February 1955 . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 62-64, [020055-022855] . 925 negatives (estimate)
San Francisco City College layout [02-00-55, 18 negatives]
Layout -- San Francisco City College (February 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 62, [02-00-55.01] . 18 negatives
Cars fill parking lot in front of school (education, neighborhood). People stand talking on steps of building which has the inscription "The truth shall make you free". People walk on lawn in front of school building. Students crowd the outside area near the flagpole. Couple poses on totem pole. Students walk on campus. Woman pokes plant with pen [Venus flytrap?]. People study and talk in library. Students look in microscope. Students utilize film developing machine. Cafeteria worker holds plate of food. Student holds skeleton.
Arrival of weather vane of Old North Church from Boston (with historian Francis P. Farquhar) [02-01-55 - 02-02-55, 5 negatives]
Mothers march on polio (infantile paralysis) [02-01-55, 7 negatives]
Mothers March on Polio (February 01, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 62, [02-01-55.02-03] . 7 negatives
Mrs. Leonard Davis stands outside of Mrs. Max Holtz's home at 3260 Lyon. Holtz writes a check for a donation and places check in tin; they shake hands. The two women sit inside while Holtz writes a check. Louis Giannini and Richard Foola of Engine Company 41 and Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Rankin sit at table counting coins out of bag at 1325 Leavenworth. At the firehouse at Pacific and Van Ness people bring cans of collected money to table (charity drive).
Boy Scout Week proclamation and parade [02-01-55 - 02-06-55, 8 negatives]
Boy Scouts of America -- City Hall (February 01, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 62, [02-01-55.04] . 1 negative
Mayor Elmer Robinson, Cub Scout Jack Ullrich, and Roy Buell of the Boy Scout Week Advisory Committee and Pacific Telephone Company hold proclamation document in Mayor's Office.
Parade -- Boy Scouts of America (February 05, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 63, [02-05-55.01-02] . 5 negatives
Pack 182 Cub Scouts George Mainas, Paul Helbig and others march down street holding flags and pulling boy in cage (neighborhood). Theo [M?]sineris marches with Kathi Davis who is dressed like the bull with sign on carriage reading "this is no bull". Boys march with troop leaders holding flags from all sections of Boy Scouts and Cub packs.
Boy Scouts of America -- General Dean (February 06, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 63, [02-06-55.01] . 2 negatives
General Dean stands on podium in auditorium speaking to audience including members of troop 92 Scout Master Keith Griffiths and Scout Nathan Howard. Bishop Willard B. Barton stands at the microphone; behind him sits Scout Robert McGregor and others.
Two former United States destroyers (ships) now belonging to Japanese Navy arrive at Marina Green [02-02-55, 4 negatives]
Troops arrival at Fort Mason on General Simon Buckner (ship) [02-02-55, 15 negatives]
Arrival of Troops -- General Simon Buckner (ship) -- Fort Mason (February 02, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 62, [02-02-55.04] . 15 negatives
Full view of ship. Troops wave from the rail. Troops exit down gangplank with bags over shoulders. Troops are served refreshments while awaiting transport.
AFL retail grocery strike at Rossi Market (labor) [02-03-55, 2 negatives]
Berkeley gets direct distance dialing [02-08-55, 1 negatives]
New Telephone Service -- Direct Distance Dialing -- Berkeley (February 08, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 63, [02-08-55.01] . 1 negative
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company switchman John Carey climbs ladder in switch room to examine electronic recorder, "the electronic brains" of automatic billing in six steps.
Governor Goodwin Knight and Chief Justice Phil S. Gibson [02-10-55, 2 negatives]
Ceremony Honoring Chief Justice Phil S. Gibson -- Palace Hotel (February 10, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 63, [02-10-55.01] . 2 negatives
Governor Goodwin Knight and Chief Justice Phil S. Gibson shake hands in the Sheraton Palace Hotel while First Vice President Brooks Berlin of the Bar Association and Mrs. Knight stand with them.
Auto show with comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and the King Sisters [02-11-55 - 02-12-55, 9 negatives]
Auto Show -- Abbott and Costello -- Fairmont Hotel (February 11, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 63, [02-11-55.01] . 3 negatives
Lou Costello, Jan Palmer, and Bud Abbott sit on couch. Palmer plays with miniature Jaguar car on Abbott's knee. Costello pushes Abbott to kiss Betty Barnacle on the couch.
Auto Show -- King Sisters -- Civic Auditorium (February 12, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 63, [02-12-55.01] . 6 negatives
The King sisters Marilyn, Yvonne, Luise and Alice pose in new Jeep in showroom. Cutaway of Chevrolet Bel Air reveals chrome-plated inner workings of the engine and drive shaft. Alice sits in the Bel Air with the door open. Views of New Imperial from Chrysler and close-up of its new tail light (transportation).
Moving cable car to Los Angeles [02-11-55, 2 negatives]
Moving Cable Car to Los Angeles -- Southern Pacific Station (February 11, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 63, [02-11-55.02] . 2 negatives
Joseph D. Sheedy hangs and waves from cable car as it drives into South Pacific yard to be moved on flat car for Los Angeles. Angelo Scaaonaghi walks with car while Sheedy hangs from car.
Bay Area schools and colleges (Presentation High School, West Portal School, and Kentfield Marin Junior College) [02-14-55, 20 negatives]
Preparing for Forthcoming Festival -- Presentation High School (February 14, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 63, [02-14-55.01] . 6 negatives
John Cafferty, Assistant Chairman Ray Tavella, Frank Doherty, and General Chairman Tom Jovick build booths for forthcoming festival in Presentation High School at 281 Masonic Avenue (education). Catherine Fitzpatrick and Phyllis Buke hand packages [sent from alumnae all over the world with gifts to be auctioned during festival] to woman sitting in gated booth. Two students dressed in Dutch garb hang sign and fix windmill at "Dutch Cake Booth". Students try on jewelry to be at festival. Students and festival officials sit at table going over plans.
Puppet Show to Publicize Radio Station KQED -- West Portal School (February 14, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 63, [02-14-55.02] . 2 negatives
Frank Higdon, Leslie Compton, Joan Degenkolb, John McKenzie and Diana Sims hold puppets and crowd around school pet dog "Bambi" (education).
Marin Junior College (February 14, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 63, [02-14-55.03] . 12 negatives
Kathy Minshen, Charles Smith, Ann Hampton, Ben Browne, Louis Woods and Bill Feeney in social dancing class in school gymnasium (education). Students study in library. Students sit on lawn with dog and buffalo bone. School officials stand around table reviewing plan of proposed new building. Students walk away from the art building. Three female students converge outside. College president talks to students while other students stroll in background. View of students in pottery and ceramics shop. Students look at outdoor architectural model. Students crowd around table in cafeteria. Students work in the physics lab.
Crystal Palace Market picketing the picketers (labor) [02-17-55, 3 negatives]
Pickets -- Crystal Palace (February 17, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 63, [02-17-55.01] . 3 negatives
Two employees stand outside market while picketers hold signs. Dennis Plumel of the frozen foods department and John Herod of the variety store hold signs saying pickets are unfair and illegal (labor).
New police radio cars [02-17-55, 3 negatives]
New Police Radio Cars (February 17, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 63, [02-17-55.03] . 3 negatives
Officer George Zeiter of the Police Accident Investigation Bureau sits in car holding new police radio while Officer Rudolph Hasse stands outside of car on freeway ramp near Mission and Thirteenth Streets. Police Chief Michael Gaffey and officers Zeiter and Haase in and around police car. Police Commissioner Chief Michael I. Kohnka, Gaffey, Zeiter, and Director of Traffic Otto Meyer in and around police car.
Hunters Point Naval Shipyard submarine explosion [02-21-55 - 02-22-55, 13 negatives]
Victim of Submarine Explosion -- Oak Knoll Hospital (February 21, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 63, [02-21-55.01] . 3 negatives
Nurse Lieutenant Carolyn Shearer takes temperature of Hunters Point Navy Yard blast victim Bobby Pulleam. Shearer holds Pulleam's hand. Pulleam props up in hospital bed.
Submarine Explosion -- Hunters Point (February 21, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 63, [02-21-55.02-03] . 8 negatives
Views of the moon over the docked submarine Pomodon (ship). Hoses and fans on shore used to pump out fumes. Long-shot of corpse being removed by stretcher from submarine.
Troops transported on the General Sultan (ship) [02-28-55, 11 negatives]
Arrival of Troops -- General Sultan (ship) -- Fort Mason (February 28, 1955) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 64, [02-28-55.01] . 11 negatives
Troops wave from the rail on the ship. Troops walk down the gangplank carrying barracks bags on shoulders. Women provide troops with coffee. Servicemen stand in front of buses in terminal awaiting ground transport.