April 1959 . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 138-139, [040059-043059] . 1250 negatives (estimate)
Chinese hospital [04-00-59, 11 negatives]
Chinese Hospital -- 835 Jackson Street (April 1959) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 138, [04-00-59.22] . 11 negatives
Director of Nursing Eleanore R. Botsford and seamstress Weihar Kam outside of the Hospital. Views of the maternity room and sick rooms of the hospital. Night director of nursing Edith Chin in the surgery room. (health)
Boy's Towns of Italy benefit (Monsignor John Carroll-Abding, Cyril Magnin, Stephen Zellerbach, Princesses Gabriella and Ursula Pacelli, and others) [04-02-59, ca. 15 negatives]
Collapse of Greenbrae overpass in Marin County [04-02-59, 6 negatives]
Collapse of New Greenbrae Overpass -- Marin County (April 02, 1959) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 138, [04-02-59.07] . 6 negatives
Close up of section of overpass that tore away from the scaffolding. Iron rebar severly bent down from the collapse. Collapsed section lay on the ground below the scaffolding.
Old-time projectionists Ernie Hoffman and George Woodruff with 1903 Kinescope and modern movie projectors (Fox Theatre anniversary)
Views of Bayshore and Embarcadero freeways (cityscapes) [04-02-59, 6 negatives]
Planning Commission dinner (D.J. Callaghan, Michael Goodman, Wesley McClure, and Roger Lapham Jr.) [04-03-59, 2 negatives]
Senators Kenneth B. Keating and George Aiken [04-04-59, 6 negatives]
Beatniks arrested (Patrick O'Sullivan) [04-06-59, 10 negatives]
New Sunset Reservoir [04-07-59, 2 negatives]
Preparation of airline food in jet age [04-13-59, 3 negatives]
Preparation of Airline Food in Jet Age -- International Airport United Jet Building (April 13, 1959) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 139, [04-13-59.09] . 3 negatives
Chef F.A. Hurliman shows off chickens from the new rotary oven to Patty Teale and Stewardess Micky Fisher. Inez Jobe of U.A.L. (United Airlines), stewardess Micky Fisher and Naneen Sehaetal look at a T.V. menu board in the new kitchen. (technology)
Nation's largest and fastest computer (Lockheed Missiles & Space high speed digital computing plotter) (technology) [04-15-59, ca. 14 negatives]
Nations Largest and Fastest Computer -- Lockheed Missles and Space Division -- Sunnyvale (April 15, 1959) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 139, [04-15-59.01] . 14 negatives
Computer filling entire room working on calculations for space flight programs. Electronics flight test engineers David Luce, Warren Lindquist, Charles Brown, and Joe Hayduk shown working in area of the high speed digital computing plotter. (technology) Manager of mathematics and information processing E.K. Fisher scanning computer printout. Manager of flight data processing Dr. George Taylor studying Discoverer satellite flight analysis sheets. (space age).
Disaster kits for measuring radiation (Geiger counters?) (civil defense) [04-15-59, 2 negatives]
Disaster Kits for Measuring Radiation -- Mayor's Office (April 15, 1959) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 139, [04-15-59.05] . 2 negatives
Disaster kits for measuring radiation levels (Geiger counters?) are dispersed to police and fire departments (atomic age, civil defense) Fire Chief William F. Murray, Rear Admiral A.G. Cook, Mayor George Christopher and Lieutenant William Best with gear kits.
Student science fair (education) [04-15-59 - 04-16-59, ca. 10 negatives]
Student Science Fair -- Science Building in Golden Gate Park (April 15, 1959) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 139, [04-15-59.09] . 4 negatives
Student Steve Oliver from Oakland High School stands next to his invention the "Pre-set Robot Idiot." Mary Shelly from Woodrow Wilson Junior High School stands next to her exibit "Separation of Blood Proteins by electrophoresis."
Science Fair Winners -- Planetarium in Golden Gate Park (April 16, 1959) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 139, [04-16-59.01] . 7 negatives
First place winner Gary Palmer from Woodrow Wilson Junior High stands next to his exibit " Chromatography by centrifugal force". Another firtst place winner Claude Anderson of Borel school in San Mateo stands next to his exibit " Reflectivity of Metals". Winners Gary Palmer, Allynee Blair, John Taylor and Mike Casselman seeted for picture.
Custom auto show (including "girl hot-rodder" with her car) [04-15-59, 5 negatives]
San Quentin State Prison escapees (Billy Joe Wright and William D. Werner) [04-21-59 - 04-22-59, ca. 20 negatives and ca. 25 strip negatives]
Former Premier of Burma (U Nu) [04-21-59, 2 negatives]
Opening of central freeway section [04-22-59, 6 negatives]
Opening of 1.4 Mile Section of Central Freeway -- Gough and Turk Streets (April 22, 1959) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 139, [04-22-59.04] . 6 negatives
Opening ceremonies of new freeway section. San Francisco Chamber of Commerce member H.B. Starr, Project Supervisor H.J. Olson, Highway Engineer Joseph Sinclair, City Director of Public Works Reuben H. Owens, State Highway Commisioner Frank A. Chambers, State Director of Public Works Robert B. Bradford, and others stand at entrance to new freeway section. General shot of new section with San Francisco skyline in background. (cityscapes)
Actors Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon with director Billy Wilder arrive [04-23-59, 3 negatives]
Actors Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon with Director Billy Wilder Arrive -- San Francisco Train Station (April 23, 1959) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 139, [04-23-59.03] . 3 negatives
Actors Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon arrive with director Billy Wilder for the premier of the movie "Some Like it Hot".
Chairman of Navajo Council Paul Jones [04-23-59, 7 negatives]
Salmon fishing boats idle at Fisherman's Wharf [04-24-59, 4 negatives]
Paddlewheel steamboat Delta King (ship) being towed [04-28-59, 4 negatives]
Paddlewheel Steamboat Delta King Being Towed Into Bay -- Telegraph Hill and Treasure Island (April 28, 1959) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 139, [04-28-59.04] . 4 negatives
Delta King (ship) being towed by tug into the bay with San Francisco skyline in the background. An incoming freighter in foreground of another scene of Delta King being towed.
Mount Sutro being stripped for new homes (neighborhood) [04-28-59, 11 negatives]
Mount Sutro Being Stripped For New Homes -- Seventh Avenue near Lawton and Mount Sutro (April 28, 1959) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 139, [04-28-59.05] . 17 negatives
West side of Mount Sutro being stripped for new roads and homes. New homes in building stages on side of mountain. (neighborhood)
New Stanford Medical Center under construction (health) [04-28-59, ca. 20 negatives]
New Stanford Medical Center -- Stanford University (April 28, 1959) . BANC PIC 1959.010--NEG, Part 3, Box 139, [04-28-59.07] . 21 negatives
Preview of the new $22 million Stanford medical center which is nearing completion. (buildings) Medical school dean Dr. Robert H. Always escorting visitors around the center.
New downtown buildings under construction [04-28-59, 6 negatives]