August 1954 . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 53-55, [080054-083154] . 850 negatives (estimate)
New San Francisco International Airport opening celebrations and Flight Festival [08-02-54, 08-11-54 - 8-12-54, 08-23-56 - 08-29-54, 134 negatives]
Helicopter Flights -- Ferry Building (August 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 53, [08-02-54.02] . 6 negatives
Ted Friend, pilot Phil Johnstone, and Dorothy Johnstone walk towards helicopter, shown parked at the Ferry Building (neighborhood). Dorothy Johnstone waves as helicopter takes off. Helicopter heads over water toward Golden Gate Bridge [flying from Ferry Building to new San Francisco International Airport?] (transportation).
Opening -- San Francisco International Airport (August 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 53, [08-02-54.03] . 1 negative
Manager Frederic B. Butler of the San Francisco International Airport Building opens door to his office to let in Pat McCreary, who carries files from the old building to the new one (transportation).
Congratulations on New San Francisco International Airport -- City Hall (August 11, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-11-54.08] . 2 negatives
Alice Nelson of Western Air Lines, Gini Smith of Pan American Airways, Emiko [Yoshia?] of Japan Air Lines, Jo Annette of Quantas Airways, Vera Jane Adams of Trans World Airlines... deliver letters of congratulations on new airport from the mayors of other cities to Mayor Elmer Robinson. Taken on the veranda of the Mayor's office, with view of city behind (cityscapes).
Aerial Views -- New San Francisco International Airport (August 12, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-12-54.02] . 12 negatives
Aerial views of the new airport, showing buildings, runways, parking lots, etc. Harold Messersmith, superintendent of airport operations, stands by windows in the control tower [at top of the seven story terminal building]. Technician Udell M. Larsen and electronics engineer Ben F. Lobnow work on the sixth floor equipment of the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Airport manager Frederick B. Butler holds up painting of new airport [as it will look upon completion] (transportation).
Lights Activated -- New San Francisco International Airport (August 23, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-23-54.03] . 8 negatives
Views from landing field and front showing new airport building with lights on for the first time (transportation).
New San Francisco International Airport (August 24, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-24-54.03] . 19 negatives
Travelers stand at counter for ticketing and baggage check-in. Waitress Mary [Biowenga?] pours coffee for Carolyn Bradley, Loretta Tuchscher, and Shirley Schneider inside the coffee shop. People sit in lounge, with landing area visible through window. Overall views of lobby. Mrs. Ken E. Broughton bathes daughter Linda Ann in nursery. External view of new terminal, with people lined along balcony. Overall photos of airplanes on landing field, with crowd and terminal in background (transportation).
Aerial Views -- New San Francisco International Airport (August 24, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-24-54.04] . 11 negatives
Views of new terminal building and airplanes on landing field, as seen from helicopter (cityscapes). Airplanes belonging to Southwest Airlines, United Air Lines, Pan American Airways, and American Airlines are shown (transportation).
Designers -- New San Francisco International Airport (August 25, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-25-54.06] . 4 negatives
Water Department engineer George Burr poses with plans for new airport. Portraits of William Day, the architect that designed the new airport (transportation). Taken at 111 New Montgomery Street and 425 Mason Street.
Mail Delivery -- New San Francisco International Airport (August 26, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-26-54.01] . 2 negatives
Harold Davis, Theodore Resmussen, and Elma Heitman work on letters to be re-mailed from the new airport. Taken at City Hall.
Opening Day Ceremony -- San Francisco International Airport (August 27, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-27-54.01] . 20 negatives
Governor Goodwin J. Knight and Mayor Elmer Robinson shown making addresses to crowd outside of new terminal building. Mrs. Elmer Robinson and Mrs. Goodwin Knight sit with orchid flower arrangements on their laps. Views of jets on ground and flying overhead. Aerial view of festival crowd, new buildings, and airplanes parked on landing field (cityscapes). Elmer Robinson, Goodwin Knight, and others stand in front of dedication plaque for the new airport. Group of unidentified women shown. Overall views of crowd at celebration (transportation).
Opening Day Ceremony -- San Francisco International Airport (August 27, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-27-54.02] . 9 negatives
Mayor Elmer Robinson, Postmaster John Fixa, Eleanor Fudge, and Jo Annette hold up giant postcard flown around the world by Quantas Airways [the postcard reads "Greetings on the occasion of the dedication and flight festival of the San Francisco International Airport Terminal"]. Mayor Robinson delivers speech from podium. Elmer Robinson stands with Stuart Greenberg, James Turner, Sam McKee, Don Cameron... before plaque dedicating new airport. Unidentified men stand with Western Air Lines airplane "The San Franciscan" in background. Views of crowd and airplanes on landing field, with hills in background. Blimp flies over terminal building (transportation).
Opening Day Ceremony -- San Francisco International Airport (August 27, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-27-54.03] . 27 negatives
Miss California Lee Meriwether holds symbolic "key" to new airport. Mayor Elmer Robinson, standing with members of the Board of Supervisors, the Public Utilities Commission, and the Flight Festival Committee, cuts ribbon at opening of airport. Crowd mills around lobby of new terminal building. Unidentified woman gives bath to child inside nursery. Aerial views of landing field and terminal building (cityscapes). Helicopter comes in for landing as crowd watches. People wait in lines outside terminal building for tour of facilities. Views of US Air Force and Pan American Airways airplanes [with people waiting to tour airplane] (transportation).
Flight Festival Luncheon -- Hotel St. Francis (August 27, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-27-54.09] . 2 negatives
Governor Goodwin J. Knight, Jack Dierssen Jr., and Clay Bernard of the Chamber of Commerce gather around Mayor Elmer Robinson, who was presented with a plaque for his work on the new San Francisco International Airport (transportation). General view of speakers' tables and crowd inside the Colonial Room.
Festival -- San Francisco International Airport (August 29, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 55, [08-29-54.02] . 2 negatives
William Mentzer, general manager of engineering for United Air Lines, receives the key for a DC-7 airliner from Donald Douglas Jr., with Chief Stewardess Joan Denton also shown. Aerial view of airport and surrounding area (cityscapes, transportation).
San Francisco International Airport (August 29, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 55, [08-29-54.03-04] . 9 negatives
Crowd wanders around landing field. United Air Lines airplanes sit open to public on landing field. Clown "Jolly Jack" sits at lunch counter in the main lobby. Vera Yant, representing the Petaluma Chamber of Commerce, hands out flowers to Irene [Mainoff?] and Camille Baker [holding her dog "Fuzzy"]. Aerial view of airport facilities (cityscapes). Passengers crowd the outbound passenger floor in the main lobby. View of airport opening festivities as seen from main lobby, with US Marine Band playing in background. Crowd waits for flight on Southwest Airlines (transportation).
Troop transports Breckinridge (ship) and E.T. Collins (ship) arrive at Fort Mason [08-02-54 - 08-03-54, 17 negatives]
Return of Korean War Veterans -- General J.C. Breckinridge (ship) -- Fort Mason (August 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 53, [08-02-54.10] . 5 negatives
Red Cross members provide US Army troops with coffee. Returning US Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel stand aboard ship. View of ship at dock.
Return of Korean War Veterans -- E.T. Collins (ship) -- Treasure Island (August 03, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 53, [08-03-54.01] . 12 negatives
Overall view of ship arriving at dock, with Bay Bridge behind. Returning servicemen stand on deck of ship. Civilian crowd on dock watches arriving servicemen walk by them.
Harry Bridges in federal court again (labor) [08-03-54, 3 negatives]
Court Case -- Harry Bridges (August 03, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 53, [08-03-54.02] . 3 negatives
Harry Bridges, with a "what again look" on his face, speaks with attorneys Norman Leonard, Richard Gladstein, and Telford Taylor outside the Federal courtroom of Judge O.D. Hamlin (labor related?).
Troop transport (ship) [08-04-54, 8 negatives]
Oldest living ex-president Herbert Hoover [08-06-54, 5 negatives]
General E.D. Patrick (ship) arrives with troops at Fort Mason [08-07-54, 10 negatives]
Return of Korean War Veterans -- General E.D. Patrick (ship) -- Fort Mason (August 07, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 53, [08-07-54.01] . 10 negatives
Views of US Air Force and Army servicemen standing on decks of ship. Returning veterans descend ramp from ship, with view of civilians awaiting their arrival. Red Cross members serve coffee to Army servicemen waiting inside transport dock building.
President Syngman Rhee of Korea arrives [08-07-54, 10 negatives]
Reception -- President Syngman Rhee of Korea -- Presidio (August 07, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 53, [08-07-54.02] . 5 negatives
General W.G. Wyman, commander of the Sixth Army, greets Syngman Rhee and stands with him during reception ceremonies. W.G. Wyman and Syngman Rhee drive in jeep past line of US Army troops during inspection.
Arrival -- President Syngman Rhee of Korea -- Coast Guard Air Station (August 07, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 53, [08-07-54.04] . 5 negatives
Syngman Rhee climbs down ladder from Constellation Air Corps airplane. City Attorney Dion Holm, Gerald Levin, Chairman Forrest Tancer of the [America-Korean?] Foundation, and Consul Young Han Choo of Korea greet President Rhee. Syngman Rhee shakes hands with Mrs. Peter Ahn, shown with the Reverend Peter Ahn, holding up twins David and John.
Stanford Hospital removes eyes for transplanting (health) [08-12-54, 5 negatives]
Operation -- Eye Donor -- Central Emergency Hospital (August 12, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-12-54.07] . 5 negatives
Doctors from Stanford University sever muscles from the eye in order to remove eyeball from socket of the deceased Colonel Gerald Waterman, who willed his eyes to the Eye Bank. Doctor places eye into a container after its removal from the socket.
Dedication of new beach house (near Sea Cliff?) [08-13-54, 5 negatives]
Dedication of New Beach House -- Phelan Beach (August 13, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-13-54.05] . 5 negatives
Supervisor James Halley, representing Mayor Elmer Robinson, gives speech from speaker's stand atop new beach house during dedication ceremony. Long views of new beach house, surrounding waterfront homes, and the Golden Gate Bridge (neighborhood, cityscapes).
New freeway opens at Seventh and Folsom Streets (San Francisco cityscapes) [08-13-54, 4 negatives]
Views around Golden Gate Park [08-17-54, 8 negatives]
Golden Gate Park (August 17, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-17-54.06] . 8 negatives
Jean Lilly feeds fawn and yak with the help of keeper Tom Irving inside the children's playground. Sea captain Hans Tofte, who spent over forty years working at sea, tells stories to Dusty Johnson as they play with one of the sailboats that Hans Tofte has made. Archers Beverly and Don Bentley, both belonging to the San Francisco Archery Club, pull arrows from target at archery range.
View from Top of the Mark (San Francisco cityscapes from Mark Hopkins Hotel) [08-20-54, 3 negatives]
Alameda dry dock fixes up the Pacific Queen (ship) for the San Francisco Maritime Museum [08-21-54, 24 negatives]
Repairs -- Pacific Queen (ship) -- Alameda Dry Dock (August 21, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-21-54.02] . 24 negatives
Workers repair ship to be displayed at the San Francisco Maritime Museum. William Johnson shown "chipping" as he hangs from mast. View of big wheel in foreground, with Donn Shannon standing in background. Welder F.W. Meyer and other unnamed workers shown. Overall views of ship.
Symbolic key for San Francisco Airport is delivered to Miss California Lee Meriwether [08-25-54, 4 negatives]
Delivery of Symbolic Key -- Mayor Elmer Robinson -- City Hall Plaza (August 25, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-25-54.07] . 4 negatives
Elmer Robinson hands key to the new San Francisco International Airport to Miss California Lee Meriwether [standing next to helicopter in which she arrived]; with Manager Jim Turner of Public Utilities also shown in City Hall Plaza (neighborhood, transportation).
Freeway link at Seventh and Harrison Streets ready to open [08-26-54, 3 negatives]
Arrival of General H.J. Gaffey (ship) with troops from Yokohama [08-26-54, 12 negatives]
US Troops Arrive -- General H.J. Gaffey (ship) -- Fort Mason (August 26, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 54, [08-26-54.06] . 12 negatives
Servicemen returning from Yokohama, Japan stand on deck of ship; descend ramp from ship to shore; drink coffee as they wait inside dock transport building. Red Cross members hand out coffee to servicemen.
Governor Goodwin Knight at California Club with Caspar W. Weinberger [08-31-54, 4 negatives]
Governor Goodwin Knight -- California Club (August 31, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 55, [08-31-54.08] . 4 negatives
Goodwin Knight speaks from podium at political event. Shown with Caspar W. Weinberger and Al F. Derre. Mrs. Goodwin Knight sits with Lieutenant Governor Harold J. Powers. Taken at 1750 Clay Street.