Civic Center
Wendell Willkie on steps of City Hall speaking to crowd
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Civic Center
Wendell Willkie on steps of City Hall speaking
Civic Center
Grant & California
View north across intersection to Wendell Willkie motorcade; Old St. Mary's Cathedral. Banners strung across street, some saying 'Welcome Visitors' for Golden Gate International Exposition, GGIE. Sing Chong Co. at left.
Chinatown
Powell & Washington
View south on Powell near Washington, Muni Washington Jackscon Line cable car #524 passing Powell Auto Reconstruction. Cable car decorated for Red Cross Blood Drive with signs on front, top and side, and Red Cross Flag.
Nob Hill
Market & Fulton
Market St between 7th and 8th Streets, looking southwest across Market. Muni M & L cars outbound #150; crowd boarding; kid on cow catcher. Strand Theatre, Hotel National, Benatar's Department Store, Crystal Palace Market, a huge food mall, is visible behind cars, demolished 1959; current site of Trinity Place: (See sf.curbed.com article for good history of Crystal Palace.) Hotel Whitcomb and Merchandise Mart in distance. Market Street decorated for Shrine Convention. (parade was July 21, 1946)
Civic Center
Laidley near Roanoke
On Laidley St looking northeast toward Mateo St. Grading and trench work on "Laidley Slide", a troublesome area requiring DPW work during late 1920s. [Laidley slide/trenches dpwbook45 dpwA2145] Row of 4 houses on right are 447 - 441 - 435 - 429 Laidley, all still stand.
Fairmount
Laidley near Roanoke
View northwest across Laidley toward Bemis, between Roanoke and Mateo. Undeveloped Diamond Heights in the background. Work being done to stabilize hillside slide.
Fairmount
Laguna Honda & Clarendon
Group of men posing on Laguna Honda Blvd at intersection with Clarendon Ave. View north. [A2170 9-25-29 7th Ave] [dpwbook45 dpwA2170]
Forest Hill
Laidley near 30th
View south on Laidley from 30th street. Showing newly paved and graded split street with retaining wall. [Laidley St. south of 30th St.][dpwbook45 dpwA2208]
Noe Valley
Bayshore Blvd Dedication
Bayshore & County Line, view north toward Visitacion Valley and Bayview Hill [Bayshore Blvd Dedication dpwbook45 dpwA2216]
Visitacion Valley
Bayshore Blvd. near Wheat
View north to Motorcade parade celebrating the opening of Bayshore Boulevard. Apartment building at right, 1645 Bayshore, extant 2019. In center distance, Kroehler Manufacturing Building at right still stands at 1485 Bayshore Blvd. [Bayshore Blvd Dedication, Bayshore north (Sic) of Wheat dpwbook45 dpwA2217]
Bret Harte
Bayshore Blvd. Dedication
Bayshore Boulevard & County Line. Mayor James Rolph on reviewing stand with crowd [Bayshore Blvd Dedication Mayor Rolph dpwbook45 dpwA2219]
Visitacion Valley
City Hall
Mayor Angelo Rossi and Supervisors [dpwbook46 dpwA3043]
Civic Center
Lincoln & 37th Ave
View north of from Lincoln through Golden Gate Park. Construction of 37th Avenue sewer. Children posed on platform at left. [Lincoln Way - 37th Ave sewer] [dpwbook46 dpwA3049]
Sunset Outer
Lake Merced Blvd.
View east on newly completed Lake Merced Boulevard from Skyline Boulevard. A woman posing in the roadway. The fence on the right may indicate Spring Valley Water Company land at Lake Merced. [Lake Merced Blvd East from Skyline Blvd.] [dpwbook46 dpwA3053]
Lakeshore