March 1954 . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 45-46, [030054-033154] . 1025 negatives (estimate)
Dr. Edward Lofgren and Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence and the Bevatron (atomic age) [03-00-54, 03-15-54, ca. 20 negatives]
Bevatron -- Berkeley (March 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 45, [03-00-54.01] . 3 negatives
Dr. Edward Lofgren, Dr. Bill Brobeck, Dr. Edward McMillan and Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence kneel while looking at part of the Bevatron ("atom smasher" or particle accelerator). The four men stand in room where the Bevatron is located, stand at banister with view of the room's ceiling (atomic age).
Bevatron -- Berkeley (March 15, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 45, [03-15-54.01] . 7 negatives
Room view with Harry Heard and Warren Chupp. Physicist sits at the main control panel. P.L. Anderson puts hot ice into the vacuum system. Heard and Chupp opening the main probe air lock which allows the target to intercept the beam. Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence and Dr. Donald shake hands in the main room. Lawrence stands in front of the vacuum system (atomic age).
Richmond, San Rafael Bridge under construction [03-02-54, 10 negatives]
Construction -- Richmond-San Rafael Bridge (transportation) (March 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 45, [03-02-54.01] . 10 negatives
Long-shot and close-up of bridge being built with use of large barge crane. Workers stand on barge. Views from underneath and on top of base bridge structure looking towards San Rafael. View of cement mixer on barge. Crane lowers concrete pier shells from Derrick Barge.
Press conference with Mount Everest explorer Sir Edmund Hillary [03-02-54, 4 negatives]
Press Conference -- Sir Edmund Hillary -- Mark Hopkins Hotel (March 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 45, [03-02-54.03] . 4 negatives
Sir Edmund Hillary sits smiling with hands clasped and beverage on table in foreground. Lady Louise Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary, London journalist James Morris, and George Lowe of the Everest party sit by a window at the Top of the Mark with view of city.
Construction of the Waldo Tunnel [03-03-54, 8 negatives]
Construction -- Waldo Tunnel -- Marin County (March 03, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 45, [03-03-54.01] . 8 negatives
Long-shot looking south toward San Francisco with views of parked cars, old tunnel, new tunnel and surrounding trees and hills. View facing north of the old tunnel. Man works on wall of new tunnel, view of new tunnel empty. View looking south to north showing old tunnel and two holes of the new tunnel [which will be combined to make one entrance]. View facing north showing housing and part of the highway with Richardson Bay Bridge construction in the distance.
Transports (ships) bring home troops (military) [03-03-54, 03-13-54 - 03-18-54, 03-25-54, 74 negatives]
Return of Korean War Veterans -- Yorktown (ship) -- Alameda Naval Station (March 03, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 45, [03-03-54.02] . 20 negatives
First Class Chester Gabrowski holds check [for $25,164.63] in one hand and Pamela in the other arm, with nurse Betty Winser of the Shrine Hospital, Superintendent Mrs. Gertrude Falendorff, Islam Temple Potentate Perse E. Allan, and Yorktown Captain Arnold W. McKechnie looking on. Check is handed to Pamela, Pamela takes check, Pamela hugs Gabrowski. Ship docks. View of part of airplane and Navy men on deck of ship. Frontal and rear views of Navy men lined up, shaking hands, walking on ship, waving arms. View from elevated point on ship of men on lower deck. View from smaller boat approaching ship. Long-shot of ship in water. Airplanes on dock with ship approaching. Families stand at base of ship waiting for troops to disembark.
Return of Korean War Veterans -- General W.M. Black (ship) -- Fort Mason (March 13, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 45, [03-13-54.01] . 12 negatives
Troops stand on upper decks of ship, other servicemen walk beneath them on lower deck. Troops clap hands while ship docks and a few people walk on the dock. Troops disembark ship from stairs with bags over shoulders. Troops line up on dock while being given refreshments by women.
Return of Korean War Veterans -- General W.M. Mitchell (ship) -- Fort Mason (March 16, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 46, [03-16-54.01] . 8 negatives
Overall shots of ship with Air Force on the rail. Air Force and Army servicemen having coffee. Air Force coming down the gang plank The Army coming down the gang plank with the crowd in the foreground.
Return of Korean War Veterans -- General Collins (ship) (March 18, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 46, [03-18-54.01] . 7 negatives
Overall shots of the troops having coffee. Men coming down the gang plank with their bags. Troops gather at side on ship while docking. Families waiting in the foreground while troops are on the ship.
Return of Korean War Veterans -- General W.H. Gordon (ship) -- Fort Mason (March 25, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 46, [03-25-54.05] . 16 negatives
Sergeant Valentino Nunes' fiancée Betty Ann Rock and mother Mrs. Frank Nunes wait for son to disembark ship. Major Sergeant Carol Sanders holds wife Herta and son Jerry. Other families greet. Long shot of ship in water, servicemen on decks. Families wait, wave and hold signs. Men drink coffee awaiting transport boats.
Return of Korean War Veterans -- Fort Mason (March 27, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 46, [03-27-54.01] . 11 negatives
General William Barriger and wife pose for camera. Servicemen drink coffee, disembark ship while saluting, gather on deck, are handed coffee by nurses, wait for coffee, exit gang plank with bags.
Playland at the Beach and Seal Rock as seen through the Camera Obscura at the Cliff House [03-13-54, 6 negatives]
Camera Obscura -- Cliff House (March 13, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 45, [03-13-54.02] . 7 negatives
Visitors enter camera obscura building while people in the background look at Seal Rocks. Mrs. W.D. Hoot, her son William Hoot Jr. and Mrs. K. William look at the Seal Rocks through the camera obscura. Shot of the camera focusing on Playland at the Beach amusement park.
Saint Patrick's Day parade [03-14-54, 8 negatives]
Saint Patrick's Day Parade -- Civic Center (March 14, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 45, [03-14-54.02] . 8 negatives
Joan Lee Murray waves baton while marching in parade. Boys wave from and march near Colombia Park Boys' Club float. View from Palace Hotel of Market Street, buildings, parade with car brigade, onlookers, and pedestrians (neighborhood) (cityscapes). Children swarm man in parade [for free shamrocks]. Sixth Army Pipe Band (bagpipes) plays and marches. Citizen approaches band director [drum major] of the US Marine Corps Band [returning lost part of baton]. Men in suits stand with hats over their hearts on podium in front of Civic Center.
Parking in North Beach (neighborhood street scenes) [03-15-54, 4 negatives]
San Francisco skyline as seen from newly built freeway [03-22-54, 4 negatives]
Checking tuna (fish) from hydrogen bomb test area with geiger counters [03-23-54, 2 negatives]
Tuna Tested for Radioactivity -- Hydrogen Bomb (March 23, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 46, [03-23-54.03] . 2 negatives
Analyst Herman Meuron and inspectors Richard Shalvay, Russell White and Lee Strait check Japanese tuna caught in hydrogen bomb test area (atomic age). [They are outside on a dock with a boat in the background. Geiger counters show no radioactivity].
Chief Justice Earl Warren speaks at the eighty-sixth charter anniversary celebration of the University of California (with Clark Kerr and Robert Gordon Sproul of UC Berkeley) [03-23-54, 6 negatives]
Charter Anniversary -- Chief Justice Earl Warren -- UC Berkeley Greek Theatre (March 23, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 46, [03-23-54.05] . 6 negatives
Close-ups of Chief Justice Earl Warren speaking at podium in Greek Theater. Long-shots of Warren speaking with large crowd listening. Alumni procession to theater. Oldest alumni Charles Stewart leads parade in car with James Carter of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps man walking along side holding Stewart's class of 1884 banner.
Harold Zellerbach's birthday party at the St. Francis Yacht Club [03-24-54, ca. 10 negatives]
Birthday Party -- Harold Zellerbach -- St. Francis Yacht Club (March 24, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 46, [03-24-54.01] . 8 negatives
Harold Zellerbach and [President?] Ted Peterson of Standard Oil talk while standing at party. Zellerbach, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund G. Brown and Louis Lurie at party. Mr. and Mrs. Zellerbach toast in front of men's room. Band sings happy birthday to Zellerbach. Party goers talk, kiss, and pose for pictures.
New housing project to be built on Scott and Pierce Streets [03-24-54, 12 negatives]
New Housing Project (March 24, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 46, [03-24-54.02] . 12 negatives
Cleared site at Scott and Pierce streets for new housing project. Bulldozer moves dirt. Workers build new structure (neighborhood). The last remaining house gets demolished with help from a crane. Clarence Gomett stands on shoulders of his brother Mike to peek through a hole in the wall. Surveyor looks at new foundation.
Aid for "retarded" children (developmentally disabled or mentally handicapped?) open house at Capp Street Mission Community Center (education, child welfare)
San Francisco State College new Creative Arts Building (education) [03-25-54, 9 negatives]
New Creative Arts Building -- San Francisco State College (March 25, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 46, [03-25-54.04] . 9 negatives
Outside of building with cars in parking lot. Ron Poindexter acts out charade in Professor Jules Irving's drama class in Arena Theater with classmates looking on. Edwin Kruth conducts band in concert orchestra room. Dr. J. Fenton McKenna operates Izenour panel. Producer-director Don Orton and others play records, speak at microphone, and operate equipment in radio studio [negative in poor condition].
San Francisco Mint celebrates 100th birthday [03-26-54, 7 negatives]
Birthday Celebration -- San Francisco Mint (March 26, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 46, [03-26-54.02] . 7 negatives
Jack Lynch stirs molten nickel for ingots. Attelio Bacigalupi runs cutting machine cutting nickel blanks. Mint director Ross P. Buell holds 400 oz. gold bar [worth $17,000] in small vault [which contains about six million dollars of gold and silver bullion]. Bob Oppenheim and Frank Smith count nickels by machine. Outside views of buildings (neighborhood).
Chester killers trial (Harriet Henson, Emmett Perkins and Jack Santo) [03-27-54 - 03-31-54, ca. 37 negatives]
Citizens Committee of Save the Cable Cars (with Anna Blake Mezquida) [03-30-54, 2 negatives]
Cable Car Press Conference (March 30, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 46, [03-30-54.01] . 2 negatives
Views from inside cable car of Press Chairman Anna Blake Mezquida of Citizens Committee of Save the Cable Cars, Chairman Mrs. Hans Klussman, and committee member Mrs. Henry Marcus (transportation). In the cable car is grip-man Lester Callhan. [They are seeking support in opposition of plans to curtail cable car operations].