August 1956 . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90-93, [080056-083156] . 1175 negatives (estimate)
Republican National Convention and related events [08-00-56 - 08-23-56, ca. 900 negatives]
Arrival -- President Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Airport (August 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-00-56.01] . 4 negatives
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and wife walk down steps of airplane. Crowd awaits arrival of Eisenhower. People get out of automobile amidst crowd.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Hotel St. Francis (August 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-00-56.02-04] . 15 negatives
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and wife sit in car. Eisenhower and wife exit hotel. Crowd waves from behind roped off area in street. Eisenhower stands in convertible car. Presidential flag waves in front of Hotel St. Francis. Chairman Leonard W. Hall of the Republican National Committee sits with Eisenhower. Senator William F. Knowland sits with Eisenhower.
Republican National Convention -- Cow Palace (August 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-00-56.05-12] . 76 negatives
Chairman Leonard W. Hall of the Republican National Committee speaks into microphone at convention podium in the Cow Palace. Hall and National Chairman Charles K. McWhorter of the Young Republicans stand at the microphone. Governor Goodwin Knight and Hall converse while seated. Unidentified men and women speak at microphone (ca. 15 negatives). Shots of crowd with state banners in front of podium (ca. 4 negatives). Three men converse while seated. Elevated view of a crowded Cow Palace (ca. 7 negatives). Senators William F. Knowland and Thomas H. Kuchel listen to speech. William D. Campbell, Charles Conrad and Congressman Gordon L. McDonough stand with Donald Doyle. Mayor George Christopher waves from the platform. Shots of crowd standing around state banners. Unidentified man speaks from podium. Close-ups and long-shots of people on the floor amidst state banners (ca. 11 negatives). Miss California Judy Weld holds broom while standing next to garbage can that reads "please keep America beautiful". Onlookers stand behind rope outside Cow Palace. People walk in street. Cars drive down street.
GOP (Republican Party) Welcome -- Miss San Francisco Judy Weld (August 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-00-56.13] . 2 negatives
Judy Weld, the reigning Miss San Francisco, sits with "GOP welcome" sign while two men stand beside her.
GOP (Republican Party) Luncheon -- St. Francis Yacht Club (August 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-00-56.14] . 4 negatives
Two women converse at table. Three women and a man stand at table.
GOP Fundraising -- Thomas H. Kuchel -- Stanley Dollar Ranch (August 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-00-56.15] . 23 negatives
Over-all shots of guests watching diving exhibition at the pool at Stanley Dollar Ranch near Walnut Creek. Costumed diver stands on side of pool. Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, his wife, and Mrs. J. Stanley Dollar stand together. Blanche Harvey, delegates Arturo O. Toro and R.R. Shettini of Puerto Rico, and Representative Joseph Martin stand together. People stand together indoors at the ranch. People converse outdoors. People in "Indian" costume stand near life-size ornamental elephant GOP (Republican Party) icon which reads "Ike".
Republican Women Prepare for Luncheon -- Sir Francis Drake Hotel (August 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-00-56.16] . 8 negatives
Ramona Theill, Marjorie Benedict and Barbara Whitmore put poppies on GOP (Republican Party) elephant [for the event on 08-22-56 at Sheraton Palace Hotel]. K.L. Hamman, Avery Foote and others make decorations for the luncheon. Three Chinese women representing Chinatown Tours for Republican Wives pose by table.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower Plays Golf -- Cypress Point (August 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-00-56.17-18] . 28 negatives
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Joe Soli stand in doorway. Eisenhower and Henry Hunt stand indoors. Eisenhower and others stand on the golf course surrounded by cameras. Barry Levinhood, Norman Chandler, Charles Jones and Eisenhower on the golf course. Eisenhower puts. Eisenhower talks to Sony Morse. Close-ups and long-shots of Eisenhower putting in front of crowd (ca. 21 negatives).
President Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Carmel Mission (August 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-00-56.19] . 16 negatives
Eisenhower and wife walk at Carmel Mission. President and Mamie visit with nuns. Mrs. Eisenhower stands with Sister Ursula. Mr. and Mrs. Eisenhower receive St. Christopher medals. The Eisenhowers stand with Dr. Joseph Ewing and Dr. Clayton Rogers at Carmel Presbyterian Church.
Convention Site -- Tour -- Cow Palace (August 01, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-01-56.01] . 4 negatives
Telephone center manager John Weills and telephone representatives Evelyn Getto and Jo Holland show telephone message center to group of tourists. Long-shot of citizens walking in an empty Cow Palace. Karin Rodts stands at the speakers platform with her doll.
GOP National Chairman Arrives -- Leonard W. Hall -- Airport (August 01, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-01-56.02] . 6 negatives
Chairman of the Republican National Committee Leonard W. Hall walks down plane ramp and is greeted by E. Mills and H. Meade Alcorn of the Downtown Association. Hall and Head of the Women's Division of the Republican National Committee Bertha Adkins stand amidst crowd. Hall stands amidst a crowd holding signs of welcome. Hall sits at table during press conference. Adkins, Hall and Alcorn sit at table during press conference.
Preparations -- Republican National Convention -- Cow Palace (August 02, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-02-56.02] . 9 negatives
Jim Simmons of Western Union and Donald Dent of Brayer Electric Company work at electrical switchboard. Chairman Leonard W. Hall of the Republican National Committee stands near loudspeakers. Hall stands on floor and Bertha Adkins of the Women's Division of the Republican National Committee stands on ladder while H. Meade Alcorn, Jr. and Ronald Button of the National Committee stand on podium. People work and converse in grandstands and on floor.
Press Conference -- Herbert Hoover -- Office of Stanford Trustees (August 03, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-03-56.02] . 2 negatives
Dean Windsor Cutting of Stanford Medical School, W.P. Fuller III, former US President Herbert Hoover, and President Wallace Sterling of Stanford University sit at table at 351 California Street. Hoover, Fuller and Sterling sit at table.
Bertha Adkins -- Mark Hopkins Hotel (August 03, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-03-56.03] . 10 negatives
Bertha Adkins of the Women's Division of the Republican National Committee stands by window, sits in sun room wearing "I like Ike" stockings. Adkins and Marjorie Benedict sit in sunroom. Grace Macduff stands with Benedict.
Arrival -- Congressman Jesse A. Younger -- Ferry Building (August 06, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-06-56.01] . 7 negatives
Congressman Jesse A. Younger walks with Henry Bostwick in front of women holding signs such as "we need schools now" (education). Children hold signs such as "I ain't got no larning". Younger shakes hands with picketers, walks in Ferry Building, talks to people outside.
Arrival -- George Murphy -- Airport (August 06, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-06-56.02] . 3 negatives
Actor [and future California senator] George Murphy and son wave from airplane steps, stand at base of steps. National Committee member Mrs. Webster Todd of New Jersey sits in convertible talking to Murphy who is leaning on car.
Birthday for Herbert Hoover -- Mark Hopkins Hotel (August 08, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-08-56.01] . 7 negatives
Former President Herbert Hoover sits at desk smoking pipe.
GOP (Republican Party) Information Booth -- Stuart Warehouse (August 09, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-09-56.01] . 2 negatives
Mrs. William Brinton, Mrs. Edward Mackay and Mrs. Carl Livingston, Jr. stand in front of travel posters holding star-shaped ornaments in Stuart Warehouse at Eddy and Buchanan streets. [One of seven booths which will be staffed by San Francisco Republican women during the convention].
Pre-convention Preparations -- Cow Palace (August 10, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-10-56.01-02] . 16 negatives
President Clyde H. Charlton, Chairman of Arrangements John Busterud and National Chairman Charles K. McWhorter, all of the San Francisco Young Republicans, stand at speakers podium. Busterud, National Committee Chairman Leonard Hall, Jim Benedict and McWhorter stand in front of delegate signs. Three people walk outside of Cow Palace. People walk by Cow Palace registration booth. People work on electrical switch board. People stand on the floor. Long-shots of the floor. Man repairs phone while two women listen to him. People look at banner, stand at speakers podium, build stage.
Young Republicans Decorate Old Street Car -- Car Barn (August 11, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-11-56.02] . 2 negatives
Young Republicans stand on, in, and along side cable car holding "I like Ike" signs.
Republican National Committee -- Airport (August 12, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-12-56.01-02] . 5 negatives
Members of the Republican National Committee wave from airplane steps. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hall step off plane greeted by former governor of Arizona and current special assistant to the president, Howard Pyle. Republican State National Committeewoman Mrs. Aubrey Knowles steps off plane.
Press Conference -- Mrs. Charles W. Weiss, Jr. -- Mark Hopkins Hotel (August 13, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-13-56.01] . 2 negatives
Program Committee Chairman for GOP Mrs. Charles W. Weiss Jr. sits in room in Mark Hopkins Hotel during press conference.
Press Conference -- Senator Prescott Bush and Congressman Hugh Scott -- Fairmont Hotel (August 13, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-13-56.02] . 3 negatives
Senator Prescott Bush and Congressman Hugh Scott stand in front of television, in front of banner during press conference.
Citizens for Ike (August 13, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-13-56.03] . 2 negatives
Chairperson of Women Volunteers Mrs. Mary Ellen Irwin models jewelry with volunteer workers Mrs. Ralph Nardone and Judy Channel. The three women model "Stick with Ike" hats and "Still like Ike" buttons.
Senators Arrive -- Senators Irving Ives and William F. Knowland -- Airport (August 14, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-14-56.01-02] . 8 negatives
Senator William F. Knowland walks down plane ramp. George Herman of CBS, Knowland and Charles McMahon of United Press Movietone stand outdoors during news conference. Reporter John Keys questions Knowland in front of airplane. Elevated view of reporters questioning Knowland during news conference. Senator Irving McNeil Ives of New York and wife wave in front of plane. Ives talks into microphone while John Keyes stands nearby.
GOP (Republican Party) Arrivals -- Mark Hopkins Hotel (August 14, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-14-56.03-04] . 15 negatives
C.C. Lord, Perry W. Howard, H.S. Massey of Mississippi and others stand in room under chandelier in Mark Hopkins Hotel. Oscar W. Pitts sits in chair holding paperwork. State Chairman and Washington delegate George Kinnear and Albert K. Mitchell stand holding paperwork. Close-up of David Dows. Three men sit around chair. National Committee member Bates Gerald, Mr. C.M. Smith and Committee woman Mrs. John E. Messerey stand around talking. Margaret Daniel and husband stand in hotel lobby, walk in hotel lobby.
Committee Meetings -- Fairmont Hotel (August 14, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-14-56.05] . 2 negatives
Close-up of Rules Committee member Theodore McKeldin of Maryland. View of table and Meeting of Arrangements Committee members including Leonard Hall.
Press National Federation of Home Republicans (August 14, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-14-56.06] . 1 negative
Mrs. Carol D. Kearns stands in room.
Platform Committee Meeting -- Palace Hotel (August 15, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-15-56.05] . 5 negatives
Portraits of Platform Sub-Committee heads for the Republican Convention. Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut speaks as committee chair of Platform Committee in front of audience. Committee members stand at table in front of poster "Peace, Prosperity, Progress, vote Republican".
Anti-Republican Sign (August 15, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-15-56.06] . 3 negatives
Bar owner James Rhodes stands on ladder outside of his bar on Sixth Street hanging "GOP not welcome, stay out" sign.
Tikes for Ike Parade -- Mission Street (August 15, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-15-56.07] . 2 negatives
Children hold homemade pro-Eisenhower signs while proceeding down Mission Street to the YMCA over Golden Gate Avenue.
Arrival -- James H. Duff -- Airport (August 15, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-15-56.08] . 3 negatives
Senator James H. Duff of Pennsylvania waves hat from airplane ramp. Duff smokes and talks during press conference in airport.
GOP (Republican Party) Press Conference -- Fairmont Hotel (August 15, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-15-56.09] . 2 negatives
Chairman of the Ohio delegates Ray C. Bliss speaks from podium during press conference.
Fruit Baskets for Republican VIP's -- Larkin Hall (August 16, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-16-56.02] . 3 negatives
Mrs. Stanley J. Bernhard sits and stands holding a fruit basket among hundreds of other fruit baskets. Ladies of Nob Hill Republicans and Women of the Chamber of Commerce make fruit baskets at table.
Prior to the Republican National Convention -- Cow Palace (August 16, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-16-56.03] . 9 negatives
Long-shots of empty Cow Palace stadium. Exterior view of Cow Palace. Citizens Commission members Lita Hill, Sally Pierce, Nancy Grinnell, Pam Melhado and Vivian Weyerhaeuser sit on "Ike Band Wagon" wearing Ike-logo dresses and parasols. View of room with desks and typewriters.
Republican Party Members -- Fairmont Hotel (August 16, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-16-56.04] . 2 negatives
Thurston Norton speaks in front of large picture of Dwight D. Eisenhower. View of front of Fairmont Hotel with "GOP Headquarters Hotel" banner.
Arrivals -- Airport (August 16, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-16-56.05-08] . 21 negatives
Sherman Adams arrives (5 negatives). Reporter John Keys talks to Adams in airport. Keyes stands with Adams and wife, who is holding fur coat. Keys and Mr. and Mrs. Adams stand on airplane ramp. Adams waves from base of airplane ramp while wife stands by. Adams walks with police officer through airport. Former Governor Thomas E. Dewey arrives [8 negatives]. Dewey shakes hands with Leonard Hall while Mrs. Hall looks on. Chairman of Mayor's Hospitality Committee Bob Gros presents Dewey with key to city while Leonard Hall stands by. Hall and Dewey shake hands while Mrs. Hall and Gros shake hands. Dewey speaks at microphone. Dewey and others walk with guard through airport. They walk outside on runway, walk through airport. Crowd awaits Dewey's arrival. Herbert Brownell and family arrive in airport [5 negatives], walk down plane ramp, accept key to city from Gros, stand and wave from ramp. Senator George Bender from Ohio arrives [3 negatives]. Bender in airport lobby, stands with family, stands with "GOP information girls" and family.
Lawn Cut to Read "Ike" -- Daly City (August 17, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-17-56.01] . 3 negatives
Richard Buckhart stands outside 654 South Gate Avenue in Daly City with grass clippers putting finishing touches on suburban lawn that has been cut to read "Ike".
GOP (Republican Party) -- Hotel St. Francis (August 17, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-17-56.02] . 2 negatives
Jacqueline Cochran Odlum of the twenty-ninth Congressional District in California sits in chair, talks on telephone in hotel room.
GOP (Republican Party) -- Fairmont Hotel (August 17, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-17-56.03-04] . 17 negatives
GOP Delegate Marcelino Romany of Puerto Rico sits while holding eyeglasses in hand (2 negatives). Senator Homer E. Capehart of Indiana sits at microphone in front of large picture of Dwight D. Eisenhower (11 negatives). Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel of Kansas and Thomas A. Peppers sit at table during interviews. Elevated views of hotel lobby.
GOP (Republican Party) Headdress by Josef (August 17, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-17-56.05] . 4 negatives
Mimi models dress with "More than ever I like Ike" logo and elephant headdress at Paul Edwards at 259 Geary Street. Stylist pins headdress to model.
Republican Party Arrivals -- Airport (August 17, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-17-56.06-11] . 0 negative
Congressman Charles Halleck and wife walk down plane ramp. Close-up of Halleck. Senator Thomas H. Kuchel speaks to a reporter during a news conference. Kuchel waves [from the baggage room of the airport]. Governor Arthur B. Langlis of Washington talks to newsmen on runway after arrival. Governor Victor Anderson of Nebraska and Bob Gros of the welcoming committee talk to newsmen on runway after Anderson's arrival. Convention Chairman Leonard Hall shakes hands with Congressman Joe Martin in front of airplane while Mrs. Hall stands by. Martin stands amongst crowd with hat in hand. Congressman Richard M. Simpson of Pennsylvania, his wife, Hall, Mrs. Hall, and Martin stand together in front of plane. Harold Stassen walks down airplane ramp. Stassen and wife stand on airplane ramp, wave to crowd. Bob Gros greets new arrivals Sinclair Weeks and George Humphrey on plane ramp. Weeks holds key to city with Humphrey and Gros.
President of the Women's National Republican Club -- Mrs. E.E. Anderson -- Hotel Sutter (August 17, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-17-56.12] . 2 negatives
President of the Women's National Republican Club, Mrs. E.E. Anderson, sits in chair in Hotel Sutter.
Arrivals -- Richard M. Nixon -- Airport (August 18, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-18-56.01-03] . 27 negatives
Vice President Richard M. Nixon arrives (20 negatives). Nixon waves from airplane ramp, walks down ramp. Crowd waits with signs of support like, "Stick with Dick" and "for Nixon". Two performers dance [the jitterbug?] to entertain awaiting supporters. Supporters stand behind fence while flat-bed truck rides along fence. Bill Hynes presents key to city to Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton and wife on steps of United Airline airplane. Governor of Massachusetts Christian A. Herter waves from airplane steps. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (United Nations representative) waves from airplane steps. Herter and Lodhe speak to reporters.
Interview and Reception -- Socialites -- Hotel St. Francis (August 18, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-18-56.04-05] . 4 negatives
Portraits of Mrs. Sherman Adams at press interview. Family of US Attorney General Brownell and wife of national committee member Ronald Button pose with flower leis during reception.
Republican Press Conferences -- Fairmont Hotel (August 18, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-18-56.06-07] . 3 negatives
Stile Bridges sits at table alone and with others during press conference. View from audience of Harold Stassen speaking on stage during press conference
Republican Leaders -- Palace Hotel (August 18, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-18-56.08-10] . 13 negatives
Governor Goodwin Knight and Senator William F. Knowland sit during meeting and stand after meeting. Groups of people stand in room during caucus with Knight, Knowland and Richard M. Nixon. Knight, Knowland and Nixon play with toy elephant.
GOP (Republican Party) Arrivals -- Ferry Building (August 18, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-18-56.11] . 3 negatives
Senator John Bricker of Ohio and Mayor George Christopher stand outside of Ferry Building holding key to city. Postmaster John F. Fixa, former Postmaster Arthur E. Summerfield and Christopher stand together. Fixa, Summerfield, Christopher and Governor George Craig of Indiana stand together.
Various Events -- Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon -- Airport and Cow Palace (August 19, 1956 - August 23, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-19-56.01] . 108 negatives
Shots taken from underneath airplane showing propellers (5 negatives). Crowd stands outside airplane while politicians exit aircraft; Eisenhower greets crowd (4 negatives). Crowd stands in Cow Palace with balloons (3 negatives). Elevated view of crowd in street (6 negatives). State banners in the crowd, Nixon amongst crowd, people carrying signs in support of Nixon and Eisenhower (13 negatives). Eisenhower speaks outdoors to small crowd (1 negative). Eisenhower and wife shake hands with people at the Mayor's Ball (5 negatives). Nixon speaks at podium in Cow Palace (ca. 20 negatives). Unidentified man speaks at podium in Cow Palace (ca. 20 negatives). Eisenhower speaks at podium in Cow Palace (ca. 10 negatives). Eisenhower, Nixon and their wives wave from the podium (ca. 10 negatives). Nixon, Eisenhower and other men stand on stage in a line (ca. 3 negatives). Eisenhower speaks outdoors (1 negative). Eisenhower waves from "Republican Centennial" podium [at Mayor's Ball?] (ca. 8 negatives).
Republican Women -- Mark Hopkins Hotel (August 19, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-19-56.03-04] . 22 negatives
Mrs. Louis Rogers, Mrs. Phyllis Loehr, Mrs. Collis P. Moore, Mrs. Kathryn Maloney, Mrs. Janice Reeve and twelve other newly elected Republican National Committeewomen stand and sit at table. Crowd waits while car pulls up outside of Mark Hopkins Hotel (neighborhood). Seated woman models stockings which read "I like Ike". Richard M. Nixon and Pat Nixon shake hands and talk to women's club members in the Mark Hopkins Hotel; partygoers drink tea and converse.
Heffelfinger Reception -- Huntington Hotel (August 19, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-19-56.05] . 8 negatives
Senator Edward Thye of Minnesota, Congressman Walter H. Judd, Mr. and Mrs. F. Peavey Heffelfinger and House Speaker Joseph Martin stand around at reception.
Citizens for Ike Parade (August 19, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-19-56.06] . 6 negatives
Old model cars, people on horseback, and women wearing "Ike" logo dresses and parasols march in campaign parade at Second and Market streets.
Opening -- Republican National Convention -- Cow Palace (August 20, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-20-56.02-14] . 56 negatives
Overall view of audience pledging allegiance to the flag while hundreds of flags are raised. Senator Thomas H. Kuchel makes opening introduction in front of the Cow Palace. Senators William F. Knowland and Kuchel address crowd from the podium. Overall shots of podium speakers, delegations and news cameras. Governor Goodwin Knight waves to crowd from podium. Long-shot of Knight speaking. Close-up and long-shots of members of the Young Republican National Federation demonstrating for President of Young Republicans, Charles McWhorter, who is on the podium with Chairman Leonard W. Hall. Close-up and long-shot of President Carroll D. Kearn of the National Federation on Republican Women speaking from the podium while women delegates march to the podium. Close-up and long-shot of Senator Andrew F. Schoeppel of Kansas speaking at the podium. Anne Regand and Margie Doyle sit wearing Ike-logo clothing and accessories. Close-up and long-shot of the key note speaker, Governor Arthur B. Langlie of Washington, with Douglas McKay. Ann Potter and "Red" Jo[...?] Fisher watch television in railroad room in the Cow Palace [12 negatives]. Men and women at NBC Convention Central communication studio [12 negatives]. Leonard Hall opens convention by speaking from the podium. Reverend Hugh A. Donahue speaks at podium. Bourke Hickelooper speaks at podium. Senator Homer Capehart speaks at podium. Leonard Hall and Young Republican Charlie McWhorter at podiums. Small crowd walks toward Cow Palace with mounted patrol officers nearby. Young Republicans walk outside Marin Hall before demonstration holding "Hi Charlie" signs.
Second Session -- Republican National Convention -- Cow Palace (August 20, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-20-56.15] . 31 negatives
Gene Tunny, Bob Gros and Governor Joe Foss of South Dakota converse on floor of convention center [during lull in session]. Virginia Warren speaks on telephone [in press quarters?] while Bob Considine and Kingsbury Smith work nearby. Governor Arthur B. Langlie of Washington delivers keynote address. Attendees converse in bandstand during session. Former Governor Douglas McKay of Oregon makes an introduction from the podium. Senator Thomas H. Kuchel waves from the podium. Fans demonstrate for Kuchel from the floor. Mrs. Knowland and Mrs. Nixon sit in bandstand. Douglas McKay and William F. Knowland at the podium. Governor Langlie and McKay at the podium. Langlie delivering keynote speech. Leonard Hall at podium. Hall and Knowland at podium. Langlie and McKay at the podium. Parade of colors at start of session. Unidentified people speak at podium, converse on floor
GOP (Republican Party) Delegates -- Hotel St. Francis (August 20, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-20-56.16] . 2 negatives
Portrait of Illinois delegate General Robert Wood of Sears-Roebuck Company.
Presentations of Candelabra to Nixons by Young Republicans -- Mark Hopkins Hotel (August 20, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-20-56.17-18] . 16 negatives
Views from behind and in front of Richard M. Nixon showing him speaking to crowd of youngsters. Nixon, wife Pat Nixon, and Chairman Charles K. McWhorter of the Young Republican Nation Federation shown on the stage, holding a wrapped gift, and standing with people in elephant costumes in the Peacock Room of the Mark Hopkins Hotel.
Governor's Ball -- Civic Auditorium (August 20, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-20-56.19-24] . 28 negatives
GOP (Republican Party) live baby elephant greets visitors while another (decorative) elephant revolves in the background. Unidentified women in gowns and men in tuxedos shake hands, pose for pictures, converse, sit in audience. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stassen, Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon, and Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin Knight greet one another at the ball. Mr. and Mrs. Nixon, Governor and Mrs. Knight, George Christopher and Henry Cabot Lodge talk at the ball. Governor and Mrs. Knight greet Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stassen while Mr. and Mrs. Christopher stand by.
Citizens for Eisenhower Volunteers (August 20, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-20-56.25] . 1 negative
Volunteer workers Donna Zander and Sheila Jacobs sit in Ike-logo dresses.
Republicans -- Richard M. Nixon and Dan Gainey -- Fisherman's Wharf (August 20, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-20-56.26] . 6 negatives
Richard M. Nixon and wife tour Fisherman's Wharf on foot, shake hands, sightsee. Nixon, Dan Gainey and their wives look at fish selection in restaurant.
President Arrives -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Airport (August 21, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-21-56.01] . 26 negatives
Close-up of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower. Reporters and cameras swarm the president. Ike and Mamie get off plane, meet dignitaries, talk to reporters, shake hands. Mamie holds a bouquet of roses. Shots of airplane landing, nose of plane, ramp. Official vehicle makes its way through a crowd. Eisenhower and wife stand outside of plane.
Republicans -- Hotel St. Francis (August 21, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-21-56.02-04] . 21 negatives
Secretary to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, James Haggerty, during press conference in the press room of the Hotel St. Francis [2 negatives]. Women converse and get food at the buffet during Mrs. Nixon's Tea for Women's Clubs [7 negatives]. Bagpipes entertain crowds along the corner of Powell and Geary Streets waiting for Eisenhower arrival (neighborhood). Eisenhower waves to crowd from beneath hotel awning, gets out of car while Police Chief Frank Ahern stands by, stands with wife under awning, stands with wife and Dan London under awning. Elevated views of crowd in main lobby of hotel, close-ups of crowd cheering as Ike passes by.
GOP (Republican Party) -- Cow Palace (August 21, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-21-56.05-07] . 53 negatives
Elevated view of floor of Cow Palace, view of balloons, general views of delegations, speakers, audience (23 negatives). Close-up and long-shots of demonstration for Charles McWhorter of the Young Republican National Federation. Demonstration for Mrs. Carroll Kears, President of the National Federation of Women's Clubs. Sherman Adams at the podium. Secretary of Treasury George Humphrey at the podium. Senator William F. Knowland and Joe Martin at the podium. Martin and Herbert Hoover at the podium. Demonstration for Herbert Hoover. Unidentified people speak at the podium. People converse on the floor. The audience claps and takes pictures. Speakers pound the gavel. Audience stands with hands crossed [in prayer or moment of silence]. [Izra Taft Bense?] at podium, Governor Goodwin Knight sits with his delegation. Overall view of the floor.
"Ike" (Dwight D. Eisenhower) Passes By -- Bayshore Freeway (August 21, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-21-56.08] . 1 negative
Street view of presidential motorcade (neighborhood).
Hoover Receives Plaque -- Mark Hopkins Hotel (August 21, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-21-56.09] . 2 negatives
McIntyre Faries and Robert Fenton Craig of the California Republican Assembly present plaque to former President Herbert Hoover.
California Delegation Caucus -- Sheraton Palace Hotel (August 21, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-21-56.10] . 8 negatives
Governor Goodwin Knight, Senator William F. Knowland and James Hoyt sit at table while woman calls roll of the delegation. Knight speaks from podium. Delegation claps hands [as Nixon nomination is read]. Full view of French Room with Knight shaking hands with Charles S. Jones. Mrs. Mary Tibbits speaks at the podium wanting to nominate Governor Knight for Vice President while Knight stands by. Views of speakers and delegates.
Republican Convention -- Fairmont Hotel (August 21, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-21-56.11-12] . 3 negatives
Harry Matthews presents gavel made from [Boston's?] North Church wood to Joe Martin. Sumi Utsumi, Mrs. Douglas McKay, Mrs. Styles Bridges, and Mrs. William F. Knowland stand in room during Republican Women briefing.
Foreign Visitors -- Top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel (August 21, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-21-56.13] . 2 negatives
Mrs. Oswald Lord, Aparana Mehta, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Ambassador G.L. Mehta of India, stand together at party.
Republican Convention -- Mayor's Ball -- Civic Auditorium (August 21, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-21-56.14] . 4 negatives
Couple dances at ball. Three women stand together. Man and woman stand by door.
Republican Convention -- Mayor's Ball -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Civic Auditorium (August 22, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-22-56.01-02] . 30 negatives
Congressman William Somers Mailliard sits with his mother. Mayor George Christopher and wife talk to Mr. and Mrs. [Jerd?] Sullivan. the Eisenhowers and Christophers enter auditorium. Views of Eisenhower making speech [7 negatives]. James Hagerty sits at a press conference. Elevated view of people filling the auditorium. The Eisenhowers and the Christophers sit, stand, wave on stage. Eisenhower delivers a speech [5 negatives]. Shots of Eisenhower and others on stage and on floor.
Republicans -- Hotel St. Francis (August 22, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-22-56.03-05] . 15 negatives
President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks during press conference while reporters take notes and ask questions; photographers take pictures. Eisenhower and Herbert Hoover sit in adjacent chairs, stand and shake hands. Harold Stassen sits during press conference.
Tea for Republican Women -- Mamie Eisenhower -- Palace Hotel (August 22, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-22-56.06] . 7 negatives
Mamie Eisenhower arrives at the Palace Hotel, is greeted by committee woman Mrs. John Eisenhower, shakes hands. Overall shots of people in room.
Richard M. Nixon Leaves -- Airport (August 22, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-22-56.07] . 5 negatives
Richard M. Nixon and wife leave car to board plane. Nixon talks to reporters while walking up plane ramp.
Early Departure -- Richard M. Nixon -- Mark Hopkins Hotel (August 22, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-22-56.08] . 5 negatives
Nixon answers questions from reporters while standing in elevator. Nixon walks down hall with Pat Nixon and Jim Goodfellow. [Nixon is leaving the convention early because his father suffered a heart attack].
Republican Convention -- The Big Clean Up -- Cow Palace (August 23, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-23-56.01] . 15 negatives
Barbara Stuart of the telephone company shown with the phones that have been removed. Long- shots and close-ups of remnants of convention. Workers sweep floors of Cow Palace.
Departure -- Vice President Richard M. Nixon -- Mark Hopkins Hotel and Airport (August 23, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-23-56.01] . 12 negatives
Richard M. Nixon and Dewey talk and laugh in Nixon's hotel suite [prior to his departure to Los Angeles to visit his father who is recovering from a heart attack]. Nixon and wife stand on plane ramp, Mrs. Nixon waves. Mr. and Mrs. Nixon, Publisher Ogden Brownie Reid of the New York Herald Tribune, Representative William Ayres, and Timothy J. Murphy of the Veterans of Foreign Wars stand together indoors.
GOP (Republican Party) Convention -- Cow Palace (August 23, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-23-56.02-06] . 65 negatives
Elevated view of delegates on the floor. Crowd lets go of balloons. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mayor of Monterey talk while they get ready for trip to Monterey. Mr. and Mrs. Eisenhower wave [from train platform?]. Views of Richard M. Nixon supporters on floor of cow palace, delegations, balloons. Close-ups and long-shots of Nixon speaking at podium, Dwight D. Eisenhower at podium. General views inside the Cow Palace during the convention. Shots of crowd. Views of side of St. Francis Hotel.
Herter for Vice President Headquarters (August 23, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-23-56.07] . 2 negatives
Views of back of man sitting in empty office with three desks looking out to street at 654 Market Street. (Republican convention-related?)
Press Conference -- Bracken Lee -- Conservative Headquarters (August 23, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-23-56.08] . 2 negatives
Close-up and long-shot of Governor Bracken Lee of Utah talking to reporters at "conservative headquarters" at 1263 Market Street. (Republican convention-related?)
Republican Convention -- Nebraska Delegation Breakfast -- Palace Hotel (August 23, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-23-56.09] . 3 negatives
Members of the Nebraska delegation eat breakfast together at long table in Palace Hotel with Terry Carpenter at far end of table. Carpenter and delegation chairperson Hazel Able talk at table.
Stripper -- Prescott Bush -- Sir Francis Drake Hotel (August 23, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-23-56.10] . 2 negatives
Platform Committee member, Senator Prescott Bush, receives anti-cabaret tax petition from Evelyn "Treasure Chest" West.
Republican Party Events -- Hotel St. Francis (August 23, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-23-56.11-16] . 22 negatives
Mamie Eisenhower and Bertha Adkins hold present they received from GOP (Republican Party) women. Eisenhower and Adkins stand among other women. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Prescott Bush talk in chairs. Eisenhower speaks during press conference in room with large painting. Group shot of Governor Arthur Langlie of Washington, Governor Bennett of Utah, Thurston Morton of Kentucky, candidate James H. Duff of Pennsylvania, Senator Milton R. Young of North Dakota, John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky, candidate Chapman Rivercomb of West Virginia, Homer Capehart of Indiana, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Everett Dirkson of Illinois, John M. Butler of Indiana, Douglas McKay of Oregon, candidate Douglas McKeever of Oklahoma, George Bender of Ohio, Herman Walker of Idaho, and Francis Case of South Dakota. Former Governor and current candidate for Governor of New Mexico, Edwin Meachem [Meacham?], sits with Eisenhower. Governor William Stratton of Illinois stands with Eisenhower. Group portraits of local GOP Finance Committee members.
Republican Convention -- Richard M. Nixon -- Airport (August 23, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-23-56.17] . 3 negatives
Richard M. Nixon waves from airplane while Mrs. Nixon stands next to him. Nixon displays wife's "let's back Ike" pin.
Republican Convention -- Train Departure -- Dwight D. and Mrs. Eisenhower -- Bay Shore (August 23, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-23-56.18] . 2 negatives
Dwight D. Eisenhower and wife wave from train's caboose. Eisenhower shakes hands with conductor. [They are going to Monterey].
Elizabeth Arden party (attended by Dwight D. Eisenhower) [08-00-56, 7 negatives]
Elizabeth Arden Party -- President Dwight D. Eisenhower (August 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 90, [08-00-56.21] . 7 negatives
Dwight D. Eisenhower shakes hands with woman outside. Mamie Eisenhower shakes hands of many women inside. Over-all views of party goers and photographers inside.
Original "Bloody Mary" (Mrs. Agnes Gray) from James Michener's "South Pacific" arrives on the Oronsay (ship)
Handicapped kids open day camp at Fleishhacker Pool (disabled persons) [08-04-56, 10 negatives]
Handicapped Kids Open Day Camp -- Fleishhacker Pool (August 04, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-04-56.01] . 12 negatives
Diana Socacca leads group in singing [the song "God Bless America"] at open camp fire. Ken Knight, Cathy Valdez and Rickey Wo[...?] warm hands on camp fire. Camp founder, Janet Pomeroy, talks with campers. Blind girl feels boy's face. Boys hunt for bugs (child welfare, disabled persons).
Artist Beniamino Bufano working on animal sculptures for Hillsdale shopping center [[08-09-56, ca. 15 negatives]
California Democrats leave for Chicago convention [08-11-56, 7 negatives]
California Democrats Leave for Chicago -- Airport (August 11, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 91, [08-11-56.01] . 7 negatives
State Senator George Miller, Jr., Democratic Chairman of Northern California Roger Kent, Assemblyman John A. O'Connell, Alan Cranston (president of the California Democratic Council), and Mrs. Cranston stand in front of airplane. Cranston, congressional candidate Dr. H.R. Quinney of the sixth district, Miller, Kent, O'Connell and others wave from airplane steps. People stand on airplane steps. Close-up of three people in airplane seats.
Civic Center area scenes (cityscapes) from the roof of City Hall [08-15-56, 8 negatives]
Gerald L.K. Smith of the Christian Nationalist Party holds press conference [08-20-56, 5 negatives]
Press Conference -- Gerald L.K. Smith of the Christian Nationalist Party -- Fairmont Hotel (August 20, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 92, [08-20-56.01] . 5 negatives
Women fill the stairway and lobby of the Fairmont Hotel. Gerald L.K. Smith speaks in front of microphone [about Harold Stassen]. Smith stands next to wife during press conference and waves his arm. Reporters and listeners fill the stairway platform where Smith is speaking.
New Federal Building location (cityscapes) [08-27-56, 7 negatives]
Consul General Pierluigi Alvera of Italy and Mayor George Christopher purchase tickets to film "La Strada" (international film festival?)
Press conference with the Socialist Labor Party's candidate for vice president Georgia Gozzini [08-31-56, 4 negatives]
New San Rafael-Richmond Bridge opening ceremonies [08-31-56, 35 negatives]
Opening Ceremony -- New Richmond-San Rafael Bridge (August 31, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 93, [08-31-56.04-05] . 12 negatives
Opening ceremony speech is delivered while American flags are raised. People walk across bridge. Governor Goodwin Knight and Mrs. Knight reveal plaque on stone slat. People on stage hold "links" for Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. View from across street at flag raising ceremonies. Knight leads caravan across the new bridge.