Tribute - John Gorman's vintage San Francisco

[Nancy123]

What a blast it is to see all these photos, Nancy! I can't imagine what it's like for you combing through your father's work. Please keep it coming!

Thank you millenial. And yes, it's a lot of fun combing through the archives. I get the biggest kick out of the 4x5 negatives from the 1940s. There will be more coming!

 

[Nancy123]

"Jane Russell arrives at S.F. Airport aboard a Western Airlines, Feb. 2, 1953."

 

[Nancy123]

In post #218, page 9, the first three cars in front of the War Assets Administration are:
1948 Studebaker convertible, 1941 Buick, 1946 or '47 Chevy.

 

[Nancy123]

I don't have a name for this guy, just "Alcatraz official" and "Swift & Co." and "March 16, 1949." No other reference to his job or why the meat company is mentioned (if that's what it is). It's a cool shot and he sort of looks like he could be Al Capone's buddy!

 

[MattKing]

Or J. Edgar Hoover

 

[grahamp]

Very much of the period. Well balanced fill-in flash. Not much else you could do on a day like that.

 

[Nancy123]

Very much of the period. Well balanced fill-in flash. Not much else you could do on a day like that.

And I like to point out that my dad was a mere 29 years old when he took that picture. Of course, he'd been taking pictures since he was a young teenager. He was an accomplished artist and technician at an early age.

 

[grahamp]

The scope of subjects and the quality of the work has to command respect. Something to be said for press training when you only had a handful of sheets to get a defining image!

 

[Nancy123]

This is just too cute. "Hot weather pic, Sept. 28, 1948."
Models:
Rose Laughammer, Harlene Fox, Kay Accinelli (or Accenilli)

 

[Ben 4]

Those are fun! Makes me wonder what constitutes "hot weather" in San Francisco.

 

[Nancy123]

Those are fun! Makes me wonder what constitutes "hot weather" in San Francisco.

It didn't happen very often, but anything over 75 degrees could do it!

 

[Nancy123]

Love the dresses, pearls, hats, and gloves. If they were around 25 year old in the picture and if they were still alive, they'd be over 100 now. Probably unlikely any of them are.

 

[Nancy123]

The corner of Mason and Post. That's a huge building with a lot of fancy detail. I don't recall anything about Margaret Burnhams's Cottage Candies.

 

[Nancy123]

Imogen Cunningham, low resolution I'm afraid. Taken sometime in the late 1960s or early '70s, not sure at the moment.

 

[Ben 4]

Such an alive portrait!

 

[Don_ih]

Yes, it's plainly excellent.

 

[Nancy123]

Such an alive portrait! / Yes, it's plainly excellent.

Part of Group f/64 and Ansel Adams' contemporary and friend. A real icon. I didn't know about her living in San Francisco until it was too late. Otherwise I would have knocked on her door.

 

[Nancy123]

I would have gone to this concert had I still been living in San Francisco. I sure regret that I didn't!

From Wikipedia: SNACK, an acronym for Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks (a phrase thought up by columnist Herb Caen) was a benefit concert held in San Francisco on March 23, 1975. Playing to an audience of over 60,000 fans at Kezar Stadium, the concert, planned and produced by rock promoter Bill Graham, brought together the greatest array of rock artists at a single event since the Woodstock Festival in 1969. It was the largest rock benefit concert ever held at that time. The show included a one-time-only collaboration of Bob Dylan, The Band, and Neil Young as well as Santana, The Doobie Brothers, The Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Starship. Among the surprise guests were actor Marlon Brando and baseball star Willie Mays.

 

[Ben 4]

Definitely not "a complete unknown" in 1975. That's quite a lineup of performers for that benefit!

 

[Tom Taylor]

Imogen Cunningham, low resolution I'm afraid. Taken sometime in the late 1960s or early '70s, not sure at the moment.

This is a portrait of Ron Partridge, Imogene's son that I took at a 2008 reception in Hayward. Ron was a great guy with great stories. When I asked him how much money was he making back in the Dorothea/Ansel days, he said "When I was working for Dorothea, she paid me one dollar a week. When I went to work for Ansel, he paid me one dollar a day."

 

[AnselMortensen]

I would have gone to this concert had I still been living in San Francisco. I sure regret that I didn't!

From Wikipedia: SNACK, an acronym for Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks (a phrase thought up by columnist Herb Caen) was a benefit concert held in San Francisco on March 23, 1975. Playing to an audience of over 60,000 fans at Kezar Stadium, the concert, planned and produced by rock promoter Bill Graham, brought together the greatest array of rock artists at a single event since the Woodstock Festival in 1969. It was the largest rock benefit concert ever held at that time. The show included a one-time-only collaboration of Bob Dylan, The Band, and Neil Young as well as Santana, The Doobie Brothers, The Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Starship. Among the surprise guests were actor Marlon Brando and baseball star Willie Mays.

Dylan with an electric guitar!
Heresy!
(clutches pearls)

 

[Nancy123]

Definitely not "a complete unknown" in 1975. That's quite a lineup of performers for that benefit!

No kidding! Sure wish I hadn't missed it.

 

[Nancy123]

Dylan with an electric guitar!
Heresy!
(clutches pearls)

I know. But I got used to it and have 52 of his CDs, although not very many are acoustic. :-(

 

[Nancy123]

This is a portrait of Ron Partridge, Imogene's son that I took at a 2008 reception in Hayward.

How interesting to meet Ron. I bet he had a lot of stories about the old gang!

 

[Nancy123]

It's a cool shot but I don't have any info like what coast that is.