December 1956 . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 98-99, [120056-123156] . 950 negatives (estimate)
New helicopter service at the Ferry Building [12-03-56, 4 negatives]
First Passengers of Helicopter Service -- Ferry Building (December 03, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 98, [12-03-56.04] . 4 negatives
Helicopter service at Ferry Building operates. James J. Sullivan greets the first arrivals: Cyril Magnin and Phyllis Richlefs. View of a helicopter in the air and another on the ground.
Betty Crocker contestants at Mission High School (education) [12-04-56, 10 negatives]
Test and Interviews -- Mission High School (December 04, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 98, [12-04-56.07] . 10 negatives
Betty Crocker contestants. Various views of girls taking test and individuals pictures of each girl during the interview. Includes Jo-Ann Guinti, Mary Alice Kane, Barbara Mitchell, and others (home economics?) (education).
United Parcel Service (UPS) employees strike (labor) [12-06-56, 6 negatives]
Teamsters Picket Line -- United Parcel Service (UPS) (December 06, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 98, [12-06-56.01] . 6 negatives
UPS Vice-President George Morton urges workers to return to their jobs. Various views of Morton surrounded by massive groups and close-up views of strikers. Some picketers carry signs.
New proposed gateway to Chinatown [12-06-56, 2 negatives]
Illustration of Proposed Gateway to Chinatown -- City Hall (December 06, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 98, [12-06-56.03] . 2 negatives
Chair of Project Reverend Dr. T.T. Taam and Mayor Christopher hold an illustration of the proposed gateway to mark the entrance of Chinatown, San Francisco.
Murderer Stephen Nash imprisoned while victim is recovered from bay [12-09-56 - 12-10-56, ca. 26 negatives]
Ground breaking ceremony for three million dollar Junior High School (education) [12-10-56, 3 negatives]
Ground Breaking Ceremony -- Junion High School (December 10, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 98, [12-10-56.10] . 3 negatives
Both the President of the Board of Education Adolfo De Wuoste and Superintendent Harold Spears hold the shovel in the breaking ground ceremony. Spears then proceeds to dig. An illustration of the proposed three million dollar junior high school is in the background (education).
Un-American (HUAC?) hearings (communism) [12-11-56, 21 negatives]
Man On Trial Because of Communist Literature (December 11, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 98, [12-11-56.06] . 15 negatives
Committee members (Harold Velde, Chairman Clyde Doyle, and Gordon Scherer, Committee Counsel Richard Arens) look at evidence: Communist propaganda printed in China. Various court scenes of main witness Irving Fishman taking oath and testifying. Fishman is a New York customs collector who works on Communist literature (communism).
Communism Trial -- Witnesses and Their Attorneys (December 11, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 98, [12-11-56.07] . 6 negatives
Various witnesses take the oath, testify, talk with their attorneys, or walk towards the building. Various witnesses and their attorneys: Clair Jensen and Attorney A. Gross, Louis Goldblatt and Attorney George Anderson, Grace Partridge and Attorney Norma Leonard.
Aquatic Park project [12-12-56, 6 negatives]
Officials Look at Model of Aquatic Park Project (December 12, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 98, [12-12-56.15] . 6 negatives
Close-up view of a model of the proposed Aquatic Park project. President of San Francisco Maritime Museum Louis Ets Hokin, Director of Maritime Museum Karl Kortung, State Historian Dr. Aubrey Neasham, Dan London, and Vice President of Matson Navigation Hugh Gallagher look at the model.
Moving the KQED (television or radio) antenna (cityscapes) [12-17-56, 10 negatives]
Workmen Climb KQED Antenna -- San Francisco (December 17, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 98, [12-17-56.01] . 10 negatives
Workmen climb KQED (public broadcasting) antenna in order to dismantle the structure. Views of workmen climbing antenna, includes San Francisco cityscapes (Coit Tower, Bay Bridge, Marina and Piers, and the surrounding neighborhoods, districts) in the background.
KYA and KSFO strike (labor) [12-26-56, 3 negatives]
KYA, KSFO, and KLX Picketers -- Radio Strike (December 26, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 99, [12-26-56.03] . 3 negatives
Dave Dorris holds sign "On Strike Against Radio KYA"and Don Sherwood holds sign "On Strike Against Radio Station KSFO." Dorris and Sherwood rest for a moment while picketing. Dorris and Sherwood walk over and join two picketers: Bob Kunn of KLX and engineer Jim Hillbun of KYA. Kunn and Hillbun also hold signs (labor).
Chamber of Commerce gives children from broken homes lunch and five dollars to spend at Sears and Roebuck (child welfare, divorce)
Helicopter crashes in bay near Ferry Building [12-20-56, 9 negatives]
Rescue Effort For Helicopter Crash -- San Francisco Bay (December 20, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 99, [12-20-56.06] . 9 negatives
Helicopter crashes in the bay near the rear of the Ferry Building. Rowboats from the Phoenix (ship) rescue people from crash; a crane onboard ship hauls up helicopter from water. An injured person is carried away on a stretcher. A small boat also helps with the rescue effort. Men dressed in SCUBA gear rest. [Also see 12-03-56].
New buildings under construction in financial district [12-26-56, 9 negatives]
Construction of New Buildings -- Financial District (December 26, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 99, [12-26-56.05] . 9 negatives
New buildings (Crown Zellerbach, Pacific Employers Insurance Co., and Moore store) are constructed in the Financial District. Views of construction looking towards Market Street from Bush Street, towards Pine Street from across the street, corner of Post Street and Kearny, towards Market Street from Bond Street (cityscapes, neighborhood).
Unveiling painting of Harry S. Truman and United States delegation during the signing of the United Nations charter [12-27-56, 2 negatives]
Joseph A. Bialy retires after working 46 years on the cable cars (Municipal Railway) [12-27-56, 7 negatives]
Foundry and cable car rebuilding [12-28-56, 6 negatives]
Construction of Cable Car and Casting of Metal Parts -- Muni Car Barn (December 28, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 99, [12-28-56.07] . 6 negatives
Workmen assemble a new cable car. Molder Fred Harang pours hot metal while Patternmaker Harry Jensen holds the ladel. Nilan pours hot liquid metal into molds while Jensen helps. Taken at Ocean Avenue and San Jose Avenue (the Municipal Railway car barn).
New Year celebration with ticker tape in the Financial District (cityscapes) [12-31-56, 4 negatives]
New Year -- Financial District (December 31, 1956) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 99, [12-31-56.02] . 4 negatives
Judy Bancroft who works in the Russ Building goes out to mail a letter and encounters ticker tape. Overhead view of the confetti and the traffic taken from the Russ Building. Street-level view of the corner of Montgomery Street and Bush Street (neighborhood).