Contains 393 photos
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).
Financial District
French President Charles De Gaulle Visit. Elevated view south to motorcade on Ninth Street. People lining streets waving French flags. Shasta Hardware, The Mart Restaurant, Mart Stationers. Hotel Whitcomb parking lot, Blackstone Apartments.
South of Market
Demonstrators being dragged by police from Grand Staircase at City Hall. Demonstrators were protesting anti-Communist hearings being carried out by House on Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC. ['Exit via Grand Staircase; Police drag and push demonstrators down the grand staircase of the San Francisco City Hall']
Civic Center
Police safety demonstration, crowd of students observing. Man measuring skid mark from police car.
Westwood Park
Pedestrian Day, May 27, 1937 for Golden Gate Bridge opening; guard checking passes at gate on Marin side
View east past Fairmont Hotel, KSFO offices, Tonga Room, University Club, International Building, Stanford Court Apartments (later Hotel), to Bay Bridge. Top of the Mark entrance at right.
Nob Hill
Elevated view east to crowd in front of original Ferry Building. Horsecars and cablecars. Sutter Street Railway #63. Market St. Railway electric streetcar at right. Southern Pacific ferries. [36683]
Financial District
View east across Baker at the corner of Fell. Police officer standing on board sidewalk (at the current DMV site); wall of ads behind him, Prager's Department Store; Fischer's Theater advertising 'Kismet', Scotch Plaid Tailors.
Panhandle
Accident of #17 cable car collided with second California Street cable car; bystanders and police officers; Fireman's Fund Insurance Building at 401 California Street on SW corner in background.
Financial District
View south down 3rd St from Mission intersection; Liberty Bell float on parade on way to PPIE Pennsylvania Building; news boys at left.
South of Market
Teen gang fight in Chinatown. View to west side of Stockton Street near Broadway. National Sandwich Shop (1247 Stockton), with Samarkand Ice Cream sign. Kids scatter as cops approach. See wnp14.11579, wnp14.11580, wnp14.581, and wnp14.11582.
Chinatown
Teenage gang fight. Kid put in paddy wagon on Grant Street near Pacific Street. See wnp14.11578, wnp14.11580, wnp14.581, and wnp14.11582.
Chinatown
Teen gang fight in Chinatown. Teens in paddy wagon cover their faces. Grant Street near Pacific Street. See wnp14.11578, wnp14.11579, wnp14.581, and wnp14.11582.
Chinatown
Teen gang fight in Chinatown. Plainclothes police in front of Wing Wo hardware, 1110 Grant Street. See wnp14.11578, wnp14.11579, wnp14.580, and wnp14.11582.
Chinatown
Teen gang fight in Chinatown. Ted Morales and Joseph Bravo claim they were beaten up by group of Chinese-American teenagers; Hall of Justice, maybe Juvenile Hall. See wnp14.11578, wnp14.11579, wnp14.580, and wnp14.11581.
Chinatown