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Marshal Ferdinand Foch Reception, Foch was the Supreme Allied Commander during World War I. (WWI) Mayor James Rolph in top hat to the right of Marshal Foch [dpwbook30 dpw7405]
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Marshal Ferdinand Foch Reception, Foch was the Supreme Allied Commander during World War I. (WWI) Mayor James Rolph in top hat to the right of Marshal Foch [dpwbook30 dpw7407]
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California State Office Building (later Earl Warren Building) under construction; Elevated view northwest from Larkin and Grove. Civic Auditorium at left. Welcome Home Victory Market in center of Plaza.
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Larkin & Grove
Elevated view northwest at Civic Center with 19-line Polk tracks, State Building (later Earl Warren Building) under construction, Civic Center Plaza with Welcome Home Victory Monument, Cathedral Hill in background.
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Grove & Larkin
Elevated view northwest at Civic Center with 19-line Polk streetcar passing. State Building (later Earl Warren Building) under construction, Civic Auditorium at left, City Hall, Civic Center Plaza with Welcome Home Victory Monument, Fred C. Gerdes Storage, Cathedral Hill in background.
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Man posing on Grove Street. View northwest towards Old Main Library (later Asian Art Museum) and State Building (later Earl Warren Building), under construction.
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Grove & Larkin
Elevated view north to arrival of Marshall Foch parade. California State Building (later Earl Warren Building) under construction in background.
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Market near Eighth
Elevated view southeast from north side of market between 8th and 9th Streets. In distance, Odd Fellows Building, Grant Building, David Hewes Building with Western States Life Insurance Co. sign on roof, Call Building.
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Larkin & Turk
Elevated view northwest to line of Haynes automobiles extending two blocks on Turk St.; California Hall in background; At right, Hotel Belmont 730 Eddy; St. Mark's Lutheran Church on hill. Adams School, 750 Eddy Street (built 1910), later part of City College of San Francisco, peak-roofed building at right.
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View west from plaza to group of young boys and girls gathered around fountain in Civic Center Plaza. City Hall in background.
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City Hall viewed west from Civic Center Plaza, with Welcome Home Victory Monument (1919-1924)
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View north to Old Main Library (now Asian Art Museum) from Grove Street. Empty lot in foreground is site of present Main Library. Part of Lick Monument/Pioneer Monument in its original location at far right. California State Building (later Earl Warren Building) under construction in background left.
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Civic Auditorium (Exposition Auditorium) viewed southwest from vacant lot at Grove and Larkin, present site of Main Library. Streetcar on Larkin Street at right.
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Elevated view west from roof of Main Library toward City Hall. Welcome Home Victory Monument (1919-1924) at center. Huge flag draped across City Hall. Civic Auditorium at left. [Armistice Day, San Francisco, California, November, 1921] [w2517]
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View southwest from roof of Main Library toward Civic Auditorium. [Armistice Day, San Francisco, Cal., Nov, 1921]
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Grove & Polk
View northwest across Grove, City Hall in the background. California Automobile Association Truck posed reading 'We are signing the Victory Highway, San Francisco to N.Y.' The side of the truck is painted with a view of SF Bay.
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View northeast from fountain in center of Civic Center Plaza. Old Main Library (now the Asian Art Museum) in background.
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View west to roup of young boys and girls lying on lawn in Civic Center Plaza. City Hall in background.
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8th & Market
Looking west to City Hall. Pioneer Monument, Ansel W. Robison Pet Stock & Poultry Supplies, Seagrave Bros. Intersection of Grove, Hyde, Market, & 8th Streets. In 1993, the monument was moved to the pedestrian mall on Fulton Street between the Asian Art Museum and the new Main Library. [G810 PB-29] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Fulton near Market
View northeast from the present (2020) site of United Nations Plaza toward Market Street. West Coast Transit Company bus, posed in the street. South side of Market between 7th and 8th Streets is visible in the background, Strand Theatre, Rivoli Theatre (Western College of Chiropractic), Odd Fellows Building, Grant Building, Hotel Enterprise (demolished)
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