November 1954 . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58-59, [110054-113054] . 875 negatives (estimate)
Opening of horse race season at Golden Gate Fields (jockey Willie Shoemaker wins) [11-01-54, 6 negatives]
Election activities [11-02-54, 25 negatives]
Election -- City Hall (November 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-02-54.02] . 5 negatives
Several women tabulate election returns from precincts. Crowd reads billboard showing "semi-official election returns" for both state and national races. Barbara Hirschfelder hands briefcase holding election returns from Precinct 1022, the first precinct to turn in its results, over to inspectors Albert F. Fulton, Edgar Israel, G.S. Cohn, and Henry Blaettler. Inspectors at long table examine ballots from different precincts.
Election Voting -- Candidate for State Senator (November 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-02-54.03] . 2 negatives
Robert I. McCarthy, candidate for the state senate, signs voter registrar and votes with Mrs. Robert I. McCarthy. Taken at 1401 Fourteenth Street.
Election Voting -- US Representative William S. Mailliard (November 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-02-54.04] . 2 negatives
Congressman William Somers Mailliard prepares to cast ballot at voting machine. Taken at 3375 Jackson Street.
Election Voting -- Candidate for US Representative (November 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-02-54.05] . 2 negatives
Phillip O'Rourke, candidate for US representative, signs voter register with Mrs. Phillip O'Rourke and casts ballot at voting machine.
Election Voting -- Candidate for Governor -- Acalanes High School (November 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-02-54.06] . 2 negatives
Richard Perrin Graves, Democratic candidate for governor, shown standing outside voting booths with Mrs. Richard Graves, and leaving precinct with son Stephen.
Election Candidates -- Television Station KPIX (November 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-02-54.07] . 4 negatives
Charles Meyers stands with wife in front of the "KPIX-Call Bulletin" table. C. Lyn Fox shakes hands with John O'Connell. C. Lyn Fox, William Winter, defeated gubernatorial candidate Richard Graves, and Bill Guyman pose for portrait. Thomas Gray and Francis McCarty also shown.
Election -- Station KPIX (November 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-02-54.08-09] . 8 negatives
Lieutenant Governor Harold Powers speaks with C. Lyn Fox. Assemblyman Thomas Maloney sits with William Winter. Group photo of Stuart McClure, Bill Guyman, and Milton Marks. Edward Gaffney, John Busterud, and Irving Shore stand behind KPIX-Call Bulletin table. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mancuso and William McDonnell also shown. C. Lyn Fox and Bill Hillman give television broadcast.
Baseball's Joe Di Maggio and boxer Joe Louis discuss the Paddy DeMarco fight [11-04-54, 3 negatives]
Large dope raid (narcotics) in Santa Cruz [11-05-54, 2 negatives]
General Matthew B. Ridgway reviews troops at the Presidio [11-05-54, 5 negatives]
Troop Review -- General Matthew B. Ridgway -- Presidio (November 05, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-05-54.09] . 2 negatives
Sixth Army troops stand at attention while being inspected by Chief of Staff Matthew B. Ridgway of the US Army and Lieutenant General W.G. Wyman, commander of the Sixth Army. General Ridgway reviews the honor color guard as Captain Eugene Gazio stands by.
Luncheon -- General Matthew B. Ridgway -- Sheraton Palace Hotel (November 05, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-05-54.10] . 3 negatives
President A.H. Moffitt Jr. of the Commonwealth Club sits with Chief of Staff Matthew B. Ridgway of the US Army at luncheon table. Dr. Clark Kerr, chancellor of UC Berkeley, also shown. Above ground view of crowd, with speakers' table to right.
United Nations tenth anniversary preparations and activities [11-06-54, 11-08-54, 4 negatives]
Tenth Anniversary Preparations -- United Nations -- Mark Hopkins Hotel (November 06, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-06-54.05] . 2 negatives
Per Lind and Andrew W. Cordier, assistants to UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, Co-Chairmen Ted Huggins and Augustin C. Keane of the Press and Union League Club's UN Tenth Anniversary Committee, and Supervisor Francis McCarty pose for group photos [UN representatives in town to examine San Francisco's preparedness for the United Nation's tenth anniversary celebration].
UN Committee -- Mayor Elmer Robinson -- City Hall (November 08, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-08-54.01] . 2 negatives
Chief Officer Per Lind of the Assembly Division of the United Nations and Andrew W. Lordier, assistant to the UN secretary general, meet with Mayor Elmer Robinson.
KQED-San Francisco new public television station dedication [11-08-54, 4 negatives]
New Studio -- Television Station KQED (November 08, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-08-54.02] . 4 negatives
Views from rear of seated audience showing Frank Baxter, professor of English at USC, seated and giving television broadcast. Director H. Griffiths of F.A.E., Director Mortimer Fleishhacker of the Bay Area Educational Television Association, Frank Baxter, and General Manager James Day of KQED pose for group photos (public broadcasting).
Fire at the Fox Theatre [11-10-54, 2 negatives]
Rededication of the Hearst Spanish War cannon [11-11-54, 2 negatives]
Rededication -- Spanish-American War Cannon -- Columbia Square (November 11, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-11-54.04] . 2 negatives
Supervisor Gene McAteer, John J.F. Mahoney of the United Spanish War Veterans, and Fred Baldwin stand before cannon and new plaque [which replaced a stolen one].
The UC Berkeley vs. Stanford Big Game activities at Stanford University [11-12-54, 11-16-54 - 11-20-54, ca. 60 negatives]
Eleanor Roosevelt [11-12-54, 3 negatives]
Artist Beniamino Bufano and actress Helen Hayes unveil his new marble cats [11-12-54, 2 negatives]
First day of crab season at Fisherman's Wharf [11-15-54, 2 negatives]
First Day of Crab Season -- Fisherman's Wharf (November 15, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-15-54.01] . 2 negatives
Bill McKillop and Pat Gelardi shown with crabs that they caught on the first day of crab season. Pat Gelardi holds up two of his crabs before placing them in cauldron of boiling water at his outdoor stand (neighborhood).
Actors and actresses here for "Guild Frolic" (Rita Moreno, Debra Paget, Sheree North, and Jeff Hunter) [11-16-54, 2 negatives]
San Francisco State College student bonfire [11-17-54 - 11-18-54, 5 negatives]
Student Bonfire -- San Francisco State College (November 17, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 58, [11-17-54.10] . 2 negatives
Firemen wet down a pile of bonfire wood "touched off maliciously" (before the intended rally). Taken near Font and Lake Merced Boulevards.
Mechanical kidney in operation at Stanford Hospital (health) [11-18-54, 2 negatives]
Mechanical Kidney -- Stanford Hospital (November 18, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 59, [11-18-54.15] . 2 negatives
Registered nurse Marjorie Patterson plays the role of patient during demonstration of the mechanical kidney [a large cylindrical apparatus to her left]. Teri Oikawa and Dr. J. Max Rukes, a trained specialist in artificial kidney therapy, attend to her (health).
Rafael Cancel Miranda goes to Alcatraz after shooting up Congress [11-18-54, 3 negatives]
Prisoner to Alcatraz -- Rafael Cancel Miranda -- Fort Mason (November 18, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 59, [11-18-54.16] . 3 negatives
US Marshall Thomas J. Lunney escorts Rafael Cancel Miranda of Puerto Rico, whose hands are chained, down gangplank to waiting boat, then hands him over to Lieutenant Emil Rickner, an Alcatraz prison guard [Rafael Cancel Miranda (possibly a Puerto Rican nationalist?) apparently fired a gun on the US Congress].
Streetcar accident [11-18-54, 4 negatives]
Streetcar Accident (November 18, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 59, [11-18-54.17] . 4 negatives
Views of damage caused to two streetcars by accident at Sansome and Market Streets. Conductor George Bunner, the most seriously injured party in the accident, lays in hospital bed at Harbor Emergency (transportation).
Five thousand Marines arrive at Treasure Island (from Indo-China, Tokyo, and Korea) [11-19-54, 13 negatives]
Arrival of Troops -- Treasure Island (November 19, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 59, [11-19-54.07] . 13 negatives
Crowd of US Marines, arrived from locations in Indo-China, Tokyo, Japan, and Korea, fill grounds at Treasure Island. Lieutenant Colonel John D. Bowersock of the Presidio, Mrs. Bowersock, Captain James R. Gober, and Mrs. Darrell Stuart walk along dock and past the four ships of Squadron Five. Servicemen unload from the Telefair (ship). Marines crowd the decks of the Montrose (ship) and Telefair (ship). Marines march in formation down street on Treasure Island (neighborhood). Views of ship sailing under the Bay Bridge. Crowd watches as ships sail into dock.
100,000 [dollar?] sable Christmas tree at I. Magnin (tree made of fur) [11-23-54, 4 negatives]
Centennial of St. Mary's Church [11-24-54, 2 negatives]
Centennial -- Saint Mary's Church (November 24, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 59, [11-24-54.08] . 2 negatives
Father Basil Doyle shows marriage register, dating from 1854, to Mrs. Harry Hill and Noel Sullivan. The register contains a marriage record for the grandparents of Noel Sullivan.
Thanksgiving dinner served at St. Anthony's and various other venues [11-24-54 - 11-25-54, 7 negatives]
Thanksgiving Turkeys -- Saint Anthony's Dining Room (November 24, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 59, [11-24-54.10] . 3 negatives
Cook Budd Gregg looks over pile consisting of some of the 150 turkeys he will roast for Thanksgiving dinner in soup kitchen affiliated with Saint Boniface Church [meals to be given to the poor and those in need].
Thanksgiving Dinner -- Saint Boniface Church (November 25, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 59, [11-25-54.05] . 2 negatives
Crowd lines up outside soup kitchen, waiting to receive their Thanksgiving turkey dinner. Inside church, women serve men in food line, while others sit down to eat in background, some of the 3200 people to eat Thanksgiving dinner at the church.
Marijuana bricks seized (narcotics) [11-27-54, 2 negatives]
Guardsmen's Christmas tree lot opening parade [11-30-54, 7 negatives]
Opening -- Guardsmen's Christmas Tree Lot (November 30, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 59, [11-30-54.01] . 7 negatives
Santa Claus and "Noel" [a little girl] sing Christmas carols with the Columbia Park Boys' Glee Club. Girls carry banner for the "St. Mary's Chinese Girls' Drum Corps" down parade route. Harpists and drummers from the drum corps shown. Hawaiian women throw orchids from the parade float of the ASTA Travel Agency [spectators looking down from the windows of buildings along the parade route visible] (neighborhood). Dancing girls pull up their skirts as they walk in front of cable car. Sixth Army Bagpipe Band marches past the Guardsmen's tree lot; where audience watches. The Golden Gate Girls Drum and Bugle Corps also shown.
Crane lifts one of the towers off Southern Pacific depot building [11-30-54, 4 negatives]