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Those are wonderful—definitely not Tom and Jerry!
Tom and Jerry were friends. Just a tumultuous relationship.
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What a great find! And to think we watched those as kids, thinking nothing of the incredible, crazy ideas and even violence. Somehow we knew it was all in good fun. Thank you finding and sharing. They do look a lot like the posted cat/mouse photos!
What a great find! And to think we watched those as kids, thinking nothing of the incredible, crazy ideas and even violence. Somehow we knew it was all in good fun. Thank you finding and sharing. They do look a lot like the posted cat/mouse photos!
Just a quick note to say that I miss your updates to this thread!
Friends indeed. Look closely.
So nice!! The kitty is definitely smitten with Mr mouse
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Thanks, Ben. That's nice of you to check in. Just been extra busy lately and taking a bit of a break in the sharing. I'll keep at it, but maybe not quite at the same pace.
Here's one I think is fun to look at. "1906 Earthquake cleanup crew." Not my dad's photo of course since he was born 14 years later. But he made 75 8x10 prints from 75 8x10 glass negatives. I don't know where those negatives came from or what happened to them, since the last time I laid eyes on them was around 1960.
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So many of the pictures from the 1906 earthquake just show the scope of the damage. It is rare to see something showing the people who were still there.
I understand, and totally fine, of course. Glad to hear that it's your choice, in any case—with internet fora you never know.
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I hadn't thought of that before but maybe that's why I was drawn to this image out of the 75. Thanks for point it out.
Another amazing photo. I wonder how many of these people lost immediate family in the disaster? Still out cleaning up. So many have a white circle badge? Something that identifies them as workers not looters? We are a nation of immigrants, odds are some, maybe many didn't speak the same language. So many are wearing ties.
What a mess!
What a mess!
That's a great catch on the badges that many are wearing. I don't know what they are, but in an attempt to learn more I came across this account of a 2020 exhibition of post-earthquake photos by Arnold Genthe at the Museum of Fine Arts.
They certainly look like an organised group - city or neighbourhood possibly. The woman with the milk churn (more likely water) and cups indicates some planning.
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Ben, the link you provided is really interesting! I can't even imagine what it was like for all those San Franciscans camping all over the City like that. Wow. And here's an example of just how much some parts were completely leveled by the fire. Pretty amazing how San Francisco recovered as quickly as it did! (I can't tell what main street that is but maybe someone here does?)
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Quite a gathering of the middle-aged (and hip?)—not the crowd you would expect to see in a coffeehouse today! I wonder whether it was on the pricey side?
Never been to San Francisco? Nothing's cheap.
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Along the same lines -- I can't be sure of the date this was taken. Some of the fashion looks like the '60s to me but maybe my car guru can tell from the cars. I'm not even sure my dad took this picture but it accompanies the article that ran with it in 2006, a short history of Enrico's and a few quotes from the last manager. One paragraph reads: "Enrico's was a place where a reveler could sit back with a cocktail on the outdoor patio, listen to some cool jazz and watch the people walking by. It had a kind of avant-garde sex appeal born out of the Beat generation and fostered by the mod 1960s cocktail crowd."
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True. And upon further research, the guy with the beret is Enrico himself. So the picture was probably a file photo, prior to 1988, that the paper pulled up for the 2006 article. I googled Enrico on images and there are a lot of pictures of him, all with the beret, and many with the same sweater and big watch. He died in 2007 at age 85.
I'd guess mid- or late-1960's based on the mix of hair and clothing and a bit on the vehicles, but my perspective is British for that era 
I'd guess mid- or late-1960's based on the mix of hair and clothing and a bit on the vehicles, but my perspective is British for that era
I might place it a hair earlier, based on the cat-eye glasses. First half of the 1960s perhaps?
Could be - large bead necklaces, hats... That's the fun part about a small sample of people like this - there is no indication how representative they might have been.
Especially Californians. They subscribe to a different wavelength.
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