Sutter & Grant
Northeast corner, Davis - Schonwasser Co
Downtown / Union SquareDowntown / Union Square
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Orpheum Theatre
South site of O'Farrell between Stockton and Powell
Downtown / Union Square
O'Farrell near Market
View east on O'Farrell toward Market, Call Building in background. O'Farrell cable car at terminal.
Downtown / Union Square
St. Francis Hotel
Elevated vew west across Union Square, Dewey Monument toward St. Francis Hotel. [St. Francis Hotel from Union Square]
Downtown / Union Square
O'Farrell near Stockton
View east on O'Farrell between Powell and Stockton. Alcazar Theater at left. O'Farrell & Jones Cable Cars, Call Spreckels Building in the background [Alcazar #3 SF ALZ-04 1910s]
Downtown / Union Square
Bush near Montgomery
Sailors with rifles marching in formation up Bush St. Unique Diary Lunch at 318 Bush St. and Chas. H. Kewell Co. sporting goods at 316 Bush St. in background. [inscription: This is a better pictures of me. I never knew why the girls were calling me bay doll but I found out they see my dimples. You can see them for yourself . - Tommy]
Downtown / Union Square
Market & 4th
Large crowd assembled in front of the Pacific Building, containing S.N. Wood & Co., watching parade.
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Ellis
Elevated view northeast across intersection to Golden West Hotel (now Union Square Hotel, 2020) also known as the Pabst Building. Built 1908. Powell Street cable cars at the corner. [Golden West Hotel - cor. Powell and Ellis Sts. F.P. Plagemann, Proprietor]
Downtown / Union Square
Hotel Stewart
View south across Geary to Hotel Stewart at 353 Geary Street between Powell and Mason Streets (1907). Now the Handlery Union Square Hotel. The building has since had an addition on the west side.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
View north across Post from Union Square. Possibly Jean Bauchou wearing an Improved Order of Red Men costume in Union Square before/after the Civic, Industrial, and Fraternal Parade staged during the Portola Festival.
Downtown / Union Square
5th & Market
View southwest from center of Market to postal Employees in parade on Market St. Evergreen boughs and California State flags strung over street. Probable Admission Day parade. David Hewes Building in background.
Downtown / Union Square
St. Francis Hotel
View west from Union Square, before construction of northernmost wing, which opened in 1913.
Downtown / Union Square
Post near Stockton
View east down crowded Post to Market Street and Balboa Building (1907-1977) in distance. (AS) [730 Post St, center of retail shopping district, (five years after the fire), San Francisco, Cal, U.S.A. Copyright 1911 by H.C. White Co.]
Downtown / Union Square
Stockton & Market
View northeast from Market to Roos Bros. department store with American Flags and announcement of PPIE fair to come to SF.
Downtown / Union Square
Market near 3rd
Postcard view of crowd on Market st with intersection of electric light display. Hearst Building in background.
Downtown / Union Square
Post near Mason
View West on Post toward Mason. People parading down street with sashes and circular badges on hats and coats. The event was the International Sunday School Association (ISSA) Convention in San Francisco where the men walked from downtown to the Coliseum at Baker & Oak.(current location of the DMV) on June 23, 1911. Passing Old First Congregational church. streetcar approaching. [I.S.S.A. parade]
Downtown / Union Square
Tait's Cafe
Interior view of people at banquet table, Tait's cafe 148 O'Farrell [First Annual Banquet The Marx Co. Tait's Cafe Nov 29, 1911]
Downtown / Union Square
Grant & Market
Elevated view southeast past Union Trust Co. bank to crowded street scene. Call Building with Hearst Examiner Building (opened September, 1911) under construction. Dr. H. G. Martin, Uhl Brothers, Sorensen's Jewelers in Kamm Building, Silver Palace Theatre at far right. 5-line streetcar.
Downtown / Union Square
3rd & Market
Elevated view southwest across intersection to big night event with stage set up in front of Monadnock and Examiner Building for a Christmas Eve concert on Dec. 24, 1911, sponsored that year by the Examiner. From left, Monadnock, Hearst Examiner, Call and Humboldt Bank (with 1915 sign atop) Buildings. At right, Flannery Building with Easy Dental Parlors, Electra Vita and M.A. Gunst signage.
Downtown / Union Square
O'Farrell near Stockton
View west to Tait-Zinkand Cafe and Hotel Belle Clair on north side of street. Hotel Manx farther west on opposite corner of Powell. Cable car tracks, early automobiles.
Downtown / Union Square