Nob Hill
De Gaulle Visit. DeGaulle parade car parked in front of Mark Hopkins Hotel. Fairmont Hotel in background
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Market & Sansome
De Gaulle Visit. DeGaulle standing in parade car (Chrysler Imperial) in front of streetcar
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Market & Grant
Charles DeGaulle visit. Motorcycle escorts flanking motorcade. Looking west on Market. Phelan Building on right, Humboldt Bank Building at left.
Downtown / Union Square
Montgomery near Bush
De Gaulle Visit. Confetti streams down on parade
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Montgomery near Bush
De Gaulle Visit. Confetti and streamers. Crowds flank both sides of parade
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Montgomery near California
De Gaulle Visit. Man in front of lead car. Confetti & tickertape. Crowds flank parade vehicles.
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Civic Center
De Gaulle Visit. Three women in hats in back seat of convertible from parade in front of City Hall. Woman on left is Madame Yvonne De Gaulle
Civic Center
Civic Center
Charles De Gaulle Visit. De Gaulle shaking hands in front of City Hall
Civic Center
Nob Hill
De Gaulle Visit. Madame Yvonne De Gaulle with hat and gloves in front of Mark Hopkins Hotel. NB Image reversed
Nob Hill
Market near Montgomery
De Gaulle Visit. Motorcycle in front of lead car. Crowds flanking parade. View West on Market at Montgomery and Post, Crocker Building (demolished 1966) at right, Palace Hotel on left.
Downtown / Union Square
SFO Airport
De Gaulle Visit. Protest line with placards for France out of Algeria
California near Battery
Elevated view east on California to Charles De Gaulle parade. Balloons and confetti in the air. De Gaulle standing and waving in second car. Southern Pacific building with large S-P sign on roof and Fife Building with Hamm's sign atop in distance. At right, 255 California (built as John Hancock Building 1958, architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Edward Charles Bassett).
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California near Sansome
Elevated view east from center of California to Charles De Gaulle motorcade. Motorcycle in front of lead car. 'Welcome President de Gaulle' sign on Fireman's Fund Insurance Bldg. (demolished) at right. Union Bank of California on left, Fireman's Fund Insurance, Robert Dollar and J. Harold Dollar (Balfour) Buildings at right. Southern Pacific building with large S-P sign on roof and Fife Building with Hamm's sign atop. Across Sansome St. at left, Alaska Commercial Building (demolished).
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California & Drumm
De Gaulle Visit. Parade turning. Motorcycle in foreground. Man walking in center. Confetti.
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California & Battery
Elevated view east on California to French President Charles De Gaulle parade. Balloons and confetti in the air. De Gaulle standing and waving in second car. Southern Pacific building with large S-P sign on roof and Fife Building with Hamm's sign atop in distance. At right, 255 California (built as John Hancock Building 1958, architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Edward Charles Bassett), Robert Dollar Building. 320 California and Newhall Buildings at left.
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