Collection Guide:
Photographs in the collection include:
-Photos of Rear Admiral Edward B. Fenner, Vice Admiral Joseph K. Taussig, Vice Admiral J.W. Greenslade as Midshipmen & Admirals
-Captain Greenslade when he was Commanding Officer of USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) August 1928
-Luncheon at St. Francis Hotel for RADM Clark H.R. Woodward
-Presentation for creation of Naval Installations in San Francisco Bay
-Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
-Inspection of USS Pennsylvania by Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis on 11 August 1928 at Honolulu
-Members of the Joint United States – Mexico Defense Commission at Coronado 20 September ????
-Portraits of Greenslade
-Luncheon – Treasure Island California for SubCommittee of the House Naval Affairs Committee to investigate Congested Areas – 14 April 1943
-Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ralph A. Bard at Treasure Island on 1 April 1943
-Aerial photographs of Port Chicago from May 1943
-Presentation ceremony of Army-Navy “E” award to Matson Navigation Company in San Francisco 26 March 1943
-Standard Oil “E” Ceremony (Richmond) 19 February 1943
-Joshua Hendy Iron Works – Sunnyvale, CA 27 June 1942
-Dinner at Hotel St. Francis by City & Chamber of Commerce 21 May 1942
-Secretary Knox inspection tour at Alameda Naval Air Station on 5 May 1942
-Commissioning Ceremonies at Moffett Field on 16 April 1942
-Presentation ceremony of Army-Navy “E” award to Grove Regulator Company in Oakland, CA on 27 March 1942
-RADM Greenslade throwing the first ball of the 1942 (April 2) Pacific Coast League baseball series at Seals Stadium, San Francisco
-Deliberations for the Joint Defense of the West Coast. Aqua Caliente, Mexico – San Diego, CA.
24 March 1942
-Launching of USS Blue Jacket (MC hull 183) at Oakland, CA on 14 February 1942
-Dinner given in honor of VADM W.W. Smith, Chairman of the Maritime Commission at the Bohemian Club, San Francisco, CA. 23 May 1947 (a printed paper identifies everyone in the photograph)
-Luncheon given in honor of VADM Edward L. Cochrane at the Bohemian Club San Francisco, CA 5 August 1947 (a printed paper identifies everyone in the photograph)
-Group of Naval Officers, Civic Officials and Executives, Guests of Mr. Timothy A. Folger (Center) On Tour of Inspection of the Plant of the Moore Dry Dock Company – and Particularly the Extensive Repairs on the USS War Hawk – Oakland, CA. 20 April 1945
-VADM Greenslade being welcome by Cpt. James B. Vort, Commanding officer NAS Whidby Island, 20 July 1945
-2 photos from the launch of USS Anacostia on 24 September 1944 & 8 photos from the launch of S.S. Mission Loreto on 28 June 1944
-Wounded Service Men Thanksgiving Day Dinner 24 November 1943 at Omar Khayyam’s Restaurant given by George Mardikian in San Francisco, CA.
-Presentation of Mexican Naval Medal 2 December 1944
-Launch of USS Tinosa (SS 283) at Mare Island, CA on 7 October 1942
-Navy Day ceremonies at SF Civic Center on 27 October 1942. A captured Japanese submarine was on display
-Presentation of Al Merito (highest Chilean Navy Award) at Borgia Room of St. Francis Hotel in SF 14 January 1944
-President Franklin Roosevelt touring a supply depot in Oakland, CA on 24 September 1942 (Note, FDR’s face is obscured in the photograph)
-Broadcast – “Your Defense Reporter” at the Bohemian Club
-RADM Hugo W. Osterhaus signing a football in September 1941
