The energy working people invested in the production, rather than the consumption, of culture in the Progressive Era continues to surprise and impress this modern worker.
– Marie Silva, Archivist & Manuscripts Librarian
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Butchers' Union Drum Corps
I came across this wonderful photograph of the Butchers’ Union Drum Corps, circa 1910, in the San Francisco – Labor photograph files while collecting materials to reproduce for the Labor Archives and Research Center
The energy working people invested in the production, rather than the consumption, of culture in the Progressive Era continues to surprise and impress this modern worker.
– Marie Silva, Archivist & Manuscripts Librarian
The energy working people invested in the production, rather than the consumption, of culture in the Progressive Era continues to surprise and impress this modern worker.
– Marie Silva, Archivist & Manuscripts Librarian
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Wednesday, April 27: Member Reception and Parkside Show-and-tell. Free Event
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Collection of California Historical Society, Chadwick & Sykes photograph album of engineering projects |
Parkside Show and Tell
Member Reception 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Public Discussion 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Free Event @ California Historical Society
The California Historical Society recently acquired a set of photo albums documenting transit coming into the Parkside neighborhood of San Francisco. Join us for a show and tell about Parkside San Francisco. CHS staff members, Mary Morganti, Director of Library & Archives, and Eileen Keremitsis, Reference Staff and award winning historian, will talk about this recent acquisition to the collection. The evening will feature Woody LaBounty, founder of the Western Neighborhoods Project and author of Carville-by-the-Sea, San Francisco’s Streetcar Suburb, sharing some of the unique history of Parkside San Francisco. Space is limited. Please RSVP to 415.357.1848, ext. 229 or kjacobson@calhist.org
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Saturday, May 14th Bus Trip - A Tale of Two Cities: Larkspur and Corte Madera
LARKSPUR AND CORTE MADERA BUS TRIP: A TALE OF TWO CITIES IN CENTRAL MARIN COUNTY
Saturday, May 14th, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
$95 Members, $115 Non-Members. (Price includes transportation from CHS, guide, and admissions; lunch is not included). Tour led by Gary Holloway.
The native Miwok people lived along the gentle shores of Corte Madera Bay, in small villages. The Spanish divided the area into large ranchos of several thousand acres each, and began timber cutting and harvesting operations. Rancho Corte Madera was created to provide cut lumber for the mission and presidio of San Francisco. Corte Madera is Spanish for “cut wood.” Larkspur was established by a developer in the late 1800s, and mistakenly named by his wife who mistook the abundant lupine for larkspur. The town still retains much of its century-old heritage architecturally, and we’ll walk the downtown streets, and break for lunch here, at one of the many fine cafes and restaurants. Our walk will include the famous setting of some thirty years ago for the classic saying: “I want it all now,” as well as the site of famous dance and orchestra destination of the 1930s and 1940s, the Rose Bowl. On our Corte Madera portion, we will do some limited walking, and then drive around to see the two shopping centers which dominate the town’s landscape, as well as some diverse residential neighborhoods, many built of landfill over the decades. There are some minor uphill portions in Larkspur, but no stairs.
Space is limited, please RSVP to Kathy Jacobson at kjacobson@calhist.org or 415-357-1848 x 229
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francsico, CA
Saturday, May 14th, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
$95 Members, $115 Non-Members. (Price includes transportation from CHS, guide, and admissions; lunch is not included). Tour led by Gary Holloway.
The native Miwok people lived along the gentle shores of Corte Madera Bay, in small villages. The Spanish divided the area into large ranchos of several thousand acres each, and began timber cutting and harvesting operations. Rancho Corte Madera was created to provide cut lumber for the mission and presidio of San Francisco. Corte Madera is Spanish for “cut wood.” Larkspur was established by a developer in the late 1800s, and mistakenly named by his wife who mistook the abundant lupine for larkspur. The town still retains much of its century-old heritage architecturally, and we’ll walk the downtown streets, and break for lunch here, at one of the many fine cafes and restaurants. Our walk will include the famous setting of some thirty years ago for the classic saying: “I want it all now,” as well as the site of famous dance and orchestra destination of the 1930s and 1940s, the Rose Bowl. On our Corte Madera portion, we will do some limited walking, and then drive around to see the two shopping centers which dominate the town’s landscape, as well as some diverse residential neighborhoods, many built of landfill over the decades. There are some minor uphill portions in Larkspur, but no stairs.
Space is limited, please RSVP to Kathy Jacobson at kjacobson@calhist.org or 415-357-1848 x 229
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francsico, CA
Monday, April 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Legends of California – Benefit Cocktail Reception 6:00 PM
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Legends of California – Benefit Cocktail Reception 6:00 PM
Legends of California – Benefit Cocktail Reception 6:00 PM
Join the California Historical Society
in honoring the 2011 Legends of California
in honoring the 2011 Legends of California
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 • 6:00 PM
The St. Regis San Francisco -125 Third Street, San Francisco, California
The St. Regis San Francisco -125 Third Street, San Francisco, California
Celebrating California’s Legendary Spirit of Innovation The Traitorous Eight – Founders of Silicon Valley
2011 Legends of California Honorees
Julius Blank* Jay Last*
Victor Grinich Gordon Moore*
Jean Hoerni Robert Noyce
Eugene Kleiner Sheldon Roberts**
Victor Grinich Gordon Moore*
Jean Hoerni Robert Noyce
Eugene Kleiner Sheldon Roberts**
*Attending
**Represented by son, Dave Roberts
**Represented by son, Dave Roberts
Elegant Reception in Sculpture Room Followed by a Presentation in Gallery. Entertainment: Alex Conde Carrasco, flamenco jazz piano.
In 1957, eight brilliant men on the San Francisco Peninsula left the employment of Nobel Laureate William Shockley to found Fairchild Semiconductor. Over the next three decades, individually and together, they went on to found dozens of other companies, including Intel, Teledyne and Kleiner Perkins, to name a few. Their efforts spawned new industries, invented a global economy, and revolutionized the way that we live and work. In name they were Julius Blank, Gordon Moore, Jay Last, Sheldon Roberts, Victor Grinich, Jean Hoerni, Eugene Kleiner, and Robert Noyce. In legend, they became known as The Traitorous Eight.
Join us in honoring these Legends of California and supporting the work of the California Historical Society. First presented to legendary California musician and humanitarian Carlos Santana in 2009, Legends of California honors those people who have envisioned, inspired, and forged the future of California, the nation, and the world. This year, we honor the Traitorous Eight, those singular visionaries who together first birthed and then nurtured the legendary technologies, new industries, dynamic economic engine, and spirited entrepreneurial culture that is now known as Silicon Valley—another California Legend.
Buy Tickets online at Brown Paper Tickets
For more information or to purchase tickets please contact Angela Carrier 415-357-1848 x 215
Tuesday April 19th, @ CHS - Eadweard Muybridge: Extensions
Tuesday April 19th, 2011 5:30 p.m. @ CHS - Eadweard Muybridge: Extensions
Free Event
The California Historical Society presents an evening with Eadweard Muybridge: Extensions, an opportunity to view selected photographs by one of the great pioneers of photography. Presented in tandem with neighboring SFMOMA’s current exhibit Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change, in which several photographs from the California Historical Society’s collection are on display, which offer a unique opportunity to experience Muybridge’s photographs. The selected photographs reveal Muybridge’s monumental role in capturing moments of history and the allure of California’s urban and natural landscapes. For this special evening, guests have the opportunity to stroll through the intimate selection and enjoy light refreshments. Noted California historian and bibliographer, Gary Kurutz, will offer comments on Muybridge’s life and work documenting California.
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco CA
Free Event
The California Historical Society presents an evening with Eadweard Muybridge: Extensions, an opportunity to view selected photographs by one of the great pioneers of photography. Presented in tandem with neighboring SFMOMA’s current exhibit Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change, in which several photographs from the California Historical Society’s collection are on display, which offer a unique opportunity to experience Muybridge’s photographs. The selected photographs reveal Muybridge’s monumental role in capturing moments of history and the allure of California’s urban and natural landscapes. For this special evening, guests have the opportunity to stroll through the intimate selection and enjoy light refreshments. Noted California historian and bibliographer, Gary Kurutz, will offer comments on Muybridge’s life and work documenting California.
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco CA
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Invisible City’s gold rush fleet sets sail again May 7, 2011
Invisible City Audio Tours is proud to announce the launch of its second literary- and art-based, self-guided audio walking tour, The Armada of Golden Dreams.
On Saturday, May 7, 2011, twelve Bay Area authors, composer Jesse Solomon Clark (Agents Del Futuro), and visual artists Joshua Churchill, George Pfau, and Rebecca Ebeling will raise the hulks of the Gold Rush fleet from beneath the streets of downtown San Francisco.
The discovery of gold in 1848 set in motion a world-wide migration of fortune-seekers to San Francisco–62,000 came by sea. For most of the ships that sailed here, San Francisco was a final mooring. By 1850, the bay held nearly 600 abandoned brigs, barks, and ships. Whether consumed by fire or buried by progress, these once mighty vessels now lie beneath our streets and sidewalks, like seeds from which the city's dreams and demons have sprung.
The Armada of Golden Dreams resurrects the hulks of this Gold Rush fleet, letting them set sail again from their muddy sepulcher. Authors shanghaied for The Armada of Golden Dreams include Sarah Fran Wisby (Viva Loss), Toni Mirosevich (The Takeaway Bin), Jason Buchholz (art director, Achiote Press), Amanda Davidson (co-editor of Digital Artifact Magazine), and Gravity Goldberg (co-founder of Instant City).
The tour will be available to download on April 20, 2011 (you can download the Invisible City Audio Tours iPhone App today). The map and tour will be available for pre-sale in mid-March.
Invisible City will be hosting various events to celebrate this tour. Hourly, from 4 PM – 7 PM on Saturday, May 7, Invisible City invites the public to come take the tour in tandem. The one mile, circular loop starts at 1 Market @ Steuart (at the vendor area between Market street and the Embarcadero) and ends at the corner of Market and Beale. Invisible City will have a staffed table set up at 1 Market @ Steuart with collectible maps for purchase. The after party, featuring edible art by Rebecca Ebeling, will be held from 7 PM – midnight at The Old Ship Saloon, Pacific @ Jackson.
Other Events:
Invisible City will also be hosting a reading and celebration at City Lights Books on May 10, 2011 from 6 PM – 8 PM.
About Invisible City Audio Tours
Invisible City Audio Tours was founded in 2010 by Tavia Stewart-Streit (Watchword Press, National Novel Writing Month). Invisible City Audio Tours introduces new ways of experiencing literature and the world around us by producing alternative guided audio tours. ICAT’s tours lead participants through liminal neighborhoods and forgotten or unknown histories, creating heretofore unseen realities through original works of fiction, music, sound, and visual art.
Tour Director: LJ Moore
ljmoore@invisblecityaudiotours.org
415-312-2973
invisiblecityaudiotours.org
On Saturday, May 7, 2011, twelve Bay Area authors, composer Jesse Solomon Clark (Agents Del Futuro), and visual artists Joshua Churchill, George Pfau, and Rebecca Ebeling will raise the hulks of the Gold Rush fleet from beneath the streets of downtown San Francisco.
The discovery of gold in 1848 set in motion a world-wide migration of fortune-seekers to San Francisco–62,000 came by sea. For most of the ships that sailed here, San Francisco was a final mooring. By 1850, the bay held nearly 600 abandoned brigs, barks, and ships. Whether consumed by fire or buried by progress, these once mighty vessels now lie beneath our streets and sidewalks, like seeds from which the city's dreams and demons have sprung.
The Armada of Golden Dreams resurrects the hulks of this Gold Rush fleet, letting them set sail again from their muddy sepulcher. Authors shanghaied for The Armada of Golden Dreams include Sarah Fran Wisby (Viva Loss), Toni Mirosevich (The Takeaway Bin), Jason Buchholz (art director, Achiote Press), Amanda Davidson (co-editor of Digital Artifact Magazine), and Gravity Goldberg (co-founder of Instant City).
The tour will be available to download on April 20, 2011 (you can download the Invisible City Audio Tours iPhone App today). The map and tour will be available for pre-sale in mid-March.
Invisible City will be hosting various events to celebrate this tour. Hourly, from 4 PM – 7 PM on Saturday, May 7, Invisible City invites the public to come take the tour in tandem. The one mile, circular loop starts at 1 Market @ Steuart (at the vendor area between Market street and the Embarcadero) and ends at the corner of Market and Beale. Invisible City will have a staffed table set up at 1 Market @ Steuart with collectible maps for purchase. The after party, featuring edible art by Rebecca Ebeling, will be held from 7 PM – midnight at The Old Ship Saloon, Pacific @ Jackson.
Other Events:
Invisible City will also be hosting a reading and celebration at City Lights Books on May 10, 2011 from 6 PM – 8 PM.
About Invisible City Audio Tours
Invisible City Audio Tours was founded in 2010 by Tavia Stewart-Streit (Watchword Press, National Novel Writing Month). Invisible City Audio Tours introduces new ways of experiencing literature and the world around us by producing alternative guided audio tours. ICAT’s tours lead participants through liminal neighborhoods and forgotten or unknown histories, creating heretofore unseen realities through original works of fiction, music, sound, and visual art.
Tour Director: LJ Moore
ljmoore@invisblecityaudiotours.org
415-312-2973
invisiblecityaudiotours.org
Monday, March 21, 2011
Exhibit Opening April 4 @ SF State: Will Egypt's Treasures Survive?
Wings over the Pyramids: Will Egypt's Treasures Survive?
On view April 4—May 4, 2011
San Francisco, CA--The University Museum at San Francisco State University proudly presents the exhibition: Wings over the Pyramids, from April 4—May 4, 2011.
Wings over the Pyramids features modern and historic photography documenting the effects of pollution and urbanization on Egypt’s cultural monuments. The works on display range from 1930's aerial photographs of the Giza Pyramids to modern satellite images taken over Egypt. West of the River Nile, the Giza Plateau is the site of some of the most important and astonishing monuments of the ancient world.
Through photographs, this exhibition will explore issues such as dam construction, Cairo's rapid urbanization, uncontrolled pollution, and population growth and how these conditions have had a cumulative and deleterious effect on Egypt's pyramids and monuments. Also explored is the impact of the 2011 Revolution on Egypt’s museums and archaeological sites.
In addition, artifacts from the University's Egyptian collection will be on view in the gallery. Issues of museum conservation and provenance will be examined through selected objects relating to the religious and every-day lives of the ancient Egyptians. In addition, visitors can view the mummified remains of priest Nes-Per-N-Nub and a rare, triple-nested sarcophagus from the University Museum's Sutro Egyptian Collection.
The exhibition is open to the public 11:00 to 4:00, Monday through Friday, April 4-May 4. Note: SFSU Admission is free.
The museum is located in the Humanities Building 510
corner of Font and Tapia on the San Francisco State University campus.
Museum Studies Program
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
museumst@sfsu.edu
www.sfsu.edu/~museumst
San Francisco, CA--The University Museum at San Francisco State University proudly presents the exhibition: Wings over the Pyramids, from April 4—May 4, 2011.
Wings over the Pyramids features modern and historic photography documenting the effects of pollution and urbanization on Egypt’s cultural monuments. The works on display range from 1930's aerial photographs of the Giza Pyramids to modern satellite images taken over Egypt. West of the River Nile, the Giza Plateau is the site of some of the most important and astonishing monuments of the ancient world.
Through photographs, this exhibition will explore issues such as dam construction, Cairo's rapid urbanization, uncontrolled pollution, and population growth and how these conditions have had a cumulative and deleterious effect on Egypt's pyramids and monuments. Also explored is the impact of the 2011 Revolution on Egypt’s museums and archaeological sites.
In addition, artifacts from the University's Egyptian collection will be on view in the gallery. Issues of museum conservation and provenance will be examined through selected objects relating to the religious and every-day lives of the ancient Egyptians. In addition, visitors can view the mummified remains of priest Nes-Per-N-Nub and a rare, triple-nested sarcophagus from the University Museum's Sutro Egyptian Collection.
The exhibition is open to the public 11:00 to 4:00, Monday through Friday, April 4-May 4. Note: SFSU Admission is free.
The museum is located in the Humanities Building 510
corner of Font and Tapia on the San Francisco State University campus.
Museum Studies Program
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
museumst@sfsu.edu
www.sfsu.edu/~museumst
Thursday, March 17, 2011
This Tuesday March 22 @ CHS: "Port City" Book Launch, Reception and Panel Discussion
Port City Book Launch, Panel Discussion and Reception
Free Event @ California Historical Society
Join us for a lively discussion on how the San Francisco port shaped the city and how the city shaped the port. Jasper Rubin, professor of Urban Studies and Planning at SFSU, moderates a distinguished panel of experts including: Michael Corbett, Tim Kelley, Chris VerPlanck and Jim Delgado (author of “Gold Rush Port” and Chief Marine Archaeologist for NOAA), who will discuss the port’s role in shaping urban form as well as influencing its social and labor history. Through landfill, wharfs, seawalls and pier buildings, the port changed San Francisco’s physical form while serving as a conduit for the movement of goods and people into and out of the city since the 1850’s. Businesses located their offices near the port to house management while workers labored at the wharf loading and unloading goods from ships, driving the city’s economy and underpinning its civic life. A question-and-answer session on the history of San Francisco’s port and how it continues to develop will follow the discussion. This event is co-sponsored by San Francisco Architectural Heritage.
Port City will be available for sale at the William Stout Book Annex at the California Historical Society.
Space is limited. Please RSVP to 415.357.1848, ext. 233 or rtorrey@calhist.org
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco
Monday, March 14, 2011
Wednesday! March 16 @ CHS: An Evening with the Collection - Irish California
Irish California: An Evening with the California Historical Society Collection
$4 Suggested Donation. Free to CHS members
St. Patrick’s Day is near and historic ephemera and unique collections that offer a glimpse into the Irish experience in California will be on display at the California Historical Society for a special one-night event. Join us for a viewing of printed cards and programs, handbills and broadsides, pamphlets, sheet music, photographs, and original manuscript materials. Indulge in Irish themed treats, beer and wine while perusing the fantastic collection of Irish items from the California Historical Society’s permanent collection. This event continues the California Historical Society’s introduction of the California Ephemera Project which provides access to the finding aids of ephemera collections at California institutions.
The ephemera collections span from 1850 to the present, and contain advertisements, announcements, brochures, catalogs, menus, pamphlets, billheads, theater programs, clippings, bylaws, flyers, tickets, travel guides, and more. Collections represent California businesses, associations, schools, institutions, and clubs; events ranging from world's fairs and earthquakes to parades and protests; buildings and structures, including the construction of Bay Area bridges; and extensive biographical files on both well-known and little-known Californians. Space is limited. Please RSVP to 415.357.1848, ext. 229 or kjacobson@calhist.org
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
This Friday March 11 @ CHS - Lecture: History of the Animation Industry in California
Lecture & Book Signing: History of Animation Industry in CA with Andrew Farago
Free Event @ California Historical Society
Few cartoons have been able to capture the attention of multiple generations like the Looney Tunes, they are the animated family we grew up with. The timeless generational appeal of the Looney Tunes is celebrated in Farago’s book The Looney Toons Treasury: Whether it’s Bugs Bunny or Yosemite Sam, each character gives their own off-beat look at the animation industry, the creative forces who gave the characters their unequivocal look, attitude and voices. Farago will discuss the history of the animation industry in California and how Looney Tunes became a timeless animated classic while paying homage to the directors, draftsmen, writers, and composers that helped to create characters and cartoons that could thrill audiences with a catchy tune or slapstick comedy. The book will be available for sale at the event and contains 200 pieces of concept art, paintings, and memorabilia. Warner Bros. opened up its vault contributing sketches, comic book covers, lobby cards, model sheets, and other art that gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at their favorite cartoon characters. Andrew Farago is the Curator of the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco and has written for Marvel Comics, The Comics Journal, and Animation World Network. Space is limited. Please RSVP to 415.357.1848, ext. 233 or rtorrey@calhist.org
California Historical Soceity
678 Mission Street
San Francisco
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