Kearny & Market

Kearny & Market circa 1883

Elevated view north across Market to Lotta's Fountain, with many people climbing on it, at center. Probably the arrival parade for General and former President Ulysses S. Grant on his return from a world tour of several years. Troops marching on Market and Kearny Streets. Banners strung above Kearny. Large crowd fills street, many holding flags. People on rooftops, and filling windows. Building at northeast corner of Geary & Kearny has large "Eagleson & Co. 4 and 6 Kearny St. Shirts Underwear" sign, C.N. West Electro Medical Belts 652 Market, A. Roger & Co. Ostrich Feathers 652 Market.

Photographer Unknown (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

Kearny & Market

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