Market near 7th
View north across Market to President Taft in open carriage. George S. Boss Tailor, 1120 Market. Dunn Bros. Liquors.
South of MarketPolitician
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Mayor Angelo Rossi
[Angelo J. Rossi elected three times as Mayor of San Francisco, chief executive in office continually since January, 1931.] From GGIE souvenir booklet?
FDR visit
People lined at Golden Gate Bridge toll booth to greet President Franklin Roosevelt driving into the city from Marin County.
Presidio
FDR visit
President Roosevelt's motorcade leaving Yerba Buena Island. GGIE fair on Treasure Island in background still under construction, July 14, 1938.
Yerba Buena Island
Vallejo & Pierce
View southeast to women posing near corner of Vallejo and Pierce, 2501 Vallejo at center, home of Mayor Eugene Schmitz
Pacific Heights
Transcontinental Phone Call
First public test of the transcontinental telephone line, as seen at the San Francisco end at Pacific Telephone's building at 333 Grant Ave., shortly before the opening of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. In New York, Alexander Graham Bell and others spoke with Mayor James Rolph and other dignitaries in San Francisco, including Thomas A. Watson, who was the recipient of Bell's first words over the telephone in 1876. Bell began the call by repeating those words "Mr. Watson, are you there?" Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Hearst Building
Electric Light Display on southeast corner of 3rd and Market Streets on the Hearst Examiner Building. Electric lights spell out 'We All Welcome Our President' with a cameo portrait above the entrance for President William McKinley's visit. [G57 SPA-019] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
South of Market
Union Square
Elevated view north across Union Square between Powell and Stockton to dedication ceremony for the Dewey Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt. Temple Emanu-el in center distance. Stanford and Mark Hopkins Mansions background left. Grace Church tower background right. Walkerley Building on far right. [F45 SUS-004] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Ulysses S. Grant & group
Gen. Grant and party, after coming out of the Bonanza mines, Oct. 28, 1879. Mr. J. W. Mackay; Mrs. M. G. Gillette; Mr. U. S. Grant, Jr; Mrs. U. S. Grant; Genl. U. S. Grant; S. Yanada; Mrs. J. G. Fair; Gov. J. H. Kinkead; Col. J. G. Fair.[J. W. Mackay, Mrs. MG Gilletts, Mr. U.S. Grant Jr., Mrs. U.S. Grant, Genl. U.S. Grant, S. Yanada, Mrs. J.G. Fair, Gov. J.H. Hinkoad, Col. J. G. Fair.] [F810 PE-055] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346). Taken during Grant's tour of Virginia City, Nevada, mines.
SF General Hospital
John O. Walsh, chairman of the Health Committee of the Board of Supervisors, speaking at the dedication of San Francisco General Hospital. Copy of dpwbook12 dpw2364, wnp36.00785, with additional text. Nurses, Band. [2364 SFH Dedication, Mr. Walsh speaking]
Potrero Hill
SF General Hospital
Mayor Rolph speaking at the dedication of San Francisco General Hospital. Copy of dpwbook12 dpw2365, wnp36.00786 with additional text. Nurses, Band. [2365 SFH Dedication, Mayor Rolf speaking]
Potrero Hill
Market & Mason
View east from the sidewalk on Market Street toward Mason. Pacific Shirt Co., Admission Day Native Sons Monument at left, 'Socialist Labor Party' banner across the street, R.P. Doolan for Supt. of Streets (and many more political banners. Banners), Baldwin Hotel (at Powell, destroyed November 1898) and Call Building in the distance (completed 1898) date this to Fall 1898. [F810 SS-080] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Tenderloin
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[Sunset community organizer Phil Reser receives an Award of Merit from Mayor Frank Jordan. ...]
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[Superintendent of the Bureau of Street Environmental Services John Roumbanis explains about the cleanup that will begin in the Sunset in the Spring.] Man at map of SF.
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Group of people holding election signs for mayoral candidates Willie Brown and Frank Jordan.