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Beach near Larkin
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Beach near Larkin

Special Steam Engine No. 21 Western Pacific, the J. W. Bowker of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad on Belt Line tracks at Aquatic Park in front of Maritime Museum (Aquatic Park Casino) for the museum's opening festivities

Aquatic Park / Ft. Mason
GG Bridge Opening
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GG Bridge Opening

Golden Gate Bridge opening. Three battleships steaming under bridge

City Hall
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City Hall

Cable Car Week "Mrs. Hans (Friedel) Klussman" (Chair of Citizens Committee to Save the Cable Cars) and Mayor Elmer Robinson

City Hall
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City Hall

Cable Car Week "Mrs. Hans (Friedel) Klussman" (Chair of Citizens Committee to Save the Cable Cars) and Mayor Elmer Robinson

City Hall
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City Hall

Cable Car Week "Mrs. Hans (Friedel) Klussman" (Chair of Citizens Committee to Save the Cable Cars) and Mayor Elmer Robinson; Charles Clegg & Lucius Beebe (authors of "Cable Car Carnival") : Key to the City

Clarendon & Laguna Honda
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Clarendon & Laguna Honda

View from Clarendon toward Laguna Honda Blvd. 1 Castenada fell down the hill in a landslide.

Forest Knolls
Kezar Stadium
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Kezar Stadium

Park Superintendent Julius Girod turning on stadium lights; interior

Golden Gate Park
SF Airport
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SF Airport

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
City Hall
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City Hall

Mayor Robinson arriving in car; crowd in front of City Hall; waiting for movie stars

Civic Center
Bayshore near 3rd
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Bayshore near 3rd

View south on Bayshore Boulevard near 3rd Street. Movie star motorcade, possibly CA Governor (and Presidential Candidate) Earl Warren traveling downtown for campaign event. Bayview Hill on the left.

Bret Harte
Golden Gate & Larkin
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Golden Gate & Larkin

President LBJ campaigns in SF; protesters with signs

Tenderloin
Federal Building
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Federal Building

President LBJ campaigns in SF; LBJ, Mayor Shelly, and Salinger

Federal Building
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Federal Building

President LBJ campaigns in SF; LBJ, Salinger, Brown, Burton

Market near Beale
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Market near Beale

View west from moving truck, of President Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign in SF; LBJ motorcade heading west. Greyhound Building, Union Pacific Railroad sign, Hobart, Flatiron, Crown Zellerbach (One Bush), and Board of Trade Buildings in background.

Financial District
Market Street
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Market Street

President LBJ campaigns in SF; women sitting outside windows