February 1954 . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 43-45, [020054-022854] . 1150 negatives (estimate)
Call girl Mabel Mallote's house raided by super vice squad (prostitution) (date uncertain) [02-00-54, ca. 10 negatives]
Korean War troops return [02-02-54, 02-17-54, 20 negatives]
Return of Korean War Veterans -- General Anderson (ship) -- Fort Mason (February 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 43, [02-02-54.10] . 9 negatives
Views of returning servicemen standing on deck of ship, descending ramp from ship, standing in transport building and drinking coffee given to them by Red Cross members. Family members embrace returning veteran [no names given].
Return of Korean War Veterans -- General Nelson M. Walker (ship) -- Treasure Island (February 17, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 44, [02-17-54.05] . 11 negatives
US Marines walk down ramp from ship. Marines walk on dock, with view of ship in background. Views of Marines standing on deck of ship.
New building site at the Presidio [02-02-54, 6 negatives]
Moving polio victim in iron lung (health, disabled persons) [02-02-54, 4 negatives]
Polio Victim -- Fort Miley Veterans Hospital (February 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 43, [02-02-54.12] . 4 negatives
Nurse Audrey Cassidy attends to Richard Bond, a polio victim being cared for inside of an "iron lung," in rear of transport van. Worker unload iron lung from van. Audrey Cassidy supports Richard Bond's head with a sling as she moves iron lung into elevator.
Views from the new UC Hospital building (San Francisco cityscapes) [02-02-54, 8 negatives]
Chinese New Year festival preparations at Portsmouth Square [02-04-54, 3 negatives]
Chinese New Year -- Chinatown (February 04, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 43, [02-04-54.08] . 3 negatives
Stanley Lee Fong and Ronald Leong look up at ferris wheel operating in Portsmouth Square during Chinese New Year festivities, with view of neighborhood buildings in background. Lai Gin, Nable Gin, and Marlene Gin watch women riding the carousel. Drawings illustrating children hang on display in the bazaar.
Chinese New Year Parade [02-05-54, 13 negatives]
Celebration -- Chinese New Year -- Chinatown (February 05, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 43, [02-05-54.01] . 13 negatives
People crowd Portsmouth Square during Chinese New Year festivities. Mayor Elmer Robinson crowns unidentified woman queen of New Year celebrations. Dragon makes its way down Grant Avenue at Kearny Street. Photograph of float that could not proceed down parade route due to low hanging lights; with view of crowds jamming parade route and buildings (neighborhood). Model Sue Fetz waves from float, with cable car in background. The Saint Mary's Chinese drill team plays drums as they march down route. Chinese-American girls wave from parade automobile. Mayor Elmer Robinson and Chief Gaffey pass in automobile.
President Celal Bayar of Turkey and wife visit [02-07-54 - 02-08-54, 18 negatives]
President Celal Bayar of Turkey (February 07, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 44, [02-07-54.01-02] . 10 negatives
Mr. and Mrs. George Christopher greet President and Madame Celal Bayar at the Press Club. Boy Scouts greet Mr. and Mrs. Celal Bayar [outside the Mark Hopkins Hotel?] (neighborhood). Celal Bayar autographs photograph for Cub Scout Brien O'Brien. Celal Bayar walks with crowd through archway at the Legion of Honor; looks at painting of Rome, Italy inside the Legion of Honor. Mayor [Clifford?] of Oakland greets the President and wife at the Oakland Mole.
President Celal Bayar of Turkey -- City Hall (February 07, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 44, [02-07-54.03] . 5 negatives
Mayor Elmer Robinson shakes hands with Celal Bayar in front of City Hall. Elmer Robinson presents Celal Bayar with gavel, as Madame Celal Bayar stands alongside. Celal Bayar waves to crowd from balcony, where he stands above large Turkish flag draped over balcony.
Luncheon -- President Celal Bayar of Turkey -- Palace Hotel (February 08, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 44, [02-08-54.01] . 3 negatives
Celal Bayar and Mayor Elmer Robinson speak from podium. Madame Bayar, President H.H. Moffitt of the Commonwealth Club, Celal Bayar, Director General Orhan Eralp of the Turkish Foreign Office sit at table. General view of the Gold Ball Room and crowd, with Turkish and US flags hanging from the wall at right.
Actor Cary Grant and wife Betsy visit to promote bond campaign for Israel [02-09-54, 2 negatives]
Cary Grant -- Bond for Israel Campaign -- Southern Pacific Station (February 09, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 44, [02-09-54.01] . 2 negatives
Actor Cary Grant and his wife Betsy Grant meet Supervisor George Christopher and chairman George Edelstein of the Jerusalem Celebration committee upon arriving at train station for participation in the Bond for Israel Campaign. Taken at Third and Townsend Streets.
New Kaiser Hospital (with Henry J. Kaiser, Jr. and Dr. Clifford H. Keene) [02-10-52, 5 negatives]
New Kaiser Hospital (February 10, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 44, [02-10-54.03] . 5 negatives
Henry J. Kaiser Jr., Gloria Drake, and Director Clifford H. Keene of Kaiser Hospitals in California stand under light at new surgery table. Supervisor Katherine Taylor of Obstetrics talks on telephone in surgical hall. Nurse Ange Villeneuve attends to baby Karen as patient Mrs. Leo Fletcher eats meal (health).
Senator Joseph McCarthy arrives [02-10-54 - 02-12-54, ca. 10 negatives]
Arrival -- Senator Joseph R. McCarthy -- Airport (February 10, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 44, [02-10-54.04] . 9 negatives
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weeks greet Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCarthy beside airplane; with Lyn Fox also shown. Joseph McCarthy speaks into microphones, speaks with Mrs. Joseph McCarthy at press conference. Views of reporters interviewing the senator. Close-up of Mrs. Joseph McCarthy (communism).
Jewish Community Center celebrates 77th anniversary [02-12-54 - 02-14-54, 7 negatives]
Anniversary -- Jewish Community Center (February 12, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 44, [02-12-54.13] . 6 negatives
Ben Brown, Emmy Verkozen, Thomas Verkozen, and Betty Lewis paint in the arts and crafts room. Arlene Weinberg, Jackie Edelstein... practice their dance steps. Other children shown playing checkers, diving into swimming pool, and in line to get recreational items. Executive Director Louis H. Blumenthal outlines plans for the center's seventy-seventh anniversary celebration.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon arrives [02-12-54 - 02-13-54, 9 negatives]
Arrival -- Vice President Richard M. Nixon -- Oakland Airport (February 12, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 44, [02-12-54.14] . 6 negatives
Richard Nixon waves as he walks down airplane ramp; stands with John W. Dinkelspiel and Marjorie Benedict; speaks with John J. Allen and Lyn Fox. Speaks with children in crowd of spectators.
Golden Gate Bridge in clear weather (cityscapes) [02-14-54, 4 negatives]
Re-visiting World's Fair site at Treasure Island [02-18-54, 4 negatives]
Revisiting Site of Golden Gate International Exposition -- Treasure Island (February 18, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 44, [02-18-54.11] . 4 negatives
Exposition officials watch as Captain R.S. Bertschy, Marshall Dill, and theme girl Zoe Dell West reenact the 1939 exposition. Zoe Dell stands by marker that commemorates "the most beautiful world's fair" and the fifteenth year anniversary of Treasure Island's construction.
Joe Di Maggio and Marilyn Monroe and baseball player Lefty O'Doul at the airport [02-24-54, 13 negatives]
Joe Di Maggio and Marilyn Monroe -- Airport (February 24, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 44, [02-24-54.01] . 13 negatives
Lefty O'Doul gives his wife a kiss, while step-son Jimmy O'Doul Gold sits on his lap. Spectators crowd around actress Marilyn Monroe's car. Baseball player Joe Di Maggio and Marilyn Monroe walk with Reno Barsocchini. Photographs of Joe Di Maggio and Marilyn Monroe at airport. Close-up views of Marilyn Monroe alone in her car.
Slum condemnation on Third and Tehama Streets (housing) [02-25-54, 4 negatives]
Slums Condemned (February 25, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 45, [02-25-54.06] . 4 negatives
External photograph of the Golden Eagle Hotel, a "skid row" hotel with two hundred and forty rooms. View of overcrowded hotel at [1326?] Clementina Street. Photographs of the Madrid Hotel [no street given], and unnamed hotel at 252 Tehama Street (housing, neighborhood) [apparently all hotels to be condemned by authorities].
Aircraft carrier F.D. Roosevelt (ship) opens to visitors [02-28-54, 7 negatives]
F.D. Roosevelt (ship) -- Alameda Naval Air Station (February 28, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 45, [02-28-54.01] . 7 negatives
Views of the aircraft carrier F.D. Roosevelt (ship), with people filing onto and visiting ship. Crowd stands on the deck edge elevator, a device that brings airplanes up from the hanger bay to the flight deck. Visitors walk on deck of carrier, with airplanes and machinery parked on deck. Marion Bowler speaks with serviceman.