February 1952 . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 4-5, [020052-022852] . 1025 negatives (estimate)
American President Lines acquires passenger liner La Guardia (ship) [02-07-52, 2 negatives]
Frank Sinatra visits [02-07-52, 2 negatives]
King George VI memorial services at Mills College and Grace Cathedral [02-07-52 - 02-10-52, 8 negatives]
Memorial Services Held for King George VI -- Mills College (February 07, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 4, [02-07-52.18] . 4 negatives
Three Canadian women (Ann Gradburn, Joan Clements, and Linda Graburn) pray at the altar by a British flag. Chaplain George Hedley (Mills College) leads the service.
Navy recommissions aircraft carrier Intrepid (ship) at Hunters Point [02-09-52, 1 negative]
Air raid rescue crews practice at Galileo High School [02-10-52, 2 negatives]
Civil Defense -- Air Raid Rescue Crews Give Aid -- Galileo High School (February 10, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 4, [02-10-52.02] . 2 negatives
Muni (San Francisco Municipal Railway) bus is converted into an ambulance. Inside bus lies Virginia King aided by Red Cross worker Mary Ward. Bus driver Kay Glenn stands in the background. Rescue crews lower a victim by the use of ropes and pulleys.
Sir Thomas Beecham (music) [02-11-52, 2 negatives]
UC Berkeley Registration [02-12-52, 4 negatives]
Actors Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin at the Fox Theatre [02-12-52 - 02-14-52, 5 negatives]
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin Perform -- Fox Theatre (February 12, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 4, [02-12-52.10] . 4 negatives
Actors Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin stand in comic poses. People stand in a long line which circles the block waiting to enter the theater.
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin -- Fox Theatre (February 14, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 4, [02-14-52.02] . 1 negative
Actors Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin made honorary recruiters for the Navy for their work in "Sailor Bonnie." Lewis and Martin in a comic pose; Chief Petty Officer John D. Redmond stands with two actors.
Rare blood given to US Army [02-13-52, 2 negatives]
Senator Richard M. Nixon press conference [02-13-52, 2 negatives]
General M.C. Meigs (ship) arrives with troops [02-14-52, 6 negatives]
Returning Veterans -- General M.C. Meigs (ship) -- Fort Mason (February 14, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 4, [02-14-52.11] . 6 negatives
People in crowd hold up signs welcoming home veterans on Valentine's Day. Sergeant Fred Marlett holds baby Diane as Irene Marlett and Mrs. E.N. Wagner look on. Howard Koch reaches down from ship porthole to touch hands with his wife, Averil Koch. Family and friends welcome Sergeant Ken Boyer.
Phoebe Apperson Hearst memorial wreath laying ceremonies in Golden Gate Park [02-15-52, 2 negatives]
Wreath Laying Ceremony for Phoebe Apperson Hearst Memorial -- Golden Gate Park (February 15, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 4, [02-15-52.15] . 2 negatives
Group of women gather for wreath laying ceremony at the Hearst Memorial Fountain in Golden Gate Park. The plaque reads, "In Memory of Phoebe Apperson Hearst. From Her Friends." Mrs. George Hearst, Mrs. George Chambers, and Mrs. Edward Hood are present.
California Industrial Safety Conference [02-18-52, 3 negatives]
California Industrial Safety Conference -- Mark Hopkins Hotel (February 18, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 4, [02-18-52.06] . 3 negatives
Views of crowd taken from stage, with speakers in foreground. Attendees Paul Scharrenberg of the State Division of Industrial Relations, Mayor Elmer E. Robinson, Governor Earl Warren, and Chief A.C. Blackman of the State Division of Industrial Safety sit together.
President Pinto of Chile at Treasure Island [02-18-52, 2 negatives]
Presidente Pinto (Chilean ship) -- Treasure Island (February 18, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 4, [02-18-52.09] . 2 negatives
Chilean Consul Dalman, Admiral J.L. Hall, Captain Louis Recart (Chilean Navy), Major General Johnson, Major General Alfred H. Noble (Marines), and Rear Admiral B.J. Rodgers aboard Chilean ship Presidente Pinto (interior view).
Opening ceremonies for Veterans War Memorial Building [02-19-52, 4 negatives]
Inaugural Ceremony -- Veterans War Memorial Building (February 19, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 4, [02-19-52.01] . 4 negatives
Hugh Powell, Randy Hearst, and Ernest Linoberg hold a cake for charter members of William Randolf Hearst Post 601. Members of Post 601 pose for a picture. Randy Hearst presents charter to members who are represented by William Strachan and Andrew Collins.
Catholic relief in Korea [02-19-52, 1 negative]
Catholic Relief for Korea (February 19, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 4, [02-19-52.04] . 1 negative
Monsignor Edward E. Swanstrom, executive director of the Catholic Bishop's Committee for Relief in Korea, and Reverend Bernard C. Cronin, director of the Korea relief campaign for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, hold poster requesting relief for the "homeless, destitute, and driven."
Effects of transit strike around town (labor, cityscapes) [02-19-52 - 02-24-52, 63 negatives]
San Francisco Municipal Railway and Cable Car Strike -- Various San Francisco Locations (February 19, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 4, [02-19-52.08] . 10 negatives
Aerial and ground views of automobiles (traffic) in long lines on streets; interior view of Union Square garage shows crowds among cars; empty Muni tracks; picketers stand by row of parked MUNI cars (in rain); automobiles driving on Muni tracks (labor).
Traffic Jam -- Howard Street (February 20, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-20-52.08] . 2 negatives
Above ground photographs taken from Virginia Bollivant's office, showing traffic jam on Howard Street at 5:30 pm [most likely an effect of the Muni transit strike] (labor, neighborhood).
Commuters Wait for Buses -- San Francisco Municipal Railway and Cable Car Strike (February 20, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-20-52.10] . 4 negatives
Commuters at Third and Townsend Streets stand and wait for buses to arrive during Muni transit strike (labor, neighborhood).
Strike Vote -- San Francisco Municipal Railway and Cable Car Strike -- Labor Temple (February 20, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-20-52.11] . 6 negatives
"Car men" enter hall for strike vote meeting [in which they voted to go on strike]. President Charles Wood of the American Federation of Labor speaks from podium as others on stage count strike vote ballots and workers sit in area below (labor). Taken at Sixteenth and Capp Streets.
San Francisco Municipal Railway and Cable Car Strike (February 20, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-20-52.12] . 11 negatives
Muni employees stand at front of streetcar [striking workers?]. Photographs of streets devoid of Muni cars and traffic, illustrating effects of strike. Other photographs show large number of cars parked on or driving in streets (labor, neighborhood).
San Francisco Municipal Railway and Cable Car Strike -- Geary Car Barn (February 20, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-20-52.13] . 6 negatives
Elbert Holmes and motorman Malcolm Nelson stand onboard the last [operating] streetcar. Albert Monroe and others stand in rain to wait for bus at stop on Geary Street (neighborhood). Above ground views of streetcars stranded due to the transit strike (labor).
San Francisco Municipal Railway and Cable Car Strike -- Superior Court (February 21, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-21-52.01] . 2 negatives
Deputy City Attorney Dal Thomson and City Attorney Dion Holm shown in court requesting an injunction against a strike by transit workers (labor). Secretary-Treasurer George Johns, labor counsel for striking transit workers, and union Attorney Matthew Tobriner also shown.
Striking Transit Workers -- San Francisco Municipal Railway and Cable Car Strike (February 21, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-21-52.02] . 4 negatives
Strikers Ed Havens, Nash Garcia, R.E. Martin, and Gen Berners warm themselves around a trashcan fire at Seventeenth and Mariposa Streets. Bonnie McCann, Ruth Crockard, and Cleeta Braner rub their tired feet at California and Stockton Streets. Marcine Shaff and Barbara Jennings of Southwest Airways hitchhike at Powell and Geary Streets (labor).
Evening Rush Hour -- San Francisco Municipal Railway and Cable Car Strike (February 21, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-21-52.03] . 4 negatives
Crowds of people walk along Sixth Street to the Southern Pacific Depot during strike by Muni transit workers (labor). Cars sit stopped on Sixth Street, [view looking to Market Street from Folsom Street].
Traffic Jam -- San Francisco Municipal Railway and Cable Car Strike (February 21, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-21-52.04-05] . 5 negatives
Cars sit parked in the middle of Market Street during a traffic jam caused by halt of Muni transit service due to striking workers (labor) [Views of Market Street at California, from Sansome Street looking east, and from the top of the Ferry Building looking up Market Street (neighborhhod)].
Union Meeting -- San Francisco Municipal Railway and Cable Car Strike (February 22, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-22-52.01] . 2 negatives
International executive board member Henry B. Mann [of unidentified union; Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America?] speaks with "car men" at meeting of striking workers (labor). Taken at 1179 Market Street.
Muni Cars Back in Service -- San Francisco Municipal Railway and Cable Car Strike (February 23, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-23-52.01] . 4 negatives
A.E. Handle boards a Muni streetcar on his way to work; taken on Market Street. Conductor E.E. Goodsen and Gripman Earl Hugh push a Powell Street cable car. Passengers depart streetcar on Market Street (neighborhood). Early morning workers board the Powell Street cable car [all Muni transit vehicles back in service after transit worker strike (labor)].
First Car Back in Service -- San Francisco Municipal Railway and Cable Car Strike (February 24, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-24-52.01] . 3 negatives
Municipal Railway "L" car which is headed east on Market Street is blocked by an automobile parked on the tracks (rails). Men push the automobile to the side of the street (labor).
Leading Chinese Americans visit San Francisco [02-19-52, 5 negatives]
Air raid practice around town (San Francisco cityscapes and civil defense) [02-20-52, 26 negatives]
Civil Defense -- Air Raid Drill -- Market Street, San Francisco (February 20, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-20-52.01] . 4 negatives
Group of people clustered around signs posted on the doors of a bank; two men shield their heads as they lie on the ground in front of a store display window; group of people look upward.
Civil Defense -- Air Raid Drill -- Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Building (February 20, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-20-52.02] . 4 negatives
Building's fourth drill. 1700 people were moved in 3 minutes. Crowd stands in safe place; first aid team provides relief on the 22nd floor; on 19th floor, fire truck arrives from the basement while floor wardens bring the hose; in control center of building only one telephone switchboard operates [William Siegfried, Ethel Davis, Patti Houston, Florence Young, and Mary Clarke].
Civil Defense -- Alert -- Civil Defense Control Center (February 20, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-20-52.03] . 4 negatives
The first comprehensive defense test since World War II. General views of the control center: men stand by chalkboards and map; men (and a woman) sit at desks by telephones and binders.
Civil Defense -- Air Raid Drill -- St. Patrick's School (February 20, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-20-52.04] . 6 negatives
Children say rosary in the gym during an air raid drill; kindergartners seated in the dark with Sister Eulalia; children line up and then leave the building.
Civil Defense -- Air Raid Drill -- Union Square (February 20, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-20-52.05] . 2 negatives
People head for Union Square garage which is converted to air raid shelter. People enter shelter from Geary Street side. Interior view of garage shows crowd among cars.
Civil Defense -- Air Raid Drill -- Downtown Department Store (February 20, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-20-52.06] . 2 negatives
Shoppers and personnel (employees) in a room that serves as an air raid shelter in a leading downtown women's (clothing?) store. Large group of women assembled; some are seated and others are standing.
Civil Defense -- Air Raid Drill -- Central Control Center (February 20, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-20-52.07] . 4 negatives
Traffic on Woodside Avenue proceeding as usual during warning. State Director Major General W.M. Robertson leaves main Control Center and passes Police Officer Al Ruppel guarding entrance.
Displaced persons feature [02-21-52, 4 negatives]
General John Pope (ship) returns from Korea with troops [02-25-52 - 02-27-52, 17 negatives]
Military -- USNS General John Pope (ship) Returns from Korea -- Presidio (February 25, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-25-52.03-04] . 11 negatives
3700 soldiers return from Korea. USNS General John Pope (ship) in bay off marina; uniformed men wave from the deck of ship; ship pulls alongside pier; returning men are reunited with their families, wives, and babies.
Return of Korean War Veterans -- Fort Mason (February 27, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-27-52.05] . 6 negatives
Corinne Ritchason greets Corporal Richard Ritchason inside dock building. Billy Wygant waves from his cousin Bill Finch's arms to servicemen on ship as he waits for his uncle, Private [Scar?] Keppler. Friends and relatives meet ship as it comes alongside dock.
Alexander Lobanov held after refusing return to Russia [02-26-52, 2 negatives]
Detention of Russian Immigrant (February 26, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-26-52.03] . 2 negatives
Alexander Lobanov, a Russian immigrant detained in jail for 390 days after he refused to return to the Soviet Union, speaks to reporter at the office of the American Civil Liberties Union.
First spring bloom in Japanese Tea Gardens at Golden Gate Park [02-26-52, 4 negatives]
First Spring Bloom -- Japanese Tea Gardens -- Golden Gate Park (February 26, 1952) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 5, [02-26-52.08] . 4 negatives
Lorreta Vella poses among first blossoming plum buds?. Oriental magnolia sprouted through a statue of a Buddha. The oriental magnolia, supposedly from Korea, was given to the Japanese Tea Garden from Gumps.