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Home Movies: Can 11255: Pellegrini Collection: San Francisco and Santa Cruz, ca. 1938
About this film
Home movies probably shot by the Pellegrini family of San Francisco, California. Scenes include family activities in and around San Francisco; the city of San Francisco coastline and waterfront; workers (probably Works Progress Administration workers) constructing sidewalks near Great Highway and Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco; a long shot looking over the Sunset District, which at that time was still mostly undeveloped sand dunes with a few areas of completed housing; scenes around the Santa Cruz, California waterfront and fishing piers; a parade on Market Street, possibly to celebrate the opening of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 1937; and more.
Subjects
Home movies; San Francisco; Santa Cruz; WPA; fishing; U.S. Works Progress Administration; Sunset District; ships; boats; Italian Americans; Califoria