Contains 88 photos
Group of men led by drummer in probably Labor Day parade. Banner indicates District Council, Golden Gate Auxiliary No. 1, which was part of the Painters, Decorators And Paperhangers of America. Van Ness Avenue Parade [J] at corner of Geary
Civic Center
Depression Era Protest, 6th & Market, Warfield Theatre
Tenderloin
View east on Harrison to excavation of portion of Rincon Hill that obstructed the street right of way. A. Fleishhacker and Co. "The Paper Box House" at southeast corner of 2nd and Harrison. At right, 400 2nd St., commercial building with water tank on roof, built 1917. Still stands 2021, though facade has been modernized. [Rincon Hill Job]
South of Market
Soldiers on Embarcadero; Waterfront Strike 1934
Financial District
Elevated view south to people gathered for Longshoremen's Strike. Birdcage traffic signal.
Financial District
View west to wharves, Telegraph Hill at right. Fishing nets spread across wharf, men attending to them. A 23 day strike of wholesale fish butchers and teamsters took place in September and October of 1936. Fishing Boat Balboa at left. In distance left, Kockos Bros. Wholesale Grocers 48 Broadway, Albers Bros. Milling Co. 743 Davis. In center, Berkeley Transportation Co., Pier 9. [Fish Strike]
Harry Bridges and unidentified man at left
Elevated view east from center of Market toward 1st Street to cars parked in the middle of the street during Municipal Railway (Muni) Strike. Parking regulations were suspended to allow cars to park on unused streetcar tracks. The strike lasted from Sunday February 17 through Saturday February 23, 1952. From left Donahue Mechanics Monument, Union Carbide in Postal Telegraph Building, Tilden Sales Building , Mobilgas sign atop Fife Building, Ferry Building, PG&E Building,
Financial District
Huge crowds of Longshoremen on Embarcadero at Pier 15.
Northern Waterfront
Elevated view south to organized labor action, crowd at piers, men crowded atop freight cars. Planters Peanuts, Carnation-Albers, Albers Bros. Milling Co. Shell Building, Russ Building in background.
Northern Waterfront
Cars blocking Pier 15. Workers on box cars
Northern Waterfront
View north on Embarcadero. Crowd blocking Embarcadero. Traffic jam, men standing atop freight cars.
Northern Waterfront
Waterfront workers sitting on RR boxcars one policeman
Northern Waterfront
Waterfront workers (Longshoremen) on roof of Southern Pacific box car
Northern Waterfront
[WPA Protest] Pickets at in front of Oakland's Hotel Leamington
Outside SF