Midwinter Fair
Cairo Street; Donkey with seated drummer, 2 men flanking.
Golden Gate ParkMusic
Contains 1243 photos
Midwinter Fair
Hawaiian Village Musicians posed in front of Hale Pili, grass hut. Electric Tower in background
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
View south near Second Music Concourse with Carriage Concourse. Francis Scott Key monument in original location near present tennis courts. Crowds gathered for concert. Mt. Sutro, Carl Street (and former Metropolitan Railway) Powerhouse (decommissioned in 1902) in background at Carl & Willard.
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Bandshell, second Music Concourse. Crowd watches concert. Current site of the tennis courts
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
Scottish band playing in front of McLaren Lodge for John McLaren's 91st birthday
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park
View west to crowd gathered to watch concert at second Band Shell, site of present tennis courts. Bonet Electric Tower from Midwinter Fair in distance. Carriage Concourse at right. [22 Music Stand, Golden Gate Park]
Golden Gate Park
Van Ness Avenue
Butchers Union No. 115, Apprentice Branch No. 7, San Francisco, dressed in butchers' smock coats and led by drummers, march in possible Labor Day parade. Banner in distance at far left is for Sausage Makers Union. Van Ness Avenue Parade [I]
Civic Center
Maiden Lane & Grant
View east across Grant near Maiden Lane (then Union Square Street) to uniformed men with musical instruments in and around truck with sign for California Grays Fashion Show Military Pageant & Ball, Civic Auditorium, Sept. 30th. In background Worth's menswear, 130 Grant, in Juvenile Building, built 1909, A.C. Lutgens architect. At right, Livingston Bros. Building, built 1920, G. Albert Lansburgh architect. Both buildings still stand in 2022.
Downtown / Union Square
Market near 9th
American Legion Parade, looking east on Market from Larkin, Hotel Whitcomb, Orpheum Theatre background left, Crystal Palace Market background center, Hotel St. George, Garibaldi Cafe
Civic Center
Market & Taylor
View northeast down Market to American Legion Parade. Army band in foreground. Street lamp poles decorated, banners hung above street. Golden Gate, Loew's Warfield theaters in background. Mayflower Restaurant, Dr. C. Campbell Dentist, Singer Sewing Center at left in San Cristina Building.
Tenderloin
10th near Stevenson
View north on 10th to "Any Old Post" dog with flags in teeth and older veteran. Marching band behind. American Legion Parade. At right Western Furniture Exchange and Merchandise Mart (1937), later renamed Market Square.
South of Market
10th near Market
View north on 10th to American Legion Parade, 10th Street near Market, Men of Armed Forces marching with flags, marching band behind. At right Western Furniture Exchange and Merchandise Mart (1937), later renamed Market Square.
South of Market
Music Stand
Spreckels Temple of Music and Music Concourse. AKA Band Shell
Golden Gate Park
Armistice Day Parade
Drum Line with young girl baton twirler
Union Square
View northwest to Hawaii Week Ceremonies at Union Square. Hotel St. Francis, Chancellor Hotel, Fitzhugh Building. United Airlines Building in background originally built as Argonaut Club in 1909, with additions in 1920 (Sylvain Schnaittacher, architect), still stands 2021. (AS)
Downtown / Union Square