San Francisco in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 12 people and 15 moments here, from 1919 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Amelia Earhart, Diego Rivera and Chien-Shiung Wu.
Notable people
Amelia Earhart
from 1935 to 1937
2 moments here
American aviator and author. Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, became a leading aviation pioneer, crossed the Atlantic as a passenger in 1928,…
Chien-Shiung Wu
in 1936
2 moments here
Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…
Diego Rivera
from 1930 to 1931
2 moments here
Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera was a central figure in Mexican muralism. His documented movements include study in Mexico and Europe, work…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1932
1 moment here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Frida Kahlo
in 1930
1 moment here
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón) was born in Coyoacán and spent much of her life in Mexico City.…
George Bernard Shaw
in 1933
1 moment here
Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, became a leading Fabian and dramatist,…
Gerald Ford
in 1935
1 moment here
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…
Hideki Yukawa
in 1939
1 moment here
Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…
I. M. Pei
in 1935
1 moment here
Ieoh Ming Pei was a Chinese-American architect whose work ranged from U.S. civic and cultural buildings to major projects in China, France, and the…
Olivia de Havilland
in 1919
1 moment here
Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
in 1919
1 moment here
Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…
Warren G. Harding
in 1923
1 moment here
Warren G. Harding was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923.…
Moments
- 1919 Family arrival in San Francisco Olivia de Havilland
- 1919 Family break in San Francisco Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1923 Death at the Palace Hotel Warren G. Harding
- 1930 Move to San Francisco Frida Kahlo
- 1930 Arrives in San Francisco Diego Rivera
- 1931 Paints at the California School of Fine Arts Diego Rivera
- 1932 Campaign address in San Francisco Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1933 Arrival in San Francisco George Bernard Shaw
- 1935 Honolulu-to-Oakland solo flight arrival Amelia Earhart
- 1935 East–West Shrine Game Gerald Ford
- 1935 Arrival in San Francisco I. M. Pei
- 1936 Arrival in San Francisco Chien-Shiung Wu
- 1936 Graduate enrollment at Berkeley Chien-Shiung Wu
- 1937 First world-flight attempt departure Amelia Earhart
- 1939 Departure from San Francisco Hideki Yukawa