Contains 106 photos
View North from Twin Peaks. Golden Gate Bridge and SF Bay in the distance, Tank Hill in foreground. A convoy of 116 Air Force bombers including 114 B-17 Flying Fortresses passed through the Bay Area, the largest assembly of planes on the West Coast to that date.
Clarendon Heights
View east From Twin Peaks looking east toward Corona Heights and downtown. A convoy of 116 Military bombers including 114 B-17 Flying Fortresses passed through the Bay Area, the largest assembly of planes on the West Coast to that date.
Twin Peaks
Men watching four-stack Navy cruiser at anchor. Seaplane on right, Angel Island in background [Burton Photo Album]
SF Bay
Navy F8 Bearcat figher plane with solider, Public Health Bldg in background
Civic Center
Navy F7F Tigercat fighter plane, with sailors, soldiers, and temporary barracks. State of California Building in the background.
Civic Center
Grumman F6F Hellcat US Navy plane with temporary barracks.
Civic Center
Mills Field, San Bruno ( now SFO) Sikorsky s-39 aircraft on runway. Possibly Varney Air Ferries.
Outside SF
Golden Gate Bridge opening. Aircraft carrier (either USS Lexington CV-2 or USS Saratoga CV-3) steaming under the bridge loaded with biplanes
SF Bay
George Jessel , Al Jolson, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Jack Benny, George Burns, Ronald Reagan, Donald O'Connor and others arrive on American Airlines plane met by Mayor Elmer Robinson, and LA Mayor Fletcher Bowron. Performers gathering for Friars Club Frolic Event.
Entertainers gathering in SF for Friars Club Frolic event. Front row: George Jessel (with cigar), Al Jolson, Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron, San Francisco Mayor Elmer Robinson. Others in the group include Ronald Reagan, George Burns, Jack Benny, Donald O'Connor Bud Abbott, Lou Costello.
Outside SF
Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogyro airplane in front of City Hall. A publicity stunt for the plane, which also landed on the White House lawn, it was owned by C.E Haines and piloted by Claude Owen. He was met by Alfred J. Cleary, Secretary to Mayor Rossi (dpw caption has wrong date)[1st Gyro/Civic Center A.J. Cleary, Capt. Hayes dpwbook46 dpwA3253] Gyrocopter
Civic Center
Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogyro airplane, in front of City Hall. a publicity stunt for the plane, which also landed on the White House lawn, it was owned by C.E Haines and piloted by Claude Owen. They were met by Alfred J. Cleary. [problems with dpw caption: 1st Giro in Civic Center dpwbook46 dpwA32534] Gyrocopter
Civic Center
Leaving SF in an unsuccessful attempt to fly to Hawaii. Taken from another plane. Presidio and Mt Sutro in background.
SF Bay
Aerial view east toward Boeing model 314 (NC18602) Pan American Airways California Clipper over North Beach, Coit Tower, Telegraph Hill, and Treasure Island. Washington Square and Ss. Peter & Paul Church at lower right.
Russian Hill
Martin B-10 bombers flying over Presidio. [Bombers over Crissey (sic) Field, California.] Aerial of Presidio.
Presidio