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View east across Van Ness Avenue between Pine and Austin for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. The Van Ness Avenue Methodist Episcopal Chapel, 1412 Van Ness, at right. The Van Ness Ave. M. E. Chapel was reported by the Call in February 1892 to be "recently built" as a "temporary" structure until a more substantial edifice could be built. It was listed as the Van Ness Ave. M. E. Church in the 1892-1894 city directories.(PF)
Lower Nob Hill
View east across Van Ness Avenue between Pine and Austin for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. The Van Ness Avenue Methodist Episcopal Chapel, 1412 Van Ness, at right. The Van Ness Ave. M. E. Chapel was reported by the Call in February 1892 to be "recently built" as a "temporary" structure until a more substantial edifice could be built. It was listed as the Van Ness Ave. M. E. Church in the 1892-1894 city directories. (PF)
Lower Nob Hill
View east across Van Ness Avenue between Pine and Austin for the Knights Templar Parade. Crowd assembled. The Van Ness Avenue Methodist Episcopal Chapel, 1412 Van Ness, at right. The Van Ness Ave. M. E. Chapel was reported by the Call in February 1892 to be "recently built" as a "temporary" structure until a more substantial edifice could be built. It was listed as the Van Ness Ave. M. E. Church in the 1892-1894 city directories. (PF)
Lower Nob Hill
View southeast across Van Ness Avenue showing the east side of the street between Austin and Bush. The Knights Templar Parade with large marching contingents. Victorian homes on the site of the Marie Antoinette Apartments.
Lower Nob Hill
View southeast across Van Ness Avenue showing the east side of the street between Austin and Bush. The Knights Templar Parade with mounted equestrian contingents. Victorian homes on the site of the Marie Antoinette Apartments.
Lower Nob Hill
View southeast across Van Ness Avenue showing the east side of the street between Austin and Bush. The Knights Templar Parade with large marching contingents. Victorian homes on the site of the Marie Antoinette Apartments. The Concordia Club at Post Street in the distance at right.
Lower Nob Hill
View northeast from the sidewalk on Market toward Kearny, huge crowd watching parade with mounted cavalry in full dress uniforms. Soldier playing a bugle at center. 700 Market Building (with L. Monaco Photographer signage), Chronicle Building and Crocker Building in the background right. A fire burned most of the Davis Brothers Golden Rule Bazaar building at 718 Market on February 26, 1894, along with the two clothing businesses next door, Stein & Company and Lyons & Fisher, advertised fire sales throughout most of March. (PF)
South of Market
Laguna Honda School Photo, 7th Avenue between Irving and Judah. [May 19th, 1927]
Sunset Inner
View north on Grant from Market, Union Trust Company Building at right and Savings Union Branch of Security Pacific National Bank. United Cigars on left.
South of Market
Elevated view east on Market from Powell St. From left: Flood Building, Call Building, Humboldt Bank and the Emporium at right. Crowds of people and streetcars.
Downtown / Union Square
View west on Post across Market, Crocker Building at left, Wells Fargo Union Trust at right, and Masonic Temple, completed 1868, at center. Post Street cable car on street.
Financial District
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Geary between Fillmore and Webster, people posed in the street with stoves and street kitchens, cable car tracks in the street. 1st English Evangelical Lutheran Church in the distance. This is fairly soon after the earthquake, initially cooking was required as far as possible from buildings. Later street kitchens were allowed to move to the sidewalk. (JF) This area completely demolished in redevelopment. (see also wnp37.00138)
Japantown
Alvord Lake, entrance at Haight & Stanyan. Alvord Lake Bridge in the background. [123 Lake Alvord]
Golden Gate Park
Spreckels Music Stand, view northwest from the music concourse. [Bandstand Golden Gate Park] [No.10 Music Stand]
Golden Gate Park
Spreckels Music Stand, view southeast towards the back of the music stand, people and children in the roadway. [Bandstand Golden Gate Park] [No.12 Music Stand]
Golden Gate Park