Post Cards 1

I have quite a few old postcards, scattered here and there! Many years ago I stuck several of them into an old oak display unit from the old 16th Street Southern Pacific station in Oakland CA. The unit was used for various tax tables, some of which were from the '20s and '30s, stuck between two pieces of glass about 6 inches wide, 20 inches tall. After spending about an hour trying to remember how to get them out, I am starting to scan them! Enjoy!

 

The card above was obviously a push for people to get authorization (and money) from Congress for the Panama Pacific Exposition. Needless to say, the campaign was successful, as the card below

is one of the very impressive buildings built for the Exposition (and torn down shortly after).

Panama Pacific International Exhibition, Part 1

This is my grandmother's season ticket to the Panama Pacific Exhibition in San Francisco, 1915.
She was 22 in 1915, with three children, all boys. Her oldest son was born in 1913, my father and his twin brother were born in November of 1915. She told stories of pushing the twins around the fair in their double stroller!

There are no tickets out of this book, but most of the tickets from my grandfather's book were used. Hopefully this post will be followed in the near future with a scan of my grandfather's book, too, along with other items from the PPIE.

Mr. Haney

I always cring when I run into Mr. Haney down at Drucker's store!

It has been a VERY long time (1994, I think, was the last time), but I have done drag a couple of times. The first was Halloween in the Castro in SF in about 1979, again in 1980. Then a couple of times for parties in the '80s, once as Glinda the Good Witch. My biggest complaint about doing drag was that it is hard to find women's shoes in men's sizes! So, mostly joking, I told my sister to always be on the lookout for high heels in size 13!

Well, she did! She recently surprised me with a pair of 4" heels (2" was the highest I could find before!). I have NO idea when or if I will ever wear them, but they are fun!