Sierra & Texas
Western Pacific Tunnel Fire.[Sierra and Texas Fire Department ladder descending to railroad tunnel entrance.]
Potrero HillEvent
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Sierra & Texas
Western Pacific Tunnel Fire.[Sierra and Texas Close up of railroad tunnel entrance.]
Potrero Hill
23rd & Pennsylvania
Western Pacific Tunnel Fire.[23rd and Pennsylvania, Smoke from southern entrance of tunnel of the Western Pacific Railroad that ran under Potrero Hill. On July 1, 1962 a fire began in the 1600-foot-long tunnel between Islais Creek ferry slip and its terminal at 8th and Brannan.]
Potrero Hill
SF Airport
Visitors boarding Pan American Airways passenger airliner at San Francisco International Airport, probably open house day. [SFO Boeing model 377 passenger plane N 1042V, named Clipper Morning Start. B-36 in background.]
SF Airport
U.S. Air Force B-36 bomber on display at San Francisco International Airport. [SFO Convair B-36 bomber. One was flown by Jimmy Stewart it in the 1955 movie 'Strategic Air Command' with June Allyson.]
SF Airport
Visitors on tarmac inspecting airplanes at opening day of San Francisco International Airport. [SFO Crowd of 30,000 at opening celebration of new international terminal at SFO]
O'Farrell near Stockton
Elevated night view, Alcazar Theatre, 260 O'Farrell between Powell and Stockton. The theatre was called United Nations Theatre from 1945 to 1952. Marquee advertises 'The Best Years of our Lives', with crowd and spotlights in street. Later site of Handlery Union Square Hotel. [Alcazar Theatre SF #3 as UN 1946]
Downtown / Union Square
Diamond near 24th
View northerly on Diamond toward 24th Street. Large crowd gathered for celebration of the extension of the Eureka-Diamond bus line to Duncan Street
Noe Valley
Civic Center
View from City Hall Steps, Polk between McAllister and Grove. Group of people gathered on Polk St. side of City Hall. Double decker bus. California State Building in background. The bus was part of a 3 bus trip across the United States sponsored by British Travel Association
Civic Center
Civic Center
People boarding through door of double-decker bus, offering free rides. The bus was part of a 3 bus trip across the United States sponsored by British Travel Association
Civic Center
Civic Center
People gathered on Polk in front of City Hall alongside a London double-decker bus with ad on side for 'BOAC To Britain.' The bus was part of a 3 bus trip across the United States sponsored by British Travel Association
Civic Center
Kezar Stadium
May Day celebrations at Kezar Stadium, dancing schools lined up for performances, small crowd in the stands
Golden Gate Park
Kezar Stadium
May Day celebrations at Kezar Stadium, dancing schools lined up for performances, small crowd in the stands
Golden Gate Park
Kezar Stadium
May Day celebrations at Kezar Stadium, dancing schools lined up for performances, small crowd in the stands
Golden Gate Park
Kezar Stadium
May Day celebrations at Kezar Stadium, dancing schools lined up for performances, small crowd in the stands
Golden Gate Park