Tribute - John Gorman's vintage San Francisco

[Nancy123]

They were very proud of the new iron lung. Around 1950, probably...

 

[Don_ih]

Those guys look totally hammered.

 

[MattKing]

Those guys look totally hammered.

The flashbulbs in reflectors used to illuminate them might have had a role in that

 

[Don_ih]

The flashbulbs in reflectors used to illuminate them might have had a role in that

My guess is the copious amounts of Canadian Club they've been imbibing all day had more to do with it.

 

[AnselMortensen]

Ortho film...check the ladies' lipstick.

 

[CMoore]

They were very proud of the new iron lung. Around 1950, probably...

Sorry if i missed it, but why did you father take all these pics.?
Was he with a magazine, newspaper, PR Firm, or something like that.?
Thank You

 

[koraks]

They were very proud of the new iron lung.

"And a good day to you, sir!"

 

[Nancy123]

Sorry if i missed it, but why did you father take all these pics.?
Was he with a magazine, newspaper, PR Firm, or something like that.?

Yes, he was a staff photographer for the San Francisco Examiner from 1945 to 1985 and also submitted many cool photos to magazines over the years. He was a filmmaker, too, an exceedingly talented man. I have his massive archive of thousands of prints and negatives. He started taking pictures in the 1930s when he was a teenager. I have hundreds of those as well.

 

[Nancy123]

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"And a good day to you, sir!"

That looks like a photo from a movie I once saw, a fictional story where the electricity went out in a storm for a guy in one of those. That was not a fun movie to watch!

 

[koraks]

That looks like a photo from a movie I once saw, a fictional story where the electricity went out in a storm for a guy in one of those. That was not a fun movie to watch!

Ah no, it's much more lighthearted. The Big Lebowsky, Coen brothers. It's a classic.

 

[Nancy123]

Ah no, it's much more lighthearted. The Big Lebowsky, Coen brothers. It's a classic.

I saw The Big Lebowsky years ago but don't recall a scene like that. But then, it was years ago....!

 

[Nancy123]

The USS South Dakota, October 15, 1945.

 

[Don_ih]

Ortho film...check the ladies' lipstick.

Now that's no fun.

 

[AnselMortensen]

U.S.S. South Dakota, group photo:

See the guy in the fedora, and the tan raincoat?
The second person to the right of him is Admiral William "Bull" Halsey.

 

[runswithsizzers]

U.S.S. South Dakota, group photo:

See the guy in the fedora, and the tan raincoat?
The second person to the right of him is Admiral William "Bull" Halsey.

From Wikipedia:
"Immediately after the surrender of Japan, 54 ships of the Third Fleet returned to the United States, with Halsey's four-star flag flying from USS South Dakota, for the annual Navy Day Celebrations in San Francisco on 27 October 1945"

From Paul McCartney:
"Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea
I had another look and I had a cup of tea..."

 

[CMoore]

Yes, he was a staff photographer for the San Francisco Examiner from 1945 to 1985 and also submitted many cool photos to magazines over the years. He was a filmmaker, too, an exceedingly talented man. I have his massive archive of thousands of prints and negatives. He started taking pictures in the 1930s when he was a teenager. I have hundreds of those as well.

Oh Wow
Well then, you are going to be lots of fun here for a long, long time.

 

[Nancy123]

See the guy in the fedora, and the tan raincoat?
The second person to the right of him is Admiral William "Bull" Halsey.

You gentlemen sure know a lot!!!

 

[Nancy123]

Oh Wow
Well then, you are going to be lots of fun here for a long, long time.

With what I have to work with, I could be here virtually forever.

 

[AnselMortensen]

You gentlemen sure know a lot!!!

Wow, a photo of him smiling !?
Rare, indeed!
By most accounts, he was a fairly intense individual.

 

[Nancy123]

Wow, a photo of him smiling !?
Rare, indeed!
By most accounts, he was a fairly intense individual.

The war was over, he survived, and he could get back to riding his horse? And maybe my dad told him a joke!

 

[Ben 4]

The war was over, he survived, and he could get back to riding his horse? And maybe my dad told him a joke!

U.S.S. South Dakota, group photo:

See the guy in the fedora, and the tan raincoat?
The second person to the right of him is Admiral William "Bull" Halsey.

Remarkable how much James Cagney (who played him in The Gallant Hours) looks like him!

 

[Nancy123]

Closing out the USS South Dakota photos with these, our brave servicemen to whom we owe much.

 

[Nancy123]

Remarkable how much James Cagney (who played him in The Gallant Hours) looks like him!

Going to rent it on Prime Video for $2.99. Thanks!

 

[Nancy123]

I wish I could tell you the backstory on this one...

 

[Dusty Negative]

What gem did I just stumble upon? How fantastic. Thank you for posting and for providing as much information as you can about these extraordinary pictures. Amazing.