Finding Aid to the Downtown Association of San Francisco Records 1907-2004 SFH 440

Finding aid prepared by Katherine Ets-Hokin
San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
2016
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
sfhistory@sfpl.org


Title: Downtown Association of San Francisco Records
Date (inclusive): 1907-2004
Date (bulk): 1917-1995
Identifier/Call Number: SFH 440
Creator: Down Town Association (San Francisco, Calif.)
Creator: Downtown Association of San Francisco
Physical Description: 17 cartons, 8 flat boxes, 3 bully boxes. (28 Cubic Feet)
Contributing Institution: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 557-4567
info@sfpl.org
Abstract: The Downtown Association of San Francisco was an organization devoted to the betterment of San Francisco and its Downtown Business District from 1907 to approximately 2004. The collection contains articles of incorporation, correspondence, minutes, membership records, subject files, publications to members, newspaper clippings, original artwork and photographs.
Physical Location: The collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.

Publication Rights

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Publication Rights

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred Citation

Collection on the Downtown Association of San Francisco (SFH 440), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Provenance

Donated by Brennan Zerbe in 2016 for the Hearst Corporation, SF Realties Division.

Related Materials

Researchers are encouraged to see also the San Francisco Public Library Online Public Access Catalog.

Conservation Note

During processing, the collection was re-foldered and re-housed in acid-free folders and boxes. Some staples remain.

Administrative History

The Downtown Association of San Francisco (DASF) was founded just one year after the 1906 Earthquake and Fire devastated San Francisco. A temporary business district was established on Van Ness Avenue while the city was rebuilt. In 1907 W.D. Fennimore and John Hammersmith established the Downtown Association with the purpose of rebuilding and improving the downtown corridor and to bring business back to downtown from Van Ness Avenue where they feared it would stay. Once downtown was reestablished as the city’s commercial center, the association shifted its mission to improving the downtown triangle and eventually broadening its influence to include the entire city of San Francisco and adopting the motto “For the Good of the City”.
Membership to the Downtown Association was offered on a single or collective basis, a collective membership may have had up to 25 single memberships. Notable members of the association included W.P. Fennimore and Mayor Angelo Rossi along with collective members Bank of America, Pacific Gas and Electric, Standard Oil, Wells Fargo Bank, Pacific Telephone, City of Paris, FW Woolworth Co., Gump’s and Macy’s department stores. At the Downtown Association’s apex the association’s participation numbered over 1,000 members.
Regular weekly Luncheons were an important function of the association, usually taking place at the Saint Francis Hotel. Luncheons served to bring members together and provide a closer understanding of their work and progress. The Downtown Association also took excursions to Mexico in 1925 and again in 1930. Members and their wives traveled together to Mexico with the intention of developing trade relations.
The Downtown Association sponsored the first electric lights known as the “Path of Gold” on Market Street in 1916. Inspired by the lights designed by D’Arcy Ryan for the 1915 International Exposition the DASF invited Ryan to design streetlights for Market Street. The DASF continued to maintain the lights for several years until the city eventually assumed the cost. Starting in 1929 the DASF began sponsoring the Christmas decorations and entertainment for Union Square and continued their sponsorship for many decades. They created the 49 Mile Scenic Drive to promote tourism in San Francisco. They also published a regular periodical titled the Downtowner (1940-1950) and several other publications for their members.
The DASF participated in and influenced many civic projects including the elimination of litter and newspaper-racks, regulating street vendors, improving street lighting, reducing traffic, transportation and highway development, and constructing parking garages. They continued to influence city policy until the latter part of the 20th century when the association lost influence and eventually dissolved in the late 1990s or early 2000s.

Scope and Contents

The Downtown Association of San Francisco was an organization devoted to the betterment of San Francisco and its Downtown Business District from 1907 to approximately 2004. The collection contains articles of incorporation, correspondence, minutes, membership records, subject files, publications to members, newspaper clippings, original artwork and photographs. The organization worked to encourage economic growth in San Francisco to build infrastructure, decrease traffic and keep the streets clean and free of nuisances. They also sponsored the first electric streetlights on Market Street, Christmas decorations in Union Square and created the 49 Mile Scenic Drive.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in 9 series: Series 1: Historical Documents; Series 2: Minutes; Series 3: Membership; Series 4: Promotional Materials; Series 5: Correspondence; Series 6: Subject Files; Series 7: Functions and Events; Series 8: Graphic Materials; Series 9: Scrapbooks

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Civic improvement -- California -- San Francisco.
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Planning.
City planning -- California -- San Francisco.
Market Street (San Francisco, Calif.)
Rossi, Angelo J. (Angelo Joseph), 1878-1948
Down Town Association (San Francisco, Calif.)
Downtown Association of San Francisco

 

Series 1 Historical Documents

box 1, folder 1

Annual Report to Members 1960-1969

box 1, folder 2

Annual Report of the Downtown Association 1971-1988

box 1, folder 3-5

Articles of Incorporation 1935-1990

box 1, folder 6

Business Plan for Downtown Association 1992

box 1, folder 7

Downtown Association Office Manaul circa 1992

box 1, folder 8-9

Pictorial Highlights of the Downtown Association 1907-1941

 

Series 2 Minutes

box 2, volume Library Record

Library Record and Daily Highlights circa 1930-circa 1958

box 2, volume 1-4

Directors Meetings Minutes 1917-1943

Arrangement

The dates for Volume 1 range from 1917-1927, with the year 1917 placed out of sequence.
box 3, volume 5-8

Directors Meetings Minutes 1944-1984

box 3, folder 1

Minutes, First Meeting 1907

box 3, folder 2

Minutes, Directors Meetings Annual Meeting 1985-1991

box 3, folder 3

Minutes, Directors Meetings 1985-1990

box 3, folder 4

Minutes, Downtown Association Meeting 1959

box 3, folder 5

Minutes of Meetings, Board of Directors 1975

 

Series 3 Membership

box 5, folder 12

Member of Downtown Association Plaque circa 1935

box 5, folder 13

Membership, Member Surveys circa 1990

box 5, folder 14

Membership, Luncheon Attendance, Financial Records 1924-1962

box 5, folder 15

Membership Dues and Payment History 1973-1996

box 5, folder 16

Member Contracts 2001-2002

box 5, folder 17

Member Directory 1991

box 5, folder 18

Members 1950-1956

box 5, folder 19

Members, Impact Base Survey circa 1990

box 5, folder 20

Members, Newsletters to Members 1994-2000

box 5, folder 21

Membership 1986-2007

box 5, folder 22

Membership Pending 1989

box 5, folder 23

Membership Drive 1989

box 5, folder 24

Membership Outreach, Board Contacts With City Officials 1992-2001

 

Series 4 Promotional Materials

Scope and Contents

Materials include publications promoting and informing Downtown Association members and the public about the Downtown Association.
box 1, folder 10

Pictorial Highlights of the Downtown Association and 1941 Objectives 1941

box 1, folder 11

Policy and Procedure Guidelines for Committee Chairmen, Proposed by Charlotte Moore 1939-1951

box 1, folder 12

Programs and Brochures 1927-1962

box 1, folder 13

Bulletin to Members 1973-1985

box 1, folder 14

DASF: News to You 1975-1985

box 1, folder 15

Downtown Association Insider 1990-1991

box 1, folder 16

Downtown: Greater San Francisco 1938

box 1, folder 17

The Downtowner 1951-1960

box 1, folder 18

The Downtowner Progress Report 1950-1964

box 1, folder 19

Memo to Members 1959-1966

box 1, folder 20

News Release 1975-1985

 

Series 5 Correspondence

box 4, folder 1

Angel Island Acquisition 1949-1953

box 4, folder 2

Bayshore Highway Day 1924

box 4, folder 3

Beautification and Improvement of San Francisco Hills 1926-1938

box 4, folder 4

Bomb-proofing Union Square Garage 1941

box 4, folder 5

Bridge Celebration 1934-1939

box 4, folder 6

Bridges 1916-1930

box 4, folder 7

City Planning 1944-1945

box 4, folder 8

Diamond Jubilee 1924-1925

box 4, folder 9-10

Downtowner 1937-1955

box 4, folder 11

Downtowner / Brochure 1939-1950

box 4, folder 12

Earthquake Motion Picture "The Shock" 1919-1928

box 4, folder 13

Exposition 1940: Golden Gate International Exposition 1940

box 4, folder 14

Golden Gate Bridge Dinner 1921-1935

box 4, folder 15

Japanese Evacuees 1943

box 4, folder 16

Lighting, Chinatown 1924-1931

box 4, folder 17

Lighting Path of Gold, Repainting 1935-1938

box 4, folder 18

Lotta's Fountain Celebration 1924-1925

box 4, folder 19

Market Street Lighting 1919-1922

box 4, folder 20

Mexican Excursion 1925-1930

box 4, folder 21

Olympic Games 1949

box 4, folder 22

Path of Gold 1946-1963

box 4, folder 23

Petrified Forest 1933-1934

box 4, folder 24

Police Regulations 1922-1931

box 4, folder 25

Shore Line Highway 1935-1936

box 4, folder 26

Sketches of Various DTASF Projects 1937-1938

box 4, folder 27

"Staggered Hours" San Francisco Rush Hour Traffic Plan 1924-1931

box 4, folder 28

Tourist Information Bureau (Union Square) 1941-1961

box 5, folder 1-2

Traffic Traction 1930-1940

box 5, folder 3

Transportation: Jitney, Yellowcab 1957, 1981

box 5, folder 4-5

Union Square Garage 1930-1983

box 5, folder 6

U.S. Bureau of Census 1910-1930

box 5, folder 7

U.S. Naval misc. 1920-1950

box 5, folder 8

Victory Over Europe Day 1944-1957

box 5, folder 9

West Coast Streel Shortage 1943-1944

box 5, folder 10-11

Win the War Committee 1942-1943

 

Series 6 Subject Files

box 6, folder 1-2

Agenda Board Luncheon, Correspondence circa 1995

box 1, folder 21

An Invitation to San Francisco, Convention and Tourist Bureau Booklet 1937

box 6, folder 3-4

Annual Reports, Background Files 1986-1988

box 6, folder 5

Arts Commission circa 1995

box 6, folder 6

BART 1985

box 6, folder 7

BART, Airport Extension 1990-1997

box 6, folder 8

BART, Short Range Transit Plan Draft 1985

box 6, folder 9

Bay Area Conservation and Development 1986-1987

box 6, folder 10

Bay Bridge, Clipping 1986

box 6, folder 11

Bonds, Tax Exempt Developement 1985

box 6, folder 12

Budget, DTASF 1972-1989

box 6, folder 13

Budget Financials 1991-1996

box 6, folder 14-19

Business Coalition 1992-1995

box 6, folder 20

Business Coalition Budget and Planning 1993

box 6, folder 21-22

Business Coalition Meetings with Mayor: Notes and Agendas circa 1995

box 6, folder 23

Business Coalition Members List circa 1995

box 6, folder 24

Business Coalition, Supervisors Meetings circa 1995

box 6, folder 25

Business Coalition, Work Force Committee 1993

box 6, folder 26-29

Business Improvement District circa 1995

box 6, folder 30

Cable Cars 1997

box 6, folder 31

Cable Cars "Cable Cars Centennial" 1972-1973

box 6, folder 32

Cable Cars "Save the Cable Cars" 1982-1985

box 6, folder 33

California Historical Society Letter of Separation 1985

box 6, folder 34

Candlestick Park, Refurbish versus New Downtown Stadium 1962-1985

box 7, folder 1-3

City Budget circa 1993

box 7, folder 4-9

City Charter 1980-1995

box 7, folder 10-13

City Planning 1978-1998

box 7, folder 14-16

City's Fiscal Crisis Task Force 1992-1993

box 7, folder 17

Civil Grand Jury Reports 1992-1993

box 7, folder 18

Civil Service Commission 1958-1984

box 7, folder 19

Chief Administrative Officer 1981-1986

box 7, folder 20

Clippings, Downtown Association 1972

box 7, folder 21

Committee Rosters 1970-1975

box 7, folder 22

Committees DASF 1989

box 7, folder 23-27

Committees, DASF Working Committees 1992-1995

box 7, folder 28

Committees, Executive Committees 1969

box 7, folder 29-38

Committees, Executive Committee Meeting 1992-1999

box 8, folder 1

Committees, Executive Committee Meetings 1998-2004

box 8, folder 2

Commonwealth Club 1978

box 8, folder 3

Concerned Advocates for Small Business 1993-1994

box 8, folder 4

Constituion and By-Laws American Federation of Government Employees 1984

box 8, folder 5

Controller 1985-1996

box 8, folder 6

Convention Center, Moscone 1985-1989

box 8, folder 7-8

Convention and Visitors Bureau 1985-1992

box 8, folder 9

Courts, City and County 1971-1979

box 8, folder 10

DeYoung Museum 1997

box 8, folder 11

Directors, Board of Directors 1907-1999

box 8, folder 12

Directors, Board of Directors Proposed 2002

box 8, folder 13

Directors. Executive Directors. Carolyn Dee 1992

box 8, folder 14

Directors Photos, Correspondence Relating to Photographs 1974-1984

box 8, folder 15

District Attorney's Office, Terence Hallinan 1996

box 8, folder 16

Downtown Association Leaflet, Founding and Mission Statement circa 1970

box 8, folder 17

DTASF, Office Lease with Hearst Building 1995

box 8, folder 18

Economy, San Francisco Economic Development Corp. 1989

box 8, folder 19-24

Elections 1992-1997

box 8, folder 25

Embarcadero Parkway Project, Citizens Advisory Committee 1988

box 8, folder 26

Farm Workers Boycott 1985-1988

box 8, folder 27

Federal Tax Deduction State and Local Taxes 1985

box 8, folder 28

Fiftieth Anniversary 1957

box 8, folder 29

Fire Department 1962-1992

box 8, folder 30

Fisherman's Wharf Plan 1989

box 8, folder 31

Forty-Nine Mile Scenic Drive Contest 1955-1969

box 8, folder 32-34

Freeways, Embarcadero 1948-1990

box 8, folder 35

Friends of the San Francisco Fire Department 1996-1999

box 8, folder 36

Garbage 1983

box 8, folder 37

Geary Transit Task Force 1987-1988

box 8, folder 38

General Assistance Program 1987

box 8, folder 39

Golden Gate Bridge Celebration 1987

box 8, folder 40

Golden Gate National Recreation Area 1972

box 8, folder 41

Governor Wilson, Correspondence 1992

box 9, folder 1

Health Care, Prevailing Wage Ordinance 1990

box 9, folder 2

High Rise Restrictions 1973-1975

box 9, folder 3

Historic Trolley Festival 1983

box 9, folder 4-7

Homeless 1985-195

box 9, folder 8

Homeless Coalition 1999-2000

box 9, folder 9

Hotel Tax Fund 1981-1988

box 9, folder 10-15

Hotels, Brochures circa 1990

box 9, folder 16

Human Rights Commission 1980-1987

box 9, folder 17

Letterhead circa 1960

box 9, folder 18-23

Living Wage 1999

box 1, folder 22

Magazine Articles About San Francisco: New SF Magazine, The Argonaut, Holiday 1906-1954

box 9, folder 24

Magazines, Pamphlets Promoting Tourism circa 1950

box 9, folder 25

Map, Downtown San Francisco 1935

box 9, folder 26

Marie Brooks, Correspondence 1992-1995

box 9, folder 27-36

Market Street 1970-1989

box 9, folder 37

Mayors. Brown, Jordan, Newsom 1993-1999

box 9, folder 38

Mayors. Feinstein 1986-1994

box 10, folder 1

Mergers: Market Street Association with DASF; Business and Property Owners with DASF 1950, 1964

box 10, folder 2-6

Misc. 1935-2003

box 10, folder 7

Mission Bay Project 1984-1991

box 10, folder 8-9

News Releases 1982-2000

box 10, folder 10

Newsracks 1985-1987

box 10, folder 11

Old San Francisco (Prints of early SF Photographs) circa 1900

box 10, folder 12

OSHA, Training Pamphlet circa 1985

box 10, folder 13

Pan American World Airways 1965

box 10, folder 14-18

Parking 1954-2000

box 10, folder 19

Parking Authority Annual Report 1987-1988

box 10, folder 20-23

Parking Garages 1980-1985

box 10, folder 24

Parking Meters 1966-1973

box 10, folder 25

Parking Task Force 1974-1984

box 10, folder 26

Parking, Uptown Parking Corporation 1985

box 10, folder 27-29

Planning Commission 1981-1992

box 10, folder 30-33

Port Commission 1985-1999

box 10, folder 34

Port of San Francisco, Pier 45 Shed A Fisherman's Wharf, Appendices 1999

box 11, folder 1

Presdio of San Francisco 1986-1992

box 11, folder 2-3

Public Bathrooms circa 1995

box 11, folder 4-5

Public Service Kiosks 1995-1996

box 11, folder 6-9

Public Utitlites Commission, City and County 1968-1998

box 11, folder 10-11

Public Works Department 1985-1999

box 11, folder 12

Redevelopement Agency, Meeting Agendas 1993-1998

box 11, folder 13-14

Redevelopment Program, Fact Book 1986-1978

box 1, folder 23

Republican National Convention 1956

box 11, folder 15

Review of City's Infrastructure Report 1985

box 11, folder 16

Salaries, City Officials 1986

box 11, folder 17

San Francisco Art Commission 1995

box 11, folder 18

San Franciscan's For Sensible Government 1995

box 11, folder 19

San Francisco History Museum 1997

box 11, folder 20

San Francisco Main Library, Environmental Impact Report Draft 1991

box 11, folder 21

Schools, Junior Achievement 1993-1995

box 11, folder 22

Secretary of State 1982-1989

box 11, folder 23-24

Sidewalk Vendors 1982-1983

box 11, folder 25-26

Small Business 1985-1988

box 11, folder 27

Small Business Advisory Commission 1987-1995

box 11, folder 28

South of Market Zoning 1986-1989

box 11, folder 29

Stockton Street Tunnel 1982-1984

box 11, folder 30

Streetlighting, Post Street Promenade 1972

box 11, folder 31-33

Street Lighting Recommendations for San Francisco, General Electric (includes blueprints) 1927

box 12, folder 1

Supervisors 1993-2001

box 12, folder 2

Supervisors: Correspondence, Notes, Clippings, etc 1992-1994

box 12, folder 3

Supervisors and Mayors Legislation 1994-1995

box 12, folder 4-5

Supervisors Legislation 1996-1998

box 12, folder 6-12

Supervisors Meetings, Agendas 1999-2000

box 12, folder 13

Supervisors, Rules of Order 1987

box 12, folder 14

Tax Increase 1989-1990

box 12, folder 15-17

Tax Strategy Group 1992-1993

box 12, folder 18

Taxes, Business 1985

box 12, folder 19

Taxes, Employee Excise Tax 1994

box 12, folder 20

Taxes, Small Buisiness 1990

box 12, folder 21

Taxi Cabs 1986

box 12, folder 22

Third Street Transit Task Force 1988

box 12, folder 23

Tourism 1987

box 13, folder 1

Traffic 1985

box 13, folder 2

Traffic and Parking Management System Improvement Program Report 1986

box 13, folder 3

Traffic and Transportation Conference 1992

box 13, folder 4

Transit, Light Rail 1987-1988

box 13, folder 5-6

Transportation 1970-1985

box 13, folder 7

Transportation and Traffic, Reports City Planning 1993-1995

box 13, folder 8

Transportation Authority, Public Transportation Commission, Notice of Meeting 1994-1998

box 13, folder 9

Transportation: BART, Capital Improvement Plan, Five Year Plan 1989-2000

box 13, folder 10-16

Transportation: Caltrans 1992-1998

box 13, folder 17

Transportation: CCSF Congestion Management Program Draft 1991

box 13, folder 18-20

Transportation: Citizens Advisory Committee on Transportation 1988-1989

box 13, folder 21

Transportation: Downtown Extension 1987

box 13, folder 22

Transportation: Metropolitan Transportation Commission 1987-1995

box 13, folder 23

Transportation: Metropolitan Transportation District 1977

box 13, folder 24

Transportation: MTC / Bay Bridge Test Project 1994-1995

box 13, folder 25-26

Transportation: MTC Regional Transportation Plan 1988, 1998

box 13, folder 27

Transportation: MUNI 1992-1997

box 14, folder 1

Transportation: MUNI. Capital Improvement Plan 1987-1992

box 14, folder 2-3

Transportation: MUNI Metro Turn-Around Project 1987-1989

box 14, folder 4-5

Transportation: MUNI Municipal Railway 1973-1987

box 14, folder 6-7

Transportation: MUNI, Short-Range Transit Plan 1985-1992

box 14, folder 8-9

Transportation: MUNI Stakeholders 1985-1997

box 14, folder 10

Transportation: MUNI Tax Force Report, Management Audit of the San Francisco Municpal Railway 1996

box 14, folder 11

Tranportation Projects 1998

box 14, folder 12

Tranportation Projects, Market Street Closure 1997-1998

box 14, folder 13

Transportation Projects, Mint to Caltrans 1996

box 14, folder 14

Transportation Projects, MUNI F Line circa 1995

box 14, folder 15

Transportation Projects, Sansome Street Rerout 1996

box 14, folder 16-17

Transportation, San Francisco Airport 1992-1999

box 14, folder 18

Transportation, Strategic Plan Update, San Francisco Municipal Railway Report 1995

box 14, folder 19

Transportation, Transit District 1991-1995

box 14, folder 20

Treasure Island Reuse Planning Process 1995

box 14, folder 21

UN 50 Committee, United Nations 1994-1995

box 14, folder 22

United Nations Association 1987

box 14, folder 23

Union Square 1994-1995

box 14, folder 24

Union Square Clean-Up 1980-1983

box 14, folder 25-26

Van Ness Avenue 1986-1994

box 14, folder 27

Veterans War Memorial Building 1985-1986

box 14, folder 28

Video Display Terminal Ordinance 1990-1991

box 14, folder 29

Waterfront Projects 1990

box 14, folder 30

Yerba Buena Center 1970-1973

box 14, folder 31

Yerba Buena Center, Environmental Impact Report Draft 1991-1992

box 14, folder 32

Yerba Buena Gardens 1984

box 14, folder 33

Yerba Buena Redevelopment 1998-1999

 

Series 7 Functions and Events

Abstract: Ephemera created during the planning and organizing of each event, including invitations and guest lists.
box 15, folder 1

Celebrity Waiters 1991

box 15, folder 2

Dialogue with the City 1993

box 15, folder 3

Handlery Roast 1989

box 15, folder 4

Kopp Roast 1991

box 15, folder 5

Luncheons 1948, 1958-1959

box 15, folder 6-7

Luncheons, Board Luncheons 2000-2004

box 15, folder 8

Luncheons, Honoring Bill Walsh 1989

box 15, folder 9

Luncheons, Mayor Brown 2004

box 15, folder 10

Luncheons, Stadium Luncheon 1982

box 15, folder 11-26

Mayor Frank Jordan Roast 1992

box 15, folder 27-29

Scrapbook of Events Sponsored by DTASF 1917-1920

 

Series 8 Graphic Materials

 

Sub-series 1 Original Artwork

frame Framed Art, SFA-0674

Suggested Design for an Incandescent Lighting Standard for the Chinese Quarter San Francisco, California. April 3, 1925

Physical Description: 1 oversize items 16.5 inches by 41.5 inches
frame Framed Art, SFA-0675

Design for Proposed Light Ornamental Standards Triangle Business District San Francisco, Cal. circa 1916

Physical Description: 1 oversize items 19.75 inches x 44.75 inches
oversize-folder 1

Architectural Sketches and Prints of Proposed Structures

 

Fountain-Orpheum Theater, pen and charcoal on paper circa 1950

Physical Description: 16 x 18 inches
 

Sketch of Bridge Tunnel, signed W.G. Merchant. Shows on-ramp to bridge with large fountain and monument. circa 1938

Physical Description: 18 x 29 inches
 

Color Sketch of Bridge Tunnel, signed Merchant. Shows on-ramp to bridge with large fountain and monument 1938

Physical Description: 9 x 15 inches
 

Typical Cross Section Van Ness Avenue 1950

Physical Description: 20 x 29 inches
 

Elevation of News Stand showing both closed and open, signed William G. Merchant. 1934

Physical Description: 19 x 22 inches
 

Fifty Mile Scenic Drive of San Francisco 1938

Physical Description: 23 x 27 inches
 

Forty-Nine Mile Scenic Drive Map 1947

Physical Description: 15 x 18 inches
 

Market Street, Tentative Plan for Ferry Plaza Design. Pen and pencil circa 1935

Physical Description: 16 x 21 inches
 

Design for Water Pool and Fountain at Bridge Approach circa 1935

Physical Description: 17 x 21 inches
 

Water Feature at Fulton and Hyde behind Orpheum Theater circa 1935

Physical Description: 17 x 21 inches
 

Automobile Parking Station under Union Square. Print of Union Square parking lot floor plan circa 1950

Physical Description: 12 x 15 inches
 

Architectural Street Scene Showing Market Street print circa 1950

Physical Description: 13 x 19 inches
 

Sketch of Building Above Subsurface Terminal; signed Sydney Taylor Engineer, W.G. Merchant Architect. Charcoal on paper circa 1938

Physical Description: 10 x 11 inches
 

Tourist Information Bureau at Union Square, Architectural Street Scene print circa 1950

Physical Description: 19 x 27 inches
 

San Francisco Skyline, print of photograph circa 1950

Physical Description: 11 x 17 inches
 

Sub-series 2 Photographs

box 16, folder 1

Aerial View of Downtown San Francisco circa 1939-1950

box 16, folder 2

Cable Car Memorabilia 1980

box 16, folder 3

City Hall Retrofit circa 1995

box 16, folder 4

City Skylines, Diane Feinstein, Union Square, Cable Car circa 1990

box 16, folder 5

Directors. Ray Barnett (KCBS News Radio) circa 1990

box 16, folder 6

Directors. Allan Blumenfeld circa 1990

box 16, folder 7

Directors. Tom Bolles Circa 1990

box 16, folder 8

Directors. Robert Brewer (Southern Pacific Land Company) circa 1990

box 16, folder 9

Directors. James Bronkema (Embarcadero Center) circa 1990

box 16, folder 10

Directors. Marie Brooks (Ellis Brooks Chevrolet) circa 1990

box 16, folder 11

Directors. Peter J. Cahill circa 1990

box 16, folder 12

Directors. Don Cashman (IBM Corporation) circa 1990

box 16, folder 13

Directors. Francis Chilberto (Security Pacific National Bank) circa 1990

box 16, folder 14

Directors. James Claffee (Bank of America) circa 1990

box 16, folder 15

Directors. Richard Clayton (Emporium Capwell) circa 1990

box 16, folder 16

Directors. Arthur Cooke (Bank of America) circa 1990

box 16, folder 17

Directors. Charles Farrow circa 1980

box 16, folder 18

Directors. William Gaede circa 1990

box 16, folder 19

Directors. Milton Gilmore circa 1980

box 16, folder 20

Directors. Lloyd Graybiel (Long and Levit Attorneys at Law) circa 1980

box 16, folder 21-22

Directors. Mardikian Haig (Mardikian Enterprises) circa 1990

box 16, folder 23

Directors. Vance Huckins circa 1990

box 16, folder 24

Directors. Russell Keil circa 1980

box 16, folder 25

Directors. Theodore Kolb (Sullivan, Roche and Johnson) circa 1980

box 16, folder 26

Directors. Philip Lasky circa 1980

box 16, folder 27

Directors. Pius Lee (Salon Studio) circa 1980

box 16, folder 28

Directors. Edgar Lion (Fireman's Fund Insurance Company) circa 1980

box 16, folder 29

Directors. James Lockhart (Transamerica Corporations) circa 1990

box 16, folder 30

Directors. James Moore circa 1980

box 16, folder 31

Directors. Gerald Napier circa 1990

box 16, folder 32

Directors. Joe Narcisso circa 1980

box 16, folder 33

Directors. Jack Podesta circa 1990

box 16, folder 34

Directors. Jeffrey Pollack (The Pollack Group) circa 1980

box 16, folder 35

Directors. Andrew Regalia circa 1990

box 16, folder 36

Directors. William Rentchler (San Francisco Progress) circa 1990

box 16, folder 37

Directors. Richard Rossi circa 1990

box 16, folder 38

Directors. Elvin Stendell circa 1970

box 16, folder 39

Directors. John Thomas circa 1970

box 16, folder 40

Directors. Anthony Tiano (KQED) circa 1980

box 16, folder 41-42

Directors. Unidentified circa 1990

box 16, folder 43

Directors. Bill Walbrecher (First National Savings) circa 1990

box 16, folder 44

Directors. Weinmann, Teller (AMFAC, Inc.) circa 1970

box 16, folder 45

Directors. Robert Werbe (The Gray Line) circa 1990

box 16, folder 46

Directors. Robert Wilhelm (Westin Saint Francis) circa 1990

box 16, folder 47

Directors. David Wisnom circa 1980

box 16, folder 48

Downtown San Francisco Skyline circa 1980

box 16, folder 49

DTASF Downtown Improvement Projects, Street Vendors, News Racks circa 1960

box 16, folder 50

DTASF's Various Projects circa 1980

box 17, folder 1

Exposition 1940, Golden Gate International Exposition 1940

box 17, folder 2

Forty-Nine Mile Scenic Drive 1955

box 17, folder 3

Freeways, Embarcadero Parkway Projects 1986

box 17, folder 4

Functions, Mayor Frank Jordan Roast 1997

box 17, folder 5

Garages. Union Square Garage 1942

box 17, folder 6

Golden Gate Bridge Celebration 1987

box 17, folder 7

Historic Photos, DTASF Projects, Traffic, Union Square, Christmas Decorations 1947-1959

box 17, folder 8

Lighting, Chinatown 1924

box 17, folder 9

Lighting, Path of Gold Repainting 1938

box 17, folder 10

Luncheons and Members 1920-circa 1940

box 17, folder 11

Mexican Excursion 1925

box 17, folder 12

Model of San Francisco and Marina Auditorium and Coliseum Rendition circa 1937

box 17, folder 13

Nordstrom Department Store circa 1988

box 17, folder 14

Pan American World Airways circa 1945

box 17, folder 15

Path of Gold 1946-1963

box 17, folder 16

Pictorial Highlights of Downtown Association of San Francisco 1938-1951

box 17, folder 17

Portraits, Headshots for Performers circa 1960

box 17, folder 18

San Francisco Naval Shipyard circa 1945

box 17, folder 19

San Francisco Skyline 1939

box 17, folder 20

Shipyard, Downtown Stadium Proposed Sketch, City of Paris circa 1960

box 17, folder 21-23

Sidewalk Vendors circa 1985-circa 1995

box 17, folder 24

Stockton Street Tunnel circa 1995

box 17, folder 25

Street Lighting Recomendations for San Francisco, General Electric 1927

box 17, folder 26

Transportation. Caltrans 1992

box 17, folder 27

Unidentified Negatives of Directors 1988

box 17, folder 28

Unidentified Event, Includes Dianne Feinstein circa 1980

box 17

Union Square, and DTASF Decorations 1951-1958

 

Series 9 Scrapbooks

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Newspaper Clippings 1910-1921

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Newspaper Clippings 1922-1929

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Newspaper Clippings 1930-1940

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Newspaper Clippings 1940-1948

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Newspaper Clippings 1948-1954

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Newspaper Clippings 1954-1958

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Newspaper Clippings 1958-1964

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Newspaper Clippings 1965-1977

Conditions Governing Access

The scrapbook includes original photographs; researchers are asked to wear gloves when handling.
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Newspaper Clippings 1951-1959

Abstract: Clippings cover the Christmas decorations and celebration at Union Square, sponsored by the Downtown Association.
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Advertising and Promotional Materials 1918-1942

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Newspaper Clippings 1977-1986