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Mayor James Rolph, dressed as an engineer, stands in front of a steam shovel which he operated at the ceremony. Lewis F. Monteagle of the Musical Association of San Francisco behind him to the right. Second from right is Allen W. Widenham of the War Memorial Committee[War Memorial (Rolph) Groundbreaking dpwbook42 dpwA1320]
Civic Center
Mayor James Rolph, dressed as an engineer, stands in front of a steam shovel which he operated at the ceremony. Lewis F. Monteagle of the Musical Association of San Francisco at left behind him. Second from right is Allen W. Widenham of the War Memorial Committee [War Memorial (Rolph) Groundbreaking work started dpwbook42 dpwA1321]
Civic Center
Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor campaigning; receiving a plaque. Looks like a hotel?
Franklin Roosevelt speaking at podium.
George Jessel , Al Jolson, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Jack Benny, George Burns, Ronald Reagan, Donald O'Connor and others arrive on American Airlines plane met by Mayor Elmer Robinson, and LA Mayor Fletcher Bowron. Performers gathering for Friars Club Frolic Event.
View west from moving truck, of President Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign in SF; LBJ motorcade heading west. Greyhound Building, Union Pacific Railroad sign, Hobart, Flatiron, Crown Zellerbach (One Bush), and Board of Trade Buildings in background.
Financial District
President LBJ campaigns in SF; LBJ waving to office workers
Financial District
View west down Turk St. as President Lyndon B. Johnson campaigns in SF: LBJ in the crowd and Phil Burton in foreground. Federal Building in distance.
Tenderloin
President LBJ campaigns in SF; Pierre Salinger and LBJ
Tenderloin
Elevated view north across Market to 660 Market, Realty Building (built 1907, demolished late 1923), during salvage at beginning of demolition. Signage for tenants who vacated, 1923 political campaigns, Hetch Hetchy Protective League. [Crocker Estate Album, Lewis P. Hobart Architect, Dinwiddie Construction Co., General Contractors]
Downtown / Union Square
View north on Divisadero to National Guard escort lined up to escort Governor James Rolph's remains from funeral parlor to City Hall. Yakas Florist 1600 Divisadero at Post St. corner in distance.
Lower Pacific Heights
[Julius Kahn playground dedication dpwbookBROWNBOOK dpwA141] Former U.S. Senator and San Francisco Mayor James D. Phelan (head of Playground Commission), U.S. Representative Florence Prag Kahn, widow of Congressman Julius Khan and first Jewish woman elected to Congress.
Presidio
President Theodore Roosevelt in open carriage on Market Street looking south on 3rd Street. Hearst Examiner Building on left. Winchester Hotel, H. Schoene photograph gallery with model camera on roof in background. People on rooftops.
Downtown / Union Square
View west on Post to President Woodrow Wilson in open automobile with Mayor James Rolph in procession. Hotel St. Andrews, Marsh's Japanese & Chinese goods store in Argonaut Club Building (Built 1909, with additions in 1920, Sylvain Schnaittacher, architect, still stands 2021). [Blum]
Downtown / Union Square
View north from crowd to President Theodore Roosevelt at the dedication of the Dewey Monument. Buildings on Post Street in background, tops of Temple Emanue-El spires above.
Downtown / Union Square