Second Cliff House
Second Cliff House. Four sailors on beach south of Cliff House. View north. Left to right: Cliff House, Great Highway, Sutro Heights.
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Great White Fleet
Our Navy, May 5th 1908. Photo montage of parts of the Great White Fleet. Not all the ships shown were part of the tour. In the center is Admiral Robley D. 'Fightng Bob' Evans, commander of the fleet. (Evans was relieved of command due to ill health when the fleet reached San Francisco.) [Georgia, Rhode Island, Maine, Indiana, Illinois, California, Kansas, Washington, Texas, Alabama, Connecticut, Olympia, Culgoa, Iowa, Hartford, Kentucky, Missouri ]
SF Bay
Great White Fleet
In SF Bay. Passing southern SF waterfront from Yerba Buena Island
SF Bay
USS San Diego, Cruiser
USS San Diego anchored off the Marina for Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPIE). The cruiser was laid down at Union Iron Works in San Francisco on May 7, 1901, launched April 28, 1904, and commissioned August 1, 1907 as USS California. She was renamed USS San Diego in 1914, and sunk by a German submarine on 19 July 1918. [6461] Angel Island in background.
SF Bay
Van Ness and Geary
Elevated view northwest across Van Ness. Great White Fleet Naval Parade. Colonel John A. Lundeen, Commander of the Presidio leads his men. The clothing store, Strauss, Greenberg, and Sachs at 1241 Van Ness is seen at left. [Fleet Parade, Col. Lundeen and Staff]
Lower Nob Hill
Van Ness and Geary
Great White Fleet Naval Parade, elevated view northwest across Van Ness and Geary. The parade marched north on Van Ness to Washington St., then turned around and marched south. The clothing store, Strauss, Greenberg, and Sachs at 1241 Van Ness is seen at left. Fleet Parade]
Lower Nob Hill
Lands end
Great White Fleet approaching Golden Gate, May 6, 1908. (Note: image reversed.)
Lands End
Great White Fleet
Either the cruiser USS California or USS Pennsylvania, at anchor in SF Bay during visit of the Great White Fleet in 1908.
SF Bay
Van Ness & Geary
Group of men led by drummer in probably Labor Day parade. Banner indicates District Council, Golden Gate Auxiliary No. 1, which was part of the Painters, Decorators And Paperhangers of America. Van Ness Avenue Parade [J] at corner of Geary
Civic Center
Glide Church
View north on Taylor to sailor posing. Glide Memorial Methodist Church, Californian Hotel, northwest corner of O'Farrell and Taylor, in background left.
Downtown
Aerial of Fleet in Bay
Aerial view of U.S. battleships sailing in line past city waterfront. Ferry Building at upper right. The lead battleship is either the USS Colorado (BB45) or USS Maryland (BB46).
SF Bay
Hunters Point Shipyard
View northerly from top of hill toward shipyard and graving dock. Dry dock number 2 under construction, area to the south of the dock has yet to be filled. Chinese shrimp camp in foreground.
Hunters Point
Market at Fulton
View south across Market to Muni L-Line #128 outbound, Strand Theatre, Hotel National, people boarding streetcar, leaving area because of night Shriners parade. Street decorated for Shriner convention.
Civic Center
Hyde & Chestnut
Cable car #511 with three sailors on outside step.
Russian Hill
Parade, Van Ness Avenue
Great White Fleet Sailors from the Battleship Georgia marching down Van Ness carrying guns, American flags, spectators on the side