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Guide to the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Newspaper Photograph Archive, ca. 1915-1965
BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG  
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Ships -- Arrival of Canadian Royal Mounted Police Ship -- Pier Forty-three (April 13, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68736.07]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

St. Roch (Canadian ship) pulls into dock. Walter Moxon, Captain Ralph E. Olstad, Sergeant F.S. Farrar, Leslie Martin, Harry Jones, and J.L. Buckner.
 

Ships -- Old Schooner Raised (June 05, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68736.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

West of High Street Bridge on Oak Estuary. Helen P. Drew (old wooden lumber schooner) had been submerged since 1945.
 

Ships -- Lifeboat Drill Before Sailing -- Pier Thirty-two (June 07, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68736.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lifeboat drill before the Lurline (ship) sails, with Merv Rathborne taking part in the crew.
 

Ships -- Aircraft Carrier Returns From Orient (June 13, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68736.10]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Carrier Boxer (ship) returning as it passes under Golden Gate Bridge.
 

Ships -- San Francisco Longshoremen Build Model Ships -- San Francisco Marine Exchange (June 14, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68736.11]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Longshoreman Eugene Leachy shown with his scale model of American President Lines President Cleveland (ship) in Hong Kong on exhibit at the San Francisco Marine Exchange.
 

Ships -- Arrival of US Navy Ships (June 15, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68736.12]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Carrier Badong Strait (ship) and cruiser St. Paul (ship) will leave with 900 midshipmen on a training cruise.
 

Ships -- Bell of Cruiser Given To San Francisco -- City Hall (June 27, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68736.13]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Bell of the cruiser San Francisco (ship) given to city. Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers, John J. Sullivan, Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, Dan J. Gallagher, ...
 

Ships -- Equipment Being Loaded Aboard Ship -- Oakland Army Base (July 09, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68737.01]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Equipment (cranes, jeeps, jeep trailers, trucks) for the Military Defense Assistance Program being loaded aboard the Steel Rover (ship) of Isthmian Steamship Company, which is headed for Indo-China and Indonesia.
 

Ships -- Mothball Fleet Cargo Ships Reactivated (July 14, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68737.02]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Bethlehem Pacific Steel Corporation. Workmen and merchant marines prepare ships for Pacific duty: the Luxembourg (Victory ship) and the Lakewood (Victory ship).
 

Ships -- Fire on Boat -- Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco (July 20, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68737.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Fishing boat Carol Ann (ship) caught fire near Aquatic Park. John Dahlquist and Coast Guard Chief Engineman L.F. Enos.
 

Ships -- Arrival of Aircraft Carrier -- San Francisco Bay (August 04, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68737.04]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Carrier Boxer (ship) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge.
 

Ships -- Mothball Fleet Aircraft Carrier Activated -- San Francisco Naval Shipyard (August 17, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68737.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Hunters Point. Carrier Bairoko (ship) prepared for active duty from Pacific Reserve Fleet; gun crew mount rapid fire anti-aircraft guns.
 

Ships -- Ships in Harbor Waiting for Berthe -- San Francisco Bay (August 21, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68737.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ferry Building slip and Telegraph Hill. Ships clustered in bay.
 

Ships -- Cruiser San Francisco (ship) Memorial (September 02, 1950 - November 12, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68738.01-05]

Physical Description: 17 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Curiser's bridge and bell hoisted into place at Lands End, Point Lobos; plans for memorial discussed; dedication. Rear Admiral Herbert Schonland, Dr. George Lynch, Mrs. Gene Witter, Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, Admiral R.K. Turner, ...
 

Ships -- French Aircraft Carrier Leaves Port (September 17, 1950 - September 28, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68738.06-07]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Dixmude (aircraft carrier) passing San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on way to another port.
 

Ships -- Opening of New Matson Pier -- Pier Thirty-five (September 30, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68738.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

The Lurline (ship). First passenger Earleen DeLay at new pier greeted by officials: George Hansen, B.J. Feigenbaum, and Paul Bissinger.
 

Ships -- Sick Men -- Pier Seven (October 14, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68738.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

The Rodgers (ship). Sick men Guy Nes and R.L. Ernst carried off ship on stretchers; John Newport with the mail.
 

Ships -- Aircraft Carrier Returns From Korea (November 02, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68738.10]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

The Boxer (ship) passing under Golden Gate Bridge.
 

Ships -- Aircraft Carrier Preparing to Leave Port -- Alameda Naval Air Station (November 08, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68739.01]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Equipment (planes, jets) being loaded aboard the carrier Princeton (ship). Commander Richard C. Merrick, Captain William D. Gallery, and Rear Admiral Ralph A. Ofstie.
 

Ships -- Passengers of Returning Aircraft Carrier -- Alameda Navy Yard (November 11, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68739.02]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Men disembarking from the carrier Boxer (ship) and greeting families.
 

Ships -- Man Sails Alone in Ketch from Hawaii -- San Francisco Yacht Harbor (November 13, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68739.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Jack Markwallder on deck of Te Hongi (sketch).
 

Ships -- Mothball Fleet Cruiser Activated -- San Francisco Naval Shipyard (December 05, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68739.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Hunters Point. The cruiser Los Angeles (ship) being prepared for active duty.
 

Ships -- Boats Decorated With Christmas Lights -- San Francisco Yacht Harbor (December 18, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68739.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Boats trimmed with Christmas lights.
 

Ships -- Missing Boat -- San Francisco Yacht Harbor (December 22, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68739.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Coast Guardsman Charles Cowing looking over Buccaroo (boat/ship).
 

Ships -- US Navy Ship on Fire -- Todd Shipyards -- Alameda (January 03, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68740.01]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Sailors and fireman fight fire on Sarasota (ship).
 

Ticket Office in Bay -- Pier Forty-three (January 11, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68740.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ticket office of the General Cox (ship) in the bay, blown by the strong wind.
 

Ships -- Plaque Presented to US Navy Transport -- Pier Seventeen (January 12, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68740.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

C.J. Krusesky polishes a plaque presented by the Marine Corps to the the President Jackson (ship) for its help during the Guadalcanal and Ichon landings.
 

Ships -- Recommissioning of US Navy Aircraft Carrier (January 17, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68740.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Recommission ceremony of Antietam (aircraft carrier); salute to flag; congratulations to new commander. Captain George J. Dufek, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Captain John P. Heath, Vice Admiral George D. Murray, ...
 

Ships -- US Navy Aircraft Carrier Used in New Weapons Test (January 25, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68740.05-06]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

The carrier Independence (ship) towed out to sea to be used as target for new weapons test.
 

Ships -- Cruiser Recommissioned -- San Francisco Naval Shipyard (January 26, 1951 - January 27, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68740.07-09]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Hunters Point. Recommissioning ceremonies with guest and crew of the Los Angeles (ship). Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, Captain Robert N. McFarland, and Mayor (of Los Angeles) Fletcher Brown.
 

Ships -- First Trip of Danish Ship to San Francisco -- Pier Thirty-one (January 30, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68741.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

The Mombasa (ship) docked at wharf.
 

Ships -- Transports Recomissioned -- San Francisco Naval Shipyard (February 03, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68741.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Hunters Point. Recommissioning ceremonies of attack transports: Rockwall (ship) and Glynn (ship). Chaplin Lieutenant E.D. Sneary.
 

Ships -- Farewell Party for Ship -- Enlisted Men's Club -- Hunters Point (February 13, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68741.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Farewell party only for the crew of the Helene (ship) and their wives. Lieutenant and Mrs. H.O. Larson, Rosette Duncan, Captain H.O. Larson, and Vivian Duncan.
 

Ships -- Commissioning of Two Ships -- Alameda Naval Air Station (February 13, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68741.04]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commissioning ceremonies for two ships. View from quarter deck of the Onslow (ship) looking towards the Corson (ship). Vice Admiral G.D. Murray.
 

Ships -- Converted Ship -- Oakland (February 15, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68741.05]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portola (ship) is a converted L.C.I. for hauling cargo headed to the Caribbean area; views of the engine room, bridge, and galley. Keith Swanson, and Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Roberts.
 

Ships -- Soldiers and Crew Drink Antifreeze and Die -- Oakland (February 21, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68741.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

The Tainaron (ship). Third Officer John Haggerty and First Mate Alvin W. MaGee [McGee?].
 

Ships -- Aircraft Carrier Leaving (February 23, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68741.07]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

The Boxer (ship) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge; crew and planes lined up on deck.
 

Ships -- Ships Recommissioned -- San Francisco Naval Shipyard (March 09, 1951 - March 20, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68742.01-05]

Physical Description: 26 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Hunters Point. Aircraft carriers Shangri-La (ship) and Hornet (ship) taken out of mothballs; Antietam (ship) and freighter Pictor (ship) prepared for active duty with loading of cargo; recommissioning ceremony of the Hornet (ship).
 

Ships -- Crew Donating Blood -- San Francisco Naval Shipyard (March 30, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68742.06]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Crew of the Piedmont (ship) donating blood in wardroom: L.D. Stallings, William Franklin, Marvin Saegert, Roberrt St. Denis, Nurse Caryl Murphy, ...
 

Ships -- Coast Guard Cutter Drydocked -- San Francisco Naval Shipyard (April 07, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68743.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Hunters Point. Gresham (Coast Guard cutter) in floating drydock.
 

Ships -- Japanese Freighter Grounded (April 28, 1951 - May 21, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68743.02-03]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ken Koku Maru (Japanese freighter) ground ashore at Point Stewart and later in drydock at Todd Shipyard, Alameda.
 

New Submarine Launching -- Mare Island Navy Yard (May 02, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68743.04]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ceremony for launching new K class (for Killer Class) submarine. Governor Earl Warren speaks and Mrs. John J. Crane christens submarine.
 

Ships -- Korean War Veterans Return -- San Francisco Bay (May 21, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68743.07]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

The General R.L. Howze (ship) passing under Golden Gate Bridge and heading for Fort Mason.
 

Ships (May 24, 1951 - May 29, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68743.08-10]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

President Madison (ship); General W.F. Hase (ship); views of ships at night. Al Matson whose been abroad about a dozen times.
 

Ships -- Memorial Services at San Francisco (ship) Memorial -- Lands End (May 30, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68743.11]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ceremony at the San Francisco (ship) Memorial: firing squad on bridge and Rear Admiral B.J. Rogers addressing crowd.
 

Ships -- Korean War Troops Return (June 02, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68744.01]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

The General Brewster (ship) passing under Golden Gate Bridge.
 

Ships -- Schooner on World Cruise (June 04, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68744.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Schooner passing under Golden Gate Bridge.
 

Ships -- Returning Korea War Veterans -- Alameda (June 09, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 88, [68744.03]

Physical Description: 15 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Troops returning aboard aircraft carrier Phillippine Sea (ship). Men greet wives and families. Ensign Edward Cosgriff, Lieutenant W.F. Tobin, Ed Hofster, Lieutenant Anthony Modica, and others.
 

Ships -- Yacht Arrives in Port -- Yacht Harbor (June 12, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68744.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Crew member of Typee (yacht) Dick Doyle.
 

Ships -- Guns of Cruiser Replaced -- San Francisco Naval Shipyard (June 13, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68744.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Hunters Point. 82 guns of the cruiser St. Paul (ship) that are worn from Korean campaign are taken out and new ones installed. View from inside turret looking at gun butt.
 

Ships -- Queen of the Phillippine Sea Crowned (June 26, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68744.06-07]

Physical Description: 16 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Nina Warren crowned Queen of the Phillippine Sea aboard aircraft carrier Phillippine Sea (ship); party at Scottish Rite Auditorium. Corporal Bryant Doyle, Captain Ira E. Hobbs, Lieutenant C.R. Rocher, Joseph Cyril, Robert Fulks, ...
 

Ships -- Aircraft Carrier (July 02, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68745.01]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

American flag by guns of Phillippine Sea (aircraft carrier) (photo taken for Fourth of July).
 

Ships -- Supplies Loaded Aboard Lightship (July 03, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68745.02]

Physical Description: 13 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Launch from Willow (Coast Guard tender) transfers Liberty party and supplies to San Francisco (lightship). Golden Bear (pilot boat) nearby. Includes Ray Earl, Lawrence Alread, Charles Ebert, Walter Mayes, Clarence King, and others.
 

Ships -- Canandian Warship Arrives (July 05, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68745.03]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ontario (Canadian warship) fires guns as it passes under the Golden Gate Bridge.
 

Ships -- Korean Veterans Return (July 10, 1951 - July 11, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68745.04-05]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Korean veterans aboard President Jackson (ship) and General J.C. Breckinridge (ship).
 

Ships -- Tug Pulling Two Barges (July 11, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68745.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Tug pulling two barges to Oregon.
 

Ships -- Passengers of Strikebound Ship (July 13, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68745.07]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Passengers enjoying life on pier because the crew of Lurline (ship) is striking (watching movies, dancing, playing bridge, etc.).
 

Ships -- Battleship Recommissioned -- Hunters Point, San Francisco Naval Shipyard (July 14, 1951 - August 25, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68745.08-10]

Physical Description: 17 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Recommissioning ceremony of Iowa (battleship). Rear Admiral Earl E. Stone, Lieutenant General J.M. Swing, Vice Admiral John L. Hall, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Captain William R. Smedberg III, and others.
 

Ships -- Aircraft Carrier On Way to Alameda (July 25, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68745.11]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aircraft carrier Cape Esperance (ship) passing under the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on way to Alameda Naval Air Station.
 

Ships -- Docked Aircraft Carrier -- Alameda Naval Air Station (July 26, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68745.12]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Aircraft carrier Antietam (ship) returned from trial run. Retirement ceremonies for Vice Admiral George D. Murray will take place here in August.
 

Ships -- Yacht Removed from Ship -- Pier Thirty (August 22, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68745.13]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Minerva (yacht) unloaded from Hawaiian Farmer (ship) by derrick barge.
 

Ships -- Fishing Boat Parade -- San Francisco Bay (September 03, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68746.01]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Numerous fishing boats in bay.
 

Ships -- Battleship on First Trial Run -- San Francisco Bay (September 17, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68746.02]

Physical Description: 12 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Iowa (battleship). Captain William R. Smedburg III and Executive Commander C.R. Stephan.
 

Ships -- Admiral Speaking -- Hunters Point, San Francisco Naval Shipyard (September 22, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68746.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Thomas R. Cooley speaking aboard attack transport Sandoval (ship). Captain Richard Scrugg, Lieutenant Commander E.D. Sneary, Captain George Carmichael, Captain A.M. Cohan, and Commander James R. Grey.
 

Ships -- Aircraft Carrier Arrives -- San Francisco Bay (September 24, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68746.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aircraft carrier Phillipine Sea (ship) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge.
 

Ships -- Ship Recommissioned -- Hunters Point, San Francisco Naval Shipyard (October 11, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68746.05]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Bremerton (ship) prepared for active duty (lifting last Igloo off gun mount).
 

Ships -- Blood Drive Aboard Hospital Ship -- Pier Seven (November 05, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68746.06]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Nurses taking temperatures and serving coffee on Haven (hospital ship). Includes Dean Folger, Bill Platt, Robert Cotton, Thomas Hennigan, Mrs. G.S. Tullock, and others.
 

Ships -- Aircraft Carrier Arrives -- San Francisco Bay (November 08, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68746.07]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Windham Bay (aircraft carrier) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge.
 

Ships -- Mutiny on British Ship -- San Francisco Bay (November 14, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68746.08]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Tacoma Star (British ship) at anchor in bay.
 

Ships -- Award Ceremony Aboard Ship -- Hunters Point, San Francisco Naval Shipyard (November 15, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [68746.09]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Damage to port stern of Walke (ship) is almost repaired (result of hitting a mine in Korea). Crew lined up for awards. Includes William P. McEvoy, Commander M.F. Thompson, Charles W. Akins, Donald P. Collins, George L. Echtle, and others.
 

US Navy - Miscellaneous (1939/1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89-95, [070500-070564]

Physical Description: 1667 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Navy parades, Naval bases (Treasure Island, Yerba Buena, Fort Mason, Hunters Point, Alameda, Mare Island, etc.), ships, visiting fleets, atomic bomb experiment ship, atomic bomb interviews, portraits of officers, crew members, survivors of Naval accidents, wartime workers (including women industrial workers), Navy Mothers Club, returning prisoners or war, United Nations Conference on International Organization, etc.
 

New Commander -- Alameda Naval Air Station [1943-00-00] BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [70500.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Officer coming out of retirement to assume command of the Naval Air Station upon its opening Captain Frank McCrary [no date].
 

Nevada (ship) -- US Navy (May 06, 1939) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [70500.02]

Physical Description: 12 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Seamen Vernon Raymonds, William O. Wood, Lieutenant Commander E.A. Jansen, Lieutenant Commander R.E. McGraham, Ensign Wilson H. Cranford and others engaging in various activities aboard the Nevada (ship).
 

Inspection -- Secretary of the Navy -- Mare Island (April 18, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [70500.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Secretary Charles Edison of the US Navy inspects Mare Island Navy Yard. Admiral David W. Bagley, Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, James Gerugham, and Charles Plumley also shown.
 

Press Conference -- Admiral Emery S. Land (May 21, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [70500.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Emory S. Land speaks at press conference given at 200 Bush Street, included are also reporters from the "San Francisco Examiner" and the "San Francisco Chronicle."
 

Sea Cruise -- Washington Cadets -- Exposition (ship) (June 25, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [70500.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

William E. Flateboe, William T. Hawkins, Claude Clefton, and Herbert E. Davies receive orders for the day from Lieutenant Junior Grade S. Mandarich.
 

Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox (September 04, 1940 - September 05, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [70500.06-07]

Physical Description: 18 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Secretary Frank Knox of the US Navy inspecting the Alameda Naval Depot and speaking with a reporter at the Saint Francis Hotel. Frank Knox eats breakfast and reads the paper.
 

Reserve Midshipmen -- US Navy -- Federal Building (September 26, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [70501.01]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Claire Mitsch kisses William J. Dietz goodbye as he prepares to leave for the East on reserve duty. Reserve midshipmen walking with luggage (neighborhood). Commander S.S. Reynolds, Lieutenant Commander A.R. Mack, and Lieutenant E. Kierulff speak with midshipmen.
 

Chaumont (ship) -- Pier Seventeen (October 12, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [70501.02]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Marines stand on deck of the Chaumont (ship). Chester Saathoff, leaving for a two and one-half year tour of duty in China, kisses his wife Anne goodbye.
 

Flag Raising -- Alameda Navy Supply Base (November 01, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [70501.03-04]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral A.J. Hepburn, Captain Ralph R. McCrary, Lieutenant General John L. DeWitt, and J.G. Farrell pictured at flag raising ceremony. Navy bombers fly over flag raising ceremony.
 

US Navy Base on Treasure Island (December 09, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [70501.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Captain H.G. Taylor and Admiral Arthur Hepburn meet with Mayor Angelo Rossi at City Hall to speak about the transition of Treasure Island to a naval base.
 

Parade for the San Francisco (ship) (December 16, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [70501.06-07]

Physical Description: 11 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commander Bruce McCandless inspects jeeps as sailors prepare to drive them in parade. Sailors line up in formation at the Ferry Building (neighborhood). Sailors stand for national anthem. Mayor Angelo Rossi presents plaque to Captain Albert France Jr. View of crowds along parade route.
 

Naval Base -- Treasure Island (December 20, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [70501.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Apprentice Seaman J.P. Easton and Radioman Chekomasoff stand with sun tower in background as US Navy takes over Treasure Island (neighborhood).
 

Assistant Secretary of Navy -- Treasure Island (April 01, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [70502.01]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Assistant Secretary of the US Navy Ralph A. Bard speaks to assembled seamen (neighborhood). Admiral Hugo W. Osterhaus, and Captain E.B. Lapham also shown.
 

Training -- Gun and Signal Crews -- Treasure Island (June 24, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [70502.02-06]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chief Turret Captain R.A. Anderson shows his class the most recent anti-aircraft gun, which the men learn to assemble [training course for gun and signal crews on merchant ships]. Seaman Gilbert Dirnberger, having completed training, packs hamock to leave for merchant ship. Seamen learn to use telegraph machine at the Armed Guard Center. Seamen Robert Crain and Clarence Drake fill out forms. Seamen line up to receive mail.
 

Training -- Gun and Signal Crews -- Treasure Island (June 24, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70503.01-05]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Seamen load artillery into large deck gun. Men take class on signal flags [view of "famous statue" in background]. K.D. West and J.W. Tippett fire small gun. Lieutenant W.W. Wood speaks with Lieutenant Commander E.D. Flaherty [commanding officer]. Chief Signalman H.H. Cross teaches class on signals.
 

Mess Hall -- Treasure Island (July 02, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70504.01-04]

Physical Description: 16 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant Thomas Macklen, Lieutenant Commander G.M. Tanz, Chief Commissary Steward I.M. Wallace, and Ensign R.A. Rosso meet inside the "largest mess hall in the world" to plan the menu. View of men eating inside mess hall. Ships Cook First Class H.T. Bradly ladles soup. View of kitchen. Ships Cook First Class Adam Djiamba puts roast in oven. Bakers W.F. Halter and Norman D. Hill put meringue on pies. View of serving table, where five thousand men can pass in forty minutes.
 

Mess Hall -- Treasure Island (October 10, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70504.05-06]

Physical Description: 20 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of mess hall interior, serving table, and storage warehouse. Seaman First Class Eugene Williams mixes salad with a paddle. Views of operations in mess hall. Seaman First Class Mitchel Potrzeboski throws meet in vat. Ships Cook Second Class Bill Swenk and Seaman First Class William Belcher haul hamburger vat.
 

Inspection -- Treasure Island (October 31, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70504.07]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant Burr Houlthrop and Commander J.H. Heintz review servicemen in formation. Views of men in row boats and marching.
 

Thermostatic Gauge -- US Navy Aircraft (June 16, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70505.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Margaret Varg demonstrates the workings of a thermostatic gauge, valve specified for use in all naval aircraft.
 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy -- Federal Building (July 25, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70505.02]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Assistant Secretary James Forrestal of the US Navy speaks with Rear Admiral John W. Greenslade.
 

Ship Launching -- Saint Francis Hotel (August 15, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70505.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Emory S. Land during launching of a new ship for Britain. Land speaking with reporter.
 

Eucalyptus (ship) -- General Engineering Company, Alameda (October 08, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70505.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant Commander Weymouth, Ensign Donald F. Granston, Lieutenant Cyril Fox, Lieutenant Stephen B. McDonald, and H.C. Hanson stand aboard the Eucalyptus (ship) during dedication ceremonies. View of ship building in progress at the General Engineering Company in Alameda.
 

Recreation -- Treasure Island (February 19, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70505.05]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

WAVES Maggie Lee Harwell, Mary Dunn, and Dorothy Lane, Chief Johnny Verducci, Chief Gene Opasik, and others test facilities at new gymnasium.
 

Sailors and Marines -- Federal Office Building (November 26, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70506.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Marion Thompson, Thelma Cudd, and Rose Marie Scoff give invitation to Sergeant Dale Mansfield [sleeve does not indicate to what he is being invited].
 

Pennsylvania (ship) (December 01, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70506.02]

Physical Description: 0 negative

Scope and Content Note

Negative missing.
 

Physical Examination -- Naval Reserve -- Federal Building (December 08, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70506.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Doctor George Butler examines Donald Zickgraf while others wait.
 

US Casualty (December 29, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70506.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Copy of photograph showing Peter Hardie, serviceman killed during seige of Pearl Harbor.
 

Serviceman Returns (December 29, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70506.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Frank Turner kisses his mother, Mrs. Herman Hansen, upon returning from Honolulu.
 

Survivor of Pearl Harbor Attack (January 01, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70507.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Copy of photograph showing serviceman James Burke, who survived Pearl Harbor.
 

Actor Tony Martin (January 02, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70507.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant Commander M.N. Aroff swears actor Tony Martin into the US Navy. Captain R.A. White also shown.
 

Captain of the Northhampton (ship) -- Federal Office Building (January 12, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70507.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Captain Willard A. Kitts III, captain of a heavy cruiser sunk in the south seas.
 

Unsinkable Battleship (February 03, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70507.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Domenic Serio works on model of a "non-sinkable" battleship.
 

Graduation -- Alameda Naval Air Station (March 02, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70507.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant Commander Norman Gallison addresses two hundred and sixty graduates of the US Navy trades school in Alameda.
 

US Serviceman (March 10, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70508.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Copy photograph showing Admiral Ernest J. King [negative badly damaged].
 

Langley And Pecos (Ships) (April 03, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70508.02-03]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commander K.P. McConnell of the sunken ship Langley and Commander E.P. Abernethy of the sunken Pecos sit with Captain J.W. Gates. Boatswains Mate First Class J.M. Black, Printer A.E. Brown, Chief Radioman G.L. Engelman, Chief Pharmacist's Mate D. Ashercroft, Chief Storekeeper R.D. Gross, and Radioman First Class C.J. Hinds, survivors from the Langley (ship), give press conference (taken at the Federal Building).
 

Press Interview -- Vice Admiral -- Federal Building (April 16, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70508.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Vice Admiral William Alexander Glassford speaks to press.
 

US Casualty (April 27, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70508.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pauline and Catherine Sharp look at photographs of their father Frederick Sharp, sailor captured by the Japanese. Copies of photographs showing Frederick and Helen Sharp.
 

Man Listed as Dead Found Alive (May 04, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70509.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. Henry Fecht, mother of serviceman James Fecht [found alive after being listed as dead], talks with Yeoman First Class Curtis Pullen in the Navy Morale Office.
 

Secretary of US Navy -- Alameda Air Base (May 06, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70509.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Secretary Frank Knox of the US Navy shown arriving at and leaving from the Alameda Air Base.
 

US Serviceman (May 07, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70509.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Copy of photograph showing Ensign Lowell Kuehnle.
 

House Sub-committee on Naval Affairs -- Mark Hopkins Hotel (May 22, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70509.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

US Representatives Noble Johnson, Harry Beam, James Scrugham, Harry Sheppard, and Joseph Casey meet around table.
 

Admiral -- Inspection Tour -- Oak Knoll Hospital (June 04, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70509.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntire speaks with Ships Fitter Third Class D.O. Gates during inspection of hospital. Lieutenant Commander John Hartzell also shown.
 

Hero -- Battle of Midway (June 12, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70510.01]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Colonel Walter Sweeney, hero of the Battle of Midway, shown with Anna Eloise Sweeney, Mrs. Sweeney, and General Sweeney at 152 Twenty-eighth Avenue.
 

Survivors -- Lexington (ship) (June 12, 1942 - June 18, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70510.02-03]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Seaman Second Class Rollin McGhee, survivor of the US Lexington, is surrounded by women in the US Engineers office. Fred W. Franklin also shown. Survivors Charles B. DeCoux, Mortimer Dennehy, and Andrew Boyer pose for group photo.
 

Day on a Minesweeper (ship) (June 19, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70510.04-12]

Physical Description: 13 negatives

Scope and Content Note

View of "slave ship" of fleet passing the Farrolone Islands. Photograph of Lieutenant Commander Fred E. Angrick, commanding officer of sweeper fleet. Picture of Ensign H.C. King, engineer of ship. Views of crab fleet going out to sea, Golden Gate Bridge in the background (cityscapes). Quartermaster Third Class R.D. Cole uses blinker signals to communicate with "slave ship." Seaman Second Class George Gilmimiam commands wheel of ship. Senior officer Hart Baker "takes time" on other sweeper. Ships cook Ray O'Connell prepares lunch. Orders of the day [four flags] are hoisted on the flag ship of sweeper fleet as they leave San Francisco.
 

US Servicemen -- Battle of Midway (August 01, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70511.01]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Survivors W.F. Lambert and R.J. Sheafer show off tattoo at the Federal Building.
 

Officers -- US Navy (August 13, 1942 - August 21, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70511.02-03]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Rear Admiral William Brent Young, paymaster for the US Navy, taken at the Olympic Club. Rear Admiral Ross McIntire, surgeon general of the Navy, speaks with the press at the Federal Building.
 

Graduation -- Alameda Naval Station (August 22, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70511.04]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Machinist Mates Nick Buscovich, George E. Archer, and Ivan Hawkins receive diplomas from Captain Frank R. McCrary. View of cadets marching into auditorium for ceremony (neighborhood).
 

Survivors -- Yorktown (ship) (September 17, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70511.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Survivors of ship sunk in battle Seaman First Class C.R. Swanson, Seaman Second Class W.C. Davis, Seaman First Class L.L. Rehberg, Seaman First Class A.B. Herbst, Carpenter's Mate Third Class C.E. Crow, and others gather in Federal Building.
 

Transportation -- Ferry Building (October 22, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70512.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Doreen Williams breaks bottle on bus given to US Navy by Greyhound. Lieutenant Commander E.H. Walter of the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board also shown.
 

Survivors -- O'Brien (ship) (November 02, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70512.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Coxswain Daniel R. Burke, Chief Water Tender Albert Bobwiece, Chief Machinists Mate Harold J. Speich, Chief Machinists Mate Royl St. George, Lieutenant Theodore Hughes, and others are survivors of destroyer sunk in the Battle of the Solomons. View taken at the Federal Office Building.
 

US Servicemen (November 02, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70512.03-04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of hero Lieutenant Commander W.M. Johnston taken at the Federal Building. Portrait of Ensign Al Snedeker.
 

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (November 21, 1942 - January 31, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70512.05-06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copy of earlier photograph showing Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Captain Cassin Young. [Young was killed Nov. 12/13, 1942, while in command of the cruiser San Francisco (ship) in the Solomon Islands. Image may date from earlier in 1942.] Copy photograph with "good head shot" of Chester W. Nimitz.
 

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz -- City Hall (October 02, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70512.07-11]

Physical Description: 15 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Chester Nimitz receives key to the city; with Mrs. Nimitz and Admiral Forrest P. Sherman also shown. Governor Earl Warren stands with Chester Nimitz and Forrest P. Sherman. Admiral Nimitz and Mrs. Nimitz receive welcome from crowd in front of City Hall (neighborhood); with Daniel Gallagher also shown. View of Chester Nimitz leaving City Hall. Chester Nimitz, Mrs. Nimitz, and Forrest Sherman sit in car.
 

Arrival -- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz -- Oakland Airport (November 13, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70512.12-14]

Physical Description: 24 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of Admiral Nimitz and Mrs. Nimitz greeting Governor Earl Warren and others as they arrive. Nimitz shown with Lieutenant F.G. Chadwick, Catherine Nimitz, Stuart Welch, Rear Admiral Carleton E. Wright, and Commoder J.P. Whitney.
 

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz -- Palace Hotel (November 26, 1945 - September 30, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70512.15-16]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Chester Nimitz shakes hands with Francis V. Keesling of the Commonwealth Club. Chester Nimitz shakes hands with chef Erwin Winterhalder before ice statue that he carved. Commander McIlwaine, Admiral Halsey, and Mrs. Laurence Smith also shown at luncheon.
 

Mass for Deceased Admiral -- Saint Mary's Cathedral (November 22, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70513.01]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Archbishop John J. Mitty and Chaplain Maguire hold mass for admiral killed in battle. [Name not given, but refers to native San Franciscan Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan, killed in the Solomon Islands Nov. 12-13, 1942].
 

Rear Admiral C. Thierry D'Argenlieu (December 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70513.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Copy photograph showing Rear Admiral C. Thierry D'Argenlieu [no date given].
 

Submarine Hero -- Federal Building (December 05, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70513.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant Commander Thomas B. Klakring speaks to press.
 

Parade for the San Francisco (ship) -- Market Street (December 11, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70513.04]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Crew of the San Francisco (ship) parades down Market Street in jeeps (neighborhood).
 

Captain -- Boise (ship) (December 14, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70513.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Captain E.J. Moran taken at 1800 Gough Street.
 

San Francisco (ship) (December 15, 1942 - December 17, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70514.01-02]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Artist Irving Sinclair shows painting he made of the San Francisco (ship), view taken at 1377 Ninth Avenue. Children Billy Young, Homar Zugelder, Eugene Eberts, and Dick Farley give fifteen dollars to Cruiser San Francisco Fund.
 

Recreation -- US Sailors (December 23, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70514.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Carpenters Mates Third Class Martin Ward, William Transchel, and A.W. Larson buy magazines at news stand. Radio Man Third Class Mickey Keiser and Radio Tech Second Class R.M. Freshman repair radio and musical instruments. Taken at 450 Gough Street.
 

US Servicemen -- Torpedoed Ship (December 30, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70514.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Survivors of torpedoed ship William M. Thomas and Orville P. Hatcher talk to one another at 200 Bush Street.
 

PT Boat Officers -- Solomons [1943?] BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70514.05]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of pt boat [torpedo boat] officers stationed in the Solomons [no other information given].
 

Vice Admiral Frank Fletcher [1943?] BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70514.06]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Copy of photograph showing Frank Fletcher [no date given].
 

Crew -- Laffey (ship) -- Bel Tabarin (January 07, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70515.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copies of photographs showing the crew of the Laffey (ship). [Originals taken prior to November 12, 1942, at which time the Laffey was sunk in the Solomon Islands.]
 

New Uniform Caps -- Officers (January 23, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70515.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ensign Doble M. Doyle and Lieutenant Percy A. Lilly model new uniform hats.
 

Committee on Naval Affairs -- Civic Auditorium (April 12, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70515.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Angelo Rossi speaks from the witness stand to committee members Margaret Smith, George Rates, John Fogarty, Ed Izac, John Anderson, and others. View of audience.
 

Officer -- New Orleans (ship) (April 30, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70515.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Lieutenant James Shields. Taken at 2913 Regent Street in Berkeley.
 

Diesel Engine -- Submarine (May 20, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70515.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers move diesel engine for a submarine down street. Taken at Thirteenth (Avenue?) and Harrison Street (neighborhood).
 

Family of Serviceman (May 20, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70515.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. Robert Field holds up baby Bobby Field, child of sailor, at 1060 Beach Street.
 

Recreation -- Fishing Trip -- Martinez (May 21, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70515.07]

Physical Description: 12 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Seaman Eric Spitzkein, Corporal Francis M. Smith, Seaman Douglas Courtemanche, Marine Manford Jackson, Private D.S. Millard, and others fishing near Martinez.
 

Family of Serviceman (May 25, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70516.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. Robert Hansten holds baby that her husband who is in the US Navy has not seen. Taken at 173 Santa Rosa Avenue.
 

Press Conference -- Secretary of the Navy -- Palace Hotel (July 02, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70516.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Secretary Frank Knox of the US Navy gives press conference.
 

Parents of Servicemen (July 02, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70516.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Albee read one of the letters they have received from their four sons in the US Navy. Taken at 27 Napier Lane.
 

Commander -- PT Boat -- Federal Building (July 03, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70516.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Lieutenant Lester H. Gamble.
 

Medal Presentation -- Navy Flyers -- Alameda Naval Base (August 07, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70516.05]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Men stand in formation for ceremony. Rear Admiral W.K. Harrill presents medals to Lieutenant Commander Wallace Short, and Bill Bragg.
 

Gas Mask Training -- Goat Island (January 21, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70517.01]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commander L.E. Clifford shows Flora Raggio and others how to use gas mask. View of men exiting room where gas was discharged. Alice Thomas, Bernice Hunt, and Josephine Wedertz wear masks.
 

Naval Supply Depot -- Oakland (September 01, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70517.02]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of activities at depot, including the packaging and shipment of goods. Rear Admiral Arthur H. Mayo, Lieutenant C.L. Loring, Helen Bales, Vivian Stein, Mary Tateosian, and others shown.
 

Chief -- Bureau of Ships -- Navy Building (September 30, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70517.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Edward L. Cochrane of the Bureau of Ships visits San Francisco.
 

Press Conference -- Lieutenant Commander Robert D. Lowther -- Navy Building (November 30, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70517.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Robert D. Lowther speaks at press conference.
 

Shore Patrol (March 10, 1945 - March 11, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70518.01]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs taken during a day with the Shore Patrol [agency monitoring US Navy servicemen]. Chief Petty Officer Everett Ellison, Nicholas Crivello, Lieutenant Junior Grade David R. McKiernan, Jason Riley, B.S. Hubbel and others shown.
 

Press Interview -- Gene Tunney -- Federal Building (January 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70518.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Gene Tunney speaks with the press [no date given].
 

Twelfth Naval District Commandant (February 01, 1944 - May 08, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 90, [70518.03-07]

Physical Description: 14 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Vice Admiral John W. Greenslade, retiring commandant, shakes hands with his replacement Rear Admiral Carleton H. Wright at the Navy Building. Vice Admiral David Worth Bagley, new commander of the Western Sea Frontier, shakes hands with John W. Greenslade. Pictures of Carleton H. Wright at work after appointment; taken at the Navy Building. Portraits of John Wills Greenslade at the Stock Exchange Building. Copies of photographs showing John Wills Greenslade and family.
 

Commander Charles Brendupke (March 04, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70519.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copy photograph showing Commander Charles Brendupke, holder of the Silver Star. Photo taken at 931 Clayton Street.
 

US Casualty (March 14, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70519.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copies photographs showing Commander Roderick S. Rooney, lost on the Corning [submarine].
 

Press Conference -- Admiral Thomas Hart -- Federal Building (April 19, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70519.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Thomas Hart gives press conference.
 

Press Conference -- Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs (April 21, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70519.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Randall Jacobs looks at map of South Pacific during press conference.
 

Naval Doctor -- Central Emergency Hospital (April 29, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70519.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Doctor Don Lastreto returns for visit to the Central Emergency Hospital after tour of duty in the Pacific Ocean.
 

Survivors -- US Servicemen (April 18, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70520.01-02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant Marion D. Trewhitt, Lieutenant Edward A. Conlon, Carl D. Saund, and Admiral Carl Schaffer, men who survived on life raft for sixteen days, give press conference at the Navy Building. Mrs. Marion D. Trewitt holds picture of her husband and baby Richard Kent Trewhitt.
 

Press Conference -- Admiral William Greenslade -- Stock Exchange (May 08, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70520.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral William Greenslade gives press conference.
 

Commander -- Amphibious Landing Force (May 11, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70520.04-05]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey poses for photographs with staff members Lieutenant Tums Mailliard and Commander Charles Adair. Taken at the Saint Francis Hotel.
 

Review -- US Navy -- UC Berkeley (May 12, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70521.01]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

View of men parading on field, with Berkeley in background. Mrs. E.J. Houston and Clayton E. Houston shown.
 

Rescue Ship (May 26, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70521.02]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of "rescue ship" in drydock. Edwin Meredith, Captain Murdoch D. MacRae, Seaman First Class Claborn W. Kearley, Gunners Mate Third Class Edwin Parr, Chief Mate Al Appelbaum... shown. Taken at Sixteenth and Illinois Street.
 

Chaplains Corps (May 31, 1944 - June 01, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70521.03-04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain Robert D. Workman, head of the US Navy Chaplains Corps sitting at desk, view taken at the PRO Office. Vice Admiral John W. Greenslade, Alfred J. Lundberg, and Commander John R. Boslet give report to Robert Workman during luncheon at the Saint Francis Hotel.
 

Rear Admiral H.L. Vickery -- Palace Hotel (June 29, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70521.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Rear Admiral H.L. Vickery.
 

Memorial -- San Francisco (ship) (June 28, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70522.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Bridge of San Francisco (ship) held in two parts on trucks near the old stables in Golden Gate Park where the bridge will be used as a memorial.
 

Press Conference -- Commander Harold E. Stassen -- Navy Building (July 22, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70522.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commander Harold E. Stassen speaks at press conference.
 

Press Interview -- Commander William R. Kane -- Federal Building (July 25, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70522.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commander William R. "Killer" Kane speaks with press.
 

Commander Harold E. Stassen (October 01, 1945 - May 29, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70522.04-06]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commander Harold E. Stassen eats lunch with Captain R.E. Wilson, Commander H.D. Moulter, and Commander J.E. Bassett at the Saint Francis Hotel. Harold E. Stassen, chief of staff to Admiral W.F. Halsey, gives press conference at 83 McAllister Street. Harold E. Stassen gives press conference at the Palace Hotel.
 

Press Conference -- Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward -- Navy Building (August 08, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70523.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Clark H. Woodward gives press conference.
 

Press Conference -- Rear Admiral H.G. Bowen (August 11, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70523.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

H.G. Bowen gives press conference at 83 McAllister Street.
 

Home on Leave -- Serviceman (August 12, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70523.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Laura Goss talks with Seaman Second Class Chester L. Joyce, sailor home on leave. Taken at 956 Madrid Street.
 

Director -- Public Relations -- Federal Building (August 14, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70523.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill, director of US Navy Public Relations.
 

Dancing Lessons -- Alameda Naval Air Station (September 19, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70523.05]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Instructor Mrs. Wallace speaks with sailors during lessons. Views of sailors and partners dancing. Roy Cashin, Jackie Daly, Billey Tombs, and Barbara Barrett shown.
 

Sailors Return from South Seas -- Treasure Island (September 29, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70523.06]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Group photographs showing sailors who have returned after twenty-eight months in the South Seas. LeLand Hensley, Calvin Stidham Cox, and Claude L. Simson read newspaper. Clarence Tuckey, Lawrence LeHane, Lee McCrocklin, and others also shown.
 

Home on Leave -- US Serviceman (July 31, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70524.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ann Newman attends to her son Reese Einstein (sailor home on leave). View taken at 290 Sixteenth Avenue.
 

Lieutenant Joseph A. Maloney -- War Shipping Administration (August 11, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70524.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of letter addressed to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz from Admiral E.S. Land requesting that Lieutenant Joseph A. Maloney be reassigned to the War Shipping Administration.
 

California (ship) (October 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70524.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copies of photographs showing the California (ship).
 

New Wing -- Navy Hospital (December 10, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70524.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Edgar L. Woods, Captain Gerald W. Smith, and Admiral Carlton H. Wright attend opening of new hospital wing.
 

Training for Firefighting -- Treasure Island (December 11, 1944 - December 13, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70524.05-06]

Physical Description: 16 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of men practicing firefighting techniques on a dry land model of a warship and a model engine room. Lieutenant C.C. McKeogh speaks with reporter. Seaman Second Class Richard L. Wainscott fights fire in boiler room.
 

Diving -- Treasure Island (December 14, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70524.07-08]

Physical Description: 11 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of reporter Elizabeth Jones of the Call Bulletin in diving suit before and after she tries diving. Views of Elizabeth Jones taking US Navy diving test. Also includes Ray Kennemer, Nolan Flannery, Arlene Pickert, and Commander J.H. Falge.
 

Demobilization -- Rear Admiral Carleton Wright -- Federal Office Building (September 26, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70524.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Carleton Wright speaks about demobilization.
 

Navy Chaplains Division (January 23, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70525.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain Robert D. Workman, director of the US Navy Chaplains Division, stands with Captain Razzie Truitt of the Twelfth Naval District and Commander Harvey H. McClellan, Saint Mary's pre-flight chaplain.
 

Diving School -- Tiburon (December 14, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70525.02]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of men assisting diver inside and outside of water. Seaman First Class C.I. Hale and T.J. Wilson repair rubber diving suit.
 

Lieutenant Commander Horace Bristol (January 12, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70525.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of Lieutenant Commander Horace Bristol of the US Naval Reserves.
 

Oakland (ship) -- Bethlehem Ship Yards (February 24, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70525.04]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of the Oakland (ship) and crew returned from the South Pacific Ocean. Officers standing before the cruiser Oakland (ship). Guy McMurrey, Captain K.S. Reed, Seaman Second Class Herbert Roberts, Gunners Mate Third Class Robert Vervaet, Seaman First Class Raymond Darnell, and others also inluded.
 

House Naval Affairs Committee -- Mark Hopkins Hotel (March 13, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70526.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Representatives George J. Bates, Edward V. Izac, James W. Mott, Margaret Chase Smith, and Ray J. Madden stand for group photo with delegate Joseph R. Farrington of Hawaii and Lieutenant William Lewis [committee was enroute to Hawaii].
 

Stranded "Navy Wife" -- Central Hospital (March 14, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70526.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Picture of Mrs. George Rogers and her baby Dennis [Dennis became ill at the bus depot and was treated at hospital].
 

US Serviceman (March 22, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70526.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copies of photographs showing Seaman First Class Ray Hurst with "island princess."
 

US Casualty (March 27, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70526.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copies of photographs showing Lieutenant Commander Hugh Rimmer, lost with submarine, and Dorothy and Suzy Rimmer.
 

Survivors -- Battle of Iwo Jima (March 29, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70526.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Radioman Alfred Lee, Lieutenant Commander A.C. Baskerville, Gunners Mate C. Mortvedt, Lieutenant Commander R.S. Cheney, Lieutenant Commander F.A. Mulgrew, and Lieutenant Commander R.G. Witwer, survivors of the Battle of Iwo Jima, gather for group picture at the Alameda Air Station.
 

US Senate Naval Affairs Committee -- Oakland Airport (May 03, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70527.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger R. Lapham greets Senators Homer E. Capeheart, James Eastland, Charles W. Tobey, and Harry F. Byrd.
 

Training -- Mock Battle -- Treasure Island (May 03, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70527.02]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of battle staged for training purposes by US Navy crews [all scenes with airplanes attacking].
 

Survivors -- Franklin (ship) (May 17, 1945 - May 18, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70527.03-04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

View showing Robert Von Sicheren, who survived bombing of the aircraft carrier Franklin (ship). Copyf photograph showing survivor [no name given].
 

Press Conference -- Navy Hero (May 21, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70527.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant Bert C. Fuller gives press conference.
 

Home on Leave -- US Serviceman (May 21, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70527.06-07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Yeoman Third Class William R. Bernard, home from the South Pacific, visits his wife Mrs. William R. Bernard and son Jackie Bernard at 1630 Lake Street. Doris Bernard greets William Bernard at Alameda Naval Station [sailor home to see dying baby].
 

Crash Boat -- Treasure Island (May 29, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70527.08]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

US Navy crash boat goes by Treasure Island pier, with [Bay Bridge?] in background.
 

Hitchhiker -- US Serviceman -- Post Office Building (June 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70528.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Arthur Fouts demonstrates how he hitchhiked for rides in his Navy uniform.
 

Lieutenant Commander Robert L. Gurnee (June 04, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70528.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Copy of photograph showing Lieutenant Commander Robert L. Gurnee.
 

Hospital Ship -- General Engineering Company -- Alameda (June 08, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70528.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of combination hospital and landing ship under construction.
 

Damaged Destroyer -- Hazelwood (ship) -- Pier Fifty-four (June 14, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70528.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of damaged destroyer Hazelwood (ship) and crew. Gunners Mate Second Class James G. Day, Stanley Johnson, and Gunners Mate Jack Harris stand in hold where bomb went through. Damage control Officer Boyd Beverage Jr., and Michael Wunderich... also shown.
 

Navy Mothers Club (June 18, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70528.05-06]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

View of Navy Mother's Club building from outside (neighborhood). Richard E. Roberts, Mrs. Robert Rogers, Mrs. C.J. Roberts, Ruth Sneurd, Lorre Semple... shown inside Mother's Club. Seamen Second Class John R. McKeage and Robert Witting receive towels from Mrs. Fred Campbell. Mrs. B.M. Andre, Mrs. J.W. Gannon, Mrs. M.A. Gillespie, and Mrs. R.H. Lowry make beds.
 

Navy Mothers Club (January 23, 1945 - July 28, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70528.07-10]

Physical Description: 12 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rose Dykes plays piano as group sings and dances. View of bunks for sailors. Susan Geimer serves dinner to her son First Lieutenant Ray Geimer. Edward J. Kelly Jr. signs register for room at the club, Laveta Dexter also shown. Julie Inocencio, Kathleen Swalve, Eva Cazzaniga, Nancy Inocencio, and Patsy Schlink sing for audience. Ruth Sanderson, Mary Dassow, Mrs. George Watson, and Josephine Blaist work in kitchen. Mrs. A.J. McAllister, Mrs. M.A. Gillespie, and Commander Helen Snyder look at outgoing gifts. Taken at 2840 Twenty-fifth Street.
 

Navy Mothers Club -- Marine Hospital (August 12, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70528.11-14]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. M. Levy assists Joseph Limko and Seaman First Class Clifford Brown. Chief Warrent Officer S.L. Lewis, Nurse Mrs. I. Edwards, and Mrs. M. Levy shown in Circulation Department of hospital. Mrs. J. Edwards, S.L. Lewis, and Commander Helen Snyder of the Navy Mothers Club assist Ed Rollinson and other patients. Mrs. M. Levy poses for group photo with patients Thomas Meese, Signalman Third Class Leo Schell, Seaman First Class Oliver Weekly, Ralph B. Parker, Seaman First Class Ray A. Parker...
 

Installation of Officers -- Navy Mothers Club -- YMCA (January 03, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70528.15]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Hattie Bliss, H.T. Akins, Helen Snyder, Velville Levey, A.J. McAllister... pose for group photo at 220 Golden Gate Avenue.
 

Navy Mothers Club (June 20, 1946 - January 07, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70528.16-17]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Acting Commander Mrs. A.J. McAllister, Adjutant Mrs. M. Levy, and "Mom" Stephens sign new lease for Navy Mothers Club in building owned by Martin Nelson. Elizabeth Thau gives pledge to newly elected Commander Nadine McAllister. Taken at 2840 Twenty-fifth Street.
 

Kamikaze -- Pinckney (ship) (June 27, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70528.18]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of the Pinckney (hospital ship) and wreckage that resulted from attack by Japanese kamikaze pilot. Chief Boatswains Mate Walon R. Ballard, George E. Dobie Jr., Jim C. Lackey, Gunners Mate Bernard E. Karo, and Electricians Mate Second Class Adam E. Griego shown.
 

Ingram (ship) -- Hunters Point (June 30, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70528.19]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of the destroyer Ingraham (ship) and damage caused by shell. Views of ship's crew. Landon W. Hopkins, John C. Murphy, Commander John F. Harper, and Baker Second Class John Beane shown.
 

Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner (July 02, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70529.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copies of photographs showing Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner.
 

Battleship Fleet (July 02, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70529.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copies of photographs with aerial views of battleship fleet in action.
 

Merit Medal -- Navy Building (July 04, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70529.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Royal Ingersoll pins medal on A.E. Jack Graham.
 

Vice Admiral Daniel Barbey -- Saint Francis Hotel (July 09, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70529.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Vice Admiral Daniel Barbey sits with his aid, Lieutenant William Mailliard.
 

Rope Work -- Fort Mason (July 31, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70529.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Wilhelm J. Simonsan, Ludovico Mondani, Rosauro Santiago, and Edmund Ludewig craft goods from rope.
 

US Serviceman (August 10, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70529.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Seaman First Class Robert E. Noonan examines suit for sale at the USO Market.
 

Discharges of Personnel (August 23, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70529.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Donald J. Kelcher sits at home with son Donald J. Kelcher and wife Anita Kelcher after receiving one of first discharges given by the US Navy after war. Taken at 1315 Lincoln Avenue in Alameda.
 

Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner (October 17, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70529.08]

Physical Description: 0 negative

Scope and Content Note

Negative missing.
 

Vice Admiral Daniel S. Barbey -- Oakland Airport (January 11, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70529.09]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commander J.P. Whitney greets Vice Admiral D.S. Barbey as he arrives. Captain M.M. Witherspoon, and Virginia Hopper of WAVES also shown.
 

Hornet (ship) (August 06, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70530.01]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Gunners Mate Third Class James P. Fransen, and Kenneth A. Munson shown aboard the Hornet (ship). View of ship's guns.
 

Veterans In Training -- Hunters Point (August 14, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70530.02]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of veterans training for civilian work. Instructor W.H. Hudson, C.A. Paine, Ed Seegmiller, Gregory S. Kohn [supervisor of apprentice machine shop], and Walter C. Gora shown.
 

Discharges of Personnel -- Treasure Island (August 22, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70530.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

CM First Class Hobart Burkybile, SF Second Class Frank Rebando, and RA Second Class Charles Stallone prepare to leave base after receiving Naval discharges. Views of crowd of sailors receiving discharges.
 

President Monroe (ship) -- Pier Fifteen (August 22, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70530.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commander Sidney A. Ernst is greeted by his wife and daughter, Sidney. French wife of soldier and her son Jon Daniel also shown.
 

Submarines -- Hunters Point Navy Yard (September 04, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70530.05-06]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of the Tirosa (submarine) and crew. "Big" Mike Eferovich and Edward Richeson shown. Views of crew on deck of the Sea Horse (submarine). Photographs of Californians on the crew of the Sea Horse (submarine), including: QM Third Class C.R. Saker, Merchant Marine Second Class E.E. K. Whitaker, Gunners Mate Third Class R.P. Sorell, QM Third Class J.A. Olcovich, Signalman Second Class E.J. Williams...
 

Naval Academy on Pacific Coast -- Chamber of Commerce (August 10, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70531.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Guy R. Kenney, Luther E. Gibson, Manager John A. Sowers [of the World Trade Department of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce], Attorney Gunther Detert, Don Fazakerly... attend meeting to discuss a "West Point of the West," the construction of a naval academy on the West Coast.
 

Tranquility (ship) -- Pier Seven (September 11, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70531.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Marvin A. Clary, wounded at Okinawa, stands aboard the Tranquility (hospital ship).
 

Naval Officers -- Oakland Airport (September 11, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70531.03]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral R.P. Briscoe talks with Rear Admrial John Wilkes and Mrs. Wilkes after arriving by airplane.
 

Navy Hospital Ship -- Pier Seven (September 11, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70531.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

William E. Payton, wounded on Okinawa, shows Japanese flag, sword, and knife to Welden L. Huston.
 

San Diego (ship) -- Pier Seven (September 13, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70531.05]

Physical Description: 12 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of the San Diego (ship) and crew. Commander George F. Pittard, Mrs. Pittard, Captain W.E. Mullan [with Joanne, Betty, and Pauline Mullan], Anne Falconi, and William Felder shown.
 

Returning Sailors -- Saratoga (ship) (September 13, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70531.06]

Physical Description: 0 negative

Scope and Content Note

Views of the Saratoga (ship) enroute to San Francisco with 3800 sailors [negatives missing].
 

Returning Sailors -- Saratoga (ship) (September 13, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70531.07-11]

Physical Description: 27 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of Saratoga (ship) coming into San Francisco Bay with sailors on flight deck. View of San Francisco from ship deck (cityscapes). Ship going under Golden Gate Bridge. Arnold Auritt, Leo R. Gudlen, Maurice Greenly, Joseph G. Bendik, John Reed... shown. Ralph Stone sits with William Scanlon and dog "Sookie." Don OHair and Lieutenant John A. Held look at list of Japanese ships sunk by Allied forces view taken on board the Saratoga (ship). AM First Class Cleon Johnson gets kiss from his mother, Ruby Johnson. Ray Hyland kisses his wife, view taken at Alameda Naval Station. Aerial views of the Saratoga (ship) arriving in Bay, and of Alameda Air Station. Views of the Saratoga (ship) taken from the Golden Gate Bridge as it passes underneath.
 

Battle -- Saratoga (ship) (November 15, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70531.12]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of illustration showing the burning of the Saratoga (ship) after it sustained attacks from Japanese kamikaze pilots during battle.
 

Saratoga (ship) -- Alameda Naval Air Station (February 15, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70531.13]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of empty ship's deck. Seaman First Class O.B. Miller prepares to dismantle the ship's bell.
 

Saratoga (ship) (April 04, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70531.14]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of flack dispensed by US naval forces during battle in the Pacific Ocean [photograph used to illustrate a poem about the Saratoga (ship)].
 

Atomic Bomb Test -- Saratoga (ship) (May 01, 1946 - May 11, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 91, [70531.15-17]

Physical Description: 19 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of the Saratoga (ship) as it sails from harbor taken from Coit Tower. Photographs of the Saratoga (ship) departing from Pier Thirty-three and setting sail for site of atomic bomb test. Views of the Saratoga (ship) sailing on Bay as it leaves for bomb tests, view taken from Pier Thirty-seven.
 

Sea Star (ship) -- Pier Seven (September 14, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70532.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Servicemen who returned on Sea Star (ship).
 

Enterprise (ship) -- Alameda Naval Air Station (September 15, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70532.02]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of ship Enterprise arriving in San Francisco Bay. Lieutenant Webber shown.
 

Special Agent Smith (September 18, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70532.03-04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. Columbus Darwin Smith holds photograph of her husband, a special agent. Taken at 2725 Chestnut Street.
 

Sea Runner (ship) -- Pier Seven (September 20, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70532.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of ship Sea Runner and crew arriving in San Francisco Bay. Includes Rosanne Saussotte, Alfred Saussotte, Lieutenant William Saussotte, and Thomas Maritato.
 

Tuna (Submarine) -- Mare Island (September 21, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70532.06-07]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

WAVE Arlene Pickert stands on deck of submarine Skipper (ship). Commander Frank N. Shamer, and Lieutenant Commander John E. Bennett also shown. Signalman First Class Kenneth Kail points to graphic representing number of Japanese ships sunk, includes Commander H.M. Lindsay.
 

Skippers of Submarines -- Mare Island (September 21, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70532.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Submarines (ships) tied up on Mare Island. Commander Richard S. Andrews addresses press meeting of submarine commanders.
 

Baltimore (ship) -- Pier Seven (September 21, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70532.09]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Ship Baltimore tied up at pier.
 

Submarine -- Pier Fifteen (September 24, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70532.10]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

View of unidentified submarine (ship).
 

Kadashan Bay (ship) (September 26, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70533.01]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of the returning escort carrier Kadashan Bay (ship) from Golden Gate Bridge.
 

Indiana (ship) -- Hunters Point (September 29, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70533.02-04]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant Charles W. Chattin Jr. kisses his wife as he returns home. Lieutenant C.B. Williams and Lieutenant A.J. Flynn descend gang plank from the Indiana (ship). Indiana docks at Hunters Point. Includes Helen N. Brice, Turret Captain James Dunn, and Frances Culver and Constance Knoph of the Red Cross.
 

Rixey (ship) -- Pier Seven (October 11, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70533.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Electrician's Mate Clee Arb with Helen Arb, and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Barrett.
 

Arrival of Third Fleet (October 15, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.01-03]

Physical Description: 20 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral William F. Halsey gives interview aboard the South Dakota (ship), flagship of the Third Fleet. William F. Halsey and crew as they stand on deck during passage under the Golden Gate Bridge. Photographs of the guns and deck of the South Dakota. Rear Admiral Robert B. Carney and Lieutenant Commander W.J. Kitchell stand on deck. William F. Halsey gives press conference.
 

Arrival of Third Fleet (October 15, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.04-05]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of parade for Third Fleet. Joseph Brady, Admiral William F. Halsey, and Rear Admiral Robart Carney shown. Sailors from the South Dakota (ship) march in parade down [Market Street?]. Photographs of pictures in window display at the US Navy receiving barracks [welcoming the Third Fleet]. Display includes photo of Edmund Coblentz welcoming William F. Halsey to San Francisco taken at 525 Market Street.
 

Arrival of Third Fleet -- South Dakota (ship) (October 15, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.06-07]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral William F. Halsey and Edmond D. Coblentz aboard South Dakota (ship). Governor Earl Warren and Mayor Roger D. Lapham greet William F. Halsey and Admiral Royal Ingersoll.
 

Arrival of Third Fleet (October 15, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.08-10]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Crowd stands on Golden Gate Bridge in anticipation of the Third Fleet's arrival. Billy Armstrong waits with his mother for the arrival of the Third Fleet. South Dakota (ship) floats under Bay Bridge.
 

Arrival of Third Fleet -- South Dakota (ship) (October 15, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.11-12]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

View of South Dakota's deck with blimp carrying welcome banner as it flies overhead. Admiral William Halsey stands with his horse saddle. South Dakota approaches Golden Gate Bridge.
 

Arrival of Third Fleet -- Pier Sixty-two (October 15, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.13-14]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Crowd cheers as sailors arrive from the Third Fleet. Sailors from the South Dakota (ship) land at harbor. Mrs. Mildred Vessels shown. Merchant Marine First Class Manuel Garcia greeted by family. R.G. Fox, Louise Michand, and rest of family welcomes sailor Albert A. Autrand Jr.
 

Arrival of Third Fleet (October 15, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.15-16]

Physical Description: 14 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Blimp welcoming home the South Dakota (ship) flies over stern. The Wisconsin (ship) passes under the Bay Bridge. Admiral William Halsey and Edmund Coblentz of the "Call Bulletin" stand under the guns of the South Dakota (ship). Views of the Alabama (ship). South Dakota (ship) passes under the Golden Gate Bridge.
 

Arrival of Third Fleet (October 15, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.17-19]

Physical Description: 23 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. S. Prestogiocomo and Mrs. F. Burt greet Joe Prestogiocomo at Pier Thirty-two. Ship South Dakota lying at anchor with blimp overhead at Fort Baker. Aerial views of ships South Dakota, Wisconsin and a submarine [unspecified] arriving in San Francisco Bay. Views of crowd on shore awaiting arrival of fleet.
 

Arrival of Third Fleet (October 15, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.20-21]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Blimp with sign welcoming servicemen home. Sailors scrub the deck of ship South Dakota. Sailors pose with captured Japanese jeep. Returned sailors place calls home at the telephone building of Pier Sixty-two.
 

Bob Hope -- Arrival of Third Fleet -- City Hall (October 16, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.22]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Comedian Bob Hope speaks to servicemen and civilians at City Hall during Third Fleet's visit to San Francisco. Mayor Roger Lapham and Admiral William F. Halsey also shown.
 

Arrival of Third Fleet -- Pier Sixty-two (October 16, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.23]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Sailors from ships Alabama and Wisconsin come ashore.
 

Views From Union Oil Building (October 16, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.24]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Panorama photographs of the San Francisco Bay showing naval vessels of the Third Fleet and Golden Gate Bridge (cityscapes).
 

Parade -- Third Fleet (October 16, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.25-27]

Physical Description: 14 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Comedian Bob Hope, Admiral William F. Halsey, Admiral Royal Ingersoll, and Mayor Roger Lapham stand at City Hall. Views of parade for Admiral William F. Halsey and the Third Fleet taken at Market and Montgomery Streets. Pictures of parade on Market Street taken from the top of the Crocker Building, includes Admiral Halsey's car and sailor marching band.
 

Admiral William F. Halsey -- City Hall (October 16, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.28-29]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Comedian Bob Hope shakes hands with Admiral William F. Halsey. Lieutenant Commander W.J. Kitchell sits in car before City Hall. Rear Admiral Robert B. Carney, Mayor Roger Lapham, Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, and General H.C. Pratt also shown. Bob Hope talks with William F. Halsey and Royal Ingersoll.
 

Parade -- Third Fleet (October 16, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.30]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Halsey rides in car during parade up Market Street.
 

Views From Union Oil Building (October 20, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.31]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Panoramic views showing naval vessels of the Third Fleet and other ships in the San Francisco Bay (cityscapes).
 

South Dakota (ship) -- Pier Forty-one (October 22, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.32]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of Third Fleet's flagship, ship South Dakota, and "buttoning up" for peace.
 

Hornet (ship) (October 22, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.33]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of the aircraft carrier Hornet with the San Francisco skyline visible in the background.
 

Naval Ships (October 24, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.34]

Physical Description: 11 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ships Wisconsin, Alabama, and Haven (hospital ship); San Francisco skyline visible in background.
 

Navy Show -- Comedian Bob Hope (October 16, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.35]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Bob Hope arrives in San Francisco for Navy show. Seamen First Class Albert Ayala, Larry Waymire, and John Clark carry Bob Hope at Third and Townsend Street.
 

Parade -- Admiral William F. Halsey -- Civic Center (October 16, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.36]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of parade given for Admiral William F. Halsey showing marines and sailors from ship South Dakota.
 

Banquet -- Admiral William F. Halsey -- Palace Hotel (October 16, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.37]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Crowd in Palm Court. Mrs. Lapham, William F. Halsey, Mayor Roger Lapham, Mrs. John Shafroth, Governor Earl Warren, and others.
 

Admiral William F. Halsey -- Oakland Airport (October 17, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.38]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral William F. Halsey leaves by plane for Los Angeles.
 

Warships -- Navy Day (October 26, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70534.39]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Warships in the San Francisco Bay shine their searchlights into the sky on the night before Navy Day. Taken from Telegraph Hill near Coit Tower.
 

Railroad Transportation -- Sailors -- Oakland Mole (October 02, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70535.01]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Sailors from the Hornet (ship), Saratoga (ship), and Bunker Hill (ship) wait for train.
 

Navy Training Devices (October 20, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70535.02]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger Lapham operates replica of the control panel of PBY. Donald Ross uses Power Turret Model. Mayor Roger Lapham and Doctor Jacob Geiger view model ship. Officer explains workings of a radar model to Mique Doolin.
 

Aircraft Carriers -- Alameda (October 22, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70535.03]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

General views of aircraft carriers and airplanes at the US Navy Base in Alameda, including ships Hornet, Bon Homme Richard, and Yorktown.
 

Protest -- Navy Wives (October 22, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70535.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Helen Hagan leads a group of US Navy wives in protest against the holding of their husbands overseas, view taken at 989 Market Street, Fifth Floor. Also included William H. Barden (social protests).
 

"Fighting Lady" -- Yorktown (ship) -- Alameda Naval Air Station (October 23, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70535.05-12]

Physical Description: 23 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commander John W. Brady speaks with Captain Walter F. Boone, and Commander E.L. James, navigator. Lieutenant Don Lansing, Lieutenant Junior Grade H.G. Cleland, Lieutenant Junior Grade J.E. Gustafoson, Ensign Ernest Sanford, and Lieutenant Hugh Points drink morning coffee in the mess hall. "Glamour girl" Marjorie A. Lewis talks to Lieutenant Bill Brinkley, Lieutenant T.S. Lee, and Lieutenant J.C. Davis during visit to the Yorktown (ship). Fliers Ensign Leonard Komisarek and Lieutenant Junior Grade Tom Bloski wear cape cod boots termed "hot pilot boots" (briefing room of the ship). Frank Sanfilippo, Seaman First Class Clarence Hamer, A.M. Russe, William Schaffer, Raymond Labushi... remove warheads from ship. Men shown working on side of aircraft carrier. View of ships interior. Seaman First Class Armando De Buono shines his shoes below the guns of the ship. Seaman First Class Paul Veazey reads letter. Seaman First Class Earl Farbish also shown. Scenes from kitchen and bunks ["Fighting Lady" is a nickname for the Yorktown].
 

Artemus Gates -- Union Square (October 26, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70535.13]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Artemus Gates walks with Admiral Carleton Wright and detectives in Union Square (neighborhood).
 

Mold -- Health Building (November 27, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70535.14]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Doctor J.C. Geiger holds up a specimen of mold that he found growing in his car.
 

Navy Lost Baggage Office (October 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70536.01]

Physical Description: 13 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Scenes from baggage room. Includes Seaman Second Class Clyde Jenkins, Seaman First Class Ismael Martinez, Seaman First Class Edward Sinker, Machinist Third Class John Vescuso, Storekeeper Third Class Kenneth Sharpe, and others.
 

Mess Halls -- Mare Island (October 09, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70536.02]

Physical Description: 16 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of dining and kitchen facilities on Mare Island. Baker Second Class William Morrison, Baker First Class Earl Carner, Seaman First Class Margaret Lacy, Baker Second Class Helen Vail, Seaman Third Class Shirley Halbot... shown.
 

Camp Shoemaker (October 18, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70536.03-07]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Dentist D.R. Nowlin operates on Vincent Gates at the Separation Center. Lieutenant James Walter talks to Seaman First Class Ray Schultz, James Lucey, John T. Taehl, and Claude L. Smith. Commodore O.M. Forster, Lieutenant Commander Omar Legant, and James B. Wilkinson shown. Photos of sailors coming to and leaving from the Separation Center. Pharmacists Mate First Class Melvin Hall, Harold T. Nixon, Dou Peterson, Harold Worman, Arthur Blumenthal, and others.
 

Arrival of Evangeline (ship) (October 22, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70536.08]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

The Indiana (battleship) comes into San Francisco Bay, with Golden Gate Bridge in the background. The Cavanaugh (ship), assigned to Major General Homer Groninger, waits to welcome the Evangeline (ship).
 

Pan American Clipper -- San Francisco Airport (October 22, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70536.09]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Richerd E. Byrd arrives from Japan.
 

Servicemen -- Western Pacific Railway Building (October 26, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70536.10]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Sailors line up for train tickets at Post and Stockton Streets (neighborhood).
 

Navy Day -- South Dakota (ship) (October 27, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70537.01-03]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

W.E. Richards and Darlene Richards look at guns on the South Dakota (ship) along with crowd of civilians. Seaman First Class John Lewis and Dan Hooper also shown. Photographs of the horse "Silver King" [brother of horse which belongs to the Emperor Hirohito of Japan] at Pier Forty-one. Seaman First Class Frank Egma holds up "Snipe," the dog mascot of the Tenth Division.
 

Navy Day (October 27, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 92, [70537.04-06]

Physical Description: 18 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of crowds aboard the Bon Homme Richard (ship). South Dakota (ship) with San Francisco in background. Crowds wait to get on board. Lillian Taylor, Elaine Wilson, Millie Ashley, and Seaman First Class William Martin examine gun on South Dakota. Views of carriers and cruisers arriving in the San Francisco Bay including: cruiser Oakland (ship), carrier Yorktown (ship), and Bon Homme Richard (views taken from the Golden Gate Bridge).
 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy -- Commonwealth Club -- Palace Hotel (November 08, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70538.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Assistant Secretary H. Struve Hensel speaks at meeting of the Commonwealth Club. Kenneth Cassidy and Admiral Carleton E. Wright also shown.
 

Yerba Buena (November 12, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70538.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of Yerba Buena Naval Station (neighborhood). John Johnson and George A. Meier.
 

Japanese War Planes -- Alameda Naval Air Station (November 27, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70538.03-04]

Physical Description: 12 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ray Chandler shown with "Baka," a jet propelled bomb. Heavy bomber airplane and fighter plane also shown on board the carrier Cole (ship). Views of the "Seiran," a submarine based fighter airplane which can be converted for kamikaze type attacks. Views from the bridge of the Cole (ship) showing planes on board.
 

Kidnapped Child -- Oakland Airport (November 21, 1945 - November 29, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70538.05-06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Merchant Marine First Class James J. Carlan, the father of a kidnapped boy.
 

Alaska (ship) -- Pier Seven (December 03, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70539.01]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of ship Alaska, a new design of ship.
 

Commander of Third Fleet -- Quincy (ship) -- Pier Twenty-two (December 15, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70539.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Vice Admiral Howard Kingman taken on board the Quincy (ship).
 

Naval Vessels (January 10, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70540.01-02]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of US Navy transport ships in San Francisco Harbor including cruiser Quincy and Cape Florida (merchant ship). Views taken at Pier Fourteen with the Bay Bridge in the background.
 

Citation Ceremonies -- Oak Knoll (January 19, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70540.03-05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain A.H. Dearing, Oak Knoll commandant, presents unit commendation to Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Donald DeWayne. Army Distinguished Unit Badge presented to First Lieutenant Sidney Jenkins of US Marines. Lieutenant John W. Harper presented with Presidential Unit Citation for service with Fourth Marine Division at Saipan and Tinian.
 

Press Conference -- Hotel St. Francis (January 21, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70540.06]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Leland Lovette and Rear Admiral Russell Stanley Berkey give press conference.
 

Atomic Bomb Experiment -- Joseph Holt (ship) (February 06, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70541.01]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of ship Joseph Holt and crew [ship to be used in atomic bomb experiment]. Lieutenant Eugene Dolton, Jack Chigris, Donald Acherson, Merril Smith Hart, Vernon Drysdale, and others.
 

Pearl Harbor Investigation -- Captain Ellis M. Zacharias -- Hotel St. Francis (February 14, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70541.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Captain Ellis M. Zachariea, figure from Pearl Harbor investigation, gives interview.
 

Massachusetts (ship) -- Pier Thirty-three (February 26, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70541.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Vice Admiral Howard Kingman arrives on flagship of Third Fleet. Howard Kingman introduced to officers by Captain Heber H. McLean. Commander R.E. Odening, Commander M.N. Young, Commander W.S. Baker, and others.
 

Commander of Western Sea Frontier -- Federal Office Building (March 04, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70542.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Richard S. Edwards, replacing Admiral Royal Ingersoll as commander of the Western Sea Frontier, speaks with reporter.
 

Scabbardfish (Submarine) (March 09, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70542.02-03]

Physical Description: 15 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of submarine Scabbardfish (ship) at sea. Don Julian and V. Nelson shown at work on ship. Internal and external photographs of the submarine taken while on patrol. Captain P.G. Molteni, Executive Officer C.M. Esler, Don Julian, and William Clark shown.
 

Court-martial -- Yerba Buena Navy Station (March 28, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70542.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commander R.C. Percival, the defendant, sits with attorney Lieutenant James Cusick.
 

Deactivation of Ships (March 29, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70542.05]

Physical Description: 15 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Battleships under preparation for deactivation: Indiana, Alabama, and Massachusetts. Gunners Mate Second Class W.W. Ragsdale [described as a "plank-owner," a crew member aboard Indiana when it first set sail], C.O. Hatfield, D.M. Elliott, J.E. Burba, Ted Styrzo, and others.
 

Separation from US Navy -- Actor Robert Stack (March 30, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70542.06]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant Robert Stack, Hollywood actor, says goodbye to Commander Maury Thompson.
 

Rear Admiral Arthur D. Struble -- Terror (ship) (April 01, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70543.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admrial Arthur D. Struble taken aboard the Terror (ship).
 

Rear Admiral Donald B. Beary -- City Hall (April 02, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70543.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger Lapham greets new admiral Donald B. Beary.
 

Court-martial -- Yerba Buena Island (April 02, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70543.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Lieutenant Thomas Fike, a man who received court-martial for "shellback death."
 

Views from Coit Tower -- US Navy Ships (April 04, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70543.04]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ships Massachusetts and New York as seen from Coit Tower, ships in dock at Pier Twenty-nine.
 

Court-martial -- Yerba Buena Island (April 11, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70543.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant John Downey and Lieutenant James Cusick, defense council.
 

Wife of Ill Sailor -- San Francisco Airport (April 13, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70543.06]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Claire Pollard, the wife of a sailor dying on Treasure Island, arrives in city.
 

Sailor on Rampage -- Hall of Justice (April 17, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70544.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Peter McGrath, sailor that went "on rampage," stands in courtroom.
 

Comedian Jack Benny (April 18, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70544.02-03]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Jack Benny, Lieutenant Barry McCarthy, Lieutenant Francis McGuinn, and Captain Stanhope C. Ring shown aboard the Saratoga (ship) [Jack Benny planned to do broadcast from the Saratoga]. Jack Benny arrives in San Francisco for broadcast from Saratoga.
 

Award Presentations (April 24, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70544.04-05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Richard S. Edwards awards the Congressional Medal of Honor to John P. Cromwell Jr. [the son of deceased serviceman who earned award], also includes Ann Cromwell and Mrs. John P. Cromwell. Admiral Donald Beary awards Bronze Star to Jimmy Watkins [the son of deceased serviceman who earned award].
 

Court-martial -- Adultery Case -- Treasure Island (April 04, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70545.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Adele Braun, Navy wife involved in "triangle case," walks with Lieutenant Commander James Braun and Alice Leupp.
 

Saratoga (ship) (April 25, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70545.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Saratoga docked at Pier Twenty-four, view taken from Coit Tower.
 

Admiral William D. Standley -- Commonwealth Club -- Palace Hotel (April 26, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70545.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

William D. Standley speaks at Commonwealth Club luncheon.
 

Court-martial -- Yerba Buena Island (April 29, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70545.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portrait of Ensign Arthur L. Gilbert, serviceman receiving court-martial for supply shortages.
 

Wesson (ship) (April 30, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70545.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Destroyer Wesson (ship).
 

Navy Electronics Laboratory (June 10, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70545.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Scenes from Gila Bend, Arizona, showing equipment used in US Navy experiments in wave propagation for television and radio, and surrounding environment.
 

De-commissioning of Submarines -- Mare Island Navy Yard (May 02, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70546.01]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

L.W. Link, W.C. Marsh, Frank Adams, John P. Segerholm, J.H. Silvey, and others work to de-commission submarines.
 

Public Relations -- US Navy (May 14, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70546.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Vice Admiral William H. Blandley.
 

Court-martial -- Yerba Buena Island (May 14, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70546.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Ensign Melvin A. Comstock.
 

Interview -- Rear Admiral Joel T. Boone (May 16, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70546.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Joel T. Boone speaks with reporter.
 

Atomic Bomb Ship -- Pier Forty-six (May 08, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70547.01]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mount McKinley, a ship to be used in atomic bomb testing, leaves dock.
 

Transportation of Mail (May 24, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70547.02-03]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

US Navy pilots carry mail during railroad strike. W.B. Cadwallader, Roger V. Bell, Vera Ince, and Robert Griffith shown at Oakland Naval Airport. Charles S. Delf, Bruce Stern, and George McDaniel load Naval Air Transport Service airplane with mail at Oakland Municipal Airport.
 

Ship Runs Aground -- Berkeley (May 26, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70547.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of a small ship that ran aground near Berkeley. Taken from the foot of Ashby Avenue on Bayshore.
 

Radar Experts -- Sir Francis Drake Hotel (June 11, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70547.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Captain W.C. Eddy and Captain Elliot M. Senn.
 

R.J. Keppler (ship) -- Bethlehem Shipyard (June 24, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70547.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Elizabeth L. Anglin breaks bottle on the R.J. Keppler (ship) before its launching. H.P. Childing also shown.
 

Destroyer Sunk (May 24, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70547.07]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of a US Navy destroyer being sunk during bomber practice.
 

Press Conference -- Atomic Bomb Observer (June 25, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70547.08]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Luis de Florez gives press conference.
 

Navy Aid -- Federal Office Building (June 27, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70547.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Newly appointed US Navy aid Captain James H. Foskett.
 

Interview -- Vice Admiral George F. Hussey -- Federal Building (July 11, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70547.10]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

George F. Hussey speaks with reporter.
 

School for Veterans -- San Bruno Naval Base (July 18, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70547.11]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of buildings comprising school for veterans. Includes also Storekeeper Third Class Bruce Hughes and Lieutenant Junior Grade John Hammond.
 

New US Navy Uniforms -- Treasure Island (July 29, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70547.12]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Howard Marcow, John P. Phelps, Harold R. Rudolph, and Thomas Hendricks wear new US Navy uniforms.
 

Chilton (ship) (August 01, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70547.13-14]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Officers Lieutenant Junior Grade N.T. Goodhart of the submarine Dentuda (ship), Captain R.A. Mielke [US Army] of the Saratoga (ship), First Lieutenant John H. Garth, Ensign T.P. McEvily, Lieutenant Junior Grade R.H. Benson, and others sit in passenger quarters of the Chilton (transport ship just arrived from the Bikini Islands). Views of the Chilton docking with 1,538 US Army and Navy passengers.
 

Wheel Chair -- Disabled Veterans -- Alameda Naval Air Station (July 17, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70548.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Donald Glickman and Seaman First Class Edward T. Atkins demonstrate new motorized wheel chair designed for legless veterans (disabled persons).
 

Navy Transport Ship -- Pier Seven (August 08, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70548.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of the General W.A. Mann (ship) coming into dock.
 

Bayfield (ship) -- Pier Seven (August 18, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70548.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

The Bayfield (ship) docks at pier.
 

Officers -- Oakland Airport (August 19, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70548.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Vice Admiral William H.P. Blandy and Rear Admiral Donald B. Beary arrive in Oakland.
 

Atomic Bomb Test -- Mount McKinley (ship) (May 26, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70548.05-07]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ship Mount McKinley, with deck lined with passengers, returns from atomic bomb testing near the Bikini Islands. Radioman First Class J.A. Daly and Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Arthur E. Cresse Jr. and baby Pamela, Mrs. Charles C. Hershey, and Doctor Roy Overstreet shown at Oakland Supply Depot [had servicemen been at sight of atomic bomb test?]. Lieutenant Stanley A. Jeranko holds dog "Geiger" after returning from atomic bomb test.
 

Navy Affairs Commission -- Chamber of Commerce Building (September 18, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70549.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Hugh De Lacy, E.V. Izac, and Frank Havender attend sub committee meeting of the US Navy Affairs Commission.
 

Navy Day -- Pier Thirty-three (October 16, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70549.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Seaman Third Class Gordon Wilson and Seaman First Class Dick Spread show Joan Schmidt how to operate machine gun on board the Thomasson (ship). View of people on board the Caiman (ship). Charles Webster, Elvira Weber, Pat Scatena, and others stand on captain's bridge.
 

Navy Day -- Treasure Island (October 16, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70549.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chief Ernest Wichman, Albert MacDonald, and Warrent Officer C. Davis demonstrate US Naval method for putting out oil fires for audience at Treasure Island (neighborhood).
 

WAVES for Navy Day -- Federal Building (October 23, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70549.04]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Telegrapher Second Class Marjorie Moshar, Telegrapher Third Class Henrietta Miles, Telegrapher Second Class Elinor Todd, Yeoman First Class Jean Drobish, and others shown in District Communications Office.
 

Navy Day (October 26, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70549.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chief Yeoman Reba J. Moyer, Captain R.W. Truitt, and Yeoman Third Class Beulah Nelson open packages containing flowers for Navy Day ceremony. Taken at 45 Hyde Street.
 

Flag from San Francisco (ship) -- City Hall (October 17, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70549.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Norma Manuel presents the torn flag of the San Francisco (ship) to Mayor Roger Lapham.
 

Navy Day Ceremony -- City Hall (October 26, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70549.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Ernest King speaks. Captain Herbert Schonland presents the battle flag of the San Francisco (ship) to Mayor Roger Lapham.
 

Luncheon -- Commercial Club (October 24, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70549.08]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Ernest King, President Brayton Wilbur of the Chamber of Commerce, Major General Field Harris of the US Marine Corps, Rear Admiral Jesse C. Coleman, Admiral Donald Beary, and others attend luncheon.
 

Caiman (Submarine) -- Pier Thirty-three (October 26, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70549.09]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Seaman Second Class Ray Guedschoff helps Dennis Jones up from the hatch of submarine.
 

Terror (ship) -- Treasure Island Docks (October 26, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70549.10]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Captain Richard Spofford, commander of the Terror (ship), shakes hands with Mrs. Charles Peters. Lieutenant Charles Peters and dog "Error" also shown.
 

Dog -- Treasure Island (October 29, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70549.11]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Sergeant Joseph V. Watkins, a US Marine dog catcher, rewards the dog "Bosun" for capturing a man attempting to trespass on Treasure Island.
 

Assistant Secretary of the Navy -- Federal Building (October 30, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70550.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Assistant Secretary W. John Kenney of the US Navy speaks to reporters at Navy Headquarters.
 

Expedition of Admiral Byrd -- Currituck (ship) -- Hunters Point (November 13, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70550.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Hollis Damschen, Mike Lejeune, Joe Brayney, Bill Cunningham, Lloyd Brockway, and Ray Glenn prepare the Currituck (ship) for expedition.
 

Sailor with Polio (November 28, 1946 - December 05, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70550.03-04]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Seaman First Class Derrill Lee Clark, sailor with polio, is housed in iron lung. Shown with Lieutenant Ruth Anne Champion, nurse, and Commander Frank G. Johnson, doctor, aboard Naval Air Transport Plane at Oakland Airport. Mrs. Clifford H. Clark embraces her son, Derrill Lee Clark, at Oak Knoll Hospital.
 

Launching at Bethlehem Steel (December 20, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70550.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. Philip Van Horne Lansdale breaks champagne bottle on a destroyer launched from Bethlehem Steel, also includes E.F. Essner. [Not named, but ship is the destroyer Lansdale (ship) (DD766)].
 

Call Bulletin Show -- Treasure Island (December 21, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70550.06]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Betty Black sings for sailors in Ward D of hospital. Ardeen De Camp plays violin for William Brown. James E. Harknis shown.
 

Oil Tanker (December 21, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70550.07]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

US Navy oil tanker passes under the Golden Gate Bridge. View taken from Golden Gate Bridge.
 

Science Exhibit (January 08, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70551.01]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

J.M. Laurance, Lillian Horsgoard, Cecille Nation, Captain R.O. Myers, and Louis Nofrey shown at exhibit. Taken at Mission and New Montgomery Streets.
 

Polio Victim -- Oakland Airport (February 11, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70551.02]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Navy flight nurse Lieutenant Mary Strubich assists polio victim Melville Morrison on board Naval Air Transport plane. G.W. Smalley and Pharmacist First Class Marcel Laventurier also shown.
 

Inspection -- Catfish (Submarine) -- Pier Seven (February 15, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70551.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral R.S. Edwards and Rear Admiral Donald Beary inspect the crew lined up on the deck of submarine Catfish (ship).
 

Commander -- Western Sea Frontier (February 28, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70551.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Vice Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf and Admiral Richard Edwards shake hands [one is outgoing and one is incoming commander for the Western Sea Frontier].
 

Submarine Hero -- Federal Office Building (March 04, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70551.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Submarine hero sits with crew members. Commander Richard O'Kane, William Leibald, and Floyd Caverly shown.
 

Industrial Relations Conference -- Hunters Point (March 12, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70551.06]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral D.B. Beary, Vice Admiral E.W. Mills, Rear Admiral A.C. Klein, and W.J. Stephens attend conference.
 

Navy Wives -- Pier Seven (May 06, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70552.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Navy wives Imogene Hoffman, Mary Bruce, and E.T. Byrne board the General Breckenridge (ship) with their children Nancy Lee, Dianne, John, Tommy, and Patricia.
 

Press Conference -- National Maritime Day -- Mills Building (May 19, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70552.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral William Ward Smith speaks at press conference.
 

Fleet Landing Dedication -- Maritime Day (May 22, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70552.03-07]

Physical Description: 25 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger Lapham shakes hands with Vice Admiral A.E. Montgomery at dedication ceremonies for the new fleet landing at the Ferry Building. Rear Admiral Donald B. Beary, Twelfth Naval District commandant, and Vice Admiral J.B. Oldendorf, commandant of the Western Sea Frontier, also shown. People line up for ride in small boat that will take them to visit the ships of the First Task Fleet, anchored in the vicinity. Views of ships from the First Task Fleet entering the San Francisco Bay, and pictures of destroyers and submarines at dock. Ships Pasadena, Swenson, Craig, and Parks sit in docks at Pier Seven and Thirty-seven. James Francis meets friends Donna Morgan and Toni Keller. Ships Bremerton and Iowa enter Bay.
 

Naval Reserves -- Pier Twenty-two (May 24, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70552.08]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Captain D.H. Johnston administers oath to naval reserves sworn in aboard the Topeka (ship).
 

First Task Fleet (May 26, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 93, [70552.09]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

First Task Fleet leaves San Francisco Bay.
 

First Task Fleet (September 25, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70552.10]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of the Iowa (ship) and other ships of the First Task Fleet at sea and on their way to San Francisco for US Navy versus UC Berkeley football game.
 

First Task Fleet (September 26, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70552.11]

Physical Description: 19 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aerial views of the First Task Fleet entering San Francisco Bay. Photographs of the Iowa (ship) and Boxer (ship) coming under the Golden Gate Bridge [set includes two prints].
 

First Task Fleet (September 26, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70552.12]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of First Task Fleet entering San Francisco Bay and coming under the Golden Gate Bridge.
 

First Task Fleet (September 26, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70552.13]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

A band and rally committee from UC Berkeley greets the Iowa (ship) [fleet in San Francisco for Navy versus UC Berkeley football game]. Springfield (ship) shown coming under Golden Gate Bridge. UC Berkeley rooting section welcomes the Boxer (ship).
 

Training -- US Naval Reserves -- Treasure Island (June 03, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70553.01]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Seaman Second Class Alonzo Mahan, Seaman First Class Charles Gibson, Electronics Mate First Class R.C. Turner, Seaman First Class Harold Crain, Chief Electronics Mate Vernon Eyerdam... undergo universal military training.
 

Admiral Louis Denfeld -- Hotel St. Francis (June 16, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70553.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Admiral Louis Denfeld.
 

Training Cruise -- ROTC -- Iowa (ship) (June 28, 1947 - June 29, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70553.03-04]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Educators aboard training cruise for ROTC members hold press conference. Sydney W. Angelman, Jason H. Corley, Leslie Cowan, Doctor Raymond D. Harriman, W.A. Shoenfeld, and others. US Navy ROTC cadets aboard the Iowa (ship).
 

Governors -- Iowa (ship) (July 19, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70553.05]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Governors Carl Snell of Oregon, Lester Hunt of Wyoming, Vail Pittman of Nevada, James McConaughy of Connecticut, Earl Warren of California, Robert Blue of Iowa, Sam Ford of Montana, Charles Dale of New Hampshire, Ernest Gruening of Alaska, Jesus Pinero of Puerto Rico, and Lieutenant Governor Don Whitehead of Iowa sail for Hawaii. View of governors being welcomed aboard with full honors.
 

Naval Reserve Cruise -- Sea Dog (Submarine) -- Pier Seventeen (August 18, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70554.01]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant J.G. Miran explains the workings of gun to cadets.
 

Fleet Arrives -- Chamber of Commerce (September 26, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70554.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chamber of Commerce reception committee greets commanders of fleet.
 

Mine Explodes -- Sturgeon (ship) (October 20, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70554.03]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

The mine layer Sturgeon (ship) explodes mine near the Golden Gate Bridge. Warrent Officer Alfred A Mulzet of the Seacoast Service Test Section shown.
 

Navy Day (October 23, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70554.04-06]

Physical Description: 15 negatives

Scope and Content Note

US Servicemen prepare for Navy Day. Seaman First Class Dick Hanlon, Joseph Balducci, Seaman First Class Charles Conry, Wallace C. Holton Jr., and others at Hunters Point. Haskel Freedman, Ronald M. Schneider, Seaman Second Class R.M. Before, Seaman First Class F.A. Harvey, Seaman First Class E. Buckhaults... prepare for Navy Day at Hunters Point and in Oakland [at navy depot?]. Albert L. Pugh, Charles G. Purcell, Richard Kamien, Ben Morrow, John Chinosi... shown aboard the General W.A. Mann (ship).
 

Navy Day Parade -- Hunters Point (October 26, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70554.07]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Scenes from parade. Worlds largest crane shown.
 

Press Conference -- Hotel St. Francis (October 27, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70554.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Donald B. Beary, commander of the Twelfth Naval District, Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, commander of the Pacific Fleet, and Dan London, manager of the Hotel St. Francis, give press conference.
 

Navy Day Luncheon -- Commercial Club (October 27, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70554.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Louis E. Denfeld and John Nicholas Brown shown at speakers table.
 

Chief of Naval Operations -- General W.A. Mann (ship) (December 08, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70555.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, new chief of Naval Operations.
 

Interview -- Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (January 07, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70555.02]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Rear Admiral Donald Beary, and Dewitt Ramsey speak with reporter.
 

Awards to Civilians -- District Medical Office (February 06, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70555.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Major General Leroy Hunt of the US Marine Corps, Rear Admiral D.B. Beary, Doctor J.C. Geiger, Luther Gibson, Dorothy Jano... stand outside office at 50 Fell Street.
 

AWOL Sailor -- Yerba Buena Island (February 14, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70555.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

James LeRoy Telfer, who went AWOL for two years on Treasure Island, gives details of his story.
 

Del Monte Navy School (February 25, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70555.05]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Internal and external views of school. Captain Frank F. Watkins, Lieutenant John E. Sullivan, Commander Charles Blenman, Commander D.B. Holloway, Commander O. William Goepner, and others shown at preview of school given before its opening.
 

Trial -- AWOL Sailor -- Yerba Buena Island (March 16, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70555.06]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

James LeRoy Telfer, sailor who was AWOL on Treasure Island for two years, sits with girlfriend Alma Hull of WAVES.
 

Periscope Views of San Francisco (March 09, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70556.01]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco taken through periscope at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard at Hunters Point (cityscapes).
 

Retirment of Captain (March 25, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70556.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Retiring Captain Adolph H. Schulz presented with clock by Captain William L. Murray and Brigadier General Neal H. McKay at farewell party aboard the Admiral H.T. Mayo (ship).
 

Press Conference -- Federal Office Building (April 12, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70556.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Donald B. Beary, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Mark E. Andrews, and Vice Admiral A.C. Miles give press conference.
 

Interview -- Admirals -- Pier Seven (May 29, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70556.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral George D. Murray [commander of the First Task Force], Admiral DeWott C. Ramsey, and Admiral Donald B. Beary speak with reporter aboard the St. Paul (ship).
 

Enlistment (June 22, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70556.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Albert R. Cantell, Richard McNutt, and Leo Cooks receive innoculations from Nurse Jean Sharpe [three of two hundred and twenty men who enlisted in the US Navy to take advantage of three-year enlistment term].
 

US Navy Honors -- Presidio (June 28, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70556.06]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

General Mark Clark presents medal to Elvira Mencarini [receiving medal for father, killed by Japanese]. Vice Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf and Admiral Chester Nimitz shown.
 

Admiral Retires -- Treasure Island (June 30, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70556.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Retiring Vice Admiral Jesse Oldendorf explains how he "crossed the T" in a naval battle.
 

Navy of Argentina -- Hotel St. Francis (July 07, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70557.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Juan M. Carranza of Argentina speaks with Rear Admiral Donald B. Beary.
 

Vice Admiral Robert M. Griffin -- Federal Building (July 13, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70557.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Robert M. Griffin, senior naval officer on General Douglas MacArthur's staff, gives interview.
 

Enlistments -- Federal Office Building (July 21, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70557.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Bill Lanam, Bernard Mitchell, Rudy Baldini, Jim Galvin, V. Del Bene, and others take US Navy qualification test.
 

Civilian Awards -- Federal Office Building (August 10, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70557.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Donald Beary and Brigadier General Frederic Butler give awards to civilians Daniel G. White, H.Rowan Gaither Jr., Doctor John Beek Jr., and others.
 

District Public Service Award -- Federal Building (September 10, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70557.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Donald Beary pins medal on Walt Martignoni.
 

Press Conference -- Arctic Training (October 22, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70557.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Richard Cruzen and Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz give press conference at the Federal Building.
 

Mock Battle -- Oakland Naval Supply Center (October 20, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70557.07]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

US Marines rehearse mock battle in preparation for Navy Day.
 

Rehearsal -- Navy Day -- Aquatic Park (October 25, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70557.08]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Frogmen F.J. Juric and J.D. Kelley, members of the underwater demolition crew, practice landing on beach. Private First Class R.E. Weddle uses flame thrower.
 

Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid -- Hotel St. Francis (October 26, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70557.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, in San Francisco for a speaking engagement.
 

Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid -- Commercial Club (October 27, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70557.10]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Kinkaid speaks to audience at Commercial Club in honor of Navy Day. Glenn L. Martin also shown.
 

Navy Day -- Aquatic Park (October 27, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70557.11]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain Lewis Mendoza, Sergeant Hal Shapire, Corporal T.A. Ardeti, Corporal J.R. Falcon, and Corporal Don Lucia raise flag at Mount Suribachi. Views of men staging amphibious landing and shots of crowd.
 

Commander -- Western Sea Frontier -- Treasure Island (November 04, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70558.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Vice Admiral George Murray, new commander of the Western Sea Frontier, sits at desk.
 

Commander -- Twelfth Naval District -- Federal Building (December 08, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70558.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, new commander of the Twelfth Naval District, shakes hands with Vice Admiral George D. Murray.
 

Charity -- New York Daily Mirror (December 14, 1948 - December 18, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70558.03-04]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of telegram stating that the New York Daily Mirror will assist Seaman Paul Weprinsky get home to Brooklyn for Christmas. Thomas Gilbert also shown. TWA Stewardess Rosalie Evans and Navy Radarman Paul Charles Weprinsky prepare to depart on flight to New York.
 

Press Conference -- First Task Fleet (February 25, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70558.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commander Gerald F. Bogan of the First Task Fleet gives press conference on board the Curtis (ship).
 

Naval Reserves -- Federal Building (March 02, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70558.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Recruiting officer L.N. Hoffman swears in J. Joseph Sullivan of the Board of Supervisors [as a Naval reserve?].
 

Change of Command Ceremony -- Hunters Point (March 08, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70558.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain Hugh E. Haven and Captain Bernard E. Manseau participate in change of command ceremony.
 

Award Ceremony -- Twelfth Naval District Headquarters (March 16, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70558.08]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Lynde D. McCormick pins award on Lieutenant Roland Read Newman, making him one of the US Navy's most decorated airmen.
 

Kidnapped Sailor -- Alameda Naval Base (March 21, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70558.09]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

James Patrick Ryan, who claims he was "shanghied" back to the United States from China.
 

Awards -- Hunters Point (March 28, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70558.10]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain B.E. Manseau presents award for safety to Albert Bawden [award made by the secretary of the US Navy].
 

Chief of US Navy Chaplains -- Treasure Island (July 17, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70558.11]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Stanton W. Salisbury addresses Naval Reserve chaplains attending Chaplain Corps Seminar.
 

New Commandant -- Hunters Point (April 27, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70558.12]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain Bernard Manseau, new commandant of Hunters Point, greets Mayor Elmer E. Robinson.
 

Navy League -- Federal Building (May 06, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70559.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

President Jerd Sullivan of the Navy League shakes hands with Rear Admiral Lynde D. McCormick.
 

Divers -- Hunters Point (May 15, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70559.02]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

US Navy men H.D. Anderson, D.D. Daniels, F.E. Hansen, and W.E. Perkins learn how to dive and work under water. Chief Marshall W. Damm also shown.
 

Naval Officers Retire -- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (June 10, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70559.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commander C.B. Jennings congratulates Chief Gunner Warl W. Fleming and Lieutenant John A. Roland at retirement ceremonies on board the Antietam (ship). Lieutenant Harry Fowler, Chief Electrician W.O. Gilliland... also shown.
 

Midshipmen Call on Mayor -- City Hall (June 16, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70559.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson speaks to US Navy midshipmen. Rear Admiral Lynde D. McCormick and Francis G. Balderston also shown.
 

Award Presentation -- Federal Building (September 22, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70559.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Colonel Van R.H. Sternbergh of the Military Order of the World Wars pins medal on Dan J. Callaghan Jr. [receiving medal for the late Rear Admiral Dan Callaghan]. Rear Admiral Lynde D. McCormick and Rear Admiral Reginald R. Belknap also shown.
 

Appointments to Annapolis -- Twelfth Naval District Headquarters (November 25, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70559.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Lynde D. McCormick congratulates George Parks of Polytechnic High School, one of two seniors to be appointed to the Naval Academy at Annapolis (education).
 

Captain John Crommelin -- Treasure Island (December 17, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70559.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Captain John Crommelin.
 

Cafeteria -- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (December 23, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70559.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain B.E. Manseau, Naval Shipyard commander, Jay Irving, master of shipyard's transportation shop, and Commander T.G. Wallace serve lunch to the shipyard workers in celebration of the holiday season and the announcement that the shipyard would remain in active service.
 

Press Conference -- Under Secretary of the US Navy -- Naval Supply Depot (December 28, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70559.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Under Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball gives press conference in Oakland.
 

Charges of Desertion -- Treasure Island (January 13, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70560.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Sailor Richard E. Seibt, charged with deserting the US Navy in the Philippines, sits with girlfriend Mickey Leffler.
 

Change of Command -- Twelfth Naval District -- Federal Building (February 01, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70560.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral L.D. McCormick [departing commander] shakes hands with Rear Admiral Bertram J. Rodgers [incoming commander].
 

Business Luncheon -- Marines Memorial Building (February 23, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70560.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain John G. Crommelin speaks to members of the San Francisco Business League.
 

Congressional Hearing -- Oak Knoll Naval Hospital (March 15, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70560.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Congressional sub committee holds hearing on the closure of some naval hospitals. Gary Clemente, Clyde Doyle, Paul Shafen, Rear Admiral David Hunt, and Rear Admiral J.G. Entwistle shown.
 

Pilots Last Flight -- Alameda Naval Air Station (March 20, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70560.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain John G. Crommlin prepares for his last flight in a US Navy fighter plane before leaving the Navy by request.
 

Sports (March 22, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70560.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of journalist First Class Felix Grosso taken for the Sports Department of the Call Bulletin.
 

Female Captain -- Federal Building (April 17, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70560.07]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Captain Joy Bright Hancock of the WAVES.
 

Commercial Club (May 22, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70560.08]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

K.C. Tripp sits with guest speaker Admiral Chester Nimitz and General Albert Wedemeyer. View of crowd. Taken at 465 California Street.
 

Enlistment -- Federal Building (July 11, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70560.09]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Throng of young people rushes to join the US Navy. Marty Bell and Beverly Berkes shown at recruiting office reception desk and waiting to get medical examinations.
 

Air Reserve Squadron -- Oakland Naval Air Station (July 20, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70560.10]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Naval Air Reserve officers and men return to Oakland after two weeks of training in El Centro, California. Robert R. Worley, Lieutenant Commander Alexander Simontacchi, James M. Melrose, Airman Apprentice Patricia Wright, and Aviation Chief Machinist Donald E. Thorp shown.
 

Press Conference -- Boxer (ship) -- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (August 04, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70561.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain Cameron N. Briggs speaks at press conference.
 

Blood Donation -- Sailors -- San Francisco Hospital (August 11, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70561.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Sailors stationed on Treasure Island line up to give blood for a woman that was critically burned. Nurse Clara Muzzillo takes blood from Lenald Likes, Dawe Stinson also shown..
 

Press Conference -- Naval Reserves -- Federal Building (August 17, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70561.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Ralph D. Riggs, chief of naval operations for the Naval Reserves, speaks at press conference.
 

Fire Fighting -- Alameda Naval Air Station (September 23, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70561.04]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Children of officers and enlisted men learn how to extinguish fires using water and sprays.
 

Secretary of US Navy -- Moffett Field (November 13, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70561.05]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Secretary Francis P. Matthews and Commander F.A. Long review US Marine troops. Admiral Bertram Rodgers and Vice Admiral George D. Murray greet Francis P. Mathews as he arrives. Francis P. Mathews speaks at press conference.
 

Marriage Ceremony (December 01, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70561.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

View of ceremony as George Young marries Betty June in the chapel of the General Hase (ship). Best Man John W. Roth, Matron of Honor Mrs. Henry A. Williams, and Chaplain Herman R. Norwood shown.
 

Visit of Assistant Secretary of US Navy -- Oakland Naval Supply Depot (January 31, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70562.01]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Assistant Secretary John T. Koehler greets Mayor Clifford Rishell of Oakland, Admiral Dan E. Callaghan also shown.
 

Reopening -- San Leandro Naval Hospital (February 12, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70562.02]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Leandro Naval Hospital showing grounds before institution was reopened to house overflow patients from Oak Knoll Naval Hospital.
 

Japanese-American Pilot -- Alameda Air Station (February 24, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70562.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant Commander Robert S. Schreiber pins ensign boards on Joe Akagi, the first American of Japanese ancestry to be commissioned as a pilot.
 

Presentation of Windlass -- Treasure Island (March 20, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70562.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain Rodger Simpson and Pete Rademacher present windlass from ship [mounted in the form of a monument].
 

J.D. Knox (April 05, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70562.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Portrait of J.D. Knox [no other information given].
 

Ensign J.P. O'Neil (April 05, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70562.06]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Portrait of Ensign J.P. O'Neill [no other information given].
 

Ensign R.A. Trethric (April 06, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70562.07]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Portrait of Ensign R.A. Trethric [no other information given].
 

Proclamation -- Naval Reserve Week -- City Hall (April 10, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70562.08]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer Robinson signs proclamation for Naval Reserve Week as Captain Ralph E. Hanson stands alongside.
 

Sailor Locked Inside Bar (April 27, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70562.09]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Officer Joe A. White looks on while Sailor James Smith climbs out of the window of a bar in which he was locked all night. Taken at 628 Ellis Street.
 

Arrest of Naval Officer (April 26, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 94, [70562.10-11]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Warrant Officer Marcus Gordon Oliver gives himself up to authorities [he had stolen $30,000 from Treasure Island and fled], view taken at City Prison. Mary Labachet holds tickets that Marcus Gordon Oliver gave her after losing money at the race track, view taken at Federal Building.
 

Press Conference -- Secretary of the US Navy -- Hotel St. Francis (May 16, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 95, [70563.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Secretary Francis P. Matthews gives press conference.
 

Secretary of US Navy -- Aquatic Park (May 18, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 95, [70563.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral B.J. Rodgers, commandant of the Twelfth Naval District, and Secretary Francis P. Matthews look at model of the San Francisco (ship) and part of the actual bridge from the same ship.
 

Reserve Officers Training -- Treasure Island (July 06, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 95, [70563.03]

Physical Description: 14 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of training for candidates seeking to become officers in the Naval Reserves. Lieutenant J.L. Hilderbrand gives lecture on navigational problems. Lieutenant Commander W.K. Palm instructs students in use of gun. Lieutenant R.W. Carbonaro outlines US Navy policy in an orientation class. Men undergo swimming proficiency test. Servicemen receive uniforms.
 

Retirement -- Commander of Western Sea Frontier (July 19, 1951 - August 01, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 95, [70563.04-06]

Physical Description: 11 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Vice Admiral George Murray, head of the Western Sea Frontier, announces his retirement at press conference on Treasure Island. Dan London, Mrs. J.L. Hall, Jr., Vice Admiral J.L. Hall, Jr., Rear Admiral Arthur H. Dearing [chief medical officer of the Western Sea Frontier], and Mrs E.E. Ewan shown at reception for George Murray, view taken at Treasure Island. Vice Admiral George Murray reads his orders and Vice Admiral Hall reads orders to relieve George Murray at retirement ceremony on the Antietam (ship).
 

Commander of Western Sea Frontier -- Treasure Island (August 16, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 95, [70563.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Vice Admiral John Hall.
 

Award for Legal Services -- Palace Hotel (August 22, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 95, [70563.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rear Admiral Bertram Rodgers presents James C. Sheppard with an award for legal aid rendered to US Navy personnel.
 

US Serviceman -- Peace Treaty -- Treasure Island (September 18, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 95, [70564.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Seaman Charles R. Krueger, shown folding his blue dress uniform, attended diplomatic sessions and dinner parties surrounding peace treaty [for Korean War?].
 

Blood Donation -- Hunters Point Shipyard (September 27, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 95, [70564.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Servicemen awarded the Purple Heart [the crew of ship St. Paul], give blood along with Lawrence Nakamura of Japan and Cecilio Santiago of the Philippines. Mike Slivkoff, Robert Chuck, C.F. Haskins, L.H. Johnson, and others.
 

Former POW Joins US Navy -- Federal Building (November 27, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 95, [70564.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant C.D. Kerns swears former prisoner of war John A. Brussolo into the US Navy as his parents, Mr. and Mrs. V.A. Brussolo, look on [the family spent thirty-seven months in the Santo Tomas Prison Camp during World War Two].
 

US Navy - Nurses (1943/1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [069700-069703]

Physical Description: 25 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Navy nurses involved in recreation activities at Treasure Island, press conferences related to Navy nurses and returnees from the South Pacific and Guam.
 

US Navy - Recruiting (1941/1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [069800-069802]

Physical Description: 38 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Chinese and other volunteers join the Navy.
 

US Navy - Seabees (1943/1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [070000-070003]

Physical Description: 50 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Ships and arrival of the Seabees at San Francisco, views of Pleasanton, Explosives Depot at Pleasanton, etc.
 

US Navy - WAVES (Women's Naval Reserve Corps) (1942/1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 89, [070200-070210]

Physical Description: 188 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Women enlisting in the WAVES, recruitment, swearing in of recruits, etc. Includes WAVES on ships, homecoming, training, and in various cities and locations.
 

San Francisco

 

Bridges - Golden Gate (1940/1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 106, [080000-080003]

Physical Description: 75 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Views of approaches to the Golden Gate Bridge, the Strauss plaque, a Japanese mine found near the bridge, the Board of Directors, jumpers (some attempted suicides, others of stunt man Robert Niles), traffic, the 50 millionth car, etc.
 

Bridges - Miscellaneous (1943/1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 106, [080400-080401]

Physical Description: 13 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Proposed bridge models and views of smaller local bridges being built.
 

Bridges - San Francisco Bay (1941/1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 106, [080200-080206]

Physical Description: 138 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Views of traffic on bridge, buses, women bus drivers, cars at toll gate after (gas) rationing is lifted, the 100 millionth car, jumpers (suicide), views related to the key rail strike and scenic views of the bridge. Includes a copy of an 1871 lithograph of an early proposed Bay Bridge.
 

Buildings - Miscellaneous (1940/1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 106, [080600-080618]

Physical Description: 375 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco buildings including the Opera House, Old Mint, Flood Building, City Hall, Examiner Building, the immigration detention dormitory (conditions therein), the Soviet Consulate (several views), Coit Tower, the Cliff House, Verterans Building, Palace of Fine Arts, banks, churches, etc. Also includes images related to suicide jumpers from certain buildings and robberies at the Bank of America.
 

Cafes (1943/1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 106, [081000-081001]

Physical Description: 75 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Interior views of cafes (most unidentified) with crowds seated. Includes hula dancing, chefs, and images related to a robbery and fire investigation.
 

Ferries (1940/1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 107, [081300-081303]

Physical Description: 12 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Passengers on Bay Area ferries, views of the "Last One" farewell party for the Northwest Pacific, the Southern Pacific ferry "Sacramento," and ridership during the Key Railway strike.
 

Firemen and Fire Department (1941/1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 107, [081500-081517]

Physical Description: 400 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Primarily portraits of firemen, officers, and commissioners. Also includes views of the firehouses, fire trucks, helmets, fire drills, firemen cleaning the firehouse, training, labor issues, awards, firemen's balls, Christmas decoration contests, funerals, etc.
 

Garages (1941/1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 107, [082000-082002]

Physical Description: 75 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Views of Marshall Square garage and the Union Street garage (primarily construction).
 

Housing (1940/1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 107-108, [082100-082123]

Physical Description: 425 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Housing projects including Sunnydale, Holly Park, Valencia Garden, Potrero, etc. Includes views of Japantown and Hunters Point, wartime rentals, "flop" house closings, housing disputes, meetings, hearings, evictions, etc. Mostly related to human interest stories.
 

Miscellaneous (1940/1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111-120, [084444-084560]

Physical Description: 2954 negatives (estimate)

Scope and Content Note

Local government including commissioners being sworn in, supervisors, city officials, local elections, health department, the "miracle cell" at the City Prison, women Muni crews, cable cars and related festivities, Centennial Parade and associated events, civil defense drills, police, San Francisco cityscapes, clocks and monuments, and views of Alcatraz. Also includes pictures of Chinatown, Japanese Tea Garden, downtown bus station, and other local businesses and attractions. Large section on the 1946 Alcatraz penitentiary break, inquest, and trial, including views of prison guards, guard's funeral, convicts, prisoner's bodies, courtroom scenes, etc.
 

Fisherman's Wharf 1943-00-00? BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84444.01]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of fishing boats (ships) and workers at dock.
 

Chinatown and Seal Rocks 1943-00-00? BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84444.02]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of Seal Rocks, customers and architecture in Chinatown, people wading at the beach, and a shipwreck (near Seal Rocks and the Cliff House?).
 

Horeseback Riding -- Skyline and Olympic Club 1943-00-00? BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84444.03]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of couple horseback riding, with shots of land near the Skyline and Olympic Club [taken for a vacation story layout]. [Dunes, open space, and coastline prior to major development. One view overlooking future Sunset District coastline?]
 

Coit Tower 1943-00-00? BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84444.04]

Physical Description: 13 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Coit Tower and Telegraph Hill (neighborhood) from different vantage points [several of these negatives have deteriorated, with some images beyond recognition: 3/98].
 

Mayor's Seal of Office -- San Francisco (November 02, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84444.05-06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copy of the Mayor of San Francisco's Seal of Office.
 

Flower Market -- Fifth Street and Howard Street (January 10, 1940 - January 10, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84445.01-04]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

P. Epidendio sells acacia to K. Dagemjian. Manager George Perata and Director Joe Stagnaro check thermometer. Former boxer Henry Daneri arranges flower stocks. Crowd lines up and comes through [for purchases?].
 

Garbage Dumping -- Department of Public Health (December 06, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84445.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Sign made by the Department of Public Health warning that violators will be prosecuted for dumping garbage and refuse.
 

Maps of San Francisco (December 25, 1940 - February 02, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84445.06-08]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Map of downtown and financial district. Map of Presidio and Fort Winfield Scott. Map of the San Francisco Bay region, including East Bay.
 

City Supervisors Appointed -- City Hall (December 18, 1943 - December 19, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84445.09-10]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Herman Van Der Zee swears James Joseph Gartland into the position of Supervisor. James Joseph Gartland poses with Barbara Gartland, Jane Genevieve Gartland, Vincent Gartland, Jim Gartland, and Patricia Gartland after appointment by Mayor Rossi.
 

Transportation -- Bus and Trolley (December 25, 1943 - April 30, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84445.11-12]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of child with teddy bear and crowds gathered at the Pacific Greyhound San Francisco Depot. Crews put trolley polls back in place to suspend electircal trolley wires on Third and Fourth Streets.
 

Milk for Hospitals Meeting -- Civic Center Health Building (December 28, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84445.13]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Doctor Anthony J.J. Rourke of Stanford, William Olney, Doctor J.C. Geiger, C.H. Stone of Golden State Milk, Doctor W. Palmer of San Francisco Nutrition [Center?]... gather for meeting.
 

City Planning Commission (April 28, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84445.14-17]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Douglas D. Stone poses for portrait at the City Planning office. Director of Planning L. Deming Tilton speaks at the Saint Francis Hotel, at the Palace Hotel for the Safety Council, and at the Commercial Club.
 

New Research Building -- Mount Zion Hospital (January 22, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84446.01]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Al Gallardo and Peggy Hooper work on "Hamilton" blood pressure apparatus. Helen Louise Newman works with Lyophilizera machine. Frances Yeazell, Doctor William Picard, and Doctor Arthur Selzer work in chemistry lab.
 

City Registrar Retires -- City Hall (January 31, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84446.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New Registrar Cameron H. King shakes hands with retiring Registrar Major Charles J. Collin.
 

Flower Stands -- Grant Avenue (February 08, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84446.03]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Doris Hillers and Nell Garretson pictured with Hmayak Egian, John Azzaro, George Deigian, and Milton Graves while shopping for flowers.
 

Swearing In -- New Commissioners -- City Hall (February 10, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84446.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Angelo Rossi meets with Planning Commissioner Clarence King, Police Commissioner William Webber, and Park Commissioner George Sande. Herman Van Der Zee swears in George Sande and Clarence King as new commissioners.
 

Transportation -- City Trolley -- Post Street (April 13, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84446.05-06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers dig out trolley tracks and lift them by crane on Post Street between Montgomery and Third Streets.
 

Great Highway Closure (June 03, 1940 - June 05, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84447.01-02]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of barriers to cars at Sloat Boulevard [what photographer calls "bicycle paradise" since banning of cars], with bicyclists riding on Great Western Highway. Views of highway and beach from Santiago looking South, from Lincoln Highway, and from Shorty Roberts looking South. Sign "Autos Prohibited."
 

Illegal Garbage Dumping (June 13, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84447.03]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Illegal dumping sites created by "night bombers," shown at spots all around San Francisco, including: intersection of Alameny and San Bruno, Taraval and Thirty-fourth Avenue, Forty-first Avenue south of Taraval, and intersection of Ulloa and Forty-first Avenue.
 

Views of San Francisco (June 26, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84447.04]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chinatown (neighborhood) as viewed from Sacramento and Grant Streets. Patrons inside Gallery Fourteen at the Legion of Honor. Pictures of the African exhibit and the Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park. View of San Francisco (cityscapes) from Coit Tower. Sun bathers on the beach (Ocean Beach?).
 

Girls at the Amusement Zone -- San Francisco Beach (January 27, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84447.05]

Physical Description: 14 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Emily Westwater and June Goggin of Lincoln High School shown being interviewed by Officer Mike Desmond of Ingleside Station after losing their money, riding the roller coaster, relaxing with sugar floss cones [cotton candy], riding the merry-go-round, using the joy wheel, slide, revolving drum, and mirrors in the fun house, and pitching baseballs. [Playland at the Beach at Ocean Beach?]
 

Views of San Francisco -- Tourism (June 27, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84448.01-03]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of points around city [taken for "spend your vacation in San Francisco" editorial], including: Chinatown (neighborhood) from Clay Street and Grant Street, and again from California Street; views from Coit Tower (cityscapes); exhibit at Gallery Fourteen at the Palace of the Legion of Honor; sun bathers on Ocean Beach as seen from Cliff House; the Japanese Tea Garden and African Building at Golden Gate Park.
 

Transportation -- Municipal Bus System -- Howard Street Line (July 01, 1940 - July 02, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84448.04-05]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

William Dwyer cleans bus to be used on the new Howard Street line. Mrs. M. Rogers, Mrs. H. Stanford, A. Ruthman, Joe Vaughan, and Anthony Mendes board bus at Army Street and South Van Ness Avenue, end of the Howard Street Line. Patrons speak with driver J. Stegeman.
 

Flag of San Francisco (May 12, 1940 - October 14, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84449.01-02]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

City flag on mast at City Hall and the mayor's office.
 

Saint Rose Church -- Demolition -- Fourth Street and Harrison Street (July 15, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84449.03]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Saint Rose Church shown before and after demolition, from the exterior and interior.
 

Construction of the State Belt Railroad (August 19, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84449.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers lay track at Union and Embarcadero Streets, and at Vallejo and Embarcadero Streets.
 

Guglielmo Marconi Memorial Monument (September 07, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84449.05]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Doctor J.C. Geiger, Marilyn De Forest, Doctor L. De Forest and his wife, P.G.B. Morriss, and R.R. Stoddard lay wreath at memorial for Guglielmo Marconi.
 

Seal Rocks and Cliff House (October 01, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84449.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Shot of Seal Rocks at low tide, with Cliff House visible at right.
 

Women Form Human Barrier -- Funston Street (April 17, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84450.01]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Jean and Lenore Anderson, Marie Weltin, Mimi Lebo and Barbara Schwartz form a human barrier impeding the progress of Doctor A.A. Berger [at the opening of the state highway?].
 

Transportation -- Mill Valley Commuters (October 01, 1940 - August 27, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84450.02-03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commuters from Mill Valley depart bus at the Greyhound Depot at Sacramento and Sansome Streets.
 

National Youth Administration (December 11, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84450.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Taken at 1360 Mission Street. Boys work in carpenter shop. Girls work in sewing room. Girl spray paints a doll [photographer not allowed to give names with these pictures].
 

Old Windmill Tank House (December 11, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84450.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Taken at 1632 Lawton Street. View of windmill atop the tank house taken from the Silverio Rivero yard and of tank house behind residential home [there was a suit to have the windmill removed at this time].
 

Opening of Hahnemann Hospital (February 25, 1941 - March 05, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84450.06-07]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Nurses Betty Rogers and Mary Brower work in sterilizing room. Nurse Harriet Marcotte attends to patient Patricia Tedrow. Dietitian La Verna Steadman lines up first meal in the food room [photographs taken as advance publicity for hospital's opening]. Lillian Ivankovich with her baby Barbara Ann, the first baby to be born in Hahnemann Hospital.
 

San Francisco Planning Commission -- City Hall (March 28, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84450.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Clarence H. King, Mark Jorgensen, Mrs. Albert W. Stokes, and William Wallace Chapin work with neighborhood map.
 

San Francisco Town Meeting -- Palace Hotel (April 02, 1941 - April 03, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84450.09-13]

Physical Description: 16 negatives

Scope and Content Note

General view of the meeting's participants. Meeting leaders Marshall Dill, Alexander Watchman of the building trades, City Recreation Director Josephine Randall, and Will Merryman sit and talk. Long shot of speaker's table, with City of San Francisco flag behind. Will Merryman speaks with Mayor Rossi and Walter Haas. View of panelists at different sessions of the town meeting, including: Harold Boyd and Charles Pafe Junior at "Payment for City Government;" J.C. Beswick of the State Bureau of Education speaking on "National Defense," with Dan London and Russel G. Smith at table; C.P. Tanner of the Chamber of Commerce and Adrien Falk of S & W Packing discussing "Selling to [the] Western Empire;" Doctor Henry Grady and speaker Thomas Cuffe of A.P.L. Line in forum on "Selling to [the] Americas." President J. Francis Ward of the San Francisco Federation of the Arts, Mark Jourgenson, A.D. Wilder, Harold K. Crane, President William Wallace Chapin of the San Francisco Planning Commission, and meeting Chairman Charles Page discuss city's master plan.
 

Eureka Valley Festival Queen (September 17, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 111, [84450.14]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

President Richard B. Leary of the Eureka Valley Citizens' Association preens Eureka Valley Queen Lorraine DeBaca.
 

Aerial View of San Francisco (February 24, 1940) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84451.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

San Francisco (cityscape) and Golden Gate Bridge as seen from an airplane.
 

Transportation -- Trolley, Subway, and Municipal Buses (March 18, 1941 - April 14, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84451.02-04]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workmen take up track on Howard Street at Fourth Street crossing. Map shows proposed route of "underground railway" from terminal to Powell Street; taken at City Attorney's office. New Municipal trolley bus sits on flat car after arriving from Saint Louis; taken at Sixteenth and Harrison Streets.
 

Langley Porter Clinic -- UC San Francisco (April 05, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84451.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Doctor Langley Porter, Governor Culbert Olson, and Doctor Robert Sproul lay the cornerstone for the Langley Porter Clinic at UC San Francisco.
 

Alcatraz Island -- Views of Prison (April 17, 1941 - September 13, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84451.06-07]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of cell block and prison yard. View of buildings erected since the end of World War Two, as seen from a Navy tugboat in San Francisco Bay.
 

Alcatraz Island -- Prison Riot (May 03, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84451.08-10]

Physical Description: 25 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Shots of prison complex taken from the Bay during siege. Airview of Marines guarding during the riot, with caption "The Marines on Alcatraz!" Views of Alcatraz from several aerial vantage points.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Marine General Hospital (May 03, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84451.11-15]

Physical Description: 19 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Wounded guard lies on gurney. Children of Alcatraz guards swim at YMCA while "battle still goes on." Mrs. Cecil D. Corwin, Mrs. Harry Cochrane, and Mrs. Joseph Burdett, wives of guards, read paper inside hospital. Dale Mourry, Sue McKean, and Shirley Kelly, children of guards, look from windows of station wagon. Mrs. Fred Richberger sits with her son Cecil. Shot of wounded men in hospital hallway. Unidentified doctors attend to Alcatraz guards Captain Henry H. Weinhold, Lieutenant Joseph Simpson, and Cecil D. Corwin. Guard Robert R. Baker shown with Mrs. Baker. Mildred Wright also shown. Mrs. H.W. Weinhold speaks with Carolyn [Weinhold?]. Coroners remove the body of guard William A. Miller from the hospital. Guard Robert Sutter speaks with Charles Rebholtz. Coast Guard doctors John Haines, Albert Myatt, Richard Trainor, and Kemp Dowdy stand together outside hospital.
 

Alcatraz Island -- Prison Riot (May 03, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84451.16-19]

Physical Description: 24 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Long views of Alcatraz Island taken from boat, with pictures of reporters on the pier and the silhouettes of officers holding rifles on the boat. Officers fire guns and grenades through prison windows. Crowd at the Marina looks off towards Alcatraz. Major Albert Arsenault talks to the press at 100 Harrison Street. Photographs of prison exterior show damage to prison bars and walls caused by the shooting.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Convicts (May 25, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84451.20]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Accused riot conspirators Clarence Carnes, Sam Shockley, and Myron Thompson leave paddy wagon and enter Post Office Building [for federal court session?].
 

Old San Francisco Scenes from 1849 and 1869 -- John Howell Book Store 1941-05-27? BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.01]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Illustrations of San Francisco and Bay from 1849 and 1868 [photographs of prints displayed at book store] and one copy of a photograph showing horse drawn carriages and streetcars [no date given].
 

Grace Cathedral -- New Stained Glass Window (June 14, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Canon George B. Wright stands at the alter of the Grace Cathedral, in front of the Mrs. Emily Cooke Gresham Memorial Window.
 

Hahnemann Hospital (June 26, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

View of Hahnemann Hospital's outer wall from California Street. Picture of unidentified nurse making empty bed.
 

William C. Ralston Memorial -- Marina (September 04, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers dig around new monument, erected by San Francisco with gift from Major Edward Bowes. Inscription on memorial reads, "William Chapman Ralston, 1826-1875: He Blazed The Path For San Francisco's Onward March To Achievement And Renown."
 

Relics of the Miracle Cell -- City Prison (April 13, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Officer Ted Wood and Sergeant Walter Thompson hold crutches collected from the "miracle cell."
 

Transportation -- Streetcars -- Female Crews (October 02, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New Municipal Railway "Conductorette" Ellen Petersen shown making change and with model streetcar at City Hall.
 

Chinatown Festival (October 09, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.07]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Children dressed in festival costumes. Patricia Sui and Sylvia Dunn put their hands on the shoulders of Thomas Chu, shown drawing sword. Carol Ann Loo, Bobbie Soo Hoo, and Dorothy Lim pose for group photo.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- "One Man Army on Alcatraz" (May 04, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.08]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Warrant Officer Chester A. Buckner [described by the photographer as a "one man army on Alcatraz"] reads newspaper story about riot with wife Wilma Buckner, in San Bruno.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- San Francisco Airport (May 04, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.09]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Prison Director James V. Bennett shown departing United flight as he arrives to help at Alcatraz. Talks with reporters and shakes hands with former Alcatraz assistant warden, Sergeant Shuttleworth.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- San Quentin Guards Leave Island -- Army Pier (May 04, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.10]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Guards from California State Prison of San Quentin leave boat after returning from Alcatraz Island.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Bodies of Rioters -- Army Pier (May 04, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.11]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Men remove the bodies of prison convicts Edward H. Coy, M.F. Hubbard, and J.P. Cretzer from boat at Army Pier and place them on an ambulance.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Wives of Guards -- Prison Dock at Foot of Van Ness Avenue (May 04, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.12]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ernest B. Lageson comes down stairs at prison dock. Merle Kelley, Mildred Wright, Minnie Johnson, and Eunice Lageson read the paper.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Marines That Guarded Prisoners -- T.I. Mess Hall and Barracks (May 04, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.13]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Corporal Robert J. Locatelli talks on phone. Private First Class Alcy L. Smith, Private First Class George J. Meyers, and Private First Class Vernon Weber gather around table.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Relative of Dead Guard -- Van Ness Avenue (May 06, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.14]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Martha Misorich, sister-in-law of deceased Alcatraz guard, descends stairway.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Convict at Mortuary (May 07, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.15]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Taken at 41 Van Ness Avenue. W.C. Merritt and Warren J. Ringer pull the body of convict Hubbard Ringer out of hearse, with William C. Ringer, father of the deceased, standing on the left.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Funeral of Prison Guard -- Golden Gate National Cemetery (May 07, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.16-17]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Bessie Stites, wife of slain guard Harold P. Stites, walks with sons, Robert, James, and Herbert Stites, and with daughter Thelma Olson. James B. Bennett and Warden James A. Johnston ascend stairway. Color guard with flag stands over the grave while firing squad fires salute. Chaplain Lieutenant Rodney Shaw reads service, with family seated on bench at left and cemetery in background.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Funeral of Prison Guard -- Halstead Funeral Parlor (June 12, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.18]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

The wife of slain guard William A. Miller and her children, Joan Marie Miller and William Miller, kneel before his open casket.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Convicts Arrive For Court Hearing -- Prison Dock at Foot of Van Ness Avenue (June 25, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84452.19]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Prisoners Myron Thompson, Sam Shockley, and Clarence Carnes are chained together and led off of boat by unidentified guard.
 

Chief Administrator Sworn In -- City Hall (February 20, 1941 - February 25, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.01-03]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

City Purchaser of Supplies Thomas A. Brooks shown at work during his candidacy for the chief administrator's job. Shown with wife receiving telegrams of congratulations after he receives position, and drinking morning coffee. Mrs. Brooks sits alone at piano. New Purchaser of Supplies Horace Kephart and New Chief Adminstrative Officer Thomas Brooks at swearing in of new officials.
 

New Police Captain (February 24, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New Police Captain John J. Wade pictured at home with Mrs. John J. Wade. Taken at 200 Juanita Way.
 

New Administrative Assistant -- Mayor's Office, City Hall (March 13, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Angelo Rossi sits with new Administrative Assistant David Lewis, with Mayor pointing to March fifteenth circled on the calender [a date representative of some significance in connection with the budget].
 

City Planning Commission (October 20, 1941 - October 23, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.06-07]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

City Planning Consultant Ernest P. Goodrich converses with fellow City Planning Commission member George W. Melville, and again with planner Mark Jorgensen. Ernest P. Goodrich, Mayor Angelo J. Rossi, and President Arthur R. Fennimore of the Downtown Association sit together at luncheon for new city planner; taken at the Commercial Club.
 

Sherrif's Air Posse -- City Hall (November 14, 1941) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Sherriff Dan Murphy pins badges on Major George Richards and Captain Larry Hall; swears in John Kane, Marvin O. Franklin, Richard H. Rees Junior, Robert Frankoz, Fred Vivaldi... as members of the Sheriff's Air Posse.
 

Thirtieth Anniversary of Municipal Car Line -- Geary Car Barns (December 28, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.09]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Motorman John Phelan and Conductor Mark C. Morehart pose with Municipal Railway streetcar.
 

City Finance Committee -- City Hall (May 05, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.10]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Finance Committee members Adolph Uhl, Chester McPhee, and Dewey Mead pose for group photo.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Convicts Implicated (May 09, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.11]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copy negatives of Sam Shockley, Miran Edgar Thompson, Joseph Paul Cretzer, Clarence Carnes, Bernard Paul Coy, and Marvin Franklin Hubbard, convicts implicated in the Alcatraz prison riot.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Coroner's Inquest (May 10, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.12-16]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Warden James A. Johnston, US District Attorney Frank Hennessy, and Assistant Warden Edward J. Miller talk just before coroner's inquest into the Alcatraz Prison Riot begins. Assistant Warden Edward J. Miller and Assistant Warden Edward J. Miller shown sitting [in courtroom?]. Doctor T.O. Carver of the Marine Hospital, Lieutenant Fl. Johnston, and Doctor L.G. Rovcek, a prison medical officer, speak before coroner's inquest. Coroner John J. Kingston talks with Warden James A. Johnston and Assistant Warden Edward J. Miller before inquest begins. D.I. Etue, Mrs. Stites, James Stites, and Robert Stites, the family of Harold P. Stites [one of two guards slain during the Alcatraz riot], shown sitting in courtroom during the coroner's inquest.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Coroner's Inquest (May 10, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.17]

Physical Description: 0 negative

Scope and Content Note

Alcatraz Gun Guard Bert A. Burch and Guard E.B. Lageson, key witnesses during coroner's inquest, talk with Associate Warden E.J. Miller before hearing opens.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Convicts On Trial (November 21, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.18]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Prisoners Sam Shockley and Miran Thompson shown being led down corridor by Marshall George Vice, and sitting in courtroom.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot Trial -- Family of Convict -- Federal Court (November 22, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.19]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Reporter John Keyes talks with prisoner Sam Shockley's brother Pat Shockley, his sister-in-law Maggie Jeans, sister-in-law Mae Ballard, sister Anna Lea Wyatt, and Wesley Wyatt in corridor outside federal courtroom.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot Trial -- Character Witnesses -- Federal Court (November 26, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.20]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Senior Office Administrator Bert A. Burch and Record Clerk C.W. Sundstrom of Alcatraz shown sitting [before or after acting as character witnesses] during the Alcatraz trial.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot Trial -- Guards as Witnesses -- Federal Court (November 27, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.21]

Physical Description: 0 negative

Scope and Content Note

Guards Cecil D. Corwin, Joe Burdett, and Robert Bristow act as witnesses during the Alcatraz riot trial.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot Trial -- Convicts as Witnesses -- Federal Court at Post Office Building (December 12, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.22-23]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Guards Ed Stucker and R.D. Clark lead manacled prisoners Ray Stevenson and Edgar Cook down corridor. Prisoners Gerald Peabody and Percy Jack Geary put hands up to block faces from camera as guards lead them separately down corridor. Prisoner Jerry Miles also escorted into court.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot Trial -- Convicts as Witnesses -- Federal Court at Post Office Building (December 13, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.24]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Guard R.D. Clark removes handcuffs from prisoner W.L. Baker before entering courtroom. US Marshall George Vice leads prisoner Thomas H. Robinson Jr. down corridor.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot Trial -- Convicts as Witnesses -- Federal Court at Post Office Building (December 14, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.25]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Prisoner Edgar Cook leaves court in handcuffs with Guard Ed Stucker. Guard R.D. Clark walks down corridor with convict George Hollingsworth.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot Trial -- Convicts as Witnesses -- Federal Court at Post Office Building (December 16, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.26-32]

Physical Description: 13 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Guard R.D. Clark removes handcuffs from convict T.J. Audett. Guards lead convict George Ward down corridor. Prisoner Henri Young covers face with hand as guards lead him down the hall to courtroom. Prisoner Howard Butler [Afro-American] exits courtroom. Convicts Kenneth G. Palmer, George Dillon, William H. Dunne, and Billy Bledsoe arrive at the Post Office Building chained together, with a guard on each end. Guards R.D. Clark escorts convicts Thomas H. Robinson, Ernest Lopez... down corridor to courtroom; removes handcuffs from convict George Dillon; shown with Guard Ed Stucker. Prisoner Louis Fleish bows head as guards lead him through hallway.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Convicts on Trial (December 17, 1946 - December 27, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.33-35]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Convicts Miran Thompson, Sam Shockley, and Clarence Carnes [on trial for murdering guard during riot], walk chained together and led by guard. Guards escort Clarence Carnes and Miran Thompson at the Federal Building. Miran Thompson and Sam Shockley leave County Jail Number One aboard prison van bound for San Quentin Prison.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot Trial -- Convicts to be Executed (June 29, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.36]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Miran E. Thompson and Sam Richard Shockley, prisoners convicted of killing guards during the Alcatraz riot, stand with Prison Guard Warren Cain after being sentenced to death for their crime.
 

Alcatraz Prison Riot -- Convicts on Trial -- Federal Court at Post Office Building (August 24, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84453.37]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Deputy Marshall Joe Kennedy escorts convict Miran Thompson and Deputy Marshall Warren Cain and Police Inspector Irwin Findley escort convict Sam Shockley into courtroom for trial concerning murder of Alcatraz prison guard.
 

City Supervisors Sworn In -- City Hall (January 08, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New supervisors Gerald J. O'Gara, Robert Miller Green, Dan Gallagher, and Chester MacPhee raise their right hands for swearing in.
 

Metropolitan Housing Project -- Dust From Construction (April 15, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Resident at 1030 Randolph Street shows dust on window blinds from the Metropolitan Housing Project's construction.
 

Transportation -- San Francisco Municipal Railway -- Market Street Railway Purchase (May 13, 1942 - September 04, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.03-05]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Harry B. Lake and Samuel Kahn attend meeting concerning Municipal Railway Authority bond measure [for purchase of the Market Street Railway]; taken at 58 Sutter Street. Samuel Kahn, Mayor Angelo Rossi, Harry B. Lake, and E.G. Cahill discuss purchase of the Market Street Railway at City Hall. Supervisor Chester MacPhee addresses participants during meeting on railway purchase; taken in the Mayor's Office at City Hall.
 

Transportation -- San Francisco Municipal Railway -- Female Crews (May 14, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.06]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. E.A. Ringland and Genevieve Langford fill out applications, becoming the first women to apply for positions on streetcar crews; taken at the Civil Service Community Offices at City Hall.
 

City Supervisors -- City Hall (May 12, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.07]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Supervisors Chester McPhee, Gerald O'Gara, Robert Miller Green, and Dewey Mead shown gathered around desk with coats off, drinking coffee during all night meeting. Picture of Chester McPhee arguing a point during full meeting.
 

Great Highway (June 19, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures showing piles of sand in the middle of the Great Highway, near Playland at the Beach.
 

Lombard Street (June 19, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of Lombard Street (neighborhood) from Fillmore Street and Steiner Street, showing torn up condition of road.
 

Views of San Francisco at Night (August 19, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.10-11]

Physical Description: 17 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of San Francisco neighborhoods at night during wartime dim out; taken from Powell Street and Eddy Street, Market Street out from Fifth Street, Market Street down from Jones Street, Chinatown at Grant Avenue up from Sacramento, Market Street out from Seventh Street, Market Street and Golden Gate Avenue, Market Street down from Fifth Street, and Market Street down from Seventh Street. Photographs taken from the same spots the next night, with less light visible in Market Street down from Jones Street, at Powell Street and Eddy Street, and at Market Street and Golden Gate Avenue [photographer took one additional shot the second night, at Powell Street up from Market Street].
 

Voting Machine -- Registrar's Office at City Hall (October 28, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.12]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photo of new voting machine, with directions for voting posted on the machine at upper right and left.
 

Yokahama Specie Bank (November 12, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.13]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

View of the Yokahama Specie Bank's exterior at 415 Sansome Street.
 

New Women's Jail (March 18, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.14-15]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Clarence W. Morris stands in new examination room with Doctor Avis Eaton and Nurse Mabel Baender. Chief Charles Dullea, Police Commissioner Walter McGovern, W.G. Walkup, and William Wobber look at new women's cells; taken at the Health Center Building. Doctor J.C. Geiger shakes hands with Judge Clarence W. Morris at the dedication ceremony for the new jail, with Assistant D.A. Edith Wilson also present.
 

City Supervisors -- In Session --City Hall (April 05, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.16]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

"Protesting citizen" Dr. Jack Warner addresses supervisors. Alfred Roncovieri and Supervisor Dan Gallagher speak. Supervisor Warren [no first name given], Supervisor Chester MacPhee, Supervisor James Joseph Gartland, Fred Meyer, Supervisor Robert Miller Green... also shown.
 

City Supervisors -- Budget Committee -- City Hall (April 12, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.17]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Adolph Uhl, Chester R. MacPhee, Dewey Mead, Vincent Ryan, Dave Lewis, and Sam Holton meet to discuss the budget.
 

City Supervisors -- Chamber -- City Hall (April 26, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.18]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Crowd occupies chamber seating [during supervisors' meeting?].
 

Alcatraz Prison Escape (April 12, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.19]

Physical Description: 19 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Boats search for escaped prisoners in waters around Alcatraz Island.
 

City Supervisors -- New Supervisor Elected (November 07, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84454.20]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Supervisor Dan Gallagher receives congratulatory phone call after re-election by voters; taken at 172 Beale Street.
 

Transportation -- Cable Car -- Hyde Street (May 14, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84455.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

View of Hyde Street cable car going uphill, with Fisherman's Wharf and the Bay in the background (San Francisco cityscapes); taken at Hyde Street and Chestnut Avenue [for a vacation story layout].
 

Iron Light Towers -- Fillmore Street (June 03, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84455.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Men deconstructing old iron light towers on Fillmore Street (neighborhood); taken from McAllister Street and Fillmore Street looking north.
 

Transportation -- San Francisco Municipal Railway -- Employees Get Raise (August 10, 1943 - August 17, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84455.03-04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Female streetcar conductors Gladys Pierce, Catherine Netzel, and Millie Thomas shown giving change on the occasion of a raise in their pay. Employees read billboard announcing a pay raise at the Geary Car Barn, on 2600 Geary Street.
 

Old Folk's Orchestra -- Laguna Honda Relief Home (August 13, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84455.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Norman Winfield Mohr plays piano and helps John Wobbe tune his violin's A string [as they prepare for performance of the Old Folk's [senior citizens] Orchestra] at the Laguna Honda Relief Home.
 

Views of San Francisco at Night (November 01, 1943) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84455.06]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of San Francisco with lights on at night (neighborhoods and cityscapes), with view of Powell Street from Eddy Street, Market Street, and other scenes [no captions given; lights on during wartime].
 

Transportation -- Market Street Railway Purchase (May 17, 1944 - July 27, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84456.01-02]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger Lapham shakes the hands of Chamber of Commerce members, a band performs in parade during a celebration of the Market Street Railway purchase; taken outside City Hall. James J. Adams, William H. McCarthy, Albert A. Ehrman, Cyril Appel... discuss Market Street Railway at 58 Sutter Street.
 

City Traffic -- Pedestrians Jay Walking (January 13, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84456.03]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of pedestrians jay walking against the traffic signal and between streetcars, and dodging automobiles.
 

Transportation -- Streetcar Tie Up -- Market Street (July 29, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84456.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

View of streetcar tie up taken from upper story of building on Market Street.
 

City Traffic 1944-00-00? BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 112, [84456.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

View of traffic [possibly on Market Street? No information given].
 

City Traffic Violators (January 04, 1944 - January 11, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84457.01-04]

Physical Description: 17 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs taken at Fell and Gough Streets of a car beating the traffic signal, motorists making turns without signalling, trucks double parked, and a car stopped in pedestrian crossway. Car turning without a signal at Ellis and Leavenworth Streets. Streetcars beating the traffic signal [on Market Street?]. Truck parked horizontally with nose in traffic [no street specified]. Cars double parked on Clay Street between Polk and Van Ness Streets (San Francisco Neighborhood), and a truck blocking a streetcar's progress on Clay Street between Steiner and Pierce Streets. Car running a "stop" signal at the intersection of Twentieth Street and Third [Street?]. Photo of nightime's darkness over the overpass. Trucks and cars double parked on Eddy Street between Taylor and Jones Streets, and again on Turk Street between Taylor and Mason Streets. Car running the stop signal at Bush and Hyde Streets.
 

City Traffic (July 01, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84457.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of crowded traffic on Bush Street looking west from Larkin Street, and on Montgomery Street looking north from Market Street.
 

District Attorney's Assistant (January 06, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84457.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mary Judge Smith, new aid to the new district attorney.
 

Mayor (January 06, 1944 - January 08, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84458.01-02]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham at work in the Matson Building and at City Hall.
 

City Supervisors (January 08, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84458.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Supervisor Dan Gallagher speaks while Mrs. Roger Lapham sits in the background [photo taken in connection with story concerning the supervisors' chairman].
 

Elections -- Thomas Rolph -- Clift Hotel (May 17, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84458.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Thomas Rolph poses with Mrs. Thomas after his election to the United States Congress.
 

Elections -- Voting (May 16, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84458.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Franck Havenner draws the voting booth curtains closed before casting his vote at a North Point and Hyde Street polling station.
 

Elections -- Congressman Tom Rolph -- Plaza Hotel (August 21, 1942) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84459.01]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Congressman Tom Rolph prepares to vote. Pictured with his daughter and Mrs. John Robert Metcalf.
 

Elections -- Congressman Tom Rolph (May 16, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84459.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Congressman Tom Rolph draws curtain closed around voting booth prior to casting vote in election; taken at 117 Twenty-seventh Avenue.
 

Elections -- Congressman Tom Rolph (November 02, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84459.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Congressman Tom Rolph votes, with Mrs. Tom Rolph pictured at his side.
 

Transportation -- Parade for Market Street Railway Purchase (May 13, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84459.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Scenes of a parade march in honor of the Market Street Railway purchase, with photo of Mayor Roger D. Lapham driving a horse cart.
 

Congressman Tom Rolph 1943-00-00? BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84459.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Photo of Congressman Tom Rolph taken at the Palace Hotel, where he spoke during the Milk Convention.
 

Courts -- New Special Prosecutor -- Hall of Justice (January 12, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84459.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Judge Edward Murphy swears in Andrew J. Eyman as special prosecutor for courtroom.
 

Art Commissioner Beniamino Bufano (March 06, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84459.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New Art Commissioner Beniamino Bufano sits at desk in office.
 

Mayor -- Unique Calendar (March 09, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84459.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger Lapham shows calender that counts off "Days Gone" at sixty-nine and "Days To Go" at thirteen hundred and ninety-nine [days to go in his term of office?].
 

Transportation -- New Trolley Coupons (March 01, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84460.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Ann Collins holds up a new trolley coupon for conductor Paul Nathan.
 

Crab Prices Drop -- Fisherman's Wharf (March 01, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84460.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

N. Alioto holds up two crabs under a sign that advertises fresh crabs for thirty-five cents and up.
 

Fisherman's Wharf Fiesta (July 10, 1946 - July 27, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84460.03-08]

Physical Description: 19 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Contestants Hedy Spurgeon, Jackque Hall, Diane Sante, Pat Knudsen, Rosemary Millin... pose for photos promoting the Fisherman's Wharf Fiesta Queen Competition. Contestants for the Queen competition Eunice McDowell, Catherine Fox, and Doris Dayhoff pose on sailboat, and wave from cable car with Alberta Foutch and Linda Costello. Queen contestants Doris Dayhoff, Pat Knudson, and Lou Perkins decorate top of fishing net. Greased pole contest winner Mario Balestreri attempts to grab flag at end of pole. Sailors watch Fiesta Queen Hedy Spurgeon parade on stage. Los Angeles Harbor Queen Edna Martinick crowns Fiesta Harbor Queen. Photographs of people dancing. Fisherman Darius Lozovina shows fiesta visitor Velma Rodosevish how to sew a sardine net onto cork floats ["one of many colorful everyday activities of Fisherman's Wharf that enlivened the fiesta"]. Fisherman Joe Lavin rows Miss Los Angeles Harbor Edna Martinick into Fisherman's Wharf at the opening of the fiesta, where strolling Hungarian peasant Singer Louis Klein greets her.
 

Elections -- Voting (May 16, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84460.09-11]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Isadore L. Harris uses voting machine at the Whitcomb Hotel. Election candidate Judge Herbert C. Kaufman crosses his fingers while voting at Entrado Court. Alfred J. Fritz draws closed drapes around voting machine before voting at Precinct fifty-two, Number twenty-one, on Union Street between Baker and Lyon Streets.
 

District Attorney Edmund G. Brown -- City Hall (January 18, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84461.01-02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Daniel R. Shoemaker swears Edmund G. Brown in as district attorney. District Attorney Edmund G. Brown speaks, with Mayor Roger Lapham seated nearby.
 

San Francisco World Trade Center (February 07, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84461.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of a drawing of the proposed San Francisco World Trade Center. Taken at 57 Post Street.
 

Produce Market -- Commission House District (May 10, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84461.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copy negatives of the Commission House District (neighborhood) produce market.
 

New Welfare Commission -- Mayor's Office (January 24, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84462.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Ruth Turner, Mildred Prince, John B. Ryan, George Wilson, and Charles De Young Elkus gather for group photo of the new Welfare Commission.
 

Art Commissioner Beniamino Bufano -- City Hall (March 04, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84462.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Recorder Tom Toomey swears in Beniamino Bufano as San Francisco Art Commissioner, with Mayor Roger D. Lapham standing by.
 

Traffic -- Jay Walkers (April 25, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84462.03-04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ethel Flanagan jay walks across street at Fourth and Market Streets, then receives citation from Police Officer Harold F. Winkler. Shore Patrollman I.B. Ireland stops Sailor First Class H.P. O'Bryan as he prepares to jay walk across Market Street. Police Officer John Gehring talks with Mrs. Dewey about jay walking.
 

Swearing In -- City Commissioners [negatives missing] (January 17, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84462.05]

Physical Description: 0 negative

Scope and Content Note

City Clerk H. Van Der Zee swears in James Sullivan, Marshall Dill, Charles Page, John Fixa, and Daniel Del Carlo as city commissioners [negatives listed as missing since November 1944].
 

Public Address -- Mayor Roger D. Lapham (May 03, 1944 - May 05, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84463.01-02]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham speaks to crowd in City Hall Square. Stands with two elephants. Addresses people in the Union Square Transit Station.
 

Parade -- Pine and Market Streets (May 13, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84463.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham drives a streetcar, the Palomino Club rides parade route on horses, the San Francisco Horseman's Association rides a stage coach advertising a horse show at Golden Gate Park, and a fireman drives an old fire truck during a parade down Market Street.
 

Produce Market -- Commission House District (January 31, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84463.03-05]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs show produce thrown in streets, crowded conditions, and inadequate facilities of Produce Market at 522 Front Street (neighborhood). Men load handcar with produce from truck, with no landing platform for direct freight loading. Produce for sale to retailers rots in street. Retailer's truck tries to turn around in highly congested street.
 

Traffic -- Jay Walkers -- Market Street (April 25, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84463.04-05]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

A man runs behind a streetcar and across Market Street (neighborhood). Sailors cross street against the traffic signal. Women cross the street outside of the pedestrian walkway. Man runs across the middle of the street and in front of a car. Police Officer Harold F. Winkler scolds and cites Florence Clark for jay walking. Scenes of others jay walking.
 

Commissioners -- City Hall (January 24, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84464.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

New Commissioners Edward Baron and C. Fenton stand together in the Mayor's Office.
 

Swearing In -- Commissioners -- City Hall (January 28, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84464.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk H.A. Van Der Zee swears in Howard J. Finn as Park Commissioner and Edward L. Turkington as Police Commissioner inside the Mayor's Office.
 

Park Commissioners -- City Hall (January 24, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84465.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

New Park Commissioners Lloyd E. Wilson and Dan E. London sit together inside Mayor's Office.
 

Library Commissioners -- City Hall (February 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84465.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham stands with new Library Commissioners John Raynor Graves, Mrs. Alfred McLaughlin, Mrs. Henry J. Mohr, and Nat Schmulowitz. [No exact date given].
 

Elections -- Voting (May 16, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84465.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge C.W. Morris signs voting register with Mrs. John Shewbridge; prepares to use voting machine.
 

Elections -- Voting -- Essey Hotel (May 16, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84465.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Marie Ryan, Marcella Young, J.W. McKinnon, and H.C. Gano sign voting register.
 

Elections -- Mayor Voting (May 16, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84465.05]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham signs voting register. Mrs. Lapham points out voting machine button for the Market Street Railway issue.
 

Condemned Building (May 24, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84466.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Joseph Bauer shows Alexander McDaniell the extent of water damage to building support beams in a condemned building at 314 Sixth Street.
 

New Wharfs for Fishermen -- Channel Street (June 02, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84466.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Workers dredge the Channel in preparation for the construction of new fishing boat docks.
 

Sonoma County Rodeo Invitation -- Mayor's Office (June 12, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84466.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Dorothy Ferretti, Billie Palmore, Alberta Kiser, and Betty Perry invite Mayor Roger D. Lapham to a rodeo in Sonoma County.
 

Anniversary of San Francisco's Founding -- Mission Dolores (June 29, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84466.04-06]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Garrett McInerney II places a wreath over the grave of Father Francisco Palov during the celebration of San Francisco's one hundred and sixty-eighth birthday at Mission Dolores. Garret McInerney II speaks, with Micheline De Sanz [in Spanish costume], Colonel George Munteanu, Father John J. Scanlan, and Chairman Harold R. McKinnon in attendance. Pictures of crowd inside the Mission during church services. Chef Lucien Heyroud watches Micheline de Sanz cut birthday cake with Colonel George Munteanu's sword.
 

Anniversary of San Francisco's Founding -- Mission Dolores (June 29, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84466.07]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Louisa Jenkins and E.J. Wrenn place wreath at the statue of Father Junipero Serra [founder of Mission Dolores] in honor of San Francisco's one hundred and sixty-ninth birthday. Shots of crowds inside Mission Dolores during church services.
 

Anniversary of San Francisco's Founding -- Mission Dolores (June 29, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84466.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Father Noel F. Moholy and Delanie Madison place wreath on statue of Father Junipero Serra [founder of Mission Dolores] in honor of San Francisco's one hundred and seventieth birthday.
 

Mission Dolores (June 20, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84466.09]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

External photographs of Mission Dolores and adjacent church.
 

Anniversary of San Francisco's Founding -- Mission Dolores (June 30, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84466.10]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Maria Teresa Wagstaff places wreath on statue of Father Junipero Serra [founder of Mission Dolores] in honor San Francisco's one hundred and seventy-first birthday celebration. Picture of crowd inside Mission Dolores during church services.
 

Swearing In -- Mayor -- City Hall (January 08, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84467.01]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Herman Vander Zee swears in Roger D. Lapham as mayor. Mayor Roger D. Lapham addresses crowd at ceremony; sits with his wife and mother. Views of crowd at ceremony.
 

Mayor and Family -- Mayor's Office (January 08, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84467.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Newly elected Mayor Roger D. Lapham sits with children Yon Van Osten, Anthony Lapham, Lewis Lapham, and Helene Van Osten inside Mayor's office.
 

Mayor With Staff (January 10, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84467.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham stands for group photo with his staff members Bob Letts, Eneas Kane, Rose Button, Thomas Gillam, David Lewis, Walter Garcia, Doris Wright, Muriel Drury, Walter Sanford, Helen Ohm, Helen Wild, Lotus Coombs, Doris Barrett, and Virginia Fuscol.
 

Anniversary of San Francisco's Founding -- Mission Dolores (June 29, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84467.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Colonel George Munteanu speaks on the occasion of San Francisco's one hundred and sixty-eighth birthday celebration, with Micheline de Sanz (in Spanish costume), Father John U. Scanlan, and Harold R. McKinnon on hand.
 

Swearing In -- Park Commissioner -- City Hall (July 15, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84467.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk H.A. Van Der Zee swears in Lloyd S. Ackerman as a member of the San Francisco Park Commission. Mayor Roger D. Lapham gives Lloyd S. Ackerman congratulatory handshake.
 

City Park Commission -- Golden Gate Park Lodge (August 02, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84468.01]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Acting Park Commission Chairman Howard E. Finn congratulates new President Lloyd E. Wilson on his election. New member Lloyd S. Ackerman works with Lloyd E. Wilson.
 

Swearing In -- Coordinating Council -- Mayor's Office (August 08, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84468.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Herman Van Der Zee swears in Lucille Henry, George S. Johnson, Eugene J. Shea, and Joseph M. Bransten as members of the new Coordinating Council; with Mayor Roger D. Lapham standing alongside.
 

Art Commissioner Paul Verdier -- City Hall (August 09, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84468.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

New Art Commissioner Paul Verdier sits in meeting with Mayor Roger D. Lapham.
 

Mayor (August 30, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84468.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Mayor Roger D. Lapham. Taken at 3860 Jackson Street.
 

Traffic Safety Flags -- City Safety Campaign (September 08, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84468.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Deputy Chief Michael Riordan, Municipal Judge Melvyn J. Cronin, Junior Chamber of Commerce member Harold Callan, and Safety in Transportation Chairman Matthew Carberry of the Chamber of Commerce raise a white "safety flag" at Geary and Powell Streets [white flag symbolizes no traffic fatalities on San Francisco streets the day prior, with black flag raised in the event of fatalities].
 

Traffic -- City Safety Campaign -- Ferry Building (November 14, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84468.06]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Joe Boteho, Nathan King, Corporal Barney Duff, Private First Class Clyde Gibson, Floyd Parks, and Frank Harrington of the SFPE Safety Branch line of up for Safety Week parade. Photograph of car in which three boys died [car used in parade].
 

Swearing In -- Art Commissioner -- City Hall (July 25, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84468.07]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Herman Van Der Zee shakes hands with new Art Commissioner Edward S. Moore after swearing him in; Mayor Roger D. Lapham stands alongside.
 

Swearing In -- Coordinating Council -- Mayor's Office (September 01, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84469.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham talks with new Coordinating Council member Mrs. William Lister Rogers.
 

Mass Meeting for Tolerance -- Auditorium (September 10, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84469.02]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Associate Justice Frank Murphy speaks at a mass meeting for tolerance, with Mayor Roger D. Lapham seated behind. Pictures of crowd in Auditorium.
 

Public Utilities Negotiations -- City Hall (September 12, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84469.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham, Public Utilities Manager Edward G. Cahill, PG&E President James Black, PG&E attorneys John P. Goglan and Marshall Dill, and Assistant City Attorney Dion Holm meet to discuss public utility services.
 

Art Commissioner -- City Hall (September 12, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84469.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham congratulates new Art Commissioner Oscar Lewis, with Art Commission President Edward L. Frick standing alongside.
 

Beniamino Bufano -- City Hall (January 08, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84469.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Artist Beniamino Bufano presents necktie that he painted to Mayor Roger D. Lapham.
 

Dedication of Custom's Court -- US Appraiser's Building (September 25, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84470.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Assistant Attorney Samuel D. Specter of the General Customs Division, Judge Thomas J. Walker, Appraiser of Customs Paul H. Watson, US Tax Court Judge Ernest Harvey Van Fossan, William L. Montgomery of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce... meet for dedication of custom's court.
 

Transportation -- City Takes Over Market Street Railway (September 29, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84470.02-03]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of crowd getting on the Thirty-one line streetcar and waiting for departure. Conductor Lloyd Cosgrove points out sign to Marshall Dill. Edward G. Cahill and Mayor Roger D. Lapham peer through streetcar window. Conductor Lloyd Cosgrove's wife pays fare. William H. Scott and William Bendel also pictured.
 

Miscellaneous -- Garbage Dumping and Dogs (October 13, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84470.04]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Shots of illegal garbage dump alongside road, on Ortega Street between Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Avenues. Child Allen Clark with dog named Bridget [unrelated to garbage].
 

Rat Trap -- City Hall (October 24, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84470.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Ramona Gunther sets trap to catch rat at City Hall.
 

Labor Union Meeting -- San Francisco Municipal Railway -- City Attorney's Office (October 30, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84470.06]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Chief Deputy City Attorney Walter A. Dold meets with representatives of the Local 1004 and Local 518 [railroad?] unions, including: W.E. Butler and J.M. Dunne of the Local 518 executive body, Secretary John M. Rosser, Special Commissioner Edward L. Parker, and Chairman S.W. Douglas of Local 1004...
 

Garbage Dumping (November 30, 1944 - February 05, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84470.07-09]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Reporter stares at sign warning people not to dump garbage or refuse, in midst of large illegal garbage dump alongside Forty-first Avenue near Ortega Street. Shot of garbage dumped on street at Fourth and Tehama Streets near Folsom Street. Pictures of trash dumped at the end of Pacheco Avenue and Sunset Boulevard.
 

Garbage Dumping Trial -- Hall of Justice (January 20, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84470.10]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Nello J. Pasqusnelli, on trial for illegal garbage dumping, stands with George W. Dornrack.
 

Transportation -- Market Street Railway (February 19, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84471.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Industry representative Pembroke Gochnaur, Thomas Fair Neblett, and American Federation of Labor representative Daniel V. Flanagan talk at a hearing on the Market Street Railway purchase. Taken at the Furniture Exchange.
 

Chinatown Celebration (July 06, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84471.02]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of Charlie Low's Night Club girls dancing in act, crowd lifting Chinese flag, float in parade, Chinese dragon costume, band in parade, and Chinese theater troupe.
 

Proposed Wholesale Produce Market (November 02, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84471.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of proposed wholesale produce market, to be built in San Francisco.
 

Elections -- Demonstration of Voting Machine (November 06, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84471.04-05]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Woman demonstrates how to use voting machine while placing votes for Houser, and for Thomas Dewey and John William Bricker.
 

Health Department Survey -- Health Center Building (November 17, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84472.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Survey given by the Health Department is held by Doctor Carle Buck, head of the survey.
 

Transportation Problems -- Public Utilities Commission -- City Hall (November 22, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84472.02]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chairman Marshall Dill of the Public Utilities Commission speaks to audience at meeting between the Public Utilities Commission and citizens designed to solve transportation problems. Webb Witmer of Radio Station KPO addresses the Commission from the audience.
 

New Appointment -- Board of Education -- City Hall (November 22, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84472.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Herman Van Der Zee swears in Mrs. Clarence Coonan as new member of the Board of Education.
 

City Coordinating Committee (December 14, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84473.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Coordinating Council members George Jarrett, Josephine D. Randall, Doctor George Johnson, Lucille Henry, Joseph Bransten... meet at 101 Grove Street.
 

Transportation -- New Municipal Buses -- Geary Streetcar Barns (December 14, 1944) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84473.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Men paint new municipal buses.
 

Construction of Central Kitchen and Cafeteria -- San Francisco Waterfront (January 03, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84473.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Brigadier General C.H. Kells and Commander Milton S. Davis of the US Naval Reserve's Regional Shipping Division break ground for new central kitchen and cafeteria at the San Francisco waterfront.
 

Swearing In -- Opera Memorial Trustees -- War Memorial (January 10, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84474.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Herman Van Der Zee swears in J.A. Stern, Wilbur A. Henderson, and Guido Musto as Opera Memorial Trustees.
 

Swearing In -- City Commissioners -- City Hall (January 13, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84474.02]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Herman H. Van Der Zee swears in new city commissioners [no names given], while Mayor Roger Lapham stands alongside.
 

Old San Francisco Scene from 1851 -- Waterfront (January 17, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84474.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Copy negative of photograph from 1851 shows ships abandoned at First and Howard Streets, at time when water came to First Street.
 

Hetch Hetchy Conference -- San Francisco Water (February 23, 1945 - February 24, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84474.04-05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

US Attorney Frank Hennessy, Marshall Dill, Edward G. Cahill, Mayor Roger D. Lapham, Dion Holm... meet to discuss city water at Hetch Hetchy Conference. Portrait of Arthur Goldschmidt, Hetch Hetchy representative from Washington D.C.
 

Transportation -- Letter About Conductor Violence (February 23, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84475.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Copy of letter outlining Police Chief Charles W. Dullea's complaints against assault on and verbal abuse of passengers by conductors of the San Francisco Municipal Railway, and plans for enforcement to impede such conduct. ["'Don't beat up the conductor' poster" caption on sleeve appears inaccurate].
 

Transportation -- Public Opinion on Streetcar Tickets (March 29, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84475.02]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Reporter gathers public opinion on streetcar tickets from Nurse Anita Morehouse, elevator operator Robert J. Bourne, bartender Lawrence L. Picetti, ditch digger Robert Charles Le Fevre, fireman Lieutenant William Commins, and Attorney Pierre J. Ibos.
 

Unveiling of Portrait -- Mayor Angello Rossi (February 28, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84475.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham pulls back curtain on portrait of former Mayor Angello Rossi, with Angello Rossi present.
 

Transportation -- New San Francisco Municipal Railway Ticket -- City Hall (January 02, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84475.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of new Municipal Railway ticket, available at three tickets for twenty-five cents.
 

New Federal Grand Jury -- Post Office Building (March 05, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84476.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

New jury members Victoria E.B. Williams, Elizabeth Lawless, Gertrude Quinn, Amedlia Lattig, Mrs. Alton H. Collins... assemble for group photograph. Foreman Philip J. Fay is also pictured.
 

New Federal Grand Jury -- Federal District Court (November 05, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84476.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of Jury Foreman James L. Halley.
 

First Chinese-American Woman on Federal Grand Jury -- Federal District Court (November 05, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84476.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Evelyn Jew, the first Chinese-American woman to serve on a federal grand jury, sits with jury mates.
 

New Federal Grand Jury -- Federal District Court (November 05, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84476.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

New jury members Gladys E. Carr, Mrs. Henry W. Root, Della M. O'Brien, Evelyn G. Jew, Viola M. McKerlie... assemble for group photo.
 

Federal Grand Jury Hearing -- City Hall (November 30, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84476.05]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

William Hanley, Assistant Matron Lenora Wallaco, Bailiff Thomas Loftus, Catherine Farrell, W.F. Carroll of the Agricultural Commission... pictured at a federal grand jury hearing.
 

Income Tax -- San Francisco Income Tax Office (March 12, 1945 - February 27, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84476.06-08]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Crowds line up to pay income taxes on last day for filing; taken at 112 McAllister Street. Barbara McDermid and Ernest Gomez work with income tax forms in office.
 

"City of San Francisco" Plaque (March 13, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84476.09]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham gives "City of San Francisco" plaque to Captain Herbert Schonland. [Schonland succeeded to command of the cruiser San Francisco (ship) when all senior officers were killed in November, 1942.]
 

Jack O'Farren and Dewey Mead (March 13, 1945 - March 14, 945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84476.10-11]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Jack O'Farren [man apparently in legal struggle with Supervisor Dewey Mead]. Picture of unidentified party in court under caption, "Dewey Mead -- O'Farren Beef."
 

Health Legislation -- State Building in Sacramento (March 02, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84477.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Group photo of health legislation committee. Doctor Wilton Halverson on witness stand before committee.
 

Flowers on Display -- City Hall (March 14, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84477.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Marie Corville, Helen Uhrich, Josephine Fassio, Marion O'Neill, Patricia Murphy, and Elsa Pollock look at flowers on display.
 

Board of Equalization -- State Building -- Sacramento (March 14, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84477.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

James H. Quinn of Oakland and George R. Reilly of San Francisco are the only two members of the Board of Equalization to show up for meeting.
 

US Navy Repairs and Drydocks -- Hunters Point (March 19, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84477.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain N.L. Rawlings points to objects on map of Hunters Point. Workers repair Navy ships [photographer notes that one negative was confiscated and destroyed by Navy censors].
 

Share A Ride Campaign -- City Hall (March 26, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 113, [84477.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham places a "Going My Way," share a ride campaign poster in his car window, while President Henry F. Grady of the Chamber of Commerce looks on. (Ridesharing, commuting.)
 

Laurel Hill Cemetery Removed (April 02, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84477.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers knock down the James Fair Mausoleum during the Laurel Hill Cemetery removal. Rubble from memorials is loaded into dump trucks.
 

Police Ball -- City Hall (April 02, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84477.07]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Chief Charles Dullea and Captain Michael Mitchell of the Police Department present Mayor Roger D. Lapham with engraved invitation to the Police Ball.
 

Senator Mark Hopkins -- War Manpower Commission (April 05, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84477.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Two portraits of Senator Mark Hopkins of the War Manpower Commission.
 

New Purchasing Agent For San Francisco (April 06, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84477.09]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Martin Hughes Gerry III receives a congratulatory handshake from his son after being selected new purchasing agent for San Francisco. Taken at 800 Thirtieth Avenue.
 

Cleanup Week -- City Hall (April 07, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84477.10]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham directs city clean-up [large group of men with brooms]. "Clean-up girl" Sally Ann Jamison also shown.
 

Swearing In -- Adult Probation Board -- Hall of Justice (April 09, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84477.11]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge William F. Traverso and Judge Herbert C. Kaufmann swear in Maurice Moskovitz, Henry Budde, Reverend Paul Meinecke, Robert A. Peabody, Joseph I. Webb... as members of Adult Probation Board; taken in Judge Kaufmann's Court.
 

School Board Reading Demonstration (April 10, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84477.12]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. Clarence Coonan and Mrs. Lloyd Dinkelspiel watch Charles Nave, Betty Dulinksy, and Ronald Pursley of Emerson Grammar School give reading demonstrations (education).
 

Flags at Half Staff -- Death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (April 12, 1945 - April 13, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84477.13-15]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Flags at Civic Center, City Hall, and Civic Auditorium fly at half staff. Sergeant Tom Horton salutes flag. Aerial view of flags at half staff across city (cityscapes). Floyd Johnson, Milford Jarvis, William Irving, and Edgar Johnson move flag to half staff on the Federal Building and salute.
 

School Memorial -- Death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Redding School (April 13, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84477.16]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Children up to third grade hold memorial for deceased President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with color guard in foreground holding flag.
 

School Memorial -- Death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- High School of Commerce (April 13, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84478.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

High School of Commerce ROTC members Captain Warren Lampshire, Second Lieutenant Joe King, Second Lieutenant Frank Allen, Buglar Frank Warren, Buglar Roland Laven Oscar Moran... perform ceremony in honor of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's passing.
 

Rotunda Services -- Death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- City Hall (April 14, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84478.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Archbishop John J. Mitty gives invocation at memorial services for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; with Rabbi Morris Goldtein, Mayor Roger D. Lapham, and Austin Spenger present.
 

Pan American League Essay Contest -- Public Library (April 19, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84478.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Helen Gaffney, Margy Busterna, Eleanor Boettiger, and Margaret Kink, the first through fourth place winners in the Pan American League Essay Contest, hold awards in group picture.
 

Memorial Services -- Death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (April 23, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84478.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant Commander Harold E. Stassen gives speech. Photos of Doctor Monroe E. Deutsch and State Attorney General Robert W. Kenny, and shots of crowd.
 

Commander Harold Stassen -- Federal Building (July 11, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84478.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Commander Harold Stassen at press conference.
 

City Clean-up Campaign (April 20, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84479.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of illegal dumping spots at Powell and Geary Streets, and Franklin and Polk Streets.
 

Fund Raising Drive -- Children's Hospital (April 23, 1945 - June 22, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84479.02-06]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. Alexander Casey, Mrs. Robert Eschen, Patricia Golden, Margaret Golden, and Beverly Bergiani stand around bed of Benny LeRoy Flippo [picture taken as committee opens fund drive for new hospital wing]. Mrs. W. Baker, Mrs. Jesse Lilianthal [Lilienthal?], Chairman Mrs. Thomas B. Hunter, Mrs. Alfred Meyer, Mrs. Charles Fay Junior... meet as members of fund raising committee for new hospital wing. Richard eats birthday cake and plays with toys and Fern plays with her doll in pictures of children taken for fund drive. Mrs. Jesse Lillianthal makes fund rasing campaign report to Treasurer Mrs. Horace Van Sicklen of Children's Hospital, President Mrs. Wakefield Baiter, and "Chairman" Mrs. Henry Potter Russell of fund drive. Dorothy Eskew, Vicountess Cranborne, Mrs. James Flood, baby Kay... gather for presentation of [fund raising?] check.
 

Little Jim Ward -- Children's Hospital (March 18, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84479.07]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Child actress Natalie Wood throws hot dog and coke party for disabled children in the Little Jim Ward at the Children's Hospital. Pictured with children named Michael, Charlie, and Robert [no family names of kids given].
 

New Director of Curriculum -- Board of Education (April 30, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84479.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Superintendent Curtis E. Warren talks with new Director of Curriculum Cecil Parker.
 

Internal Revenue Service -- Internal Revenue Office (May 14, 1945 - October 10, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84480.01-02]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New Internal Revenue head James G. Smyth gets instruction from retired head Harold A. Berliner. James Smyth, Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan Junior of Internal Revenue, Deputy Commissioner Norman D. Cann of Income Tax Unit, and Chief Council J.P. Wenchel sit for group photo of visiting Internal Revenue Commission.
 

New Superintendant -- US Mint (June 01, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84480.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge George B. Harris swears in Neal Callaghan as new superintendant of the US Mint in San Francisco.
 

San Francisco Port Official -- Furniture Mart (June 07, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84480.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Press interview with San Francisco port official Neil S. Laidlaw.
 

Hot Weather Scenes -- Ocean Beach (June 12, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84480.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Janet MacIntosh and Dora Gallardo play at Ocean Beach during hot weather.
 

Ordination of Priests -- Saint Mary's Cathedral (June 16, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84480.06]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Men being ordained into priesthood lie prostrate on the floor, with higher clergy kneeling before the altar.
 

Hetch Hetchy Hearing -- Post Office Building (July 01, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84481.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portrait of General Counsel John J.O'Toole. Group photo of Assistant City Attorney Dion Holm, Mayor Roger D. Lapham, City Attorney John J O'Toole, and Edward Cahill.
 

French Flag Hoisted -- City Hall (July 14, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84481.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Charles Gassion, Yvonne Galdo, E.J. Dreyfus, Ted V. McMahon, John J. Sullivan... hoist French flag at City Hall.
 

Expansion of Coordinating Council for Veterans -- City Hall (July 16, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84481.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Norman F. Fontes assists Wanda B. Gier and Philip Gier [a veteran?] inside office of San Francisco "Citizens Protective Corps." Richard Harrison, Mayor Roger D. Lapham, Sergeant Joseph Ayeroff, Assistant Director Russell Owen, and Chairman J. Bruce Jones of UC San Francisco meet in expanded version of city's Coordinating Council for Veterans.
 

Veterans Information Bureau (October 11, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84481.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Adviser Norman Fontes speaks with Flight Officer Richard Frankon and Sergeant Irvin Kreisman at the Veterans Information Bureau at City Hall.
 

City Supervisors -- City Hall (August 13, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.01]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Board of Supervisor's meeting picture Supervisors Arthur Brown, Gartland Green, Chester McPhee, Jesse Colman, and board president Daniel Gallagher, Mayor Roger D. Lapham, and Chief Clerk Dave Barry.
 

Hunters Point (August 16, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.02]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aerial views of Hunters Point docks, shipyards and surrounding area (cityscapes).
 

Crane Collapses -- Hunters Point (September 20, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Wreckage of crane at Berth Fifteen of Hunters Point docks [crane collapsed when lifting twelve ton section to new crane under construction].
 

City Supervisors (August 20, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.04]

Physical Description: 12 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Board of Supervisors, with Robert M. Green, Edward Mancuso, Fred Meyer, John J. Sullivan, A. Uhl... involved in meeting. Long shot of supervisors and crowd.
 

Election Voting -- Supervisor Edward T. Mancuso (November 06, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Supervisor Edward T. Mancuso signs voting register with Mrs. Mancuso at side. Draws curtain on voting machine.
 

Welcome Home for Veterans -- Waterfront (September 05, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.06-08]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Flags and banners hang inside Pier Fifteen building in gesture of welcome troops returning from war. External views of Pier Fifteen. Views of large sign reading "Welcome" and "Well Done" at Fort Mason. Photograph of Pier Forty-three building, painted in red, white, and blue.
 

Marriage License Office -- City Hall (September 06, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.09]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Couples Marie Hofmaster Clark and William T. Blatz, Lieutenant Mary Wickens and Private First Class William J. Newman, Mary M. Hotsinpiller and Seaman First Class M.H. Cotterell... meet with clerks and sign paperwork at Marriage License Office. (Post-war marriages.)
 

City Engineer (September 15, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.10]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New City Engineer Ralph G. Wadsworth works at desk at 625 Market Street.
 

New Manager of Utilities (September 18, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.11]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New Utilities Manager J.H. Turner works at his desk at 425 Mason Street.
 

Welcome Home for Veterans -- Watefront (September 25, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.12]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of city taken from along waterfront (cityscapes) shows dearth of flags flying, a lack of welcome for veterans [Telegraph Hill, Ferry Building, Furness Line Pier, Luckenbach Line Pier, Pier Seventeen, and Fort Mason Dock appear in photos].
 

City Supervisor Candidates (September 26, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.13-14]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

City supervisor candidate Marvin E. Lewis sits at desk at 703 Market Street. Photograph of supervisor candidate Lieutenant Joseph Allen of the US Naval Reserve.
 

Swearing In -- Public Utilities Manager -- City Hall (October 16, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.15]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Herman Van Der Zee swears in James H. Turner as manager of the Public Utilities Commission, with Mayor Roger D. Lapham standing alongside.
 

Election Victory (July 11, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.16]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Marvin Lewis celebrates election victory with his wife Frederica Lewis, son Kenneth Lewis, and daughter Joelle May Lewis. [Sleeve does not note to what office Marvin Lewis was elected].
 

New City Supervisors -- City Hall (January 08, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.17]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

New Supervisors Marvin E. Lewis and Patrick J. McMurray watch as acting Mayor Dan Gallagher shakes hands with new Supervisor George Christopher.
 

Municipal Railway Discussion -- City Supervisors -- City Hall (February 18, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84482.18]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Supervisor Marvin Lewis speaks during supervisors meeting, concerning the inefficiency of San Francisco's municipally operated trolley system. Photo of Supervisor Dan Gallagher and Mayor Roger D. Lapham at rostrum. Charles Miller, W.C. Bendel, Louis Perrin, Duke C. Ormsby, Leonard V. Newton... also pictured.
 

Welcome for Veterans -- Angel Island (October 01, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84483.01]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

View of welcome sign for veterans on Angel Island from San Francisco [photos taken at night, in foggy weather].
 

New Chief Steward -- Central Emergency Hospital (October 13, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84483.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Earl Blake, new chief steward of the Central Emergency Hospital, sits at desk.
 

Air Views of Suisun Bay (October 06, 1945 - March 05, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84484.01-03]

Physical Description: 18 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aerial views of liberty ships tied up in Suisun Bay. Aerial views of ships at anchor near the Carquinez Straits; taken from blimp. Pictures of Suisun Bay, with retired ships tied up in large "nests" on the Sacramento River.
 

Administrative Assistant to the Mayor -- City Hall (October 24, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84484.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

David E. Lewis, new administrative assistant to the Mayor, sits at desk.
 

Swearing In -- City Controller -- City Hall (October 24, 1945 - October 25, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84484.05-06]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Controller Harry D. Ross sits in Controller's Office. County Clerk Herman Van Der Zee swears in Harry D. Ross as controller, with Mayor Roger D. Lapham standing alongside in the Mayor's Office.
 

Views of San Francisco Bay (January 28, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84484.07]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of San Francisco Bay during stormy weather, taken from the Goodyear Blimp using infra-red camera. Lieutenant Charles Morris boards blimp. [Includes views of San Francisco Bay coastlines, landscapes, cityscapes, etc].
 

Inspection of Angel Island (February 10, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84484.08]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Group for boys surveys Angel Island, with possible use as recreation area in mind.
 

Angel Island (May 22, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84484.09]

Physical Description: 22 negatives

Scope and Content Note

People playing and camping on beach. Aerial views of Angel Island State Park.
 

Aerial Views of San Francisco (July 14, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84484.10]

Physical Description: 12 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aerial views of City Hall, looking south and southwest. Aerial view of Mission District (neighborhood) from Potrero to Bernal Heights. Aerial Views of North Beach, Telegraph Hill, Nob Hill, the Waterfront, lower Market Street, and the Bay Bridge, looking northeast to southeast (cityscapes). Pictures of lower Market Street, the Waterfront, and Bay Bridge, looking east. Photograph of lower Market Street area, from Fourth Street to Jones Street. Aerial views of the Richmond District.
 

Closing of Fort McDowell -- Angel Island (August 27, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84484.11]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Technical Sergeant Fritz Berger, chief electrician, leaves Fort McDowell after twenty years of service there. Soldiers bring down United States flag. Line of troops leaves Angel Island.
 

Head Librarian Retires -- San Francisco Public Library (November 16, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84485.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Retiring Head Librarian Robert Rea inspects book, (retires after fifty-six years).
 

Swearing In -- Head Librarian -- City Hall (December 02, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84485.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Herman H. Van Der Zee swears in Laurence J. Clarke as head librarian, with acting Mayor Dan Gallagher standing alongside. Former head librarian Robert Rea congratulates Laurence J. Clarke.
 

Judge Edward P. Murphy -- Hall of Justice (December 12, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84485.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Edward P. Murphy works at desk.
 

Election of Presiding Judge -- Whitcomb Hotel (December 18, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84485.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judges James Conlan, Thomas Foley, Timothy Fitzpatrick, Edward P. Murphy, Robert McWilliams... meet to elect presiding judge.
 

New Ambulance -- Central Emergency Hospital (January 06, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84486.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New style of ambulance parked in front of Central Emergency Hospital.
 

OPA Suit Against San Francisco Public Utilities -- Federal Building. (January 28, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84486.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Attorney Dion R. Holm of Public Utilities, regional litigation attorney Herbert Bent of Office of Price Administration, and special appellant attorney Jacob Chaitham of Office of Price Administration speak in hallway.
 

Salary Standardization -- City Hall (January 31, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84486.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Crowd gathers in Civil Service Commission Room of City Hall for [hearing on?] salary standardization.
 

Curran Theater (February 01, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84486.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Crowd lines up to purchase tickets for the play "Oklahoma" [play appearing at the Curran Theater that evening was "Foolish Notion," starring Tallulah Bankhead].
 

City Sanitation Service Meeting -- City Hall (January 08, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84487.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Daniel F. Del Carlo, City Supervisor Dewey Mead, Pat Clancy, Union Operator L.P. Brassy, and Contractor Thomas Brook attend meeting concerning city garbage service (labor).
 

Swearing In -- City Supervisors -- City Hall (January 15, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84487.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Commissioner Herman Van Der Zee swears in A.S. Musante, Charles De Young Elkus, James J. Sullivan, Oscar Lewis, Washington I. Kohnke, M.S. Owyang... as city supervisors.
 

San Francisco Views (February 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84487.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco from Twin Peaks (cityscapes).
 

Judges File For Re-election (February 25, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84487.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Voter Registrar Cameron W. King takes applications from Judges Robert McWilliams, Melvyn Cronin, Lile T. Jacks, Thomas Foley, Willima F. Travers... judges filing for re-election.
 

Federal Grand Jury -- Federal Building (March 04, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84488.00]

Physical Description: 0 negative

Scope and Content Note

Federal grand jury members Royal E. Blanchard, Foreman Perry T. Cumberson, James Buchan, Edgar W. Dale, J. Ed Hill, George W. Long... pose for group photo.
 

Federal Grand Jury -- Post Office Building (March 04, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84488.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

New Federal grand jury members Elsie Colloty, Mayna Davidson, Agnes Roland, Mrs. McCant Stewart, Lyna Spinetti... pose for group photo in Federal Courtroom.
 

Greek Independence Day Group -- City Hall (March 09, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84488.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham meets with Mary Frangos, Anna Psaltis, Christine Detropoulos, Patricia Mountanos, Virginia Psaltis, and Mary Anagnosta, members of Greek Independence Day Group.
 

Federal Grand Jury -- Post Office Building (July 08, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84488.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New Federal grand jury poses for group photo [no names given].
 

Federal Grand Jury (November 10, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84488.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Federal grand jury poses for group photo [no names given].
 

Smallpox Vaccination -- San Francisco Board of Health (March 19, 1946 - March 25, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84489.01-03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Nurse Myrtle Cavanaug, Nurse Cecilia Kording, and Doctor F.C. Adams administer vaccinations to Betty Reid and others. Doctor J.C. Geiger and Nurse Ellen Goldstein vaccinate Robert De Martis and Rene De Martis. Long line of people wait to be vaccinated outside the Central Emergency Hospital. Judge Clarence W. Morris receives vaccination.
 

Chief Clerk Retires -- Tax Collector's Office (March 29, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84489.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Tax collector Edward F. Bryant shakes hands with Chief Clerk Rudolph Albora, retiring after forty-seven years of service.
 

Streetcar Fares (April 01, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84489.05]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Reporter interviews Jan Cotten, Ruth Sutherland, Al Ballerini, Fred F. Johnson, and Lawrence Picetti about the ten cent cost of streetcar fares and passes.
 

Spring Decorations -- Maiden Lane (April 03, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84489.06]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Barbara Chase and Barbara Geddes help decorate Maiden Lane with flowers for Spring festivities.
 

Lake County Chamber of Commerce -- Mayor Roger D. Lapham (April 08, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84489.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Jean Menzies of Redwood Empire and President Ray Moody of the Lake County Chamber of Commerce present Mayor Roger D. Lapham with redbud flowers.
 

Junior City Committee -- City Hall (April 05, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84489.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham lights and blows out candle on birthday cake, commemorating the one year anniversary of the visiting Junior City Committee. Mayor Horace Peppers [Afro-American] of the Junior City Committee stands alongside with other members.
 

Invitation to "Guild Frolic" -- Mayor Roger D. Lapham -- City Hall (April 15, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84490.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Dorothy McNeil and Velma Collins present Mayor Roger D. Lapham with invitation to "Guild Frolic."
 

Petition to Recall Mayor Roger D. Lapham -- City Hall (April 17, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84490.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Henry F. Budde, Juanita Azori, Bernard Freed, Charles Decker, and Walter Carpinet present petitions to Cameron King for the recall of Mayor Roger D. Lapham.
 

French Consul -- City Hall (April 17, 1946 - April 20, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84490.03-04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham presents scroll to departing Consul-General Jacques Baeyens of France. Jacques Baeyens decorates Health Director J.C. Geiger of San Francisco with medal.
 

Swearing In -- City Commissioner J. Joseph Sullivan -- City Hall (April 22, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84491.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Herman Van Der Zee swears in J. Joseph Sullivan as commissioner, with Mayor Roger D. Lapham standing alongside.
 

Hot Weather Scenes -- San Francisco Beaches (April 23, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84491.02-05]

Physical Description: 17 negatives

Scope and Content Note

June Enger and Sandra Kay Enger play in water at unnamed beach. Marilyn Gray, Alma Espino, Shirley Handley, Dorothy Kramer, Beverley Wheeler... enjoy water at Ocean Beach. A.S. Yamber, Bob Parker, Angie Getas, and Don Pettigrew flex muscles for photographer. Roxana Gordon Vinson sits in sand at Ocean Beach. Olga and Vincent Hardeman lay on beach. Marilyn Lee Padgett plays with dog. Carol Caron and Lois Fischer sun themselves on rocks.
 

Swearing In -- Commissioner Frank Flynn -- City Hall (July 10, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 114, [84491.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Herman Van Der Zee swears in Colonel Frank Flynn as commissioner, with Mayor Roger D. Lapham standing alongside.
 

Student Nurses -- Mount Zion Hospital (April 23, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84492.01-02]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Nursing Arts Instructor Margaret Koefield directs students Betty Clark, Antoinette Ruff, Jane Harmon, Frances Vear, and Margaret Koefield at bedside of patient. Picture of students drinking tea; receiving anatomy instructions from Frances Cowan.
 

Petition to Recall Mayor Roger D. Lapham -- Emporium (April 29, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84492.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham signs his own recall petition, held by Agnes Prowell.
 

Petition to Recall Mayor Roger D. Lapham -- Junior City Committee (July 13, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84492.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Horace Peppers and Supervisor Caroline Huddleson of the Junior City Committee present award to Mayor Roger D. Lapham indicating support for him in face of recall efforts.
 

Invitation to Policeman's Ball -- Mayor Roger D. Lapham -- City Hall (April 30, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84492.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chief Charles Dullea presents Mayor Roger D. Lapham with an invitation to the Policeman's Ball.
 

Proposed San Francisco Terminal -- Planning Commission (May 14, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84493.01]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of drawing of proposed downtown terminal and airport.
 

Streetcar Fare Increases (May 20, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84493.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Dorothy Davis buys ticket from "J" car conductor William H. Craig. Alex Leintz buys ticket from "H" car conductor Al Rosenlund. Isabel Ward purchases ticket from "H" car conductor George Johnson [customers among first to purchase higher rate tickets at twenty-five cents for three tickets].
 

Tests for Motormen (June 05, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84493.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Gordon Jensen administers tests to [transit system?] motormen Martin Wormuth, Ernest Fox, George Milotsky, and Richard J. Griffin at 2611 Twenty-fourth Street.
 

Ordination of Priests -- Saint Mary's Cathedral (June 13, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84493.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Priests lie prostrate on floor during ordination, with higher clergy kneeling before altar. Shots of crowd seated in church pews.
 

Views from Pacific Can Company (June 21, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84493.05]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco skyline taken from atop the Pacific Can Company (cityscapes).
 

Board of Supervisors Meeting -- City Hall (July 02, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84493.06]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham and Supervisor M. Mead speak during meeting. Pictures of large crowd in attendance.
 

Yearly Novena -- Saint Anne Church (June 22, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84493.07]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Priest blesses Charles Gilchrist Junior [one of children being blessed by the Redemptionist Fathers during the Novena], baby held by F.C. Gilchrist.
 

Fisherman's Wharf Fiesta Queen Contestants -- City Hall (July 22, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84493.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Queen Contestants Rosemary Millin, Lois Perkins, Eunice McDowell, Jacque Hall, Doris Dayoff... speak with Supervisor Dan Gallagher during visit to City Hall.
 

Garbage Collection Truck (August 01, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84494.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Picture of city garbage collection truck and driver.
 

Search for Missing Plane (August 08, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84494.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Crew of the Pacific Bell (ship) searches for plane involved in crash, in which six men died.
 

Veterans Information Center -- City Hall (August 19, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84494.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Public Relations representative Douglas Johnson and former WAVE Mildred Brandon fill out claim form for settlement. Marie Macdonald interviews Navy veteran Donald S. Hartzel, Army veteran Daniel T. Goldberg, Howard F. Griffin, and Douglas Johnson.
 

Transportation -- Parade of New Buses -- Municipal Bus System (August 27, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84494.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

View of ten new buses lined up at Twenty-fifth Street and Harrison Street. General Manager W.H. Scott of Municipal Railway, Manager George Cruden of White Motor Company, City Purchaser Martin Gerry, equipment support person W.C. Bendel, and Coach Manager Lou Reese of the White Motor Company pose with new bus.
 

Clipper Street Extension (August 29, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84494.05]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of undeveloped hillside at site of Clipper Street extension [designed to fit in with proposed Portola Freeway], with views of San Francisco in background (cityscapes).
 

"Mayor of Telegraph Hill" (September 11, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84494.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Blue diaper hangs from flag pole at the home of Marty Leuer, the "mayor of Telegraph Hill," signifying the arrival of a male "heir;" taken at the corner of Union and Montgomery Streets.
 

Swearing In -- City Supervisor J. Joseph Sullivan -- City Hall (September 23, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84494.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Herman Van Der Zee swears in J. Joseph Sullivan as supervisor, with Mayor Roger D. Lapham standing alongside.
 

Views from Coit Tower (September 24, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84494.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco Bay, with smoke from ships and ships in docks visible.
 

Elephant Trains Cross Bay Bridge (September 26, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84494.09]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Picture of elephant trains crossing the Bay Bridge, on the San Francisco side. [Apparently trackless tram or shuttle bus cars].
 

Library Week -- Main Library (September 27, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84494.10]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Recreation Department story teller Julie Neil sits with large group of children, including Richard Scott and Nancy Klicinovich.
 

Fisherman's Wharf (July 10, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84494.11]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of ships at dock, seafood shop, and people at Fisherman's Wharf.
 

Views from Yerba Buena Island (October 02, 1946 - October 03, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84495.01-02]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco from proposed site seeing spot on Yerba Buena Island (cityscapes). Bay Bridge in foreground.
 

Hip Sing Tong Parade -- Chinatown (October 16, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84495.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of dancing lion, part of parade marking the opening of Hip Sing Tong Headquarters in Chinatown (neighborhood).
 

Views from Shell Building (October 22, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84495.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco and Navy search lights operating in foggy weather (cityscapes).
 

Oldest Streetcar Employee Retires -- City Hall (October 23, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84495.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Seventy-seven year old Fred G. Will, retiring after fifty-seven years of work with the railway systems of San Francisco, pictured with model streetcars in the Public Utilities office.
 

Chiang Kai Shek Parade -- Chinatown (October 31, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84495.06]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Shots of drum corps and crowd at parade honoring Chinese leader Chiang Kai Shek on his birthday.
 

New Street Signs (November 01, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84496.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of old and new street signs at the corner of Golden Gate Avenue and Leavenworth Street; Saint Boniface Church and school pictured in background.
 

Death at Telegraph Hill (November 12, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84496.02-03]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photos from the base of Telegraph Hill on the waterfront side, showing height of cliff from which woman plunged to death. Ambulance steward Sam Updyke examines the body of Nora Cuneo at the base of the cliff below Coit Tower [on Lombard Street].
 

Chart of Tax Money Expenditures -- City Hall (November 14, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84496.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

C.M. Hayes and Edith Early look at pie chart illustrating tax money expenditures.
 

Free Day for Kids -- Beach Amusement Park (November 29, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84496.05]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Daryl Berliner hits punching bag while held up by Eugene Morgan and George Hassler. Pictures of Columbia Park Boys' Club and San Francisco Boys' Club members at rides and concessions of beach amusement park. [Chutes at the Beach or Playland at the Beach?]
 

Views from Treasure Island (March 08, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84496.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco from Treasure Island (cityscapes).
 

Time Clock for Bus Drivers (December 20, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84497.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Bus driver Irving Myerson uses time clock, located on a light pole at the southwest corner of Broad and Capitol Streets.
 

Transportation -- Municipal Railway Meeting -- Crocker Bank (December 27, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84497.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham talks with Morgan Gunst, Thomas A. Brooks, James Turner, Thomas Kent, Jr., Jerd Sullivan... in meeting concerning municipal railway system.
 

Income Tax Filing (January 02, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84498.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

James G. Smyth helps Dorothy Gish and John Patrick file their income tax return.
 

Swearing In -- Public Utilities Commissioner -- City Hall (January 02, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84498.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Herman Van Der Zee swears in Thomas G. Plant as public utilities commissioner, with Mayor Roger D. Lapham standing alongside.
 

Opening of Rehabilitation Center (January 06, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84498.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Physical therapists Helen Singer, Margaret Flask, and Jeanne Solomon of Letterman Hospital examine a printing press. Jeanne Solomon assists patient William Thompson with "heavy resistance exercises."
 

Transportation -- Municipal Railroad Mobile Radio Unit (January 07, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84498.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Richard A. Lion operates radio system, transmitting telephone calls to "mobile crash car."
 

Grand Jury -- City Hall (January 09, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84498.05]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Grand Jury members Milton McNeil, James F. Stratton, Henry C. Muller, William J. Nelligan, Raymond C. Lillie... pose for group photo in Grand Jury Room.
 

Civil Service Court Case -- City Hall (January 09, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84498.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham, William Henderson of the Civil Service Commission, Chief Charles Dullea of the Police Department, and Chief Albert Sullivan of the Fire Department gather in Judge Kaufman's courtroom during veterans' civil service court case.
 

Aerial Views of San Francisco (May 03, 1946) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84499.01]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aerial views looking north of Telegraph Hill, the Waterfront, Alcatraz Island, and Angel Island (cityscapes).
 

Radio Tower (January 15, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84499.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of radio tower atop building at 1250 Jones Street.
 

Swearing In -- Commissioners -- City Hall (January 16, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84499.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Herman Van Der Zee swears in new commissioners.
 

Views from Twin Peaks (January 25, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84499.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of Mount Diablo and San Francisco taken from Twin Peaks during foggy weather (cityscapes).
 

Public Utilities Commission (January 29, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84499.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Utilities Director James Turner presents check consisting of excess funds from the Market Street Railway ridership to Deputy City Attorney Dion Holm and Mayor Roger D. Lapham.
 

Alcatraz Prison Guard Arrested -- Post Office Building (January 29, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84499.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of arrested Alcatraz prison guard Oscar Raymond Easton.
 

Aerial Views of San Francisco (January 30, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84499.07]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aerial photographs of San Francisco (cityscapes), including yacht harbor, Coit Tower, Hunter's Point ship yard, [Treasure Island, Yerba Buena Island: negatives missing] and the Presidio.
 

Barbershop Quartet Sings For Cable Cars (February 05, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84500.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Ross Kenyon, Wayne Colvin, Rollin Ayres, and Don Lent sing to raise funds for cable car preservation while on board a cable car; taken at Powell and Market Streets.
 

Fixing Up Market Street (February 10, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84500.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Workers rip up inner streetcar tracks at start of program to fix up Market Street (neighborhood).
 

Change to Miraloma Park Sign on Mount Davidson (February 17, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84500.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Picture of Miraloma Park sign on Mount Davidson after being changed to say "L.A. City Limit."
 

Housing Hearing -- Civic Auditorium (February 17, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84500.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Chairwoman Mrs. Paul Heyneman of the League of Women Voters speaks with State Senator Gerald J. O'Gara at housing hearing. Mary Ann Fissori, Assemblyman Thomas A. Maloney, and C.V. Haggerty of the California State American Federation of Labor sit together at table.
 

Income Tax Filing (February 17, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84500.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Crowd gathers to file income tax at 112 McAllister Street.
 

New Ambulance Bed -- Central Emergency Hospital (February 21, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84500.06]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Chief Steward Earl Blake and ambulance driver John Storm demonstrate use of new folding ambulance bed.
 

Concealed Weapon Charge -- Health Department Inspector -- Central Emergency Hospital (February 26, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84501.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Doctor J.C. Geiger poses with a stuffed rat and a "rat gun," pictures taken in connection with the arrest of a Health Department inspector for carrying a concealed weapon [rat guns had been standard equipment of the Health Department since 1906].
 

Transportation -- New Trolley Bus Arrive -- Car Barn (February 27, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84501.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Worker cleans newly arrived trolley bus at York and Mariposa Streets.
 

Transportation -- Transit Council Hearing -- City Hall (March 03, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84501.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Thomas G. Brooks, James Howell, Marshall Dill, and Michel Weill preside over Transit Council hearing at City Hall.
 

New Federal Grand Jury -- Post Office Building. (March 04, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84501.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Deputy Foreman Edgar W. Dale speaks with Foreman Perry T. Cumberson.
 

Views from Calvary Cemetary -- Mayfair Heights (March 05, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84501.05]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco from Calvary Cemetary at Mayfair Heights (cityscapes).
 

Budget Committee -- City Hall (March 05, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84501.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Walter Allen of the Assessors Office, Al Smith of the Bureau of Government Relations, Assessor Russell Wolden, Mayor Roger Lapham, administrative assistant Dave Lewis... work together on city budget.
 

Back Pay -- Municipal Authority Employees (March 07, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84501.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

John Murray holds up back pay check for his daughter Kathleen Murray to see. Municipal employees wait in line for back pay checks at Twenty-fourth and Utah Streets.
 

Mayor Roger D. Lapham's Budget Meeting -- City Hall (March 20, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84501.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

David Lewis, administrative assistant to the Mayor, speaks to tax payers at budget meeting, with Mayor Roger D. Lapham alongside. Shots of crowd seated at meeting.
 

Cable Car Preservation (April 02, 1947 - September 08, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84502.01-07]

Physical Description: 13 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Evelyn Eghert signs petition to save the cable cars, as Director Carl C. Weber and Mrs. Clarke L. Mahany of the San Francisco Convention and Tourist Bureau look on. John T. Johnson [oldest gripman in service] signs petition as Charles Newby and Hugh Thomas look on. Singer Ginny Simms, Singer Donald O'Connor, and pianist Glen Hurlburt gather to protest the passing of the cable cars [a plight Ginny Simms labeled "more serious than the passing of the vanishing buffalo"]. Mrs. Charles Reagh, Anna Blake Mezquida, Mae Evans, Mrs. L.J. Williams, and Marion Cunningham surround pastry chef Jean Williams and his cable car cake at the Whitcomb Hotel. Evelyn Curro signs petition to save the cable cars while Mrs. Hans Klussman and Elizabeth Sperry look on. Richard Gump holds letters received by the Save the Cable Car Commission in favor of keeping the cars, with Mrs. Norman K. Blanchard and Chairman Mrs. Hans Klussman standing alongside. San Francisco "Cable Car Models" Marge Thompson and Virginia Phillips work table for contributions to save the cable cars; taken at the Whitcomb Hotel. Bea Eirrity, Diane Trunell, Sandy Day, Virginia Phillips, and Joyce Mulcahy sit and stand on cable car during drive to save the cars. Women walk in line down street, holding placards with statements in favor of cable car preservation.
 

Cable Car Moved to Los Angeles (June 12, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84502.08]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers load cable car onto flat-bed truck in preparation for a move to Los Angeles for the making of a movie.
 

Cable Car Queens -- Whitcomb Hotel (September 10, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84502.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Winston Churchill Black poses for photograph with Miss Hyde Street Maricette du Frony, Miss Powell Street Joy Groom, and Miss California Street Sandy Day.
 

Shriners' Luncheon -- Cable Car -- City Hall (October 23, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84502.10]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Potentate Harvey E. Teller and President Bert Jacobs of the Shriners, and Mayor Roger D. Lapham ride on the front platform of a cable car being towed to a Shriner's luncheon.
 

Tax Protest Rally -- Scottish Rite Auditorium (April 10, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84503.01]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Secretary Desmond G. Kelly of the Real Estate Association of San Francisco speaks to large crowd at tax protest rally.
 

Spring Festival -- Maiden Lane (April 10, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84503.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Rosemary Sharples looks at flower decorations. Barbara Geddes, Martha Vaughn, and Frances Wenty decorate tree with flowers.
 

Annual Flower Show -- Maiden Lane (April 11, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84503.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of Maiden Lane decorated with flowers for annual flower show (neighborhood).
 

Transportation -- Streetcar Traffic (April 14, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84503.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of streetcars stopped and lined up on Market Street due to construction work.
 

Swearing In -- Mayor's Coordination Council -- City Hall (April 23, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84503.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Acting County Clerk Robert Munson swears in Mrs. George A. Hindley as member of the Mayor's coordinating council, with Mayor Roger D. Lapham looking on.
 

Views of Market Street (April 22, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84503.06]

Physical Description: 18 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Billy Harris sits on pile of old streetcar ties. Patricia Bell and Barbara Forstner eat popcorn. Frank V. Powell smokes cigar in front of the Jesse Hotel. B.W. Dassow, Niles Hanson, J.F. Miller, C. Hansen, and Officer George Jones also shown in pictures taken at Third and Market Streets (neighborhood).
 

New Office for Public Utilities -- City Hall (May 02, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84504.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New Director Paul Fanning, of the Bureau of Personnel and Safety, reads book with Jim Turner.
 

Street Condition -- Pot Hole (May 05, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84504.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Ray Coen and Bob Robbins look into large pot hole that their car ran over; taken at Post and Polk Streets.
 

Harbor Day -- Waterfront (May 10, 1947 - May 16, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84504.03-04]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Scenes of ships at dock and men making preparations for Harbor Day. Workers move barrels of oil, grain, and other cargo.
 

Child Care Centers (May 25, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84504.05-06]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mothers and fathers from San Francisco board a charter bus to Sacramento, where they will lobby the legislature to keep child care centers. Kathleen Brislane, Louis Peirotto, Caroline Brislane, Mary-Anne MacFarland, Tony Belaski, and Robin Tuckler meet to support child care centers; taken at Golden Gate Park.
 

Streetcar Safety -- Geary Car Barn (May 13, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84505.01]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mechanic Richard Furth, Terry Jean Leever, and John Manni demonstrate new safety features of streetcars.
 

Priests Sworn Into City Recreation Department -- City Hall (May 15, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84505.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Robert Munson swears Reverend Eugene Shea, Reverend James Dowd, and Reverend Leo Powelson into city Recreation Department, with Mayor Roger D. Lapham standing alongside.
 

View from Southern Pacific Building (May 17, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84505.03]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

View of San Francisco, taken from the Southern Pacific Building looking north toward Telegraph Hill (cityscapes).
 

Views of San Francisco -- Maritime Day (May 22, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84505.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aerial Views of San Francisco taken during Maritime Day (cityscapes).
 

View of Piers -- Waterfront (May 22, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84505.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Aerial view of piers at the Waterfront.
 

Dead Horse Sale -- Post Office (May 23, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84505.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lelah Larry looks over wedding gown, red wagon, golf clubs, and other items at a Dead Horse Sale [sale of Post Office's unclaimed items].
 

Miss San Francisco Beauty Contest -- Fairmont Hotel (June 10, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84505.07]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Supervisor George Christopher stands with Miss San Francisco Virginia Phillips, runner up Nikki Geer, third place winner Catherine Fox, and fourth place winner Elinor Mackie at the San Francisco Beauty Contest.
 

Wheat Harvest -- Twin Peaks (June 11, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84505.08]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

David Huenergardt, David Huenergardt, Jr., and Mrs. Huenergardt harvest wheat on Twin Peaks with San Francisco cityscape in background.
 

Annual Auction -- Post Office (June 17, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84505.09]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Postmaster William McCarthy gives Wadeanna Watkins a doll at annual auction of unclaimed articles. Mrs. Robert Lloyd, John Kuha, Clifford Parrish, and Sally Mardigian bid on silk.
 

Income Tax Protest -- Doctors and Dentists -- Sutter Building (June 20, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84505.10]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Supervisor Marvin E. Lewis speaks to doctors and dentists who have gathered to protest proposed income tax; view of San Francisco in background (cityscapes).
 

Views from Telegraph Hill (June 21, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84506.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of the waterfront from Telegraph Hill show ships at dock.
 

North Central Improvement Association -- Merchants' Exchange Building (July 08, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84506.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Parker Maddux and Thomas Brooks show the North Central Improvement Association's new water sprinkler truck.
 

Guerrero Street Improvements (July 10, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84506.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Guerrero Street after the completion of road improvements (Mission District neighborhood).
 

Clipper Street Extension (July 11, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84506.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of Clipper Street and undeveloped hillsides from upper Twin Peaks Road, from Market Street, and from a nearby hill. View of the Bay from Clipper Street [photos taken at site of new extension of Clipper Street into upper Market Street].
 

Night Views of San Francisco (July 14, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84506.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aerial Views of San Francisco at night (cityscapes).
 

Treasure Island (July 14, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84506.06]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Aerial photograph of Treasure Island.
 

New Federal Grand Jury -- Federal Building (July 14, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 115, [84506.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Group photo of Federal grand jury for the July term [no names given].
 

Swearing In -- Board of Permit Appeals -- City Hall (July 23, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84506.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Acting County Clerk Robert Munson swears in John Craig as a member of the Board of Permit Appeals; Mayor Roger D. Lapham stands alongside.
 

Foreign Coins Received On Streetcars -- City Hall (July 25, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84506.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Treasurer Thomas McCarthy shows some of the foreign coins dropped into streetcar boxes.
 

City Supervisors -- City Hall (July 28, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84506.10]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

City Supervisors Fred Meyer, Dan Gallagher, John J. Sullivan, Dewey Mead, Chester MacPhee... pose for group photo.
 

Plumas County Fair -- Telegraph Hill (August 01, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.01]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Bonnie Barnhill, Norma Jean Self, and Mary Mazelin of the Plumas County Fair "pan for gold" on Telegraph Hill.
 

Transportation -- City Beach Train -- Ocean Beach (August 09, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Al Fernandis drives the new City of San Francisco beach train (Actually an open air bus with several pasenger cars in tow.)
 

Mission Dollar Day Sale (August 18, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Laverne Guillemard, President Chris J. Christensen of the Mission Street Merchants' Association, John L. Clymer, George Edelstein, and Herbert J. Gaevert gather with silver dollars (money taken in on dollar day?] at the Mission branch of the San Francisco Bank.
 

Funeral of Lee Quan -- Chinatown (August 26, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.04]

Physical Description: 12 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Cars driving and mourners walking in funeral procession up Sacramento Avenue. Helen Quan receives nickel. Man passes out nickels to mourners. View of funeral ceremony inside Nam Kue School [photographer calls the funeral of Lee Quan the "largest Chinese funeral in years"].
 

Enterprise (ship) Meeting -- City Hall (August 28, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.05]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham, Paul Verdier, Ann Dibble, Mrs. John F. Johnston of the Womans Organization for the American Merchant Marine, Mrs. Harry Parsons... meet to discuss the Enterprise (ship) at City Hall.
 

Swearing In -- Commissioners -- City Hall (September 03, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.06]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Robert Munson swears in Albert C. Charles and Harry J. Stewart as new commissioners.
 

Motorman Retires -- Municipal Railroad (October 02, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Municipal Railroad motorman Patrick Donigan retires after twenty-nine years of service without an accident; shown with James Turner.
 

Death by the Cliff House (October 02, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.08]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Men stand at spot where man jumped from cliff.
 

Victory Garden (October 05, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.09]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

H.A. Weiss harvests potatoes from the Victory Garden at 557 Fourth Avenue, while Pete Bourras looks on. H.A. Weiss sits with Mrs. Weiss.
 

City Transportation Display -- Hospitality House (October 06, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.10]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Bus operator Jack Richlin shows Mary Rowan pictures and graphs making up the San Francisco transportation display. Planning Director T.J. Kent, Jr. looks at display with Vice President Louis Lundberg of the Chamber of Commerce and Utilities Manager James H. Turner.
 

Views of Van Ness Avenue (October 11, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.11]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Van Ness Avenue looking south; taken from Van Ness Avenue and Pacific Street (neighborhood).
 

Street Damage After Rain (October 09, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.12]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Street cracks caused by rain visible at Fifteenth Street and Noe Street.
 

Candidacy for City Supervisor (October 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.13]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

John J. Sullivan files for candidacy in the election for supervisor, in the company of his wife and son Warren Sullivan. (No date given.)
 

Blind Man Opens Cigar Store (October 14, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.14]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

William Peck sells cigars to Louise Koster and Gertrude Sutton.
 

Views of San Francisco (October 15, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.15]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aerial views of San Francisco (cityscapes).
 

Old Streetcar -- Ferry Building (October 15, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84507.16]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

George Hathaman and Lorin Silliman stand with an old, Market Street type streetcar has writing asking voters to approve ballot measures to replace the old streetcars].
 

Street Damage (October 17, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84508.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of large pothole on Fulton Street, the result of a street cave in after a watermain break.
 

World's Largest Crane -- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (October 22, 1947 - December 17, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84508.02-03]

Physical Description: 17 negatives

Scope and Content Note

General view of the world's largest crane, with the Hornet (ship), Intrepid (ship), and Rocky Mount (ship) in waters around the crane. Several shots of the crane conducting test operations, with Commander L.J. Stephenson [crane project superintendant], Ensign George Burton, quarterman rigger P.I. Erickson, and snapper rigger A.J. Thomas shown.
 

Transportation -- New Bus (October 23, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84508.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham sits behind the wheel of new city bus, while James Turner stands alongside bus. Shot of bus on hill shows its ability to bend in the middle. Taken at City Hall, and at Steiner Street.
 

City Recreation Department -- Photography Center (October 23, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84508.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Supervisor Fred Levy of the Photography Center speaks to group of people. Director James V. Farley explains how print dryer works to Walter L. Linnell, Mrs. W.L. Linnell, and Mrs. H. Chatelain. Director Walter Swanson explains use of the print enlarger to Doctor A. Steiner, Mrs. Steiner, and Martin E. Field.
 

Proposed Foreign Trade Zone -- Pier Forty-five (October 29, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84508.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Port Director Robert J. Wylie and President Thomas Coakley of the Board of State Harbor Commission, Congressman Richard J. Welch, Alvin Ercholz and President Carl Eastman of the Chamber of Commerce... examine proposed site for foreign trade zone.
 

Mother's Milk Bank (October 31, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84508.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Alice Towne and Mrs. Thomas Jones pictured inside the Mother's Milk Bank.
 

Elections -- New Supervisor (November 05, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84508.08]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Newly elected Supervisor Don Fazackerly sits with his wife and daughter.
 

Decommissioning of the Shangri-La (ship) -- Hunters Point (November 07, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84508.09]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain Philip Lemler and Rear Admiral John R. Redman speak at ceremony for the decommissioning of the Shangri-La (ship). Commander J.A. Thomas and Mrs. H.J. Ray pull pennant down during attention to colors.
 

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson -- City Hall (November 13, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84508.10]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Elmer E. Robinson cleans out his office at City Hall prior to relinquishing duties as judge and assuming those of mayor.
 

View of Trails -- Land's End (November 17, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84508.11]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of trails and the waters around San Francisco's Land's End (environment).
 

Tax Payments -- City Hall (December 01, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84509.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lines of people wait to pay taxes at the Tax Collector's office.
 

San Francisco Scarf (December 01, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84509.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Marilyn Hubert wears "San Francisco" scarf.
 

Free Trade Zone -- Pier Forty-five B (December 09, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84509.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photograph of the buildings and area that comprise the free trade zone at Pier Forty-five B.
 

Swearing In -- New World Trade Center Member (December 16, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84509.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Albert C. Wollenberg swears in Leland W. Cutler as member of the San Francisco World Trade Center; with Thomas A. Maloney and Alex Von Hafften also pictured.
 

Swearing In -- Board of Education -- Mayor's Office (December 17, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84509.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Martin Mongan swears in Doctor Karl Schaupp and Bert W. Levit as members of the Board of Education; with Mayor Roger D. Lapham standing alongside.
 

Swearing In -- City Treasurer -- City Hall (December 20, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84510.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

County Clerk Martin Mongan swears in John J. Goodwin as City Treasurer, with Mayor Roger D. Lapham looking on.
 

Mayor-Elect Elmer E. Robinson (December 29, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84510.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor-Elect Elmer R. Robinson reads his mail, at 2101 Pacific Avenue.
 

United Nations Plaque -- Opera House (December 30, 1947) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84510.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge John J. McMahon and Don Hewett stand by as Mayor Roger D. Lapham unveils a plaque given to the the city of San Francisco by the United Nations; with Ambassador Asaf Ali of India also shown.
 

City Supervisors' Meeting -- City Hall (January 05, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84510.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham speaks at supervisors' meeting. Supervisor George Christopher gives speech for retiring Supervisor Jesse Colman.
 

Mayor Roger D. Lapham -- Last Day in Office -- City Hall (January 07, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84510.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Roger D. Lapham poses with calendar showing that his days in office are over.
 

Flower Decorations -- Mayor's Office (January 08, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84511.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Sallee Hanlon, Mayor Elmer E. Robinson's personal secretary, shows flower decorations in the Mayor's Office.
 

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson (January 08, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84511.02]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Scenes show Mayor Elmer E. Robinson and his wife at home.
 

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson -- Inauguration (January 08, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84511.03-05]

Physical Description: 18 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Supervisor Dan Gallagher speaks at inauguration of Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, who is seated behind the podium with departing Mayor Roger D. Lapham. Pictures of mayor's party walking to reception. County Clerk Martin Mongan swears in Elmer E. Robinson as mayor. Judge Thomas Foley administers oath of office to Elmer E. Robinson; Robinson speaks. Ex-Mayor Roger D. Lapham speaks. Mrs. Elmer E. Robinson, Dan Gallagher, Joe Smith, August Rahlies, and Mrs. V.P. Bolton also shown.
 

Inauguration -- Mayor Elmer E. Robinson -- City Hall (January 08, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84511.06]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Tom Foley swears in Walter Leonetti and Max Sobel as fire commissioners. Mayor Elmer E. Robinson and administrative assistant Dave Lewis begin work after the reception.
 

Inauguration -- Mayor Elmer E. Robinson -- City Hall (January 08, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84511.07]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Picture of the receiving line at inauguration reception. Mayor Elmer E. Robinson poses for photo with Mrs. Elmer Robinson, his daughter Mrs. V.P. Bolton and V.P. Bolton, and his parents Ralph S. Robinson and Mrs. Ralph S. Robinson. Judge Tom Foley swears in Henry C. Maginn, J. Warnock Walsh, and Washington Kohnke as police commissioners.
 

Inauguration -- Mayor Elmer E. Robinson -- City Hall (January 08, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84511.08]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson stands with Reed Robinson, Fred G. Ainslie, Ernest West, John Figone, and E.B. Baron of his Board of Permit Appeals. Mayor Elmer E. Robinson signs paper in the presence of Chairman A.R. Tommasini of Printing Week.
 

Swearing In -- City Supervisors -- City Hall (January 08, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84511.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Melvin Cronin of the Superior Court swears in Edward Mancuso, J. Joseph Sullivan, John J. Sullivan, Don Fazackerley, Chris Christenson, and Dewey Mead as new supervisors.
 

Commissioner -- Bank of America (January 08, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84511.10]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

New Commissioner Frank M. Buckley of Bank of America sits at desk in the Fourth and Market Streets bank branch.
 

Reception -- Mayor Elmer E. Robinson -- City Hall (January 09, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84511.11]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Supervisor John Joseph Sullivan stands in reception line with Mrs. John Joseph Sullivan and daughter Judy Ann Sullivan. State Senator Gerald O'Gara talks with Mayor Elmer E. Robinson and Mrs. Elmer E. Robinson. General views of mayor's reception.
 

Saint Ignatius Church (January 10, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84512.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Picture of the Saint Ignatius Church's exterior, with neighborhood in background.
 

Views from Twin Peaks (January 15, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84512.01-06]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco taken from Twin Peaks during foggy weather (cityscapes).
 

Swearing In -- Mayor's Confidential Secretary -- City Hall (January 12, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84512.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Herman Van Der Zee swears in Val King as Mayor Elmer E. Robinson's confidential secretary.
 

Dinner Honoring Mayor Elmer E. Robinson -- Fairmont Hotel (January 15, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84512.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, Mrs. Elmer E. Robinson, Captain G.K. Carmichael and Mrs. G.K. Carmichael, James Leo Halley... attend dinner honoring Mayor Elmer E. Robinson.
 

Swearing In -- Commissioners -- Mayor's Office (January 15, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84512.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, Judge Edward P. Murphy, and Commissioner William Wallace Chapin stand by as Judge George W. Schonfed of the Superior Court swears in Louis Sutter, Mrs. Sigmund Stern, Mrs. Henry J. Dippel, Charles J. Jung... as commissioners.
 

Swearing In -- Commissioners -- City Hall (January 19, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84513.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson watches Judge Herbert Kaufman swear in Victor Swanson and Harld Lopez as commissioners.
 

World Trade Luncheon -- Fairmont Hotel (January 19, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84513.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Virginia Phillips and William F. Minehan pose with global map [highlighting San Francisco with large arrow].
 

Cable Cars -- Interviews (January 24, 1948 - January 29, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84513.03-04]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Gas station attendant Victor Seward, gas station owner Charles Calligure, and Mrs. R.N. Benish answer a reporter's questions about cable cars. Pastry cook Maurice Barosso and I.T. Scott discuss how they will get by without the cable cars as a transportation resource.
 

Swearing In -- Utilities Commissioner -- City Hall (January 26, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84513.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson watches as Judge Edward Murphy swears in Philip F. Landis as utilities commissioner.
 

Swearing In -- Commissioners -- City Hall (January 27, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84513.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Thomas M. Foley swears in Harvey E. Teller, Edward J. Wren, Peter Berlot, Mrs. Alice G. Poyner, Ralph Stackpole, and Mrs. J. Henry Mohr as commissioners; with Mayor Elmer E. Robinson and Judge Milton Sapiro standing alongside.
 

Cable Car Meeting (January 27, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84513.07]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Wendell Phillips, John F. Shelley, Charles Wood, Henry B. Mann, and George Johns listen to S. Waldo Coleman of the California Street Cable Railroad Company. Taken at the Russ [?] Building.
 

Traffic Violation -- Elmer Robinson -- City Hall (January 30, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84514.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Picture of Mayor Elmer Robinson's car with ticket on the windshield. Mayor Elmer Robinson and chauffer John Shannon pay ticket at the traffic bureau.
 

Supervisor Retires -- Saint Francis Hotel (February 04, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84514.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Retiring Supervisor Jesse Colman is pictured with Supervisor J. Joseph Sullivan and Mrs. Jesse Colman during his retirement luncheon.
 

Supervisor James Leo Halley (February 09, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84514.03-04]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of new supervisor, Doctor James Leo Halley, taken at 450 Sutter Street. Supervisor James Leo Halley shown at home with wife Clara Halley and daughter Jacqueline Winston Taken at 22 Sea Cliff.
 

World Trade Center -- Pier Forty-two (February 09, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84514.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Miss World Trade Virginia Phillips greets E. Russell Lutz at the World Trade Center.
 

Swearing In -- Commissioners and Supervisor -- City Hall (February 11, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84515.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Melvyn Cronin of the Superior Court swears in Sam M. Markewitz, Mrs. Eugene Prince, Ralph J. McGill, and Fred Dettmering as commissioners. Mayor Elmer E. Robinson congratulates new Supervisor James L. Halley.
 

Mayor of Bowery -- City Hall (February 16, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84515.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson meets Mayor Sammy Fuch of Bowery [New York?].
 

Yacht Harbor (February 23, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84515.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of water breaking over the sea wall at Yacht Harbor, during rough weather.
 

Transportation System -- Conley Hall (February 24, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84515.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Conley Hall, a thirteen year old boy possessing [an apparently prodigious] knowledge of the transit system; taken at the Call Bulletin office.
 

Brown-out Hearing -- Public Utilities Commission -- State Building (February 24, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84515.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Justus F. Craemer, George Flagg, Ira H. Rowell, Harold P. Huls, R.E. Mittlestaedt... preside over meeting of the Public Utilities Commission concerning "brown outs." Picture of crowd at hearing.
 

Brown Out Violators (February 26, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84515.06]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of "brown out" violators on Market Street (neighborhood), including Taylor's Dress Shop at 923 Market Street, Doctor Beauchamp's office at 964 Market Street, Cam Mal Hardware Store at 1203 Grant Street, Doctor R.C. Willett's office at Kearney and Market Streets, and Reeds Millinery at 977 Market Street.
 

Charter Arrives -- Foreign Trade Zone (March 15, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84516.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

General Robert H. Wylie, President Thomas Coakley and Secretary Mark H. Gates of the Board of State Harbor Commission hold charter for San Francisco foreign trade zone.
 

Transportation Expert -- Mayor's Office (March 15, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84516.02-03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer Robinson talks with Transportation Commissioner Sidney H. Bingham of New York City. Colonel Sidney H. Bingham sits with Chairman Wheeler H. Bingham at luncheon.
 

Transportation -- Municipal Railway -- Market Street Construction (March 15, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84516.04-05]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers pull up old tracks to make way for new tracks at Fifth Street and Market Street, and Powell and Market Streets (neighborhood).
 

Cable Car Made of Fruit -- Emporium Department Store (March 18, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84516.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Jonni Burnette sits inside cable car made of fruit [window display at the Emporium].
 

Transportation -- Streetcar Changes -- Municipal Railroad (March 19, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84517.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Foreman Thomas Carpenter demonstrates increased standing room for passengers on street cars.
 

Fashion -- Fisherman's Wharf (March 24, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84517.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Madeleine Lavery models a Ben Reig three piece blue suit, with fall skirt, silk blouse, bolero, and white felt sailor hat (fashion).
 

Fashion -- Mason Street (March 24, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84517.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Frances Rozga and Sallie Boyd model clothes on Mason Street (fashion).
 

Invitation -- Maiden Lane Spring Festival -- City Hall (March 25, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84517.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Betty Batch presents Mayor Elmer Robinson with invitation to the Maiden Lane Spring Festival.
 

Spring Festival -- Maiden Lane (April 01, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84517.05]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of Maiden Lane decorated for Spring Festival and filled with crowds (neighborhood). Martha Vaughn and Vivian Wright walk down street with flowers. Martha Vaughn, Commander Alex Slemmons, and Joe the monkey hold flowers. Mayor Elmer Robinson and Mike Desiano, dressed as Don Gaspar de Portola, crown Actress Carolyn Adair [star of the musical "Oklahoma"] as queen.
 

Cable Car -- Emporium Department Store (April 06, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84518.01-02]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Several photographs of workmen using crane to hoist a cable car to the roof of the Emporium department store.
 

Broadway Tunnel Plans -- City Hall (April 09, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84518.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs show construction plans for new Broadway tunnel [to run through Russian Hill].
 

World Trade Week -- Mayor's Office (April 22, 1945) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84518.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer Robinson, holding a proclamation that he delivered for World Trade Week, poses with Miss World Trade Shirley Kimball.
 

Doctor Manuel R. Vasquez (April 30, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84518.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Doctor Manuel R. Vasquez presents Mayor Elmer E. Robinson with blanket [or pancho?].
 

View Through Periscope -- Naval Shipyard (May 01, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84518.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco skyline through a periscope at the naval shipyard.
 

Traffic Problems (May 07, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84518.07]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of traffic problems on Market Street caused by a fire at Third Street and Market Street.
 

Swearing In -- Coordinating Council -- City Hall (May 11, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84519.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Edward Murphy of the Superior Court swears in Doctor Henry Alfred Tagliaferri as member of the Coordinating Council, as Mayor Elmer E. Robinson looks on.
 

Native Sons of the Golden West -- Monument (May 12, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84519.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Maribeth McMahon, Marilyn Reets, and Lois Hildebrand look at Native Sons Monument, statue to be moved from Turk, Mason, and Market Streets to another location.
 

New Trolley Bus -- Municipal Railway (May 13, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84519.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

G.W. Evington and H.G. Wilson of the Municipal Railway, and Manager James H. Turner of Public Utilities examine the first new trolley bus to arrive in San Francisco; taken at Sixteenth Street and Alabama Street.
 

Actor William Bendix -- Cable Car Purchase -- City Hall (May 19, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84519.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Actor William Bendix, movie star interested in purchasing a cable car, holds up sample models of cable cars with Mayor Elmer Robinson.
 

New Lights -- North Beach Playground (May 21, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84519.05]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

R. Bianchi of the City Attorney's office speaks to crowd gathered to see new lights in operation at the North Beach Playground.
 

Louis B. Lundberg -- Chamber of Commerce (May 25, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 116, [84519.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Louis B. Lundberg [apparently of the Chamber of Commerce] at 333 Pine Street.
 

Miss San Francisco Contest -- Chamber of Commerce (June 04, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84520.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Contest chairman Andrew Kozak examines contestants Jacque Rupe, Muriel Townsend, and Marcelyn Wiggins.
 

New Buses -- Municipal Bus System (June 04, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84520.02-03]

Physical Description: 13 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New buses parade up Market Street (neighborhood).
 

Children Swimming -- Fleishacker Pool (June 22, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84520.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of children swimming at Fleishacker Pool [for an admittance fee of five cents].
 

Anniversary of San Francisco's Founding -- Presidio Officers' Club (June 30, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84520.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Alejandra Atherton Pedley, General Mark Clark, and Bishop James T. O'Dowd celebrate San Francisco's one hundred and seventy-second birthday.
 

Swearing In -- Superintendant -- United States Mint (July 01, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84520.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Federal Judge George Harris swears in George B. Gillim as the new superintendant of the US Mint.
 

Chamber of Commerce Delegation -- Municipal Airport (July 13, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84520.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce trade delegation members Alvin Eicholz, Ronald Kaehler, and Robert Wylie wait in the airport after arrival from the Philippines.
 

Coinage Procedure -- United States Mint (July 28, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84520.08]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ed Langley pours silver for ingots. Dan McLoughlin trims ingots. Jim Scullion operates rolling machine to make strips from ingots. John Hickey, John Hennessey, and George Gillin operate punching machine to make blanks [blank coins] from strips. Workers weigh blanks on scales.
 

Press Conference -- Chamber of Commerce (July 19, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84521.01]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

President W.P. Fuller Brawner of the Chamber of Commerce sits during press conference.
 

Annual Novena -- Saint Anne's Church (July 18, 1948 - July 21, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84521.02-03]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Parishioners light candles and Father Coffey gives blessing to people in the crowd. Priest blesses babies and small children being held by mothers. General shots of people sitting in pews and waiting for ceremony.
 

Novena -- Saint Anne's Church (July 28, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84521.04]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of Monsignor William McDonald, Bishop Hugh Donohoe, and Chaplain Dan Shea participating in Novena procession. General shots of the crowd along the parade route.
 

Transportation -- New Trolley Car -- Municipal Railway -- Elkton Car Yard (July 23, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84521.05]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Manager V.S. Herrington of the General Electric Company, Utilities Manager James H. Turner, and General Manager William H. Scott of the Municipal Railway pose with new trolley car.
 

Cable Car Testimonial (July 27, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84521.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

A.J. Wall, Mrs. Carl Eastman, Pat O'Shea, George Zacha, Ted Lee, Mrs. Hans Klussman, and Ernest Thompson give testimonial to the cable car "saviour" at California and Hyde Streets.
 

Views from Golden Gate Bridge (July 27, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84522.01]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco and surroundings as seen from the top of the Golden Gate Bridge tower (cityscapes).
 

Children Swimming -- Fleishacker Pool (July 28, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84522.02]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Children taking a Red Cross swim course at Fleishacker Pool.
 

Streetcar Maintenance -- Municipal Railroad (August 03, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84522.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

General Electric engineer Paul McSweeney and shop foreman Bress Corley work on the wiring for new streetcars.
 

Brake Repair -- Municipal Buses -- White Motor Company (August 03, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84522.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mechanics Lee Phillips, Lee Brant, Otto Vogt, and John E. Jane work on municipal bus' brakes.
 

Aerial Views of San Francisco (August 10, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84522.05]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aerial views of San Francisco (cityscapes).
 

Old San Francisco Scenes (August 17, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84522.06]

Physical Description: 13 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copy negatives of photographs and illustrations showing old San Francisco scenes [various nineteenth century dates. Probably copied from the collection of the San Francisco Public Library].
 

Flower Show (August 19, 1948 - August 25, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84522.07-08]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Dorothy Sarnoff holds magdalena dahlias at the Emporium department store. Pina Vigil holds special arrangement of flowers; Mrs. William J. Roth displays fuchsia; overall shot of flower show at City Hall. D. Anderson, Pat O'Connor, Gloria Hazlett, and Nikky Greer also shown.
 

Urban Development Commission -- Mayor's Office (September 03, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84523.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson watches as Judge Robert McWilliams swears in Thor B. Graven, Lawrence Palacios, Morgan A Gunst, Dr. J. Joseph Hayes, and Dr. Herbert B. Henderson as members of the Urban Development Commission.
 

Traffic Control Meeting -- City Hall (September 24, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84523.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Edward Turkington, Judge Twain Michelson, Mrs. C.T. Bass, and Judge Clarence Morris attend traffic control meeting.
 

Veterans -- City Government -- City Hall (October 03, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84523.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson talks with veterans Sam Surall, Irwin Yarkis, Dorothy Schell, Roger Ranck, Arthur Shapiro... [veterans looking over city government].
 

Senior Recreation Center -- Aquatic Park Building (October 03, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84523.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. William Bayless and Mrs. George D. Cohn speak at opening of senior center.
 

Stock Market -- Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Beane (October 04, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84523.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

People view San Francisco's first electric stock market board. Taken at 301 Montgomery Street.
 

Traffic Plans (October 07, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84523.06]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copies of plans for San Francisco transit and freeway developments; taken at 100 Larkin Street.
 

Trolley Schedule -- Municipal Railway -- Potrero Carbarn (October 16, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84523.07]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Conductor Patrick Groden, Jack S. McDowell, and Motorman J.E. Joyner check "impossible" trolley schedule.
 

Street Cleaning Solution (October 26, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84523.08]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Truck sprays California Street with new chemical cleaning solution. J.M. Shelton, Frances Shanahan, Peter Urbani, W.J. Dibble, G.L. Fox, and M.P. Youkey shown.
 

Red Mass -- Saint Mary's Cathedral (November 03, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84523.09]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Monsignor Ambrose Burke gives Red Mass. Pictures of altar and congregation.
 

Aluminum Owls -- Civic Center (November 10, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84524.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

William Tobin holds up aluminum owls, meant to scare pigeons away.
 

Swearing In -- Library Commissioners -- City Hall (November 16, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84524.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Milton Sapiro swears in Alden Ames, Ivan R. Bresee, and Evelyn LaPlace as library commissioners. Retiring Commissioner A.W. Kohner and Mayor Elmer E. Robinson also shown.
 

Boys' Club Day -- Playland at the Beach. (November 26, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84524.03]

Physical Description: 11 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Richard Patterson and other children from Boys Club on various amusement park rides.
 

Planning Commissioner -- City Hall (December 03, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84524.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Melvyn Cronin and Mayor Elmer Robinson present for swearing in of William D. Kilduff as planning commissioner.
 

Water Department (December 06, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84524.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New General Manager G.W. Pracy of the San Francisco Water Department meets outgoing Manager N.A. Eckart.
 

Native Sons Statue (December 09, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84524.06]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers remove Native Sons of the Golden West statue from Market and Turk Streets, for transport to Golden Gate Park.
 

Library Closure -- Potrero Heights (December 15, 1948) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84524.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Librarian Marion McCarthy uses pots and pans to catch rain at leaky branch library. Taken at 444 Connecticut Street.
 

Grain Terminal -- Islais Creek (January 05, 1949 - June 06, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84525.01-03]

Physical Description: 14 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of state funded grain elevator. Workers use elevator to load grain onto ship.
 

Old San Francisco Scenes (January 06, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84525.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copy negatives of: photograph of D. Hewes Steam Paddy from 1865, photograph of observatory on Telegraph Hill from 1899, photograph of Luisa Tetrazzini singing Christmas carols in 1910.
 

Christmas Workers -- Post Office (January 08, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84525.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Crowds gather at windows to be paid for Christmas work.
 

Views from Mount Tamalpais (January 10, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84525.06]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco taken at night (cityscapes).
 

Park Commissioner -- City Hall (January 13, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84525.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Timothy Fitzpatrick of the Superior Court swears in Michael J. Buckley as park commissioner; with Mayor Elmer Robinson looking on.
 

Trial Run -- Municipal Bus (January 14, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84525.08]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Fillmore Street bus given trial run.
 

Park Commissioner -- City Hall (January 19, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84525.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge William F. Traverso of Superior Court swears in William M. Coffman as park commissioner; with Washington I. Kohnke and Mayor Elmer Robinson looking on.
 

Board of Permit Appeals -- Public Welfare Commission -- City Hall (January 25, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84525.10]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge George W. Schonfeld of the Superior Court swears in Jeremiah J. Mulvihill and Rosalind Johns as commissioners; with Mayor Elmer E. Robinson looking on.
 

Mayor's Cabinet -- City Hall (January 26, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84525.11]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, Controller Harry Ross, Commissioner Philip E. Landis of Public Utilities Commission, Commissioner Max Sobel of Fire Commission, Commissioner James E. Turner of Public Utilities Commission... attend cabinet meeting.
 

Streetcar Tokens (January 26, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84525.12]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Don Galvin, David Curtin, and Violet Bahre sort streetcar tokens that have been "called in."
 

United Irish Societies -- Robert Emmet Memorial -- Golden Gate Park (February 06, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84526.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mary McLoone, Betty O'Connor, Hannora Deely, A. Flaherty, Val King... participate in exercises of the United Irish Societies.
 

City Attorney -- City Hall (February 09, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84526.02-03]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

John J. O'Toole and Mayor Elmer E. Robinson congratulate new City Attorney Dion R. Holm.
 

Old San Francisco Scenes (February 15, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84526.04]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copy negatives of illustrations and photographs showing Blanche B. Higgins, Adah Issacs Menken dressed in 1849 fashion, Mrs. Gordon in cape, Miss Spang in cloak, Mrs. Precht in evening gown, pioneer woman in 1849, Indian woman in 1780, child with a dog, head dress in 1860, and a woman dressed in 1904 fashion.
 

Two Way Radio -- Ambulance (February 18, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84526.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ambulance steward Glen Johnson operates two way radio [first for emergency ambulance] while Andy Gutierrez drives.
 

Former Mayor -- City Supervisors (February 21, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84526.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ex-Mayor Roger Lapham is shown with Supervisor J. Joseph Sullivan during visit to Board of Supervisors.
 

Public Health Center (February 23, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84526.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Nurses Helyn Lum and Margaret Lowe weigh baby Sherrill Dotson with help from Mrs. Leonard Dotson at opening of new Public Health Center at 498 Sanchez Street.
 

Spring -- Maiden Lane (February 24, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84527.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ansel W. Robinson, Bill Lundigan, Maureen O'Hara, Pat O'Brien, and George O'Brien hold flier advertising Maiden Lane spring festivities.
 

Old San Francisco Scenes (February 25, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84527.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copy negatives of illustrations showing the San Francisco Plaza on the Fourth of July, 1851 (cityscapes).
 

Anniversary -- San Francisco Post Office -- City Hall (February 28, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84527.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Kay Berdan of the San Francisco Post Office, Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, and acting Post Master John F. Fixa examine letters for President Harry Truman on the one hundreth anniversary of the San Francisco Post Office.
 

Retirement -- City Attorney -- City Hall (March 01, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84527.04-05]

Physical Description: 11 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson attends retirement ceremonies and testimonial dinner for City Attorney John J. O'Toole, at City Hall and the Palace Hotel respectively. Mrs. John O'Toole also shown.
 

Cable Car Tickets -- City Hall (March 11, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84527.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Art Commissioner Ernest A. Born, Mrs. Hans Klussmann, and Mayor Elmer E. Robinson look over sketch of souvenir ticket.
 

Traffic Clerk -- City Hall (March 18, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84527.07]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Artist Beniamino Bufano [acting as traffic clerk] stands on books so he can reach counter and take payment from Gloria Smith; with Judge Herman Van Der Zee looking on.
 

House Lifted Over Fence (March 18, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84527.08]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

The G.W. Thomas Drayage and Rigging Company lifts small house over fence at La Salle and [Mendel?] Streets.
 

Judges of Superior Court -- City Hall (March 21, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84527.09]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Judge Melvyn Cronin of the Superior Court swears in Herman Van Der Zee and Leo A. Cunningham as acting Superior Court judges.
 

Flower Show -- Maiden Lane (March 30, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84528.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Art Bell, Louise Cutter, and Dorothy Johnstone hold flowers for flower show.
 

Spring Festival -- Maiden Lane (March 31, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84528.02-03]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of Maiden Lane decorated for the Spring Festival (neighborhood). Mayor Elmer Robinson, Frances Rowe, Ansel Robinson, and Laima Ruigys appear before crowd at festival.
 

National World Trade Week -- Pier Forty-five B (March 31, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84528.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

M.J. McCarthy and B.N. Lillevand recrown Shirley Kimball as "Miss Pacific" Queen.
 

Track Repair -- Municipal Railway (April 01, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84528.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workmen repair switch on tracks at Geary and Market Streets.
 

Planning Commissioner -- City Hall (April 06, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84528.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson poses with new Planning Commissioner Paul Opperman.
 

Building Moved (April 08, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84528.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers move building; taken at Fell and Franklin Streets.
 

Demonstration -- Post Office Building (April 08, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84528.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Demonstrators picket Post Office (labor?).
 

New Uniforms -- Post Office (April 08, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84528.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Postmaster John F. Fixa examines new uniforms of carriers Al Saarinen and Victor Lund.
 

Old San Francisco Scenes (April 11, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84528.10]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copy negatives of of photographs of Tessie Wall's home [no date given], and the old Palace Hotel, taken in 1876.
 

City Playground (April 11, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84529.01]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Kathy Kelso and Tommy Louchard play on children's playground [constructed on vacant lot by parents]. Mrs. Robert Rondick also shown.
 

Cross -- Mount Davidson (April 11, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84529.02-03]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Nighttime photographs of cross on Mount Davidson and fog moving over San Francisco (cityscapes). Raymond Stignaro prays near cross.
 

Father Ferrester's Chinese Mission -- Power House -- Cable Cars (April 12, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84529.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Conductor Anthony Campagna gives tour of California Street cable car power house to Chinese immigrant children [part of "Americanization" process for the children, having been in the United States for less than six months].
 

Street Car and Bus Schedules -- City Hall (April 18, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84529.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Crowd at meeting protesting changes in schedules for street cars and municipal buses.
 

New Library Commissioner -- City Hall (April 20, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84529.06]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson watches as Judge Melvyn Cronin of the Superior Court swears in Rene A. Vayssie as library commissioner.
 

Drive-In Mail Box (April 22, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84529.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Postmaster John Fixa watches Actress Yvonne De Carlo, Actor William Bendix, and Meg Randall mail letters using new drive up mail box.
 

Recording System -- Library (April 22, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84529.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, City Librarian Lawrence Clarke, and President George D. Hart of the Library Commission shown with new recording system.
 

Traffic Jam (April 25, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84529.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Municipal busses in traffic jam between Second Street and New Montgomery Street (neighborhood).
 

Fashion Show -- Cable Car (April 25, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84530.01]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Models, dressed in spring fashions, pose with cable car.
 

Cable Car -- Chicago Railroad Fair (April 27, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84530.02]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Robinson and President Harry A. Mitchel of the Western Union Railroad ride on cable car number 524 [on its last run before going to Chicago Railroad Fair]. Shot of crowd.
 

Main Library (April 28, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84530.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mr. and Mrs. Moore S. Achenbach hand over million dollar collection of etchings to City Attorney Dion Holm and President George D. Hart of the Library Commission. [Collection later the print collection of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco].
 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company -- Construction (April 28, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84530.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers tear up newly laid cement and install manhole covers at Market Street near Fifth Street.
 

Old San Francisco Scenes -- White House (April 29, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 117, [84530.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ruth Phelps examines diaramma showing scene from 1906 fire, with diaramma of the 1856 assisination of James King of William also shown.
 

Bell Ringing Contest -- Cable Cars (May 15, 1949 - May 18, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84530.06-08]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

James L. Buckirk, Harry Bishop and Thomas Hutching ring cable car bell at the Municipal Car Barn. Crowd watches Gripman J.H. Heintz and Alexander Nielsen participate in California Line eliminations of bell ringing contest. Jack S. McDowell and Judy Miller shown with Mac Trophy [for contest winner].
 

Forty and Eight Organization -- City Hall (May 23, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84530.09]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Paul O'Dowd, Everett Linoberg, and Abe Henderson of the Forty and Eight Organization present Mayor Elmer E. Robinson with a miniature cable car [representing prosperity].
 

Bell Ringing Contest -- Cable Cars -- Union Square (May 24, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84530.10]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Gripman J.H. Heintz, sportscaster Ira Blue of KGO radio, John T. Callahan, Jack S. McDowell, Alexander Nielsen... shown at the Call Bulletin Cable Car Bell Ringing Championships. Shots of crowd (neighborhood).
 

Mission District Balloon Day (May 16, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84531.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

City Attorney Dion Holm and Donald Deddes of the Mission Merchants' Association release balloons into the air at Twenty-second Street and Mission Street. Judy Mathson, Joan Vickers, Carolyn Joyce, and picture of crowd also shown. [Neighborhood street scene with New Mission cinema visible].
 

Art Commission -- City Hall (May 26, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84531.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Judge Thomas Foley swears in Francis Joseph McCarthy as new member of the Art Commission; with President Harold Zellerbach and Mayor Elmer E. Robinson also present.
 

Souvenir Tickets -- Cable Car (June 06, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84531.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

President Philip F. Landis of the Public Utilities Commission presents souvenir cable car tickets to Mayor Elmer E. Robinson.
 

Model Cable Car (June 08, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84531.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Alexander Nielsen rings bell of cable car model, while Shirley Bodley listens.
 

Mayor Angelo J. Rossi -- City Hall (June 09, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84531.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson speaks to crowd at ceremony for unveiling of Mayor Angleo J. Rossi sculpture. Grace Mable Rossi admires bust of former mayor.
 

Auction -- Post Office Building (June 13, 1949 - June 21, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84531.06-07]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Acting Postmaster John F. Fixa and Evelyn Murchison prepare for Post Office auction. Cassandra Dieckman holds doll and Barbara Hansen plays with batons at auction. General pictures of crowd.
 

Trackless Trolleys (June 23, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84531.08]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Jim Turner pictured with Mayor Elmer Robinson before boarding new "trackless trolley" bus at Polk and MacAllister Streets. New trolley sits next to old streetcar on Market Street.
 

Sealer of Weights and Measures -- City Hall (June 23, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84531.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

James A. Hughes, retiring sealer of weights and measures, poses with scales.
 

Miss Cable Car (July 01, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84532.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Portrait of Miss Cable Car Alice Buckley. Taken at 555 Sutter Street.
 

Gold Rush Centennial -- Portsmouth Square (July 01, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84532.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

May Gee of China, Claudine Domergue of France, Jeanette Meyere of Switzerland, and Emilate Rubio of Mexico commemorate the centennial of the California Gold Rush
 

Gold Rush Centennial -- Portsmouth Plaza (July 14, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84532.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Acting Mayor Marvin E. Lewis [supervisor] speaks, and Dion Holm and Miss Califonia Joan Ann Pedersen stand at podium during centennial commemoration of the Gold Rush. Pictures of crowd.
 

Grand Jury -- Federal Building (July 07, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84532.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New Federal Grand Jury members R.C. Mackenhausen, Mary H. Bolinger, A. Saklem, Mattie F. Miller, Edward G. Shuey... pose for group photograph.
 

Queen of Chinatown -- City Hall (July 11, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84532.05]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Centennial Queen Mabel Lee and Chinatown Queen Fanny Don pose for photograph with acting Mayor Marvin Lewis [supervisor].
 

Parking Meters -- City Hall (July 21, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84532.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Catherine Coleman holds metal slugs and washers found in parking meters.
 

Publicity -- Mayor's Office (July 27, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84532.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Janet Cooper and acting Mayor George Christopher hold toy cable cars [given to mayors of cities on new United Air route]. Assistant fire chief Alfred Galli holds cigarette safety poster.
 

Dollar Day -- Mission Street Merchants (August 16, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84533.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Doctor Joseph S. Ravinsky of the Mission Street Merchants Association, Joy Maston and Supervisor George B. Gillen of the United States Mint, count money on "Dollar Day;" taken at Twenty-first Street and Mission Street.
 

Goethe Day -- City Hall (August 24, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84533.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

American Airlines stewardess Kay Trainor, Mayor Elmer Robinson, and Frieda Hempel hold wreath that will be sent to the mayor of Frankfurt, Germany.
 

Road Construction (August 25, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84533.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers pour concrete into Mission Street between Third and Fourth Streets (neighborhood).
 

Fireman's Fund -- Cable Car Sponsorship (August 26, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84533.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Marge McQuiston breaks champaign bottle over cable car underwritten by Fireman's Fund. Vice President Maynard Garrison of the Fireman's Fund and Clay Miller also present.
 

Mission Merchants -- Mayor -- City Hall (August 26, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84533.05]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chef Bruno Cito, Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, and President Joseph S. Ravinsky pose for shots promoting a dinner given by the Mission Street Merchants for the mayor.
 

Mayor -- Birth Record -- City Hall (August 29, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84533.06]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson establishes his date of birth [record previously lost in 1906 fire]. Judge Melvyn I. Cronin, Ralph Robinson, and Edyth Robinson shown.
 

Cable Car Meeting -- Galileo High School (September 06, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84534.01]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Lieutenant Charles Wood of the Cable Car Union, Mrs. Hans Kussman of Save the Cable Cars group, Phil Landis of the Public Utilities Commission, John Campbell, and meeting chairman Raymond D. Smith attend meeting about cable cars. Pictures of crowd.
 

Sewer Pipe Installation (September 14, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84534.02]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers lay new sewer pipe at Lake Street and Tenth Avenue.
 

California Street Cable Car (September 26, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84534.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Riders wave from first California cable car to run down California Street.
 

Commissioners -- City Hall (October 03, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84534.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Melvin J. Cronin swears in Doctor J. Joseph Hayes and Anthony Noriega as commissioners.
 

Mayor's Birthday -- City Band (October 03, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84534.05-06]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Phil Shapiro and part of the San Francisco Band play for Mayor Elmer E. Robinson on his birthday; taken at City Hall. Mayor leads the San Francisco Band at the Civic Center.
 

Union Oil Company -- Cable Car Sponsorship (October 03, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84534.07]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Sam A. Waters of Union Oil Company watches Emma Svirbely break champagne bottle over cable car underwritten by Union Oil Company; taken at Jones and California Streets.
 

Christening -- California Street Cable Railway (October 04, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84534.08]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Philip Phillips, Mrs. Roos, Jr., Marvin Lewis, and N.L. Bourgeault break champagne bottle over cable car underwritten by Roos Brothers [celebration meant to boost ridership on California Street Cable Railway]; taken at Grant Avenue and O'Farrell Street.
 

Personal Cable Car (October 25, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84534.09]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Inventor Richard Dwan shows Dan Grae and Lewis Collins San Francisco's first "personal cable car." Mrs. James Hamill and Beverly Hunt also shown.
 

Paulist Chinese Bazaar (October 29, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84535.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Louise Ling and Penney Chang invite George B. Gillen, head of the United States Mint in San Francisco, to be chairman of the annual Paulist Chinese Bazzar and tea garden festival.
 

Parking Commission -- City Hall (October 26, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84535.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Melvyn Cronin swears in David Thomson, Albert H. Jacobs, Roe T. Smith, Edward V. Mills, and Lyle M. Brown as the new parking authority.
 

Commemoration -- United State Mint (October 31, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84535.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

President Evans Wollen of the American Bankers Association and George Gillen of the San Francisco United States Mint stand with plaque marking building at 680 Commercial Street as the first United States branch mint.
 

Decorated Cable Car (November 02, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84535.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Spanish dancers Lolita and Jose dance with girls from the Anderson Sisters Dancing School. Girls with grapes from Napa Valley stand on decorated cable car.
 

Views from Twin Peaks (November 23, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84535.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco from Twin Peaks (cityscapes).
 

New Postmaster -- Post Office Building (December 01, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84535.06]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Judge George Harris swears in John F. Fixa as postmaster. Mrs. John F. Fixa, Judy Fixa, and William M. Malone also shown.
 

Tree -- Road Hazard (December 07, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84535.07]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workmen cart away tree that had been cut down because of potential hazard to traffic and homes.
 

Old San Francisco Scenes (December 15, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84535.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copy negatives of ninteenth century lithographs of Mission Dolores and a lynching by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee.
 

Dedication -- Woodward's Gardens (December 15, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84535.09]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Ed and Russell Keil, Walter Woodward, Joseph Knowland, and William Hamburg dedicate plaque at site of Woodward's Gardens. Taken at 1700 Mission Street.
 

American President Lines, Ltd. -- Cable Car Sponsorship (December 22, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84535.10]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Louis Lurie Light, George Killion, and Actress Pat Northrop [cast of "Oklahoma"] dedicate cable car sponsored by American President Lines, Ltd.
 

Nativity Scene -- St. Boniface Church (December 22, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84535.11]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Nativity scene, "Come to the Stable," featuring live sheep with life size shepherds and a stable.
 

Slum Clearance -- Chinatown (January 06, 1949) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84536.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers demolish a garage wall at 775 Pacific Street, first in a series of buildings torn down to make way for housing development in Chinatown (neighborhood).
 

Centennial Celebration -- Temple Sherith Israel (January 09, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84536.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. Herbert Andron and Mrs. Joseph B. Cole prepare for annual donor luncheon at California and Webster Streets.
 

Supervisors -- City Hall (January 09, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84536.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge William Traverso of the Superior Court swears in Marvin Lewis, Pat McMurray, Chester MacPhee... as supervisors. J. Joseph Sullivan, past president of the Board of Supervisors, presents gavel to Supervisor George Christopher.
 

Planning Commission -- City Hall (January 09, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84536.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Judge William F. Traverso swears in Mrs. Eugene Prince as member of the Planning Commission; Mayor Elmer E. Robinson stands alongside.
 

Commissioners -- City Hall (January 11, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84536.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Judge William F. Traverso swears in eleven commissioners [no names given].
 

New Grand Jury -- City Hall (January 12, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84536.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Federal grand jury members Clara B. Eagle, Louis B. King, William J. Raffetto, William T. Lambert, Edward R. Browne... pose for group photo.
 

Transit Czar -- City Hall (January 19, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84536.07]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Commissioner Phillip K. Landis shakes hands with new "Transit Czar" Marmion D. Mills.
 

Cleaning -- Trolley Buses (January 26, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84536.08]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Series of photographs showing process for cleaning trolley bus; with Jim McNeil and David Baker shown.
 

Commissioners -- City Hall (January 26, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84536.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge William F. Traverso swears in James E. Stratton as member of the Urban Re-development Authority, and Robert Howard as art commissioner.
 

Director -- Public Works -- City Hall (February 01, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84537.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chief Administrator Thomas A. Brooks looks on as County Clerk Martin Mongan swears in Sherman P. Duckel as director of Public Works.
 

New Bus -- Municipal Bus System -- Freight Depot (February 08, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84537.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Phillip Landis, J.H. Turner, and W.H. Scott try out new bus that seats four more people than previous model; taken at Sixteenth Street and Harrison Street.
 

Broadway Tunnel (February 15, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84537.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers move houses to lessen weight atop Broadway Tunnel; taken on Broadway Street between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets (neighborhood).
 

Citizen Protest -- Drive-In Theater -- City Hall (February 16, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84537.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Group gathers at supervisors' meeting to protest construction of a drive-in theater in the Twin Peaks area (environment).
 

Election -- City Retirement Board -- City Hall (February 16, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84537.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Secretary Ira G. Thompson of the Retirement Board meets with election candidates James J. McGovern and Barney Lenhart.
 

Chinese New Year -- Chinatown (February 16, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84537.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Kim Wong, Jin Ai, and Lai Ling set of firecrackers in celebration of Chinese New Year; taken at Waverly Place.
 

Chinese New Year (February 19, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84537.07-08]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Amateur company presents Chinese Opera at Saint Mary's Chinese Catholic Mission at Clay and Stockton Streets. Dragon collects Chinese New Year's gifts and enacts "knife dance" [funds collected went to the Chinese Hospital]; taken in Waverly Place between Sacramento and Clay Streets.
 

Land's End (February 22, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84538.01]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workmen dump cement and rock waste and remnants from streetcar track removal at Land's End (environment). Pictures showing path along ocean, fishing boats, and lighthouse.
 

Hearing -- Bus Stop Benches -- City Hall (March 23, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84538.02]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

R.J. Rufus Klawans and Mrs. John O. England point out the the pros and cons of bus stop benches.
 

Centennial -- Historical Caravan -- Civic Center (February 27, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84538.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson speaks on platform before "historical caravan" (neighborhood).
 

Red Cross Drive -- Cable Car (March 14, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84538.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Actor Vincent Price and Red Cross worker Mrs. Martin Rudolph collect for the Red Cross on board a San Francisco cable car. Mrs. Allen Peterson, Mary Singer, Helen Warren, and Marion Fine also shown.
 

Trackless Trolley (February 15, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84538.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

President Joe Ravinsky of the Mission Merchants watches Betty Farrar break champagne bottle over first trackless trolley; taken at Twentieth and Mission Streets.
 

Equipment Supervisor -- City Hall (March 15, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84538.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

William C. Bendel, retiring general supervisor of equipment, looks at model streetcar with James H. Turner.
 

Maiden Lane Spring Festival -- City Hall (March 27, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84539.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson signs proclamation for spring festival in presence of President Ansel Robinson of the Maiden Lane Association and Elsie Jaqueg [girl in Swiss costume].
 

Spring Festival -- Maiden Lane (March 29, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84539.02-03]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Blanche Arp of Trans World Airlines, Vice President Bob Moore of the Maiden Lane Association, and Jackie Duffey of United Air Lines hold flowers flown in from Oregon. Pictures of Maiden Lane decorated for springtime (neighborhood).
 

Spring Festival -- Maiden Lane (March 30, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84539.04-05]

Physical Description: 11 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Maiden Lane decorated for springtime (neighborhood). View of crowds.
 

Miss San Francisco Contest -- San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce (April 11, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84540.01]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Contestants Pat Sheehan, Jean Cullen, and Bernie Williams pose for group photographs.
 

Construction -- Broadway tunnel (April 14, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84540.02]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of new Broadway tunnel construction looking up Broadway Street, from the tunnel exit, and from the entrance on Powell Street (neighborhood). Picture of drilling and street breaking.
 

Marina Floral Fiesta -- Rossi Drive-In Flower Shop (April 14, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84540.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Parade Marshall Mike Desiano and Jeanett Bastiani dress in costume. Queen contestants Barbara Russo and Simone Wynants also shown; taken at Lombard and Divisadero Streets.
 

Maimonides Health Center (April 16, 1950 - April 23, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84540.04-05]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

External views of the Maimonides Health Center for the Chronic Sick [named after twelfth century philosopher and physician], taken shortly before the hospital's opening (neighborhood). Gloria Brawley, Miriam H. Peizer, Lucien Lehman, Rabbi Saul E. White, Eric Mendelsohn... attend dedication program for hospital. Shots of crowd.
 

Miss San Francisco Contestants -- Mel's Drive-In (April 25, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84540.06]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Miss San Francisco contestants Lorraine Hinton, Paula Taigan, Maryanne Becker, Joan Young, Betty Boyd... pose for group photograph.
 

Foreign Trade Zone -- Pier Forty-five (April 27, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84540.07]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Shirley Colt models bolt of Chinese brocade. Superintendant James Campbell of the Foreign Trade Zone inspects crate of dishes from Manchester, England. Deputy collector of customs Paul A. Ahearn inspects Swedish furniture in store room. General view showing portion of trade zone number three.
 

Cable Car Turntable (May 01, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84541.01]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers remove old cable car turntable to make way for replacement at Powell and Market Streets.
 

Miss San Francisco Contest (May 03, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84541.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Jack S. McDowell looks over Miss San Francisco contestants Gloria McDonough, Barbara Huffman, Pat Sheehan, and Lorraine Hinton.
 

Miss San Francisco -- Town Crier (May 03, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84541.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Miss San Francisco Pat Sheehan plays the part of town crier to announce meeting sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce; taken at Powell and Market Streets.
 

Miss San Francisco Contest (May 08, 1950 - May 12, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84541.04-05]

Physical Description: 12 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Contestants Lorraine Hinton, Charlotte Moore, Kathy Raymond, Mary Jo Miller, Gloria Pannicucci... line up at the Emporium for the Miss San Francisco Contest semi-finals. Contestants parade through town; shown coming up California Street (neighborhood).
 

Cable Car Carnival -- California Cable Car Company (May 09, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84541.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. Frank Hinman, Jr., Ella Anderson, Mrs. Philip Robertson, Sharon Wells, Nancy Majors, and Mrs. William Bush sit on board cable car.
 

Model -- Marilyn (ship) -- Yacht Harbor (May 21, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84541.07]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Cynthia Brooks poses for photographs aboard the Marilyn (ship).
 

Model Posing -- Fort Point (May 27, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84541.08]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Dancer and model Cynthia Brooks poses for photographs at Fort Point [old fort and Golden Gate Bridge visible in background].
 

Cable Car Queen Candidates (May 22, 1950 - June 02, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84542.01-03]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Cable car full of women from local businesses turn in Miss Cable Car contest applications to operator Barney Owens at O'Farrell Street and Grant Avenue. Judges Garbor de Bessenyey, Wolo, Angelo Sottosanti, and Henri Lenoir interview candidate Ruth Schneider; other contestants shown. Lucius Beebe crowns Queen Sylvia Baraff at the Fairmont Hotel. Runner-up Patsy Stanley also shown.
 

Cable Car (May 30, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84542.04]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of decorated cable car, advertising Cable Car Carnival, at California and Hyde Streets (neighborhood).
 

Cable Car Art Contest -- Emporium (June 01, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84542.05]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Doctor Herbet C. Clish awards first place to Earl Abbot of Horace Mann Junior High School.
 

Miss San Francisco -- City Hall (June 08, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84542.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Miss San Francisco Pat Sheehan leaves City Hall.
 

Cable Car -- Shriners Convention (June 13, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84543.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Jean Atkinson, Shriner Jimmy Schmidt, Bobbie Atkinson, Martha Payne, and Shriner "Doc" Bob Atkinson stand aboard cable car bound for Shriner's Convention in Los Angeles; taken at Mason and Washington Streets.
 

City Purchaser -- City Hall (June 14, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84543.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

New City Purchaser Harold H. Jones shown being sworn in. Martin Mongan and Thomas Brooks also shown.
 

Mayor Inspects New Bus -- Civic Center (June 15, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84543.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson inspects new city bus; helps Jane Saint Clair down from bus; talks to Marmion D. Mills [shot taken inside bus with members of Utility Commission and city officials shown].
 

Naval Command -- Hunters Point Shipyard (June 16, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84543.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Captain B.E. Manseau and Captain A.L. Becker change Naval command at Hunters Point.
 

National Safety Awards -- Hunters Point (June 26, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84543.05]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

President Ned Dearborn of the National Safety Council presents award to Captain A.L. Becker. Views of crowd [smoke in background from tar truck that caught fire].
 

Recreation and Park Commission -- City Hall (June 27, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84543.06]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Judge William F. Traverso swears in Fred Parr, Louis Sutter, Mrs. Sigmund Stern, Ann Dippel, and Michael Buckley as members of Recreation and Park Commission.
 

Anniversary of Fox Theatre (June 28, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84543.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Herman Kersken, district manager for Fox West Coast Theatres, holds brochure with Mayor Elmer E. Robinson.
 

Relocating Apartment Building (July 18, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84544.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers relocate apartment building that blocks Lincoln Way at Tenth Avenue.
 

Old San Francisco Scenes (July 25, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84544.02]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Copy negatives of historic photographs. Original cable car on Clay Street hill. Pacific Avenue cable car. Market Street Railway cable car.
 

Construction -- Broadway Tunnel (July 27, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 118, [84544.03]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers begin digging tunnel at Powell and Broadway Streets.
 

San Francisco Disaster Council and Corps -- City Hall (August 02, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84544.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Members of the Disaster Council and Corps pictured with Mayor Elmer E. Robinson [no names given].
 

Civilian Defense Director -- City Hall (August 08, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84544.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Thomas Brooks and Mayor Elmer E. Robinson meet with new Rear Admiral George Cook, new civilian defense director.
 

Parking Board Commissioner -- City Hall (August 10, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84544.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge William F. Traverso swears in Randolph Hale as Parking Board Commissioner; Mayor Elmer E. Robinson stands alongside.
 

New Commissioners -- City Hall (August 31, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84544.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson stands with Commissioner John F. Henning of the Welfare Board, Commissioner Alphonse Mailloux of the Housing Board, and Commissioner Charles Foehn of the Education Board.
 

Rehearsal -- Centennial Cavalcade -- Polk Hall (August 24, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84545.01]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Spanish dancers Carmen Ruiz, Matlida Ruiz, and Alicia Arroyo practice routine. Dancers Betty Jane Karppi, Betty Marcus... shown dancing in the Civic Auditorium.
 

Centennial Birthday Cake -- Civic Center Plaza Square (August 25, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84545.02]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers construct huge imitation cake for the California Centennial.
 

Parade Floats -- Centennial -- Palace of Fine Arts (August 31, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84545.03]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Joyce Brown, Pat Caintic, and Phyllis Dickey sit with floats for the California Centennial Parade. General view of floats.
 

Centennial Birthday Cake -- Civic Center (August 31, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84545.04-05]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of giant imitation birthday cake created for California Centennial celebration. Pictures of cake lit up, with City Hall in the background.
 

Mock Hold-Up (September 07, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84545.06]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Richie Leary and Castro Gang stage mock hold-up of bank manager A.C. Schillig; place Doctor J.C. Geiger in jail.
 

Floats -- California Centennial Parade -- Palace of Fine Arts (September 07, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84545.07]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workmen prepare floats for parade. Floats shown representing the Mission of San Luis Obispo; Monterey, Benicia, and Vallejo; Sonoma; Ramona and Rancho Camulos; Columbia; and the Pony Express.
 

Fireworks -- California Centennial -- Aquatic Park (September 08, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84545.08]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chinese family watches fireworks. Pictures of fireworks, with Alcatraz sometimes visible in background.
 

Centennial Parade -- Ferry Building (September 09, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84545.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

People put on make-up in preparation for California Centennial parade.
 

Centennial Celebrations -- Civic Center and Presidio (September 09, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84545.10]

Physical Description: 9 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Scenes show folk dancing at the Civic Center auditorium and plaza, and a California Centennial play at the Presidio.
 

California Centennial Parade (September 09, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84545.11]

Physical Description: 57 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Actor William Boyd [Hopalong Cassidy], Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, and Governor Earl Warren ride on Centennial parade route. Photographs of parade on Market Street and at Civic Center (neighborhood) (many buildings and business signs visible).
 

Mission Miracle Mile -- Parade (September 06, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84546.01]

Physical Description: 11 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of the Los Banos Chicken [float], the navy marching, the Shriners drill team marching, and the Mission Miracle Mile Queen Mae Tai Sing riding on parade route. Marvin E. Lewis, Joe Rovinsky, and Mayor Elmer E. Robinson watch parade from review stand. Shots of crowd on Mission Street (neighborhood).
 

Historic Shrine -- Portsmouth Plaza (September 06, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84546.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Joseph Knowland unveils new "historic shrine" monument and plaque in Portsmouth Square, San Francisco, with Mrs. Elmer Robinson and Marvin E. Lewis also present.
 

Recreation and Park Commissioner -- City Hall (September 14, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84546.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge William Traverso swears in Peter Bercut as Recreation and Park Commissioner; with Louis A. Sutter, Harvey Teller, and Mayor Elmer E. Robinson looking on.
 

Cable Car Meeting (September 18, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84546.04]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Anna Blake Mezquida speaks at meeting concerning cable cars. Mrs. Hans Klusman and James H. Turner also present.
 

Bay Area Model -- San Francisco Museum of Art (September 22, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84546.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of large scale Bay Area model (relief map) that forecasts changes ten to fifteen years in the future (development? environment?)
 

Traffic Director -- Municipal Railway -- City Hall (September 25, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84546.06]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

New Traffic Director David D. Canning poses with model streetcar.
 

Commissioner -- Redevelopment Agency -- City Hall (September 25, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84546.07]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge William F. Traverso swears in Morgan A. Gunst as commissioner of the Redevelopment Agency; with Mayor Elmer E. Robinson looking on.
 

Alemany Freeway Overpass (September 27, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84546.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Alemany overpass under construction at Alemany and Bayshore [Streets?]
 

Broadway Tunnel (October 05, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84547.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers move apartment house to make way for the Broadway Tunnel project; taken on Broadway between Polk and Larkin Streets (neighborhood).
 

Courtesy Man of the Month -- City Hall (October 10, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84547.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson presents award for "Courtesy Man of the Month" to Frances F. McManus; shown with wife Nora McManus and daughters Jeanne and Patricia McManus.
 

Chinatown Parade (October 10, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84547.03]

Physical Description: 11 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Scenes from Chinatown parade showing crowd and parade participants.
 

Flower Stand -- Cable Car (October 18, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84547.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Sam Alhadoff pictured with cable car converted into flower stand, which he owns. Also pictured are Ted Normart, Mrs. William Greenbach, and Victor Alhadoff; taken at the corner of Geary and Stockton Streets.
 

Views from Twin Peaks (October 21, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84547.05]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Panoramic views of San Francisco taken from Twin Peaks (cityscapes).
 

Mount Zion Hospital (October 27, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84547.06]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Nurse Reva Diller, Natalya Nikolous, Nancy Hopkins, Liza Mock, head x-ray therapy technician Bertha Taylor... shown in library, model surgery, and x-ray rooms of hospital's new addition. External views of new addition taken from street (health).
 

Muni Man of the Month -- Municipal Transit -- City Hall (November 13, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84548.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson presents a check to "Muni Man of the Month" George Glassford.
 

Lost and Found Department -- Municipal Transit (November 14, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84548.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Bob Allman and Jane Horton shown with items lost on busses and streetcars. Taken at the Car Barn at Seventeenth and Portola.
 

California and Stanford Big Game -- Cable Car (November 21, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84548.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Gripman Mardis T. Hall wears a California beanie (UC Berkeley) and Conductor C.H. Sheets wears Stanford beanie in preparation for big football game.
 

San Francisco Clocks (November 28, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84548.04-05]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of clocks from around city. Photographs of the Southern Pacific Depot clock [San Francisco's biggest], the Ferry Building clock, and the Schmidt Lithograph Company clock at 461 Second Street.
 

Chinese World Trade Week (November 30, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84548.06]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Queen Mabel Lee of Chinese World Trade Week turns on switch to Chinatown's Christmas lights. Saint Mary's [School?] girls march in drum corps.
 

San Francisco Clocks (December 01, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84548.07]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of clocks from around San Francisco, including Schmidt Lithograph Company Building clock near Bay Bridge, Bay Bridge Terminal clock, Gruen clock at Mission and Second Streets, Coca Cola plant clock, Granat Bros clock at Twentieth [Street?] and Mission Street, City Hall Rotunda clock, and clock at Alemany and Bayshore Streets.
 

Muni Man of the Month -- City Hall (December 12, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84548.08]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson presents award for "Muni Man of the Month" to Delg Paul Tufo; with E.B. Sorensen looking on.
 

City Ambulance Driver (December 14, 1950) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84548.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

City ambulance driver George Johnstone retires after thirty-five years of service. Taken at 2400 Pacheco Street.
 

Emergency Proclamation -- Mayor's Office (January 02, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson signs the Emergency Proclamation for San Francisco in the presence of Rear Admiral A.G. Cook, of the San Francisco Disaster Council and Corps.
 

Civil Defense Program -- San Francisco City College (January 02, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chief Henry A. Lindecker swears in fifty-four men as auxiliary fireman under the Civil Defense program.
 

Nurses -- Civil Defense (January 05, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Registered nurses Mrs. Edward Campbell, President Myra G. Faraday of the San Francisco County Nurses Association, and Mrs. W.A. Froggatt volunteer for Civil Defense. Doctor J.C. Geiger also shown.
 

Siren -- Bernal Heights Hill (January 10, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.04]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers pull [air raid?] siren to be placed atop Bernal Heights hill. (Civil defense).
 

Air Raid Siren -- Saint Francis Hotel (January 12, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.05]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers hoist air raid siren atop the Saint Francis Hotel's roof (cityscapes) (civil defense).
 

Bomb Shelter (January 16, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Patrick J. Hurley stands with his granddaughter Margaret Mary Hughes inside bomb shelter that he built at 1624 Hayes Street (civil defense).
 

Transportation Officer -- Disaster Council and Corps -- City Hall (January 26, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.07]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson and Admiral A.G. Cook stand with Colonel Fred M. Fogle, new transportation officer for the San Francisco Disaster Council and Corps.
 

Atomic Bomb Precautions -- James Denman Junior High School (January 26, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Students demonstrate positions they occupy during bombing alert. Harold McLeod and the disaster drill squad watch Junior Red Cross advisor Mrs. Louis Albedi administer first aid to Guy Hesselgesser (civil defense).
 

Air Raid Wardens (January 31, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.09]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Four hundred men take oaths as air raid wardens at 2301 San Jose Avenue (civil defense).
 

Ground Observer Corps (February 03, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.10]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Stanley Coolidge watches for planes. Chief observer Ralph Ransom, Lynnttle Davis, and Chief J.H. McLendon report sighting of plane (civil defense).
 

Feeding Program -- Red Cross Emergency -- Palace Theatre (February 05, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.11]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Sacramento Representative Mrs. Charles Johnson, State Canteen Chairman Mrs. D.G. Huener-Gardt of American Women's Voluntary Services, Lieutenant C.J. Bradley, and Mrs. Fred Levy listen to Italian interpreter Nelina Schiro.
 

First Aid and Rescue Division -- Disaster Corps Headquarters (February 07, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.12]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Cooke and Colleen Bowers pose with new Director Thomas Larke, Jr., of First Aid and Rescue Division (civil defense).
 

City Bus -- Emergency Ambulance (February 08, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.13]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Albert Cook, William Scott of the Municipal Railway, Transportation Chief Fred M. Fogle and Chief Steward Earl Blake of the Civil Defense Program examine bus that has been converted to an ambulance by use of hooks and slings.
 

Atomic Bomb Shelter (February 20, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.14]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

John Daly exits shelter [constructed by Barrett and Hilp Development Company "For Your Family's Protection"] on display at Post and Powell Streets (neighborhood) (civil defense)
 

State Senate Commission on Civilian Defense -- City Hall (March 01, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.15]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer Robinson, Rear Admiral Albert G. Cook, and State Senator George J. Hatfield look at San Francisco Civil Defense organizational flow chart (civil defense)
 

Disaster Council and Corps -- Public Utilities Commission -- City Hall (March 06, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.16]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Doctor William L. Bender talks to Disaster Council and Corps. Val King, Harry Ross, Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, Thomas A. Brooks, and Admiral A.G. Cook also shown (civil defense).
 

Disaster Council Control Center (March 14, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.17]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chief Edward Walsh of the Fire Department, Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, Doctor J.C. Geiger, Admiral George Cook, and Chief Michael Gaffey stand before large map of San Francisco (civil defense).
 

Civil Defense Drill -- Sheriff's Air Squadron and Red Cross -- Marina Green (April 22, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.18]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pilot Marc Palen, Ken Berg, Don Kempel, Jane Maber, and Carol Burnquist take part in civil defense drill.
 

Disaster Drivers -- Civil Defense (April 24, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.19]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Instructor Clarence Lahey of the Municipal Railway shows women how to operate bus. Edi Bell, Treasure Hafey, Jacqueline Dawkins, Clarence Lahey, and Lucy Kenny give their finger prints.
 

Atomic Bomb Preparedness -- Health Building (April 27, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.20]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ruth L. Lotspeich and Janice Vondale instruct nurses watching movie about the atomic bomb (civil defense).
 

Disaster Relief Survey -- Empire Building (May 07, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.21]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Battalion Chief Joseph A. Smith stands with Mrs. Leonard Lando of the Red Cross. Emmet Daly of Plant Protection Service speaks with federal employees (civil defense).
 

City Sirens -- Defense Map (July 31, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.22]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Colleen Bowens and Admiral A.G. Cook check off sirens on San Francisco defense map after city wide siren test (civil defense).
 

Air Raid Sirens (July 31, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.23-24]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Glory Glover plugs ears at sound of siren powered by Chrysler motor; taken at the Saint Francis Hotel. Sylvia Rodriguez, Pat Sass, Mary Lee Seger, Martha Davidson, and Gloria Retzlaff hold their ears at the sound of an air raid siren at Fourth and Market Streets (civil defense).
 

Air Raid Siren (July 31, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.25]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Dispatcher Harry Giddings works with air raid siren equipment (civil defense).
 

Air Raid Test -- Union Square (August 01, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.26]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Picture of Union Square taken during air raid test (neighborhood) (civil defense).
 

Air Raid Wardens (August 06, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.27]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Jesse McLendon addresses air raid wardens in the first of a series of lectures (civil defense).
 

Civil Defense (September 14, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.28]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Admiral Albert Cook meets with Igbal A. Quraishi at 45 Hyde Street.
 

Press Conference -- Disaster Council and Corps (September 19, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.29]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Regional Director Henry S. Eaton of Federal Civil Defense Administration, Admiral A.G. Cook of the San Francisco Disaster Council and Corps, Deputy Administrator James J. Wadsworth, and Carmen Dyche speak together at press conference. Taken at 45 Hyde Street.
 

Disaster Drill -- California Packing Corporation (September 20, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.30]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Director A.G. Cook, of the San Francisco Disaster Council and Corps, observes employees evacuating offices and performing other disaster drill exercises. Mayor Elmer E. Robinson and Corleen Hammond also shown (civil defense).
 

Disaster Council and Corps (October 10, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.31]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. Beryl Fairfax Northcott and Admiral A.G. Cook look at map of San Francisco (civil defense). Taken at 45 Hyde Street.
 

Radio Ham Operator -- Disaster Preparation -- National Red Cross Headquarters (October 31, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.32]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ham operator Bill Buckley uses Red Cross radio equipment at headquarters on Sutter Street (civil defense).
 

Press Interview -- Disaster Council and Corps (October 23, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.33]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Doctor Albert W. Bellamy and Rear Admiral A.G. Cook talk during press interview at 45 Hyde Street (civil defense).
 

Disaster Drill -- Matson Building (October 25, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.34]

Physical Description: 3 negatives

Scope and Content Note

E.J. Donahue, Helen Bettencourt, Helen Wightman, General Robertson, Roberta Sandeen... take part in disaster drill (civil defense).
 

Disaster Bandages -- Red Cross (October 29, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84549.35]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chief Thomas Larke, Jr. of Rescue and First Aid, Mrs. R.F. Thompson of the Red Cross, Admiral A.G. Cook of the Disaster Council and Corps, and Chief Steward Earl Blake of the Emergency Hospital System hold "disaster" bandages meant for distribution to sixteen districts (civil defense). Taken at 1625 Van Ness Avenue.
 

New Sewage Plant (January 04, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84550.01]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Workmen construct sewage plant at Jerrold Avenue and Phelps Street. View of San Francisco from hill (cityscapes).
 

Relocation -- Donahue Monument (January 05, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84550.02]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workers hoist Donahue Monument statue and ready it for move to new location; taken at Battery and Market Streets (neighborhood).
 

City Monuments (January 08, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84550.03]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Lotta's Fountain at Geary and Market Streets, Sun Yat Sen statue on California Street, Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill, and monument to Robert Louis Stevenson in Portsmouth Square (neighborhood).
 

War Memorial Trustees -- City Hall (January 09, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 119, [84550.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Judge Daniel Shoemaker swears in Wilbur A. Henderson, Richard H. Newhall, Guido J. Musto, and Ralph J.A. Stern as war memorial trustees.
 

City Monuments (January 09, 1951 - January 10, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84550.05-06]

Physical Description: 17 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of monuments and sculptures from around San Francisco, including: Bridge of the San Francisco (cruiser); Francis Scott Key Memorial; dutch windmill in Golden Gate Park; the Gjoa (ship); cider press monument in Golden Gate Park; William McKinley Monument; baseball player statue in Golden Gate Park; Padre Junipero Serra Monument; Winged Victory; and the Doughboy in Golden Gate Park. Photographs of the Dewey Monument in Union Square, Unknown Soldier head stone at the Presidio, Robert Emmet statue in Golden Gate Park, and Portals of the Past in Golden Gate Park.
 

Sewage Disposal (January 24, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84550.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of sewage disposal facilities.
 

Construction -- Broadway Tunnel (January 12, 1951 - February 13, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84551.01-02]

Physical Description: 18 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aerial views of the Broadway Tunnel and San Francisco (cityscapes). Views of construction work in tunnel interior and drilling on the face of the tunnel.
 

San Francisco Award -- City Hall (January 18, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84551.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Elmer D. Samson of the Junior Chamber of Commerce presents the "San Francisco Award" to Thomas A. Brooks.
 

Chinese New Year (February 05, 1951 - February 08, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84551.04-06]

Physical Description: 12 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chinese-American boys Richard Quan, Johnie Lee, Raymond Lee, and Clifford Chin set off firecrackers in Chinatown. Huey Chong, James Hom, Sam Huie, Won Hom, Joe Yum Tseh... celebrate Chinese New Year in the Tong House at 1056 Grant Avenue. Tom Lynch, Vito R. Bertoldo [holder of Congressional Medal of Honor], Frank Nipp, Captain N.F. Wong, and Fook Young hold banquet for one hundred Korean War wounded.
 

House Relocated -- Ferry Building (February 09, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84551.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of small house being relocated with Ferry Building in the background.
 

Japanese Plum Trees (February 23, 1951 - February 24, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84551.08-09]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Don Gladstone, Peter Klock, and Jacqueline Gladstone walk up Edgewood Avenue, lined with blooming Japanese plum trees. Debbie Zatcoff poses [for Spring layout] in park and on Edgewood Avenue (neighborhood).
 

Views from Sutro Forest Television Tower (February 28, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84551.10]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of Twin Peaks and San Francisco (cityscapes).
 

Sidney Peixotto Playground (March 07, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84552.01]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of playground named for Sidney Peixotto, founder of the Columbia Park Boys Club; at Fifteenth [Street?] and Roosevelt Street.
 

John P. Murphy Playground (March 07, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84552.02]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of new playground and clubhouse at Ninth Avenue and Ortega Street.
 

Rebuilt Cable Car (March 07, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84552.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer Robinson, President Philip Landis of Public Utilities, and Jim Turner push rebuilt cable car on turntable during its first trip since returning to service [first cable car to be put back in service].
 

Views of Santa Clara and Broadway Tunnel (March 14, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84552.04]

Physical Description: 11 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aerial views of Santa Clara and of San Francisco's Broadway Tunnel (cityscapes).
 

Assembly and Congressional Districts -- Map -- Underwood Building (March 21, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84552.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Map detailing state assembly and state congressional districts in San Francisco.
 

Mystery Mannequin -- Maiden Lane (March 26, 1951 - March 31, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84552.06-07]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Arthur Bell and Mayor Elmer E. Robinson sit with "mystery mannequin" Dolores Crosby, a Trans World Airlines hostess. Dolores Crosby takes off her mask.
 

Spring Festival -- Maiden Lane (March 28, 1951 - March 29, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84552.08-10]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

United Air Lines stewardess Carmen Mathews, model Sally Shale, and the "Mystery Mannequin" decorate Maiden Lane with flowers. Martha Trammell decorates Maiden Lane. Views of Maiden Lane adorned with flowers (neighborhood). Pictures of crowd walking down Maiden Lane after street's opening.
 

City Records Vault -- Forest Hill Station (March 29, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84553.01]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Superior Judge Herman Van Der Zee and Registrar Thomas Toomey put microfilm records into an earthquake proof vault at Twin Peaks.
 

City Playgrounds (March 30, 1951 - April 06, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84553.02-03]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of Alice Chalmers Playground and Cayuga Playground, both before grand opening. Children play at the Merced Heights Playground Center at Byxbee and Shields Streets.
 

City Budget -- City Hall (April 11, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84553.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer Robinson sits with city budget, which he has signed.
 

Views of San Francisco (April 18, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84553.05]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Aerial views of San Francisco International Airport and the Civic Center (cityscapes).
 

Fisherman's Wharf (April 23, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84553.06]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of Fisherman's Wharf (neighborhood). Angelo Trentacosta shown with crabs.
 

Spring Festival -- Saint Boniface Church (April 24, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84553.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Elmer J. Towle, Sheriff Dan Murphy, Father Alfred Boeddeker, Mayor Elmer Robinson, and Mike Mitchell serve food to men in the Saint Boniface Church dining room.
 

Fillmore Merchants and Improvement Association -- City Hall (May 04, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84554.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

President Mathew J. Boxer and Vice Chairman Joan Cohn of the Fillmore Merchants and Improvement Association invite Mayor Edward Robinson to forty-fourth anniversary dinner. Chairman Edwin D. Kay of the Entertainment Committee also shown.
 

San Francisco Skyline (May 08, 1951 - May 10, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84554.02-03]

Physical Description: 7 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views of San Francisco skyline from Nineteenth Avenue and Alemany Street (cityscapes). Further views of skyline [taken from unnamed locations].
 

Miss San Francisco -- Junior Chamber of Commerce -- Marine Memorial Club (May 16, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84554.04]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Paul Speegle pins ribbon on Miss San Francisco contest winner Barbara Huffman. Runners-up Cora Cabrera and Elizabeth Ernst also shown.
 

Mister San Francisco Contest -- Scottish Rite Hall (May 20, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84554.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mister California Malcom Brenner and Mister San Francisco Roy Hilligen (bodybuilders) pose on stage.
 

Recreation Department -- Mark Hopkins Hotel (May 21, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84554.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

General Manager George Hjelte of the Recreation Department of Los Angeles speaks with retiring San Francisco Recreation Department head, Josephine Randall.
 

Diamond Heights Redevelopment Area -- City Planning Commission (May 24, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84554.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Ernest Torregano and Paul Oppermann look at map of Diamond Heights Redevelopment Area; taken at 100 Larkin Street.
 

Dedication -- Marine Museum (May 27, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84554.08]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Elmer Robinson departs Ferry Building on train and rides along Embarcadero to the Marine Museum. Shots of crowd, at museum for dedication [of the museum?].
 

Loyalty Oath -- Yellow Cab Company -- Hall of Justice (May 29, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84555.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

President W.L. Rothschild of the Yellow Cab Company administers loyalty oath to Jitney Owners Association Members [cab drivers]; taken in the Police Commission Room.
 

Traffic Jam -- Beach (May 30, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84555.02]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Cars form traffic jam on road to the beach; taken from Geary Street.
 

Proclamation -- Cable Car Week -- City Hall (May 31, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84555.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. Hans Klussmann and Mayor Elmer Robinson issue Cable Car Week proclamation.
 

Sewer Plant (May 31, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84555.04]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Photographs of digesting tanks and gas meters by the control building, and of the drying plant for sludge; taken at the San Francisco sewage disposal plant.
 

Dedication -- Freeway Addition (June 01, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84555.05]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, President Allan Lowry of the Chamber of Commerce, Chester Warlow, George T. McCoy, and Janice Hunter attend ceremony for opening of new freeway addition; taken at Twenty-fifth [Street] and Vermont Street. Picture of cars trying out new road.
 

West Portal Playground (June 01, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84555.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

President Mrs. Earl Long of the PTA, Josephine Randall, and Mayor Elmer Robinson dedicate playground in front of audience of children from West Portal School (education).
 

Stocks -- Chinese-American Women -- Walston, Hoffman and Goodwin (June 01, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84555.07]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Chinese-American women Viola Yuien, Christine Fong, and Catherine Yim mark stock board [while dressed in Chinese costume] for stock brokers at 265 Montgomery Street.
 

City Playgrounds (June 05, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84556.01-02]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

John J. Ryan and Mayor Elmer E. Robinson speak at dedication for Joseph Lee Playground at Oakdale and Mandell Streets. Doctor L.R. Ludwigsen also shown; with crowd in background. Mayor speaks in the new club house at the Richmond Playground during dedication ceremonies; taken at Eighteenth [Avenue?] and Lake Street (neighborhood). Shots of children.
 

Miss San Francisco -- City Hall (June 07, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84556.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Miss San Francisco Barbara Huffman stands with Mayor Elmer E. Robinson.
 

Auction -- Post Office (June 18, 1951 - June 19, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84556.04-05]

Physical Description: 6 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Kay Berdan and Postmaster John F. Fixa look at some of 50,000 items to be sold at San Francisco Post Office auction. Pictures of auctioneer and crowd at auction.
 

Control Tower -- Municipal Transit (June 19, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84556.06]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures of control tower taken from First and Market Streets (neighborhood).
 

Anniversary of San Francisco's Founding -- Golden Gate Park (June 24, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84556.07]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Dewey Mead, Bishop Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle, Edward D. Keil, and Edward J. Wren commemorate the one hundred seventy-fifth anniversary of San Francisco's founding. Spanish dancers Madelynne Green and Bob East perform.
 

Anniversary of San Francisco's Founding -- Mission Dolores (June 29, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84556.08]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

William T. Hogan of the Serra Club lays wreath at statue of Father Junipero Serra during ceremony commemorating the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of San Francisco's founding; taken in Mission Dolores cemetery. Reverend Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle also present.
 

Driver Exam -- Municipal Bus System -- City Hall (July 03, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84557.01]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Women take examination to become bus drivers.
 

Supervisor Byron Arnold (July 10, 1951 - August 03, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84557.02-04]

Physical Description: 10 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Portraits of Supervisor Byron Arnold, man selected to finish term of Supervisor Leo Halley; taken at 105 Montgomery Street. Judge Daniel Shoemaker swears in Byron Arnold as supervisor at City Hall. Mayor Elmer Robinson also shown. Supervisor Byron Arnold shown with Mrs. Byron Arnold and daugther June Arnold; taken at 150 Brentwood Avenue.
 

Health Department (July 11, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84557.05]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Doctor Erwin C. Sage kisses Eva Mucahy, woman retiring after thirty-three years of service; taken at 101 Grove Street.
 

Telegraph Hill (July 19, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84557.06]

Physical Description: 8 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Views from around Telegraph Hill (neighborhood). H.B. Ward shown at Filbert and Sansome Streets, Cherry Boles at 361 Filbert Street, and Mrs. H. Hill near Montgomery and Greenwich Streets.
 

South Sunset Playground (July 22, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84557.07]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Mayor Elmer E. Robinson and Monsignor George Bedford of Saint Gabriel's Church stand with group of children in front of playground clubhouse.
 

Cable Car (August 01, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84557.08]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Pictures showing the lack of cable cars on California Street and the "big wheel," which has stopped, but normally pulls cars along street.
 

Demolition -- C & H Sugar Refinery (August 08, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84557.09]

Physical Description: 5 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Workmen demolish two smoke stacks at California and Hawaiian Sugar Company refinery.
 

Construction -- Broadway Tunnel (August 21, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84557.10]

Physical Description: 1 negative

Scope and Content Note

Carl Larson and engineer G.J. Patridge shake hands from opposite sides of hole, as sides of the Broadway Tunnel meet.
 

Mission Street Queen (September 11, 1951 - September 21, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84558.01-02]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mission Street Queen Contest finalists Gloria Reyes, Betty Jo Cotton, Bette McKenzie, Kay Maillard, Jeanne Hasselman, and June English pose for group photo. President Joe S. Ravinsky of the Mission Street Merchants stands with Queen Kay Millard as Mayor Elmer E. Robinson crowns her.
 

Transportation -- Key System Train -- Oakland (September 13, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84558.03]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Key system train at turnoff from bridge [San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge?]. View of Oakland skyline in background (cityscapes).
 

Cable Car Barn Meeting (September 14, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84558.04]

Physical Description: 2 negatives

Scope and Content Note

Mrs. Hans Klussman speaks at cable car barn meeting at California and Hyde Streets.
 

Municipal Railway -- Mart Club (September 27, 1951) BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 2, Box 120, [84558.05]

Physical Description: 4 negatives

Scope and Content Note

City Attorney Dion Holm and Mayor Elmer E. Robinson stand with retiring General Manager William H. Scott of Municipal Railway. Pictures of crowd at retirement gala.
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