17:0217:02, 2 November 2023diffhist+1,418 N
Oral History: Calvin Welch
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Oral History</font></font> </font>''' Seven edited excerpts from a longer oral history with Calvin Welch conducted on July 12, 2023 by Chris Carlsson for Shaping San Francisco. Calvin Welch describes his early childhood visits to San Francisco in the 1950s, going to SF State College in the mid-1960s, returning to the Haight at the beginning of the 1970s and getting involved with housing politics. His acerbic..."current
13:1613:16, 18 October 2023diffhist+9,965 N
Hall of Shame 1982 Action Handbook
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Primary Source</font></font> </font>''' <big>'''2012 Introduction'''</big> ''In 1982, the Abalone Alliance organized a tour of the city's corporations that had nuclear power and weapons links. Over a thousand activists toured the corporations in downtown. As part of the action, an 8 page action manual was put together. It included maps and information about corporations from Bechtel, PG&E, Wells Fargo and m..."
14:3014:30, 10 October 2023diffhist+4,753 N
Diego Rivera, Technology, and Communism
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Will Maynez'' ''Excerpted from a longer post at the [https://riveramural.org/newsletter/ "Friends of Diego"] Newsletter, September 2023.'' Image:Diego-Lawrence-and-Emmy-Lou.jpg '''Ernest O. Lawrence, Diego, and Emmy Lou Packard at UCB’s Rad Lab''' ''Photo: [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7665919 National Archives]'' The few “degrees of separation”..."
10:5210:52, 2 October 2023diffhist+4,849 N
St. Luke's Hospital: A Closer Look
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Woody LaBounty'' ''Originally published at [https://www.opensfhistory.org/osfhcrucible/2018/03/10/st-lukes-hospital-a-closer-look/ OpenSFHistory], March 2018'' Image:St Lukes 1890s View northwest across Valencia to St. Luke's Hospital. The first building in this complex was the two-story Main Building with attached one-story wards, at left, set well back from..."
22:3822:38, 29 September 2023diffhist+14,147 N
Housing Justice is Abolition Justice: Berkeley Renters Strike of 1970
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Sarah Weaver, 2023'' ''Reposted with permission from [https://freedomarchives.org/the-berkeley-renters-strike-of-1970/ Freedom Archives]'' Image:Tenant power.jpg ''I started my internship experience at the Freedom Archives with an interest and academic background in local organizing struggles against resource capitalism, focally grounded in prior research..."
23:0723:07, 26 September 2023diffhist+1,813 N
16th Street at the Bay
Created page with "'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' Image:Whale-bone-drying-A12.232pl.jpg '''In 1890, baleen from the jaws of whales dries in the Arctic Oil Works yard along 16th Street at the bay. After drying it was cut into stays for corsets, collars and umbrellas, as well as for buggy whips.''' ''Image: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA'' Image:16th..."
21:5621:56, 26 September 2023diffhist+15,874 N
Messenger War, Messenger Peace???
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' ''by Aaron Hackett and Natasha Dedrick, originally published in ''Citysplinter'', Fall 2000'' 340px|right <big>'''TURMOIL 2000</big>''' This has not been a terribly relaxing year for the managers and owners of San Francisco same-day courier companies. Nor has it been without occasional and even recurring delivery service b..."
22:3922:39, 23 September 2023diffhist+2,526 N
Henry Casebolt, Transit Inventor
Created page with "'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' Image:Mansion-in-Cow-Hollow 20221116 233612934.jpg '''This is the original Casebolt Mansion at 2727 Pierce Street. When it was built in the 1860s Pierce Street was a dirt path descending to Washerwoman's Lagoon.''' ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' '''From the May, 1895 ''Street Railway Journal'', page 312''': Image:Henry casebolt 001...."
21:3621:36, 18 September 2023diffhist+16,193 N
Growing Up ‘Red’ in 1950s San Francisco
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' ''by Tom Powell'' 350px|right '''ABC Warfare Defense, US Bureau of Naval Personnel.''' ''This is a textbook; it is a fully illustrated how-to manual on preparing for germ war with illustrations, diagrams, and sample exams. It was reprinted in 2001 from the 1960 edition. It blurs the lines between offensive and defensive weapons..."
21:1521:15, 18 September 2023diffhist+7,942 N
Bill Powell Exposes Post-WWII US-Japan Germ War Deal
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Tom Powell'' Image:Powells-on-street 1940.jpg The mistrial ended the immediate ordeal for my parents and gave them their lives back. Bill and Sylvia Powell settled into a much calmer life following the dismissal of the sedition charges. Sylvia went to work for the San Francisco Unified School District as an elementary school secretary. Bill continued the re..."
21:0021:00, 18 September 2023diffhist+12,663 N
Powell/Schuman Sedition Trial
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Tom Powell'' Image:Powell-family-at-restaurant-table 1905.jpg '''Powell family sails for the USA on aboard the ''S.S President Wilson'' in 1953.''' ''Photo: Powell Family Archives'' The most repressive courtroom action of the US government stemming from the events of the Korean War was the federal indictment and show trial of the Powells. Bill Powell was..."
20:3720:37, 18 September 2023diffhist+9,881 N
War in Korea
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Tom Powell'' Image:Crowded-river 1926.jpg '''Soochow Creek (Suzhou Creek) c. 1948. The building on the right with the clock tower is the British-built General Post Office. In the center background is the Embankment Building where Bill and Sylvia lived when this photo was taken.''' ''Photo: Powell Family Archives'' In the United States, the Korean War Me..."
12:0012:00, 20 June 2023diffhist+3,461 N
Rancho Buri Buri to South San Francisco and SFO
Created page with "'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' Image:Rancho Buri Buri 1861 map.jpg '''This 1861 map shows the original extent of Rancho Buri Buri, from the southern slopes of San Bruno Mountain to well south along the peninsula in what becomes Millbrae.''' ''Map courtesy [https://www.davidrumsey.com David Rumsey map collection]'' José António Sánchez died in 1843, the Mexican land-grant holder of t..."
12:4612:46, 6 June 2023diffhist+1,464 N
Bicycles Visit Lengeman's Store in India Basin
Created page with "'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' A series of photos by George F. Lengeman documents his wooden store on what is now Fairfax Avenue (then 6th Avenue South) in India Basin near Hunters Point when it was adjacent to tanneries and the slaughterhouses of Butchertown. Image:Lengeman-store-on-the-former-6th-Avenue-South,-now-Fairfax-Avenue-in-India-Basin.-Bicycles-at-th..."
21:4521:45, 4 June 2023diffhist+11,501 N
Strip-Club Business: A Brief History
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Jennifer Worley, excerpted from [https://www.harpercollins.com/products/neon-girls-jennifer-worley?variant=32206140571682 ''Neon Girls: A Stripper's Education in Protest and Power'']] HarperCollins Books: 2020,'' a first-hand account of the epic union organizing campaign at the Lusty Lady Club in North Beach.'' Image:Just-Ca..."
14:4814:48, 2 June 2023diffhist+2,089 N
Cyclorama at Tenth and Market
Created page with "'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' Long before Dolby and Twitter came to settle on the corner of Tenth and Market Streets, even before the Fox Theater was built across the street, an unusual circular building occupied the southeast corner to Stevenson Alley, originally called the Panorama. 800px..."current
13:4813:48, 2 June 2023diffhist+9,094 N
Seals Are Born
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Angus Macfarlane'' 800px '''Seals Stadium at 16th and Bryant, peering over left field wall to city center skyline in background, March 30, 1949.''' ''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library'' In baseball’s early years (including Major League Baseball..."
18:4818:48, 31 May 2023diffhist+42,489 N
Frisco Bay Mussel Group: Living Here
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Primary Source</font></font> </font>''' ''This text is from a small pamphlet published in 1977 by the Frisco Bay Mussel Group. At the end of the pamphlet a brief description was presented: The Frisco Bay Mussel Group is a “committee of correspondence” to act as a forum for sharing regional identity and watershed consciousness. There is no city/country division within the group because both locales are es..."
20:4120:41, 29 May 2023diffhist+18,710 N
Bay Area Collectives in the Early 1980s
Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' ''A Discussion Between Geoff Kozeny and John Curl, 1986'' 350px|left On March 8, 1986, I sat with Geoph Kozeny, primary editor of the ''Grapevine/Collective Networker Newsletter'', on the back porch of Stardance House in San Francisco and, between scattered showers, we discussed our experiences. This dialogue was..."