Visual Entertainment from Near and Far
1976
Have you run into any of my friends at BU yet? So here I am in San Francisco. You were right about this place. Saw Mill College. Far out! Stuck in with a bunch of Boogies! Will call collect at 3 am some night just for a deja vu. Write me a quickie and I’ll write a long one.
Love, Dan
Bright lights and busy streets of the San Francisco skyline. The awe inspiring Transamerica building is flanked on the right by the headquarters of the Bank of America.
1951
The world’s largest underground garage occupying four levels beneath the surface can accommodate 1700 cars. It is to be used as an air raid shelter if it becomes necessary to do so. It has entranced on Post, Powell, Stockton and Geary Streets.
August 1950
San Francisco from Top of the Mark
This view as seen from atop Nob Hill shows San Francisco’s financial and business district, the San Franciso-Oakland Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island, and the hills of Metropolitan Oakland in the distant background.
April 1986
Bola, Oga!
We’ve moved! Rick got a new job, I’ll start looking soon. We packed all our stuff into a Ryder truck and took a couple weeks driving across the country – great fun – stops in Iowa for an engagement party (did you know we’re getting married?) played in Salt Lake.
We’re less than 10 minutes from the park, between Irving and Judah. Deck an backyard so I can work out my gardening fantasies.
What’s new with you?
Love, Wo
San Francisco owes its Golden Gate Park to the labors of “Uncle” John McLaren who began in 1887 to convert 3 miles of sand dunes into what is today a lush combination of groves, gardens, lawns, lakes, athletic fields and museums.
1990
Hi
We’re having fun seeing old friends and the sights. We went out to Alcatraz on Sunday and N started his seminar Monday. He seems to like it. I have been walking all over town and pretty much have the buses down. It’s good to be in California. It’s cool!
Love
(I think I was referring to the weather since I was living in Florida at the time…)
Postcard Buzz 