Union Square
Dewey Monument and St. Francis Hotel
Downtown / Union SquareStatue
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Union Square
Elevated view northwest across plaza to Fitzhugh Building and Mark Hopkins. Dewey Monument in foreground
Downtown / Union Square
Old City Hall
View north from center of 8th Street to old City Hall, Pioneer (James Lick) Monument in Marshall Square, Market Street Railway Co. (MSRy) cable car, and bicyclist.
South of Market
Mason & Market
Admission Day Monument in its original location, looking north to Nob Hill, empty blocks north of Market show the 1906 burn area. The Monument was moved to Golden Gate Park in 1948, and returned to Market at Post and Montgomery Streets in 1977.
Tenderloin
GGIE
View upward to head and torso of 81-foot Pacifica statue created by Ralph Stackpole for the Golden Gate International Exposition.
Treasure Island
GGIE
Golden Gate International Exposition, Statuary in rotunda behind Portals of the Pacific (Elephant gate)
Treasure Island
GGIE
Golden Gate International Exposition, Court of Pacifica. View of statue of Pacifica from near fountain
Treasure Island
Market & 8th
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View north across Market to Marshall Square and ruins of old City Hall. Crowd walking around the Pioneer (James Lick) Monument at present corner of Hyde and Grove Streets.
Civic Center
Music Concourse
Golden Gate Park. View south to Spreckels Temple of Music / Band Stand. Leonidas statue (aka Roman Gladiator) by Willem Geefs, 1881 at left. Exhibited at the 1894 Midwinter Fair, later moved to where M.H. de Young turned the first spade of dirt to begin construction of the fair. Spreckels Music Stand in background.
Golden Gate Park
Panhandle
View west to McKinley Monument with people sitting on steps, reading.
Panhandle
Market & Bush
Elevated east toward Ferry Building, Board of Trade / Tilden Sales Building (with recruiting and induction headquarters at street level), Southern Pacific, Matson and PG&E Buildings. Original Bimbo's 365 Club, 365 Market at Fremont. and Market. Donahue Mechanics Monument at lower left. Mobilgas sign above Fife Building. 450 Market Restaurant, Warner Bros. Radio, Navlet's Seeds and Flowers, Williams Bros. Cutlery.
Financial District
Grove & Hyde
Closeup of statuary atop Pioneer Monument (Lick Monument) in original location.
Civic Center
Market & Montgomery
Native Sons Monument, Admission Day Monument
Financial District
Union Square
Elevated view southeast from Post and Powell Streets over Dewey Monument and Union Square. Salvation Army Tree of Lights campaign with 4 lighted trees. In background Whittell Building, City of Paris, Macy's , Blum's, Werner's, Dohrmann's department stores. Western Air Lines, Union Pacific Railroad and George S. May at right.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
From balcony of St Francis Hotel
Downtown / Union Square