Market from 4th
View East on Market from 4th, workers repaving for new streetcar tracks [dpwbook22 dpw5389]
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Market & Montgomery
View north across Market down Montgomery to 62nd Infantry, Parade to honor Belgians, World War I. Mills Building, Union Trust / Nevada National Bank / Wells Fargo Building in background. Banner strung across Montgomery.
Downtown / Union Square
Market Near 3rd
View east on Market toward 3rd Street. Shrine Band marching in World War I victory Parade.
Downtown / Union Square
Market Near 3rd
View east on Market toward 3rd Street. World War I Victory Parade, 91st Infantry Division marching.
Downtown / Union Square
Eddy near Mason
Rear wall of Alhambra Theatre on south side of Eddy. Advertising Billboard with many ads for cars and car dealerships, Old Skipper Whiskey, Home Laundry, Forest Hill, Columbia Garage. Ad for Mae Murray in 'Face Value'(opened at Alhambra Theatre, 934 Market St., January 13, 1918). Alhambra Theatre was built as Market St. Theatre, reopened as the Alhambra in September, 1917 and was later known as the Frolic Theatre (1919), the Cameo Theatre (1923) and the Marion Davies Theatre (1929). It was renamed the Esquire Theatre in 1940 and demolished in 1972.
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny near Vehrmer Place
View east across Kearny to D.C. Heger Art Neckwear 116-118 Kearny, White Lunch Cafenet 120-122 Kearny, Carrau & Green Diamonds, Golden Gate Loan Co.[G810 OF-025] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) [OF-25]
Downtown / Union Square
Grant & Geary
Gantner & Mattern Co., Knitters, corner of Grant & Gear. Call Building at right, automobiles [G810 OF-036] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Grant near Geary
H. Liebes & Co., Furriers, Cloaks & Suits, Grant Ave. near Geary St. Gantner & Mattern next door [G810 OF-042] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Downtown / Union Square
Market & 4th
California Theatre on southeast corner. Humboldt Bank Building on left. Norma Talmadge in 'By Right of Purchase' on marquee. Automobiles, 8-line streetcar #1503. [Superior duplicate of wnp37.00002] [G810 T-018] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
South of Market
Kearny & Geary
Elevated view east from Flannery Building down to Lotta's Fountain. El Camino Real bell, Municipal Railway D-line streetcar on Geary. Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcars. Chronicle Building with large clock hung above entry at left. Palace Hotel, Metropolis Bank Building in distance. "U.S. Army Builds Men" banner strung over Market Street.
Downtown / Union Square
Market at Stockton
View northeast from center of Market to parade with British Mark IV tank "Britannia "and Red Cross nurses, part of a large Allied War Exposition held at 8th and Market. Roos Bros. Building in background. (Britannia toured Canada and the US to raise money. Later renamed "Liberty" it is now displayed at the United States Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen, Maryland.)
Downtown / Union Square
Market & 4th
Elevated view southeast to California Theater; Portola Theater; Call building; Palace Hotel, Hearst Examiner Building. At least 12 streetcars on Market.
Downtown / Union Square
Market near New Montgomery
View northeast on Market toward New Montgomery. Crowded military parade with soldiers marching up Market. Palace Hotel at right, many streetcars lined up.
Downtown / Union Square
Liberty Tower
View east from Geary and Kearny toward World War I Liberty Loan display with Liberty Bell replica on top and clock faces indicating number of millions raised in Liberty Loan campaign encasing Lotta's Fountain. Palace Hotel (with Western Pacific Railroad Co. in corner retail location, Monadnock Building with electric sign for Oakland Tribune and Northern Pacific Railway. Workers working on marquee on Flannery Building at right. Newsboys sell to people waiting for streetcars on Market. Spots on image. [1168]
Downtown / Union Square
Market near 3rd
Lotta's Fountain Series, Market & Geary Streets. 12 noon on clock, looking down Market to Ferry Building. Chronicle Building at left, Palace Hotel on right. 'US Army Builds Men' banner over street.
Downtown / Union Square
Union Square
St. Francis Hotel and Dewey Monument; from Stockton Street
Downtown / Union Square
Market & Powell
Looking east; front of Flood Building prominent; Cable Car turntable visible
Downtown / Union Square
Market near Stockton
View east on Market toward Stockton, 4th Street intersects from right. Roos Bros, Phelan Building, Call Building, Humboldt Bank. Pacific Building at right. Many pedestrians and streetcars approaching
Downtown / Union Square
Kearny & Market
Sailors marching by Lotta's Fountain which has been covered for Victory Loan campaign; [Parade - I am right under the mark with my head down, was trying to keep step with my partner. You can see I was in the Naval Artillery that day]
Downtown / Union Square
Powell & Market
War Womens Day Parade, celebrating the contribution of women volunteers during World War I, coincided with the visit of the Pacific Fleet. [Mother's Day Parade dpwbook25 dpw6230]
Downtown / Union Square