February 1953 . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 23-25, [020053-022853] . 900 negatives (estimate)
Man found murdered in Alameda County garage (Oakland) may be husband of Hildagard Pelton [02-02-53, ca. 10 negatives]
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's State of the Union address as it appears on television [02-02-53, 8 negatives]
Ground breaking ceremonies for the new National Guard Armory at Fort Funston [02-04-53, 3 negatives]
Statue of Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen ready for removal from St. Mary's Square [02-05-53 - 02-06-53, 6 negatives]
Removal of Statue of Sun Yat-sen -- St. Mary's Square (February 05, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 23, [02-05-53.10] . 4 negatives
Workers commence the removal of statue of Chinese revolutionary and excavation for new parking lot. Views of Sun Yet-sen statue and Old St. Mary's Church, close-up of statue with workers in the foreground, statue amid excavation with cranes in foreground, side view fo statue and Old St. Mary's Church.
Removal of Statue of Sun Yat-sen -- St. Mary's Square (February 06, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 23, [02-06-53.07] . 2 negatives
Construction workers make preparations for the removal of Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen statue. The back wheels of a vehicle and wooden boards are in foreground.
Troop transports (ships) arrive from Korea and Japan [02-06-53, 18 negatives]
Troops Returning from Korea -- Arrival of General M.L. Hersey (ship) -- Fort Mason (February 06, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 23, [02-06-53.01] . 12 negatives
Troops stand on deck of USNS General M.L. Hersey (ship); relatives stand on pier in foreground; some carry welcome signs. Returning troops line up with baggage; women serve them beverages. Sergeant First Class Alde Achera greets Veronica Alchera (mother) and Emil Alchera (father). Army Corporal Jesse C. Bringham helps his wife Kathryn Bringham over barricade fence so they can embrace.
Troops Returning from Japan -- Arrival of W.A. Mann (ship) -- Fort Mason (February 06, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 23, [02-06-53.02] . 6 negatives
Air Force veterans stand on deck of General W.A. Mann (ship) and wave to relatives waiting on pier. Returning servicemen line up with baggage; women serve them beverages. Colonel George C. Merkens (led "Old Baldy" Hill vitory in Korea; winner of Silver Star Medal) greets his wife. Army Sergeant First Class Lloyd Hawks (Congressional Medal of Honor recipient during World War Two) returns from his second war to greet his family: wife Cora, baby Charlotte, LeRoy, and Daniel.
Chinese New Year preparations and festivities [02-09-53 - 02-15-53, 19 negatives]
Chinese New Year Celebration -- Preparations and Festivities (February 09, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-09-53.10] . 2 negatives
Frances Fong, Nancy Lee, Paul Louie (Chairman of Chinese New Year Festival Committee), and Helen Owyang are walking from supervisor's chambers after a motion for the proclamation passed. The three women stand around Louie as he prepares to light a firecracker.
Chinese New Year Celebration -- Parade -- San Francisco Chinatown (February 15, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-15-53.01] . 11 negatives
Mayor Elmer Robinson and Police Chief Gaffrey ride in a car in the parade. The Sixth Army Bagpipe Band marches down Grant Avenue playing their pipes. Sergeant Jessie Lee sits with blind veteran Corporal Joe Wong (Korean War veteran). St. Mary's Chinese Drill team marches down Grant Avenue among crowd. Firecrackers[?] explode. View of large crowd assembed. Overview scenes of crowd and dragons parading through crowd.
Chinese New Year Celebration -- San Francisco Chinatown (February 15, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-15-53.02] . 6 negatives
Billy Pon lights a firecracker while his brother Thiman Pon holds his hands over his ears. Winifred Kwan, Marion Kwan, and Ester Kwan (three sisters) hold their hands over their ears. Overhead views of parade route and crowd watching exploding firecrackers. Miss Firecracker Pat Kwan poses with a large cardboard model of a firecracker.
Kukla, Fran and Ollie meet a San Francisco seafood crab at Fisherman's Wharf [02-10-53, 3 negatives]
Actress Betty Hutton greets Korean veterans [02-10-53, 3 negatives]
Actress Betty Hutton Greets Korean Veterans (February 10, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-10-53.10] . 3 negatives
Actress Betty Hutton greets 300,000th Korean veteran Sergeant John J. Colletti. Hutton extends her arms towards him and later hugs him. View of ship alongside dock; returning troops stand on deck; families and relatives wait on the pier.
Ice skater and actress Sonja Henie and husband Winthrop Gardiner visit [02-11-53 - 02-15-53, ca. 20 negatives]
General William Weigel (ship) arrives [02-11-53, 12 negatives]
Arrival of Transport General William Weigel (ship) -- Fort Mason (February 11, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-11-53.07] . 12 negatives
Views of General William Weigel (ship) docking. Troops stand aboard bow, stern, and midship decks. Sergeant Elmer R. Munkers Jr. is greated by his three sisters: Marilyn, Pat, and Leila. Sergeant Clifford H. Fisher is reunited with his wife Alice Joyce Fischer and his baby daughter Linda Fischer. Brothers Sergeant Carl A. Bruegniann and Sergeant Robert A. Bruegniann who were drafted together, served and returned together. The brothers are greated by their family. Unidentified solider hugs his mother and another woman. A woman holds a microphone and sings to returning troops as ship docks.
First Congregational Church [02-11-53, 2 negatives]
Fort Sutter (ship) last of the river showboats [02-11-53 - 02-14-53, 11 negatives]
Last of the River Steamers -- Fort Sutter (ship) -- Aquatic Park (February 11, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-11-53.12] . 2 negatives
Exterior views of river steamer "Fort Sutter" (ship, showboat, ferry boat) sitting by the pier.
Last of the River Steamers Fort Sutter (ship) -- Aquatic Park (February 12, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-12-53.01] . 3 negatives
Tugboats push and men pull the river steamer Fort Sutter (ship, showboat, ferry boat) onto the beach. The Fort Sutter will be used as a restaurant. During the moving process, the cable broke trying to pull the steamer onshore.
Last of the River Steamers -- Fort Sutter (ship) -- Aquatic Park (February 13, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-13-53.08] . 3 negatives
Barney Gould swims to get ropes from the Fort Sutter's stern. Tugboats push and men pull the river steamer Fort Sutter (ship, showboat, ferry boat) onto the beach.
Last of the River Steamers -- Fort Sutter (ship) -- Aquatic Park (February 14, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-14-53.04] . 3 negatives
Views taken from atop the Maritime Museum of bleacher seats, the Fort Sutter (ship, showboat, ferry boat), and surrounding area. A view taken from Fort Mason of the Maritime Museum in the foreground and the Fort Sutter in the background.
New Chinese community center in Oakland [02-12-53, 1 negative]
Explosion in Hercules [02-12-53, 11 negatives]
Explosion -- [Suspects?] -- Hercules (Pinole?) (February 12, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-12-53.02] . 5 negatives
Suspects?. John Mountjoy and Al Schmidt stand together. An unidentified woman hides her face as she gets into an automobile; another woman sits in the front passenger seat and a child sits in the back seat. The two women look downward as they walk down a hallway. An unidentified man points to a large crack in a car's front windshield.
Bridge jumper lands on Fort Winfield Scott [02-12-53, 2 negatives]
Construction of the new wing of the University of California's hospital [02-13-53 - 02-16-53, 5 negatives]
Construction of New Wing -- University of California Hospital -- San Francisco (February 13, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-13-53.09] . 3 negatives
Various views (looking through trees at Children's Playground in Golden Gate Park) of exterior of new hospital wing (UC San Francisco).
Essex (ship) returns troops [02-13-53, 5 negatives]
Returning Troops -- Arrival of the Essex (ship) -- Alameda Naval Air Station (February 13, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-13-53.06] . 5 negatives
The aircraft carrier Essex (ship) docks. Men stand in formation on deck. Margie Burdine sneaks a kiss with her boyfriend Kerr Conkel behind Corporal James Stone's (Marine Sentry) back; Conkel could not leave the ship. Boatswains mate Edward Newland greets his wife Irene and their four children; Newland kisses his wife.
Japanese baseball team arrives for exhibition games [02-16-53, 5 negatives]
Japanese Baseball Team Arrives for Exhibition Games (February 16, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-16-53.03] . 5 negatives
Japanese Consul Yasuske Katsuro greets group of Japanese baseball officials and team players; the team poses for a group picture. Women dressed in kimonos give the baseball officials and players flowers. Tokyo General Manager Mizuhara receives flowers from Barbara Okamato. Shoji Uno (owner's representative), Consul Katsuro, Lefty O'Doul, and Cappy Harada pose together. O'Doul and Wally Yonamine also pose together.
St. Ignatius Church [02-17-53, 2 negatives]
Civil defense display [02-17-53, 3 negatives]
Civil Defense Display -- Civic Center (February 17, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-17-53.10] . 3 negatives
Mayor Elmer Robinson, Admiral Robert Cook (retired), and Fire Chief Edward J. Walsh stand high above the display; Walsh points his finger at something. Overhead views of display in front of civic center, includes various officers and 29 fire trucks [?] (trucks with ladders).
Beached whale on Ocean Beach at foot of Irving Street [02-19-53, 5 negatives]
Beached Whale -- Ocean Beach (February 19, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-19-53.06] . 2 negatives
A dead whale lies on the beach at the foot of Irving Street. Ruth Werner who lives nearby examines the beached whale. She touches the whale's head and later stands on top of the dead whale.
Beached Whale -- Ocean Beach (February 19, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-19-53.07] . 2 negatives
A dead whale lies on the beach at the foot of Irving Street. A tractor-like machine pulls the beached whale off the shore as the crowd watches.
Major General Chiang Wei-kuo (Chang Kai-shek's son) and Chinese mission get honors at the Presidio [02-20-53, 6 negatives]
Arrival of Major General Chiang Wei-kuo and Chinese Mission -- Presidio of San Francisco (February 20, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 24, [02-20-53.12] . 6 negatives
General Chiang Wei-kuo (Chang Kai-shek's son) and Chinese mission receive honors at Presidio. Close-up of General Chiang Wei-kuo. General Chiang Wei-Kuo inspects men. Troops march by and salute officers and Chinese guests. The officers and guests walks around the grounds.
Rincon Annex post office murals [02-23-53, 13 negatives]
Flying saucers? [02-25-53, 4 negatives]
Transport General Gordon (ship) arrives with troops from Korea [02-28-53, 9 negatives]
Returning Troops from Korea -- Arrival of General W.H. Gordon (ship) -- Fort Mason (February 28, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 25, [02-28-53.04] . 9 negatives
General W.H. Gordon (ship) at docks. Returning troops stand and wave from the deck. Troops line up with baggage; women serve them cookies and beverages. Troops disembark from transport. Relatives stand on pier; some carry welcome signs. View showing height of transport compared to height of building on pier.