April 1957 . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 104-105, [040057-043057] . 1075 negatives (estimate)
ILWU longshoremen's convention with Harry Bridges and others (labor) [04-01-57, 2 negatives]
Longshoremen's Convention -- ILWU Hall (April 01, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 104, [04-01-57.05] . 2 negatives
Alaska delegate Harold Wright, Vice Presidents J.R. Robertson and Germain Bulcke, local president of 142 Hawaii Tony Rania, and Harry Bridges converse before International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union convention.
Night cityscape of Mark Hopkins Hotel [04-02-57, 3 negatives]
Old folks eviction (senior housing) [04-02-57, 6 negatives]
US Air Force officers at Electronic Defense System Arctic Radar Net presentation [04-03-57, 2 negatives]
New projection magnifier for eye treatment [or assisting the partially blind to read?] at Stanford Hospital (health) (disabled persons) [04-03-57, 7 negatves]
Minister of Defense Kim Yong Woo of the Republic of Korea [04-04-57, 3 negatives]
Korean Minister Kim Yong Woo -- Presidio (April 04, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 104, [04-04-57.10] . 3 negatives
Colonal H.A. Davenport greeting Minister of Defence Kim Yong Woo of Korea. Nineteen gun salute. Minister and colonel walking past rows of soldiers at attention (military).
OAS (Organization of American States: Pan-American Union) press conference and pickets protesting Nicaragua (labor) [04-08-57 - 04-09-57, 10 negatives]
Press Conference -- Organization of American States (April 08, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 104, [04-08-57.04] . 2 negatives
Drier of Guatamala, Colonel Jose Luis Cruz-Salazar of Brazil, Dr. Galba Samuel Santos of Nicaragua, section general Dr. Guillermo Sevella-Sacasa, and Dr. Jose A. Mora of Uruguay answering questions from the press.
Protest -- Organization of American States -- Hotel St. Francis (April 09, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 104, [04-09-57.13] . 8 negatives
Picketers protest Nicaragua outside of hotel banquet (social protests). Nicaraguan Ambassador to the OAS Dr. Sevila-Sacasa reads and later tears up literature handed out by the protesters. Dr. Sevilla-Sacasa gives principle speech at banquet. Dr. Sevila Sacasa, chairman Henry Craft, Mayor Christopher and Brazilian chairman of OAS council Dr. Fernando Lobo pose for picture.
Opening of first Embarcadero Freeway ramp and views of freeway (cityscapes) [04-08-57, 12 negatives]
Opening of Embarcadero-Southbound Ramp -- Top of Matson Lines Building, Market Street (April 08, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 104, [04-08-57.12] . 6 negatives
View of new freeway ramp at Embarcadero street from the top of the tower at the Matson Line building on Market Street. (cityscapes). Looking south at ramp with beginning of Bay Bridge in background. Very little traffic (transportation).
Opening of Embarcadero Street Freeway Ramp -- Beale Street and Mission Street (April 08, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 104, [04-08-57.13] . 4 negatives
Henry Rolph cutting ribbon with Division of Highways representative Frank B. Durkee, president of Downtown association Roy Buell, and crowd surrounding. Skyline of downtown in background. (cityscapes).
Civil defense meeting on evacuation of schools (Admiral Cooke and PTA president Mrs. Tony Patch pictured)
Nike missiles on San Francisco ocean front [04-09-57, 9 negatives]
NIKE Guided Missile Site -- San Francisco Ocean Front (April 09, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 104, [04-09-57.08] . 9 negatives
NIKE guided missiles shown in various attack modes. Men preparing new missile and Sergeant Essel Atkinson directing NIKEs to vertical firing position. All missles shown aimed at direction of potential attack from the ocean front, and view of San Francisco hills in background. (military, defense).
Ground Observer Corps (civil defense) [04-10-57, 8 negatives]
Ground Observer Corps Watch for Unidentified Planes -- Ground Observer Corps Watch Tower (April 10, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 104, [04-10-57.05] . 8 negatives
Assistant chief observer Worth V. Headley of 1232 Seventh Avenue watches sky with observer trainee Margaret Lippman of 2100 Hyde Street outside watch tower of the San Francisco ground observer corps' (GOC) at Lands End. View of bay in background.
Actors (Barbara Rush, Clifton Webb, Dorothy Johnson, Robert Wagner, and John Harvey) and producer Samuel Engel at "Boy on a Dolphin" premier
International Settlement district (Pacific Street - Barbary Coast neighborhood) cleaned up for movie "My Pal Joey" [04-13-57, 4 negatives]
Clean up of International Settlement Street for Movie -- Pacific Street (April 13, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 105, [04-13-57.05] . 4 negatives
Pacific Street in International Settlement district is cleaned up by a movie company for the movie "My Pal Joey". View looking down street (neighborhood). Three storefronts in particular are made up for pictures.
Earthquake and fire anniversary at Lotta's Fountain [04-18-57, 2 negatives]
Fifty-first anniversary of Earthquake and Fire -- South of Market Boys -- Lottas Fountain (April 18, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 105, [04-18-57.09] . 2 negatives
William Ben and others of South of Market Boys organization hang wreath at Lotta's Fountain (at Third and Market Streets) fifty-one years after the San Francisco earthquake and fire.
Civil defense demonstration [04-22-57, 2 negatives]
Civil Defence Demonstration -- Downtown (April 22, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 105, [04-22-57.07] . 2 negatives
A civil defence exibit at California Street between Sansome and Montgomery. Rescue service with an emergency vehicle and various rescue equipment and a large crowd gathered on sidewalk. Description by photographer reads "This thing was really screwed. The poor civilian will get defenced right into an atomic cloud if this is any example".
Office workers evacuated in civil defense drill [04-23-57, 8 negatives]
San Francisco Civil Defense Ready Week -- Office Evacuation Drill (April 23, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 105, [04-23-57.11] . 8 negatives
Office workers evacuate building and board buses during civil defence drill. Disaster corporation director Admiral A.G. Clark sits with the siren which sounded the alarm. Taken at 450 Mission Street.
Civil rights leader Reverend Fred. L Shuttlesworth [04-24-57, 2 negatives]
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Press interview -- Reverend F.L. Shuttlesworth -- Sir Francis Drake Hotel . (April 24, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 105, [04-24-57.01] . 2 negatives
Reverend F.L. Shuttlesworth of the Alabama Christian Movement for Civil Rights speaks at a press conference at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel (civil rights).
"Baby atom smasher" at Stanford for cancer treatment (radiation, nuclear medicine, atomic age, health) [04-24-47, 4 negatives]
Baby Atom Smasher -- Stanford Hospital (April 24, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 105, [04-24-57.08] . 4 negatives
Dr. Malcolm A. Bagshaw shows twenty-two month old Gordon Isaacs the "Baby Atom Smasher" with Dr. Henry S. Kaplan. The "Baby Atom Smasher" will be used on tumor patients (health, nuclear medicine, radiation).
Exhibit preview for Treasures from the Pierpont Morgan Library (including guests Mrs. Grover Magnin, Ina Claire Wallace, Junius Morgan and Thomas Carr Howe)
Man climbing Golden Gate Bridge cables [04-26-57, 6 negatives]
Frances Shasken and Dr. Alfred Auerbach and Fred C. Whitman at interview on Community Mental Health Services Act
Frank Lloyd Wright arrives by helicopter [04-27-57, 2 negatives]
Helicopter Brings in Frank Lloyd Wright -- San Francisco International Airport (April 27, 1957) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 105, [04-27-57.03] . 3 negatives
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright is brought by helicopter with his San Francisco representative Aaron Green and helicopter pilot Clay Farnsworth. Arrival at the San Francisco International Airport from Berkeley.
Lee Tung Dai (elderly Chinese man tortured by communists) returns to San Francisco [04-30-57, 6 negatives]