Diamond Jubilee Parade
[Diamond Jubilee Parade S.F. 1925] Men pose in costume in front of Fort Gunnybags float.
Parade
Contains 975 photos
Market near Powell
View east on Market to approaching elephant parade. Humboldt Bank Building, Pacific Building and Emporium in background
Downtown / Union Square
4th & Market
Elevated view southeast across Market to troops in parade (led by mounted band) for President McKinley's visit. Palace Hotel, Examiner Building, Call Building, Call Building Annex, Bancroft History Building, Midway Plaisance theater in background Crowds of onlookers.
Downtown / Union Square
McAllister & Market
Elevated view southeast across Market to Knights Templar 52nd Grand Conclave parade, marching band uniformed men on horseback followed by cars and more marchers. In distance Call, Humboldt Bank, David Hewes and Delger Buildings, Emporium, Hale Bros. and Eastern Outfitting Co. stores. Sterling Building, 1049 Market (1907, Reid Brothers, architects), Forrest Building, 1053-1055 Market (1908, MacDonald & Applegarth, destroyed by fire c. 1981) housing Abrams Co. (later Redlick, Abrams Co.) credit retailer. Ede Building 1059-1061 Market Street (1910, William Knowles, architect) under construction. At far right, Premium Theatre, a nickelodeon from around 1910 to 1914 in the Globe Investment Company Building, 1063 Market (1909, Faff & Bauer, architects), Pacific Check Cash Co.
Tenderloin
Diamond Jubilee Parade
[Chinese Dragon in Illuminated Parade Diamond Jubilee Sept. 12, 1925]
Polk near Grove
Unknown Parade, possibly Red Cross Benefit Parade in front of City Hall. Military band and boy scouts. Corner of City Hall at right.
Civic Center
Market near 8th
View northeast across Market to military parade, paused in street. Signs on top story of building at left 'Welcome Fleet Officers and Men' indicates this is the Great White Fleet parade, celebrating the visit of the Navy's Atlantic Fleet. Hall of Records, Pioneer monument (Lick Monument) and rebuilt St. Boniface Church in background. Moise-Klinkner Co., Terkelson & Henry photographers at left in 1210-1218 Market St (Built 1907, Herman Barth architect, still stands with modified facade, 2022). Notably absent is Marye Building to its right, built 1908, with fencing around site.
Civic Center
President McKinley Visit
Van Ness between California and Sacramento. Crowds around McKinley's carriage as he speaks.
Pacific Heights
President McKinley Visit
President William McKinley in carriage escorted by police. Unknown Location.
Van Ness & Sacramento
President McKinley's entourage drives by the First Presbyterian Church through a large crowd of onlookers.
Pacific Heights
Van Ness near Washington
President McKinley Visit. Ashe Mansion.
Polk Gulch
Kearny near Washington
Parade float of women sitting in an oyster shell drawn by two massive fake swans. Barney Jacobs Pawn shop behind.
Chinatown
Kearny near Washington
Elevated view northeast across Kearny to sailors and marching band parading down Kearny. Telegraph Hill in background left.
Chinatown
Polk & Grove
Civic Center. View north to a parade, band members and traffic boys marching.
Civic Center
Van Ness near Turk
Castro Parlor drill team Native Daughters of the Golden West group poses for a photo.
Civic Center