Collection contains 105 amateur color print photographs, 23 slides and 28 strips of negatives of Bay to Breakers and Carnaval in 1999; St. Patrick’s Day Parade (2000 and 2003) and Peace Protest in 2003 in San Francisco, California taken by Lois Roberts. The snapshots are from a spectator’s perspective or from behind the parade route. The Anti-Iraq War Peace Protest photos were taken in the Civic Center Plaza.

Lois Blair Roberts was born in 1934 in Ohio. Her family moved to California and Lois attended Campbell Union High School and graduated in 1950. Roberts later earned her teaching credential at San Jose State University. She lived in Fremont for thirty years and retired to San Francisco. Lois Roberts died on December 23, 2017.

3 folders of 105 color print photographs, 23 slides and 28 strips of negatives

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