Envelope reads "Pershing visit to eastbay. 1-25-20." Handwritten in pencil on negative " 349 Pershing." Picture shows profile of General Pershing with one hand held next to his face. A second man can be seen in background. This photograph was printed in the Oakland Tribune on January 25, 1920, p 3. The Oakland Tribune estimated that twenty to thrity thousand citizens crowded into Lakeside park to welcome General Pershing. It also reported that the Greek Theater in Berkely was overflowing with enthusiastic onlookers and that "linking these two vast assemblages into one was the solid line of humanity that stretched along the streets from Berkeley to Oakland." Pershing's East Bay visit on January 25 and 26, 1920 brought out the largest crowds ever seen to greet a public figure. "It was as if the entire population of the two cities had turned out to do honor to the victorious leader and as if each person vied with his neighbor in expressing his enthusiasm." The General's message to the citizens of the East Bay included commendations for Oakland veterans, and "four outstanding pleas for Americanization." In Berkely "he urged universal military training for a short period, and in Oakland he demanded that educational and moral requirements be exacted from those who would become citizens. In both cities he asked a determined campaign against Bolshevism and those who would overthrow the government." Pershing received his first ever decoration from California when a Red-Cross canteen worker in Oakland presented him with a bouquet of red and white flowers. Said the General, "This is the first time I have ever been decorated by California. I do not know why it is conferred, but I am proud to wear it." Cities on both sides of the bay were decorated for the visit, and the Key route prepared a special train and ferry for the General. Articles and photographs covering Pershing's visit appeared in the Oakland Tribune on January 25 and 26, 1920. Included were a photo-college and a series of portraits of the General taken by Doc Rogers.