Sunday, June 24, 2012

Five Years - June 24, 2012

I launched this blog on 24-June-2007, after a false start on Geocities earlier that month. 1,353 entries later, I can say I've met many nice people and learned some interesting things.  A special thanks to those of you who have taken the time to comment. 

I took the opportunity to review the topics I have covered so far. I still see some personal interests that I have missed and will have to be sure to cover in the next year. I went back to older posts and retrofitted some of the labels to reflect my more recent practices.  I count 967 labels.


09/11 - 6
1000 - 1
1906 - 12
3-D - 1

Abbey Lincoln - 1
Abbott and Costello - 2
Abraham Lincoln - 9
AC Transit - 6
Aces - 3
Addams Family - 1
Admiral Daniel J Callaghan - 2
Admission Day - 2
Adolph Sutro - 2
Adolph Zukor - 1
Adrienne Ames - 1
Advent - 3
advertisement - 1
AEA - 1
aerial tramway - 1
Afghan War - 1
Al Christie - 1
Al Jennings - 1
Alan Turing - 1
Alaska - 13
Alaska Pacific Steamship Company - 1
Alcatraz - 2
ALCO - 1
Alexander Graham Bell - 2
Alexander Solzhenitsyn - 1
Alexis Smith - 1
Alfa Romeo - 1
Alice Guy-Blaché - 1
Alice Howell - 1
alley - 31
Ambrose Bierce - 2
American history - 1
Amos Rusie - 1
Amtrack - 2
Andrew Furuseth - 1
Angels Flight - 4
animation - 1
Anita Page - 1
Anne Cornwall - 1
anniversary - 4
apple - 3
April Fools' Day - 5
Arch Hoxsey - 2
architecture - 3
Ardenwood - 14
Argosy - 1
Arizona - 3
Armistice Day - 1
Art Clokey - 1
art deco - 2
Arthur Guy Empey - 1
Arthur Norris - 1
Ash Wednesday - 3
autogyro - 1
Automotive history - 44
Avenger - 1
aviation history - 62
Avitor Hermes Jr - 1
Ayala - 1

Barack Obama - 5
Barbara Kent - 2
Barbary Coast - 1
Barney Oldfield - 7
barnstorming - 1
barry bonds - 6
BART - 16
baseball - 100
baseball card - 1
Basque - 1
Bastille Day - 2
Batman - 6
Bay Books - 1
Bay Bridge - 11
Bay to Breakers - 1
Beach Chalet - 1
Bebe Daniels - 2
Ben Turpin - 1
Benicia - 1
Benjamin Franklin - 1
Benny Bufano - 15
Benny Goodman - 1
berlin wall - 1
Bert Williams - 1
Bessie Love - 1
Big Four - 2
Bill Clinton - 1
Bill Terry - 1
Bill Tilghman - 1
Bill's Place - 5
Billie Ritchie - 2
Billy Bevan - 1
Billy Dooley - 1
Billy Mitchell - 1
Bing Crosby - 1
Biograph - 2
Black Mask - 6
Blackhawk - 1
Blackhawk Auto Museum - 2
Blake Edwards - 1
Bleriot - 3
blimp - 3
Bliss and Faville - 1
blog-a-thon - 16
blogathon - 17
blood bank - 1
blues - 1
Bob Feller - 1
Bob Ferguson - 1
Bob Fitzsimmons - 1
Bobby Thomson - 2
Bobby Vernon - 1
book - 18
Booker T Washington - 1
bookstore - 1
boxing - 10
Boxing Day - 1
Bret Harte - 1
bricks - 2
bridge - 10
bridge unit - 1
British Columbia - 1
Broncho Billy - 1
Buck Jones - 1
Buck O'Neil - 1
Buddy Holly - 1
Buena Vista Winery - 1
Bunsen burner - 1
Burlington and Quincy - 1
buster keaton - 7
Buster Posey - 3

cable cars - 32
California Academy of Science - 1
california historical society - 7
California history - 1
California poppies - 1
California Tourist Guide and Handbook - 1
California Western Railroad - 3
calliope - 4
CalTrain - 1
Camanche - 1
Canada - 2
Cantinflas - 1
Caproni - 1
Captain America - 2
Captain Future - 1
Captain Marvel - 1
Carl Herz - 1
Carl Nolte - 3
Carole Lombard - 1
Carroll John Daly - 1
Carson City - 5
Carter B Smith - 1
Cartoon Art Museum - 3
Carville - 2
cat - 60
catching up - 4
Catholic Schools Week - 5
Central County Fire Department - 1
Central Pacific - 3
Charles Addams - 1
Charles Carter - 2
Charles Dickens - 1
Charlie Chaplin - 13
Chesapeake and Ohio - 1
Chessie - 1
Chester Conklin - 1
Chevrolet - 1
Chevy - 1
Chicago - 1
child labor - 1
China Clipper - 1
chinatown - 6
Chinese New Year - 6
Ching Ling Foo - 1
Christmas - 26
Christmas tree - 3
Christy Mathewson - 1
Chronicle - 10
Chutes - 2
Cinco de Mayo - 4
Cinematograph - 1
City of Paris - 2
civil rights - 3
Civil War - 12
Clara Bow - 2
Claude Choules - 1
Clement Street - 1
Cliff House - 9
Clover Milk - 1
Coast Artillery - 1
Coast Guard - 2
Coastside Fire Protection District - 3
Colleen Moore - 1
Colma - 3
Colorado River - 1
Columbus Day - 5
comic book - 15
comics - 10
communism - 1
Count Basie - 1
Coyle and Sharpe - 1
crab - 4
crane - 1
Crazy Crab - 1
Creature Features - 1
cruise - 11
CSRM - 11
curtiss - 7

D W Griffith - 1
D-Day - 1
Daly City - 1
Daniel Rasmussen - 1
DARPA Challenge - 1
Dashiell Hammett - 14
David Belasco - 1
David Putnam - 1
DCA - 1
deer - 1
Delage - 1
department store - 2
Devil's Slide - 2
Dimaggio - 2
dime novel - 1
Disney Family Museum - 1
Disney Museum - 1
Disneyland - 18
Doc Savage - 1
Doctor P. H. Van der Weyde - 48
Dodgers - 3
door - 23
Doris Lessing - 1
Douglas Tilden - 4
duck - 5
Duesenberg - 1
Duke Ellington - 2
DVD - 17
DW Griffith - 3
Dwight Eisenhower - 1

E Clampus Vitus - 2
E-M-F - 1
Earth Day - 1
Eartha Kitt - 1
earthquake - 18
East Bay Terminal - 21
Easter - 7
Eddie Colla - 2
Edgar Allan Poe - 1
Edward Kennedy - 1
Egypt - 2
El Granada - 3
election - 12
Elizabeth Taylor - 1
Ella Raines - 1
Emporium - 2
Ernst Udet - 1
escapology - 6
Essanay - 2
Esther Ralston - 1
ethics - 1
Etta James - 1
Eugene Ely - 2

F-4 Phantom - 1
Fairbanks - 2
Famous Monsters of Filmland - 1
Farley Granger - 1
Father Damien - 1
Fathers' Day - 6
Fay Wray - 1
FDR - 1
Felix the Cat - 1
ferry - 10
Ferry Building - 3
Film Fun - 2
film noir - 1
Fior d'Italia - 1
fire - 11
fire truck - 1
fireboat - 3
firehouse - 56
fireworks - 8
fishing - 3
Flag Day - 5
flying - 3
fog - 2
Fokker - 1
food - 1
football - 1
Ford - 4
Forrest J Ackerman - 1
Fort Bragg - 1
Fort Sumter - 1
Frances Lee - 1
Francis Ford Coppola - 1
Frank Buckles - 1
Frank Lloyd Wright - 1
Frank Merriwell - 1
Frank Norris - 2
Fred Karno - 2
Frederick H Meyer - 1
Frederick Marriott - 1
free speech - 1
Fresno - 1
Friday the 13th - 6
funicular - 3

G8 - 1
Gaumont - 2
Gaylord Perry - 4
geese - 1
Gelett Burgess - 3
Gene Autry - 1
George Foreman - 1
George M Cohan - 1
George Mestach - 1
George Washington - 4
Georges Méliès - 3
Gertrude Stein - 1
Ghirardelli Square - 1
ghost sign - 8
Giants - 116
Gil Evans - 1
Gil Scott-Heron - 1
Ginger Rogers - 1
Glenn Martin - 1
Gloria Swanson - 1
Gold Dust Lounge - 1
Gold Hill - 1
Gold Rush - 1
Golden Gate - 1
Golden Gate Bridge - 5
Golden Gate Express Railway - 4
Golden Gate National Recreation Area - 1
Golden Gate Park - 15
Golden Gate Theatre - 1
Golden State Limited - 1
Good Friday - 4
Good Shepherd - 53
graffitti - 2
Grand Prix - 1
Grauman's Chinese - 16
green energy - 1
Green Lama - 1
Groundhog Day - 3
Guest Blogger - 2
Guiseppe Garibaldi - 1
Gumby - 1
Gundlach Bundschu Winery - 1
Gunsmoke - 1
Gustave Whitehead - 1

H Bedford-Jones - 1
Half Moon Bay - 15
Hall Brothers - 1
Halloween - 10
Hank Aaron - 1
Hap Arnold - 1
Hardeen - 1
Harlem Hellfighters - 1
Harold Geissenheimer - 1
Harold Lloyd - 8
Harold Pinter - 1
Harry Faulkner Van der Weyden - 1
Harry Langdon - 3
Harry Lundeberg - 1
Harry Morgan - 1
Harry Potter - 1
Harvard (Steamer) - 5
hats - 3
Heald - 2
health care reform - 1
Hearst - 3
Henri Salmet - 1
Henry Casebolt - 1
Henry Van Der Weyde - 7
herald - 14
Herb Caen - 1
Herrmann the Great - 1
Hetch Hetchy - 1
Hiller Aviation Museum - 1
Hitchcock - 11
holiday - 83
Hollywood - 14
Hollywood Walk of Fame - 1
Holy Saturday - 1
homeless - 2
Horace Goldin - 1
horse car - 6
horsecar - 6
Houdini - 5
Howard Zinn - 1
Huckleberry Finn - 2
Hyde Street Pier - 3

Independence Day - 6
Indianapolis 500 - 2
Ingmar Bergman - 1
interurbans - 1
IOOF - 1
iPad - 1
ipod - 4
Irish Bank - 2
Italy - 5
Ivy Baldwin - 1
IWW - 3

Jack Benny - 1
Jack Dempsey - 1
Jack Duffy - 1
Jack Lalane - 1
Jack London - 2
Jacques Tati - 2
Jaime Escalante - 1
James Arness - 1
James C Mars - 2
James Garfield - 1
James J Corbett - 1
James Moody - 1
James Norman Hall - 1
Jane Russell - 1
Janis Paige - 1
Japantown - 1
Jason Schmidt - 1
Jasper Fforde - 1
jazz - 13
Jazzbeaux - 1
JD Salinger - 1
Jean Harlow - 2
Jeanette MacDonald - 1
Jejune Institute - 3
Jerry Flamm - 1
Jim Carroll - 1
Jimmy Adams - 2
Jimmy Durante - 1
Jimmy Parrott - 1
Joan Blondell - 1
Joan Leslie - 1
Joaquin Miller - 1
Joe - 4
Joe Choynski - 1
Joe Frazier - 2
Joe Louis - 1
Joe Palooka - 1
Joe Venuti - 1
Joe Zawinul - 1
John Barrymore - 1
John Brown - 1
John Bunny - 1
John C Frémont - 1
John Glenn - 1
John J Pershing - 2
John Lennon - 3
John McGraw - 1
John Moisant - 1
John Stephenson - 1
John Updike - 1
Johnny Griffin - 1
Johnny Otis - 1
Juan Marichal - 3
Juana Briones - 1
Judy Garland - 1
Julia Morgan - 1
June Haver - 1
juneau - 1
jury duty - 1

Kalem - 1
Kansas City Southern - 1
KARC - 2
KCBS - 3
KCSM - 1
KDFC - 1
Kellar - 2
Ketchikan - 1
Kevin Brownlow - 1
Key System - 6
Keystone - 5
KFRC - 3
Kim Jong-Il - 1
Kino - 1
KJAZ - 2
KLSI - 6
KNBR - 2
Knox - 18
KPIX - 1
KPO - 2
KRE - 2
KSFO - 4
KUSF - 2
KYA - 1

Labor Day - 5
Lafayette Escadrille - 2
LAMWD - 1
Land's End - 11
Lansing - 1
Larry Gelbart - 1
Larry Semon - 3
LASSCO - 5
Laurel and Hardy - 2
Lawrence Halprin - 1
Lawrence Strike - 1
Lefty O'Doul's - 2
Leila Hyams - 1
Lena Horne - 1
Lent - 2
Leon Errol - 1
Leonce Perret - 1
Leslie Nielsen - 1
Libya - 1
Life on Mars - 2
Lige Conley - 1
lighthouse - 1
Lilly Langtry - 1
Lincecum - 15
Lincoln Beachey - 1
Livy - 1
llama - 1
Lloyd Hamilton - 2
locks - 1
Locomobile - 1
locomotive - 8
Lon Chaney - 2
Los Angeles - 5
Lottas Fountain - 1
Louis Armstrong - 1
Louis Feuillade - 1
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey - 1
Louise Fazenda - 1
Louise M Davies - 1
Lu Watters - 2
Luciano Pavarotti - 1
Lucille Ball - 1
Luisa Tettrazini - 2
Lurline Baths - 1

Mabel Hite - 1
Mabel Normand - 7
Mack Sennett - 3
macworld - 1
Madge Evans - 1
magic - 20
Mal Sharpe - 1
Maltese Falcon - 2
Manufacturer and Builder Magazine - 21
Mardi Gras - 2
Mare Island - 2
Marie McDonald - 1
Marin - 1
Marion Davies - 1
Mark Twain - 3
Market Street Railway - 3
Marmon - 1
Martha Vickers - 2
Marvin Benard - 1
Marx Brothers - 2
Mary Anderson - 1
Mary Brian - 1
Mary Ellen Pleasant - 1
Mary Pickford - 2
Matson Navigation Company - 1
Matt Cain - 2
Matthew B Sellers - 1
Matty Alou - 1
Maurice Chevalier - 2
Maurice Sendak - 1
Max Roach - 1
Max Schmeling - 1
May Day - 3
Mazzetti's Bakery - 4
Memorial Day - 5
menko - 1
Mexico - 5
MG - 1
Michael Chabon - 1
Michael Jackson - 1
Michelangelo Antonioni - 1
Midwinter Fair - 2
Mike Donlin - 1
Mile Rock lighthouse - 1
mission - 1
MLK - 5
Monadnock - 1
monitor - 2
Mono Lake - 1
monorail - 4
Monte Collins - 1
Monte Irvin - 3
Monticello Steamship Company - 3
moon - 1
moon landing - 1
Moss Beach - 1
mothers' day - 5
Mount Tamalpais - 1
movies - 95
msr - 1
Muhammed Ali - 1
muni - 20
Musee Mecanique - 2
Museum of Flight - 1
music - 14
musicals - 1
mutoscope - 5

Nancy Carroll - 1
NASA - 3
National Train Day - 3
Navy - 9
Neal Burns - 2
Negro Leagues - 2
Nestor - 1
Nevada - 13
Nevada State Railroad Museum - 3
New Deal - 2
New Orleans - 3
new year - 9
New York Central - 1
New York to Paris Race - 1
New Zealand - 1
newspaper - 2
Nicholas J Vander Weyde - 1
Nick Carter - 1
Nick's - 2
nickname - 15
nitrate film - 5
Nonpareil Jack Dempsey - 1
Norma Talmadge - 1
Norman Corwin - 1
Norman Mailer - 1
Norman Rockwell - 1
North Beach - 2
North Coast County Fire Authority - 4
Northwestern Pacific - 10
Norton Buffalo - 1
Nuova Porziuncola - 1
Nut Tree - 3

O. Henry - 1
Oakland - 8
obsolete technology - 11
occupy movement - 5
Occupy Oakland - 1
Occupy SF - 7
Ocean Shore Railroad - 11
octopus - 1
Ogden Nash - 1
Okito - 1
Old Clam House - 1
Old Mint - 2
Old Sourdough - 1
Oliver Hardy - 1
Olympic Club - 2
olympics - 1
Once Upon a Time - 6
opera - 3
oracle - 8
Original Joe's - 1
Orlando Cepeda - 5
Ormer Locklear - 2
Oscar Peterson - 1
Osha - 1
otr - 8
Otto Messmer - 1
Overland Limited - 1
Owen Smith - 7

P H McCarthy - 2
P-38 Lightning - 1
P-52 Mustang - 1
P-80 Shooting Star - 1
Pacific Coast Steamship Company - 2
Pacific Navigation Company - 3
Pacifica - 85
Palace Hotel - 4
Palm Sunday - 3
Pancho Villa - 1
parade - 1
Paramount - 1
Parking Day - 3
parkmobile - 1
Parseval - 1
Patricia Neal - 1
Patrick McGoohan - 1
Patton - 2
Paul Revere - 1
Pearl Harbor Day - 4
Peggy Shannon - 2
Pentecost - 1
Pescadero - 2
pge - 2
Phantom Detective - 1
Phil Frank - 1
Phillips W Page - 1
phonoautograph - 1
photography - 5
photophone - 1
Photoplay - 1
Phyllis Haver - 2
Pier 39 - 2
Pike Place Market - 1
PIPA - 1
pirate - 1
playing tourist - 1
Playland-at-the-Beach - 3
Pluck and Luck - 1
podcast - 1
poetry - 1
Point Richmond - 1
Pony Express - 2
Port Costa - 1
Portola - 1
Powell Street Promenade - 2
PPIE - 10
Presidents' Day - 4
Presidio - 8
Prizmacolor - 1
pulp - 32
pumpkin - 2

Q-FM - 3

Race Williams - 1
racing car - 23
racism - 4
radio - 23
ragtime - 1
Railroad history - 93
Ralph DePalma - 1
Raoul Walsh - 1
Ravenswood Winery - 2
Ray Bradbury - 1
Raymond Chandler - 1
Red's Java House - 1
Regia Marina - 1
Reminiscences of an Active Life - 23
Reno - 7
restaurant - 20
Revolutionary War - 1
RFK - 1
Rialto Building - 1
Rich Aurilia - 1
Richard Dix - 1
Rincon Hill - 2
Roald Amundsen - 2
Robert Burns - 1
Robert Falcon Scott - 1
Robert Heller - 1
Robert Louis Stevenson - 1
Robert-Houdin - 1
Rock Island - 1
rock'n'roll - 2
Rockaway Beach - 3
Rod Beck - 1
Rogier van der Weyden - 2
Roman Missal - 1
Rome - 1
Ronald Reagan - 1
Roof Rides - 1
Roscoe Arbuckle - 3
Roy Rogers - 3
Rube Goldberg - 2
Ruth Hall - 1

Sacramento - 8
Sacramento Northern - 2
Sailors' Union of the Pacific - 2
Saint Francis of Assisi - 4
Saint Igantius - 2
Saint Joseph's Day - 5
Saint Monicas - 4
Saint Patrick's Day - 6
Saint Peter's Pacifica - 1
Saint Valentine's Day - 5
Sally Phipps - 1
Sam Spade - 5
samtrans - 20
San Bruno - 1
San Bruno Fire Department - 1
San Francisco Call - 2
San Francisco history - 245
San Francisco History Expo - 2
San Francisco International Auto Show - 5
San Francisco State University - 6
San Juan Bautista - 4
San Luis Obispo - 1
San Mateo County Fair - 1
San Rafael - 1
Santa Fe Railroad - 4
Santa Rosa - 2
Sarah Palin - 1
Schell-Vista Volunteer Fire Department - 1
sculpture - 18
Seabiscuit - 1
seagull - 1
Seals - 2
Seattle - 14
Secret Agent X - 1
See's - 1
Selig Polyscope - 2
serials - 5
Servais Le Roy - 1
Shadow - 3
Shakespeare - 2
Shawn Estes - 1
Sherlock Holmes - 2
ships - 36
sidewalk art - 2
Sidney Bechet - 1
Sidney Lumet - 1
Signor Blitz - 1
signs - 43
Silas Christofferson - 1
silent movies - 68
Skagway - 3
slapstick - 41
slavery - 1
SMART - 2
snake - 1
Snub Pollard - 2
Solidarity - 1
Sonoma - 7
SOPA - 1
Sopwith - 1
sound recording - 1
South Park - 2
South Pole - 1
Southern Pacific - 19
space shuttle - 2
Spamalot - 1
Spanish-American War - 3
Sparky Watts - 1
speaking - 4
Spectre - 1
Spider - 1
spring - 4
SPUR - 2
Spy Smasher - 1
Stan Laurel - 2
Standard Aircraft Corporation - 1
stanford - 9
Stanley Steamer - 1
State Fair - 1
statue - 19
Steve Jobs - 1
storm - 41
streamline moderne - 1
strike - 1
submarine - 1
Suicide Squad - 1
summer - 1
Sunny Jim Rolph - 1
Superman - 2
Sutro Baths - 4
Sydney Chaplin - 1

Tanforan - 6
tapeworm - 2
tax - 1
tcm - 2
tea baggers - 1
telephone - 2
Tennessee Williams - 1
Tennyson - 1
Terry Moore - 1
Thanksgiving - 5
The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion - 6
The Prisoner - 1
theater - 4
Thelma Todd - 2
Thelonious Monk - 1
Theodore Roosevelt - 3
Thin Man - 1
Thomas Flyer - 3
Thomas H Ince - 1
Thomas Jefferson - 1
Thursday Next - 1
Timothy Pflueger - 3
Tippi Hedren - 1
Titanic - 5
Tito Falconi - 1
Tom Lantos - 1
Tom Mix - 3
Tommys Mexican Restaurant - 1
Tracy Arm Fjord - 1
train station - 49
transit - 61
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory - 1
triplane - 1
TST - 1
tsunami - 1
Turk Murphy - 1
Turner Classic Movies - 2

Ub Iwerks - 1
Underground Railroad - 1
union - 2
Union City - 1
Union Iron Works - 1
Union Labor Party - 1
Union Pacific - 2
Union Square - 3
United Railroads of San Francisco - 1
US Army Corps of Engineers - 1
US Open - 2
USRC Bear - 2
USRC Rush - 1
USS San Francisco - 2

Vallejo - 1
vandalism - 1
Vanderweyde - 60
vaudeville - 13
Vera Steadman - 1
Vernon Alley - 1
Vertigo - 2
Veterans Day - 5
Victor Hugo - 1
Victoria - 1
Vietnam War - 2
Vincent Price - 1
Virginia and Truckee - 8
Virginia City - 5
Vitagraph - 2
Václav Havel - 1

W. A. Coulter - 29
Wachovia - 1
walking tour - 9
Wall of Fame - 19
Walt Disney - 4
Walter Brookins - 1
Walter Rice - 1
Walter Wellman - 1
Wapama - 1
war - 6
War of 1812 - 1
Warner Brothers - 1
Warren Hellmann - 1
Watchmen - 1
water wars - 1
Wax Museum - 5
WC Fields - 3
wedding - 3
Wells Fargo - 6
Western Pacific - 2
Western Railway Museum - 3
westerns - 9
whales - 1
whaling - 1
what is this - 2
Whipple S Hall - 1
Whisperer (pulp) - 1
White Motor Car - 2
White Pass and Yukon - 2
Whiz Comics - 1
why - 10
Wicked - 1
William Manley Vander Weyde - 6
William Taft - 1
Willie Howard - 1
Willie Mays - 10
Willie McCovey - 7
Willis K Polk - 1
Willits - 1
windmill - 2
Winston Churchill - 1
Winton - 1
Wizard of Oz - 3
Woodward's Garden - 1
World Cup - 1
World Series 2010 - 7
Worst of Hollywood - 1
WPA - 2
wright - 2
WWI - 26
WWII - 23

yakyu - 2
Yale (Steamer) - 6
Yerba Buena Gardens - 12

Zeppelin - 2
Ziegfeld Follies - 4

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