Music

Contains 1243 photos

Washington Square
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Washington Square

Musician Marty Balin (1942-2018)(see wnp72.0019) on stage with beer can. Founding member of Jefferson Airplane, later in Jefferson Starship.

North Beach
Minna near 3rd
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Minna near 3rd

Baton twirler and bandsmen. Preparations for Columbus Day Parade. Parking lot at the present-day site of the Museum of Modern Art. Building in the center background is on the site of the parking garage behind the museum.

South of Market
1st & Mission
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1st & Mission

View of crowds in front of Key System Transbay Terminal, Opening day. Present location of Sales Force Tower. Western Neckwear Co., The Commuter Restaurant in building at NW corner. Uniformed musicians with instruments at bottom.

South of Market
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

Large group with guitars and a cake gathered next to an upside-down sign for a Laundry with street address 74). (Possibly not San Francisco; could not find any SF laundries with a 741 street address during this time period.)

Market & Beale
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Market & Beale

View east from center of Market at ground level to Washington's Birthday Parade. Marching band on Market Street. Ferry Building, Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building in background. Matson and PG&E Buildings at right.

Financial District
Mill Valley
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Mill Valley

Fourth of July Party, marching band with instruments in matching outfits, posed in front of the Blithedale Hotel in Mill Valley, Marin County. (Hotel was at approximately present day 195 West Blithedale Ave.)

Lotta's Fountain
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Lotta's Fountain

Elevated view from Market looking north Kearny during Luisa Tetrazzini plaque unveiling. Large crowd in front of Chronicle building. The tablet commemorated singer Luisa Tetrazzini's Christmas Eve 1910 performance near Lotta's Fountain, before an estimated audience of 200,000-300,000 San Franciscans.

Downtown / Union Square
Golden Gate Park
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Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park, first Bandshell in Conservatory Valley showing early decorative plantings.

Golden Gate Park
Post & Grant
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Post & Grant

View northwest across Post to U.S. Army brass band marching in formation on Post Street. Buildings on north side of Grant in background. Vogue Cloak & Fur Co., 217 Grant, at Campton Pl. (then Stockton Pl) with flags on front of building.

Downtown / Union Square
Oakland Coliseum
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Oakland Coliseum

Iain Hamilton at Bob Dylan concert in Oakland.

Oakland Coliseum
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Oakland Coliseum

Iain Hamilton at Bob Dylan concert being interviewed by Tim Reiterman.

Powell & Market
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Powell & Market

Street portrait of violinist playing in front of Woolworth's at Powell and Market. Man on crutches watching.

Downtown / Union Square
Powell near O'Farrell
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Powell near O'Farrell

Esther Antonia, known as Shopping Cart Annie, playing accordion in doorway of San Remo shoe store at 226 Powell Street, with two men in suits passing by.

Downtown / Union Square
Clayton & Haight
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Clayton & Haight

Throngs of people milling about on the sidewalk and in the street, at the SE corner of Clayton and Haight Streets. Some watch a man dancing atop a table while a band plays. Awning for The Pet Stop at 1599a Haight visible at right.

Haight Ashbury
Haight & Belvedere
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Haight & Belvedere

John Phillips of the Mamas & Papas at the Booksmith book store.

Haight Ashbury