December 1954 . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 59-60, [120054-123154] . 875 negatives (estimate)
Christmas activities (church services, decorations, parties, nativity scenes, store displays) [throughout month]
Santa Claus school [12-00-54, 4 negatives]
Santa School (December 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 59, [12-00-54.01-04] . 4 negatives
Don Lowernbein holds book and large candy cane while Art Grant and Mara Bartolacelli are in costume and holding sign. Jeanette Davi, Grant, Lowernbein, and Mr. and Mrs. Serbin at workshop in Serbin's Santa School at 1191 Market Street. Lowernbein trims Santa's beard while others look on. Group gathers around table.
Controversy over Mount Olympus statue [12-01-54, 2 negatives]
Matson's ship takes 100,000 Christmas trees to Hawaii [12-02-54, 2 negatives]
Matson's Ship Takes Trees to Hawaii -- Pier Thirty-two (December 02, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 59, [12-02-54.01] . 2 negatives
Bird's-eye views of ship's deck covered with Christmas trees with workers on board and machines moving trees. [Photographer writes "If the camera could capture the 'aroma' of the trees, you would think you were sailing through a forest"].
National Council of Jewish Women pack boxes for overseas orphanages [12-09-54, 1 negative]
Navy transport General A.M. Brewster (ship) returns from the Far East [12-11-54, 22 negatives]
Troops Return -- General A.M. Brewster (ship) -- Fort Mason (December 11, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 60, [12-11-54.02] . 22 negatives
Troops look at dock from upper deck rail. Smaller boat approaches ship. Troops wave from the rail. Troops get on each others' backs to form pyramid. Elevated view of troops on deck beneath. Families wait on dock while bands play and ship docks. Troops stand in line drinking coffee awaiting transport. Troops exit from the gang plank with bags over shoulders.
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and wife Queen Soraya of Iran arrive [12-16-54, 7 negatives]
Arrival -- Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and Queen Soraya -- San Francisco International Airport (December 16, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 60, [12-16-54.02] . 7 negatives
The Queen Soraya, her husband the Shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, and some of their party walk down United Airlines airplane ramp. The Queen wears a fur coat and holds flowers at foot of ramp with the Shah and others nearby. The Queen and the Shah walk with State Department agent John O'Hanley while people look on. Plainclothes policeman escorts the Queen and Shah and O'Hanley to waiting cars. Close-up of the couple with O'Hanley while the Mayor's secretary holds flowers.
Night view in Union Square (neighborhood) [12-17-54, 4 negatives]
Evening Views -- Union Square (December 17, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 60, [12-17-54.01] . 4 negatives
View of Union Square taken from fifth floor of Irina Roublen Salon di Coufure at 260 Stockton Street showing Geary Street and the Hotel St. Francis. Views showing Post Street with traffic making streaks of light.
Coit Tower lit up like a candle and double exposure with McLaren Lodge Christmas tree [12-17-54, 3 negatives]
President Cleveland (ship) decorated for Christmas leaves dock with Santa waving good bye [12-21-54, 2 negatives]
General J.C. Breckinridge (ship) and Fred C. Ainsworth (ship) arrive from Okinawa with troops [12-21-54, 10 negatives]
Transports Arrive -- General J.C. Breckinridge (ship) and Fred C. Ainsworth (ship) -- Fort Mason (December 21, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 60, [12-21-54.02] . 10 negatives
Troops on the Ainsworth stand on ship's deck. The Ainsworth heads towards another boat in the water. Troops on the Breckinridge stand on ship's deck, wave.
Eureka earthquake damage [12-21-54, 20 negatives]
Earthquake Damage -- Eureka (December 21, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 60, [12-21-54.03] . 20 negatives
Woman sits in room while other person takes notes. People sit in line of tables with microphones. Four people stand in room with Eureka police officer. Room with earthquake damage [parts of ceiling on floor]. Missing paint exposes brick wall in City Hall entrance way. Clerk replaces liquor bottles in store. Men clear debris from floor in construction work site. View of a hallway with debris on floor. Person picks up bricks from outside of home. Stacks of wood fallen outside in construction site. Crane reaches to cracked brick building. View of commercial sidewalk with debris on ground (neighborhood). Barricades and signs indicate building is closed [City Hall?]. Man stands on top of building inspecting damage. Crane removes cracked portion of Kress store next to Montgomery Ward.
Inventor Dr. Marvel Beem demonstrating his new hospital bed (health) [12-22-54, 4 negatives]
New Hospital Bed -- Stanford Hospital (December 22, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 60, [12-22-54.01] . 4 negatives
Inventor Dr. Marvel Beem stands at foot of patient Mrs. Frieda Baker's bed. Mrs. Baker turns on sink from bed. Mrs. Baker plays with switches attached to swing-arm table. Doctor stands over patient on gurney (health).
Red Strader made new coach for the 49ers football team [12-23-54, 4 negatives]
Troopship returns from Far East with soldiers [12-23-54, 14 negatives]
Troops Return -- Fort Mason (December 23, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 60, [12-23-54.02] . 14 negatives
Army Corporal Wallace Hagglund holds barracks bag on shoulder while being welcomed home by his father B.L. Hagglund and mother. Army Private First Class Donald Giusti is embraced by his father Ivan, brother David, wife Marjorie, sister-in-law Marilyn, and father-in-law. Troops walk down gang plank holding barracks bags on shoulders. Troops put down bags. Troops sit on bags and wave, awaiting ground transport outside (neighborhood). Troops wave from ship. Band plays on dock with ship in background. Families wait behind barricades while ship docks.
Rosemary Clooney and Jose Ferrer here for movie premier [12-27-54, 2 negatives]
Sunrise from Twin Peaks (San Francisco cityscapes) [12-28-54, 5 negatives]
Arrival of Thomas Jefferson (ship) with troops and kids from Korea [12-30-54, 8 negatives]
Arrival from Korea -- Thomas Jefferson (ship) -- Oakland Army Base (December 30, 1954) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 60, [12-30-54.01] . 8 negatives
Corporal Anthony J. Beitane is greeted on dock by parents Mr. and Mrs. William Kett and other family members. Long-shot of ship docking. Close-ups and long-shots of troops on deck. Band plays while ship docks. Families wait on shore while ship docks. Serviceman kisses woman while man stands by.