Ingleside Terraces and the presentation of "Villa Maria" - 1920s

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This old newsreel footage comes courtesy of our friend Jack Tillmany, (Digitization courtesy of the San Francisco Media Archive), and shows some damaged footage of Ingleside Terraces' gates and sundial before featuring a ceremony awarding a raffled house benefiting St. Ignatius Church and University. The footage dates from sometime in the 1920s, and if anyone can track down when "Villa Maria" was won, or confirm the dates of the Ignatian Festival, we can likely pin it down exactly.

"Guest stars" include San Francisco Mayor James "Sunny Jim" Rolph and the well-remembered Father Gleeson from St. Ignatius.