This photograph shows a large crowd waiting for the arrival of General Eisenhower at the St. Francis Hotel on the corner of Geary and Powell Streets in San Francisco. The crowd is lined up along both sides of Powell Street. There are at least five trolley cars, and some automobiles in the street. Police officers are standing in the middle of the street. In the background, a United Airlines sign is visible. [Handwritten caption on the back of photograph: "Crowd in front of Hotel waiting for Ike 1/2 hour before he arrived."]