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    The Era -- Day By Day

    The German soldier who escaped the POW camp in New Mexico and was never caught was Georg Gaertner. After going under the wire he hopped a freight and ended up in Norden, California where he became a ski instructor at Sugar Bowl. He eventually moved to Colorado and retired to Hawaii. He turned...
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    Golden Era Anathema

    Very interesting. It looks like that streetcar towards the end was a cable car. Not horse-drawn and no sign of a trolley or pantograph.
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    Art that Focuses on the Heat

    Another movie who's title is all about beating the heat is Ice Cold in Alex, (1958). The final scene was even used by the other Danish brewery as an advertisement.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Last night we watched Secret Agent, a 1936 Hitchcock film staring John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, and Robert Young. Set during the First World War, it involves Gielgud as a British officer who 'officially' died of wounds so he can assume another identity in Switzerland as part of...
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    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    The room in the San Francisco house that has the intarsia trompe l’oeil panelling is part of the turn-of-the-last-century aesthetic where Arts & Crafts met Art Nouveau/Jungendstil. You can see examples of it in wealthy house interiors from Austria to Finland to Scotland, (think Charles Rennie...
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    Vintage things that have REAPPEARED in your lifetime?

    I've written before about my dislike/disdain of the trend of painting polished wood interiors all white. This recently happened to one of the prettiest houses in San Francisco. Built in 1914 overlooking the bay, this Tudor Revival had carved inlaid wood gothic wainscoting cabinetry, and beams...
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    Up until today the papers always referred to Lease-Lend. When/why did it change to Lend-Lease?
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    Myths of the Golden Era -- Exploded!

    One of the brothels run by the CIA as part of Operation Midnight Climax was at 225 Chestnut Street on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. It ran from 1954 to 1963. The operation was uncovered by Seymour Hersh in 1977. The Chronicle ran a sort on it here.
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    Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

    A fry-up of canned new potatoes was always a part of breakfast when we were camping while I was growing up. My father, who's summer job in college was fire tower look-out in Southern Oregon, had a passel of no-refrigeration, no electricity cooking tips. Sardines and Saltines for lunch was another.
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    Old sayings, which make no sense?

    My English grandfather would say he had to Jimmy, as in 'Jimmy Riddle', i.e. 'piddle'.
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    Man-on-the-Street, San Francisco, 1 Jan. 1951

    Came across this this morning. KPIX reporter at 5th and Market asking people if they knew about the new air raid siren drill that was being initiated that day. An interesting mix of people, clothes, and automobiles. I particularly liked the railroad engineer's opinion about the new diesel...
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    I don't know, but I think Gypsy Rose Lee could have given her some competition
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    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Asparagus/Spargel are one of the signs of Spring. Back when people lived closer to the seasons and spent the winter eating preserved foods, asparagus were some of the first fresh greens come to market. (Yes, I know Deutschland prefers the sun-deprived white variety). It became something to...
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    Classic department store?

    The front door-formal and back door-family dichotomy is common in the US but not exclusively so. If memory serves, it can also be seen in Peru. My experiences with it are particularly rural. At both my grandparents' ranch and my godfather's orchard, we always drove to the back of the house...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    But what if you could use the Beardsley illustrations for the lobby posters?
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    The Era -- Day By Day

    Well, its just the kind of hair wire he is.
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    When understanding a design brings a new appreciation

    Not once you've gone beyond Hope.
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    When understanding a design brings a new appreciation

    You see them in a lot of pre-WWII houses and apartment buildings in California. These cupboards that have screened shelves and exterior ventilation at the top and bottom replaced root cellars and basement pantries. (Most houses in California do not have basements as foundations do not have to be...
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    When understanding a design brings a new appreciation

    It may have been a West Coast thing. When I asked around the SF Bay Area among people I know in the trades, I was told it was not uncommon locally in the first few decades of the 20th C. A little more digging and I came across mentions of it having been used further north for thermal mass in...
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    One of my household chores growing up was to line the family galvanized trashcan with newspaper after the garbagemen had been by. It kept the can from developing that lovely black liquid at the bottom that is reminiscent of Fernet Branca. And if it weren't for galvanized trashcans we would...

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