollar and J. Harold Dollar (formerly Balfour). Buildings. Birdcage traffic signals.

Financial District
Market near Beale
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Market near Beale

View west from moving truck, of President Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign in SF; LBJ motorcade heading west. Greyhound Building, Union Pacific Railroad sign, Hobart, Flatiron, Crown Zellerbach (One Bush), and Board of Trade Buildings in background.

Financial District
Florence
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Florence

View south on Florence to steps down to Broadway. Nob Hill, Huntington Hotel, background left[70 Florence St dpwbook42 dpwA1269]

Russian Hill
Geary near Polk
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Geary near Polk

View northeast across Geary to MUNI car #45 with wings livery and red cross flags. Prompt Radio & Television Company.

Lower Nob Hill
3rd & Howard
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3rd & Howard

View to 201 3rd Street on southeast corner, 3rd and Howard. Hotel Morton, M&M Grocery.

South of Market
Post near Powell
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Post near Powell

View west on Post to President Woodrow Wilson in open automobile with Mayor James Rolph in procession. Hotel St. Andrews, Marsh's Japanese & Chinese goods store in Argonaut Club Building (Built 1909, with additions in 1920, Sylvain Schnaittacher, architect, still stands 2021). [Blum]

Downtown / Union Square
McAllister & Leavenworth
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McAllister & Leavenworth

Civil Rights March; View east to demonstrators carrying flags. Evangeline Salvation Army residence at left. Methodist Book Concern Building at right. [SF Examiner]

Civic Center
Fourth & Market
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Fourth & Market

View north across Fourth to MUNI F-line #22 stopped at Market. Roos Bros. store in background, Pacific Building on left. Birdcage traffic signals.

South of Market
Kite Hill
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Kite Hill

Two men on a motorcycle on Kite Hill (then Solari Hill). View North toward Corona Heights in background[Roy Lind Photos] [SC14]

Eureka Valley
Third & Market
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Third & Market

Elevated view west to USF Parade for basketball team. Flood Building, Phelan Building, Bankers Investment Building, Eagleson's, Jarman, Lundstrom Hats, Prices.

South of Market
Van Ness & Fell
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Van Ness & Fell

View north on Van Ness from Fell, Commerce High School (built 1924) site on left, City Hall on right. Billboard for Louise Glaum in silent film 'Sahara' in distance left. Tightly cropped version at wnp4.1399.

Civic Center