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Lefty O’Doul’s green suit — in color
on May 28, 2009 in San Francisco angle San Francisco history blog Chris Felix Hall of Fame Japanese baseball Lefty O'Doul painting Tom O'Doul In honor of that most noble of American pastimes, a lovely painting inspired by a favourite photo of the great San Francisco character, Lefty O’Doul … otherwise known as Mr. Lefty not-yet-in-the-damn-Hall-of-Fame O’Doul. But I dig...
Inspiration! “Secret Histories of San Francisco”
on May 24, 2009 in From the community Just plain cool San Francisco history blog Deth P. Sun inspiration maps painting secret histories "Thank you for making such an awesome show. It's really helped me out with this art project I've been working on. I'm in an art show at the San Francisco Arts Commission and the theme is "Trace Elements", or uh, Hidden Histories of San Francisco, so...
San Francisco Timecapsule: 05.18.09
on May 17, 2009 in San Francisco history blog San Francisco history podcasts 1920s Flapper jazz Prohibition Roaring Twenties San Francisco Chronicle World War I THIS WEEK'S PODCAST TRANSCRIPT: 1922: Flappers in the newspapers May 19, 1922 Flappers Right off the bat I have to admit the fact that -- to paraphrase Olympia Dukakis in Moonstruck -- what I don't know about San Francisco in the 1920s is a lot.
San Francisco Timecapsule: 05.11.09
on May 10, 2009 in Historical book reviews San Francisco history blog San Francisco history podcasts Charles Warren Stoddard In the Footprints of the Padres Rincon Hill Robert Louis Stevenson Second Street Cut South Park The Wrecker THIS WEEK'S PODCAST TRANSCRIPT:1879: Stoddard, Stevenson, and Rincon Hill Sometime in 1879: The house on Rincon Hill Last week I read to you from In the Footprints of the Padres, Charles Warren Stoddard's 1902 reminiscences about the early days of...
San Francisco Timecapsule: 05.04.09
on May 3, 2009 in Historical book reviews San Francisco history blog San Francisco history podcasts Abe Warner's Cobweb Palace Ambrose Bierce Black Point Black Point flume Charles Warren Stoddard Fort Point In the Footprints of the Padres Land's End Meigg's Wharf Samuel Clemens THIS WEEK'S PODCAST TRANSCRIPT:1854: A future poet's boyhood outing Spring 1854 Charles Warren Stoddard In 1854, the down-on-their-luck Stoddard family set off from New York City to try their luck in that brand new metropolis of the West: San Franc...
San Francisco Timecapsule: 04.20.09
on Apr 19, 2009 in San Francisco history blog San Francisco history podcasts 1906 Earthquake and Fire Anchor Distillery dynamite Hotaling Whiskey Philip Fradkin THIS WEEK'S PODCAST TRANSCRIPT:1906: Hotaling's Whiskey is spared by the Great Fire and Earthquake April 20th, 1906 The deliverance of Hotaling's Whiskey As of Friday the 20th, San Francisco was still on fire. The Great Earthquake had happened two...