October 1953 . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36-37, [100053-103153] . 1000 negatives (estimate)
Ribbon cutting ceremony for freeway opening at Seventeenth Street [10-01-53, 3 negatives]
New Freeway Opens (October 01, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36, [10-01-53.07] . 3 negatives
Ribbon cutting to open new freeway at Seventeenth Street, with skyline in background (cityscapes). Present are Jack Mailliard, Mayor Elmer Robinson, and Frank Durkee of the State Highway Commission.
Twenty-second and Mission Streets where teenage gangs were to hold riot [10-01-53, 3 negatives]
New ball bearing pens replaces old type at Lafayette grade school (education) [10-01-53, 2 negatives]
Troops return from Korea and Japan [10-02-53 - 10-23-53, 43 negatives]
Return of Korean War Veterans -- General Collins (ship) -- Fort Mason (October 02, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36, [10-02-53.04] . 9 negatives
Views of ship coming into dock. Servicemen stand on deck of ship while crowd waits below on dock. Military band plays to servicemen.
Return of Korean War Veterans -- General Nelson Walker (ship) -- Fort Mason (October 09, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36, [10-09-53.01] . 10 negatives
Views of ship coming into dock with veterans standing on deck. Crowd on dock awaits disembarkation of veterans.
Return of Korean War Veterans -- A.E. Anderson (ship) -- Fort Mason (October 13, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 37, [10-12-53.11] . 8 negatives
Crowd standing on dock looking up to servicemen standing on deck of ship. Views of ship sailing in Bay, with Golden Gate Bridge in background (cityscapes). Other photos showing veterans on ship.
Return of Korean War Veterans -- Fort Mason (October 16, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 37, [10-16-53.01] . 8 negatives
Ship sails in bay. Returning servicemen stand on decks of ship. Crowd awaiting arrival of veterans stands on dock, with veterans standing on deck of ship above.
Return of Korean War Veterans -- General John Pope (ship) -- Treasure Island (October 23, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 37, [10-23-53.06] . 8 negatives
Large crowd stands on dock awaiting arrival of servicemen, with ship docked in background. Returning veterans stand on decks of ship. Veterans descend ramp from ship to shore.
Crown Prince Akihito of Japan visits [10-02-53, 10-03-53, 10-06-52, 15 negatives]
Crown Prince Akihito of Japan -- Airport (October 02, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36, [10-02-53.05] . 6 negatives
Mayor Elmer Robinson and George Killion greet Prince Akihito upon his arrival. Prince Akihito descends ramp from airplane. The Prince speaks to crowd on airfield.
Luncheon -- Crown Prince Akihito of Japan -- Fairmont Hotel (October 02, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36, [10-02-53.06] . 6 negatives
Governor Goodwin Knight shakes hands with Prince Akihito upon meeting him at luncheon. Prince Akihito speaks to and greets others [unidentified persons].
Crown Prince Akihito of Japan -- Sigmund Stern Grove (October 03, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36, [10-03-53.04] . 2 negatives
Allen Katsuyama of the Boy Scouts of America Troop 12 gives pair of redwood bookends to Prince Akihito, with other Boy Scouts on stage as well. Prince Akihito speaks to audience [both photos show trees in background].
Freeway traffic jams and San Francisco skyline views from the new freeway (cityscapes) [10-02-53, 15 negatives]
New Freeway (October 02, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36, [10-02-53.15-16] . 15 negatives
Maintenance engineer R.D. Kinsey discusses cost of freeway ramp at Mariposa and Vermont Streets with [C. Ryan?] (neighborhood). C.D. Miner drives on freeway. Harry Duercop drives car load of soldiers. Joe Cavaleri "shakes fist at freeway in frustration" during traffic jam. Views of cars driving on and stopped on freeway, with city in background (cityscapes). Panoramic photographs of new lanes going into San Francisco (transportation).
Four Navy destroyers (ships) arrive at Alameda Naval Air Station [10-05-53, 4 negatives]
Arrival of Four Destroyers -- Alameda Naval Air Station (October 05, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36, [10-05-53.12] . 4 negatives
The destroyers Ingraham (ship) and Purdy (ship) sit side by side in water, with military personnel strolling along walkway. The Sumner (ship) and Moale (ship) sit side by side in dock.
Vice President and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon visit [10-06-53 - 10-07-53, 10 negatives]
Vice President Richard M. Nixon (October 06, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36, [10-06-53.02-03] . 7 negatives
Richard Nixon shakes hands across fence with Pan American Airways employees and others. Shown waving from airplane ramp, where he stands with wife Pat Nixon and other unidentified persons. Shakes hands with [Mayor Elmer Robinson?] and others in official greeting committee; taken at the airport. Richard Nixon sits in barber's chair as Walter Baird gives him haircut at the Hotel St. Francis Barber Shop.
World Trip -- Vice President Richard M. Nixon -- Airport (October 07, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36, [10-07-53.04] . 3 negatives
Richard Nixon shakes hand with serviceman and speaks with unidentified man before leaving on world trip with wife Pat Nixon. Waves from ramp of airplane with Pat.
General Mark Clark arrives and meets with Crown Prince Akihito [10-07-53, 18 negatives]
General Mark Clark -- Fairmont Hotel (October 07, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36, [10-07-53.11] . 5 negatives
General Mark Clark and Mrs. Mark Clark read letter from friend while sitting in room after dinner. Crown Prince Akihito of Japan chats with the couple.
Arrival of General Mark Clark -- Hamilton Air Force Base (October 07, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36, [10-07-53.12] . 13 negatives
Mrs. Clark waves as she and Mark Clark exit airplane. Mark Clark answers questions at informal press conference. General Clark shakes hands with Staff Sergeant Lonnie Chaney, radio operator of the airplane that brought him home. General and Mrs. Mark Clark stand with daughter Ann Oosting, Gordon Oosting, and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Griffiths. Others shown.
Key System train and bus strike ends (labor) [10-08-53, 7 negatives]
Train Arrives -- Key System Transit Lines (October 08, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36, [10-08-53.06] . 3 negatives
Sailors and others crowd onto train, the first Key System train to operate in San Francisco since the end of a transit strike by workers (labor). Taken at Second Street.
End of Strike -- Key System Transit Lines (October 08, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 36, [10-08-53.07] . 4 negatives
President Glen L. Stanley of Key System Transit Lines puts the first fare into the bus box as President F. Vern Stambaugh of Carmen Union sits in driver's seat. The two men wave from bus windows. John Borikas, the first passenger picked up, puts fare in box for Driver Leonard A. Hunt [the first bus to operate since transit strike by workers] (labor).
Emmett Perkins and Jack Santos eating their last meal as free men before entering San Quentin State Prison [10-12-53, 5 negatives]
Large Marilyn Monroe cutout hanging from telegraph pole ties up traffic at Twenty-second and and Bryant Streets [10-12-53, 2 negatives]
Traffic Jam -- Marilyn Monroe Cutout (October 12, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 37, [10-12-53.10] . 2 negatives
Patrolman Allan Rosenbaum and Sergeant Eugene McCann stand with larger than life cutout of actress Marilyn Monroe, which they removed from a telegraph pole at Twenty-second and Bryant Streets after motorists slowing down to look at the picture caused a traffic jam. Taken at the Mission Police Station.
Health Department inspects "skid row" housing [10-15-53, 5 negatives]
"Skid Row" Housing Inspections -- Health Department (October 15, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 37, [10-15-53.02] . 5 negatives
Views of "skid row" home [house belonging to impoverished persons] inspected by Health Department officials. Child stands in kitchen with stacked dirty dishes and delapidated furniture [including chair without seat]. Bed sits in same room as kitchen pots and pans, with make-up mirror in corner. Health Department representatives inspect mattress and bed springs. Overall view of apartment showing four children, mother, and the constraints of limited space (housing).
Police officer gives tickets for jaywalking at Grant Avenue and Kearny Street [10-15-53, 8 negatives]
The Octagon House [10-27-53, 4 negatives]
Octagon House -- Colonial Dames Headquarters (October 27, 1953) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 37, [10-27-53.10] . 4 negatives
External views of the Octagon House, with picket fence and covered porch visible. View from below of winding stairway. Three unidentified persons [presumably members of the Colonial Dames of America] stand at bottom of stairway.