Four Years -- June 24, 2011

I launched this blog on 24-June-2007, after a false start on Geocities earlier that month. 1,013 entries later, I can say I've met many nice people and learned some interesting things.

I took the opportunity to review the topics I have covered so far. I still see some personal interests that I have missed and will have to be sure to cover in the next year. I went back to older posts and retrofitted some of the labels to reflect my more recent practices.


09/11 - 5
1000 - 1
1906 - 10
3-D - 1

ABBEY LINCOLN - 1
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO - 2
ABRAHAM LINCOLN - 8
AC TRANSIT - 6
ACES - 1
ADMIRAL DANIEL J CALLAGHAN - 1
ADMISSION DAY - 1
ADOLPH ZUKOR - 1
ADVENT - 1
ADVERTISEMENT - 1
AEA - 1
AERIAL TRAMWAY - 1
ALASKA - 13
ALASKA PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY - 1
ALCO - 1
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL - 2
ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN - 1
ALEXIS SMITH - 1
ALFA ROMEO - 1
ALICE GUY-BLACHÉ - 1
ALICE HOWELL - 1
ALLEY - 20
AMBROSE BIERCE - 1
AMERICAN HISTORY - 1
ANDREW FURUSETH - 1
ANGELS FLIGHT - 1
ANIMATION - 1
ANNIVERSARY - 3
APPLE - 2
APRIL FOOLS' DAY - 4
ARCH HOXSEY - 2
ARCHITECTURE - 1
ARDENWOOD - 12
ARIZONA - 3
ARMISTICE DAY - 1
ART CLOKEY - 1
ART DECO - 2
ASH WEDNESDAY - 2
AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY - 41
AVENGER - 1
AVIATION HISTORY - 48

BARACK OBAMA - 2
BARBARA KENT - 1
BARNEY OLDFIELD - 7
BARNSTORMING - 1
BARRY BONDS - 6
BART - 12
BASEBALL - 89
BASEBALL CARD - 1
BASTILLE DAY - 1
BATMAN - 5
BAY BOOKS - 1
BAY TO BREAKERS - 1
BEACH CHALET - 1
BEBE DANIELS - 2
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - 1
BENNY BUFANO - 7
BENNY GOODMAN - 1
BERLIN WALL - 1
BESSIE LOVE - 1
BILL CLINTON - 1
BILL TERRY - 1
BILL'S PLACE - 2
BILLIE RITCHIE - 1
BILLY BEVAN - 1
BILLY MITCHELL - 1
BIOGRAPH - 1
BLACK MASK - 1
BLACKHAWK AUTO MUSEUM - 2
BLAKE EDWARDS - 1
BLERIOT - 2
BLIMP - 3
BLOG-A-THON - 8
BLOGATHON - 9
BLOOD BANK - 1
BLUES - 1
BOB FELLER - 1
BOBBY THOMSON - 2
BOOK - 18
BOXING - 5
BRICKS - 2
BRIDGE - 8
BRIDGE UNIT - 1
BRITISH COLUMBIA - 1
BUCK O'NEIL - 1
BUDDY HOLLY - 1
BUSTER KEATON - 3
BUSTER POSEY - 3

CABLE CARS - 24
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE - 1
CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY - 5
CALIFORNIA HISTORY - 1
CALIFORNIA POPPIES - 1
CALIFORNIA TOURIST GUIDE AND HANDBOOK - 1
CALIFORNIA WESTERN RAILROAD - 3
CALLIOPE - 4
CALTRAIN - 1
CAMANCHE - 1
CANADA - 1
CAPRONI - 1
CAPTAIN AMERICA - 1
CAPTAIN FUTURE - 1
CARL NOLTE - 3
CARROLL JOHN DALY - 1
CARTER B SMITH - 1
CARTOON ART MUSEUM - 2
CARVILLE - 1
CAT - 48
CATCHING UP - 4
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK - 4
CENTRAL COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT - 1
CENTRAL PACIFIC - 1
CHARLIE CHAPLIN - 10
CHESTER CONKLIN - 1
CHEVROLET - 1
CHEVY - 1
CHINA CLIPPER - 1
CHINATOWN - 4
CHINESE NEW YEAR - 5
CHRISTMAS - 20
CHRISTMAS TREE - 1
CHRISTY MATHEWSON - 1
CHRONICLE - 9
CHUTES - 2
CINCO DE MAYO - 3
CITY OF PARIS - 1
CIVIL RIGHTS - 1
CIVIL WAR - 7
CLARA BOW - 1
CLAUDE CHOULES - 1
CLIFF HOUSE - 6
CLOVER MILK - 1
COAST ARTILLERY - 1
COASTSIDE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT - 3
COLLEEN MOORE - 1
COLMA - 3
COLUMBUS DAY - 4
COMIC BOOK - 7
COMICS - 9
COMMUNISM - 1
CRAB - 2
CRANE - 1
CREATURE FEATURES - 1
CRUISE - 11
CSRM - 10
CURTISS - 6

D-DAY - 1
DALY CITY - 1
DANIEL RASMUSSEN - 1
DARPA CHALLENGE - 1
DASHIELL HAMMETT - 14
DEER - 1
DEPARTMENT STORE - 2
DEVIL'S SLIDE - 2
DIMAGGIO - 2
DISNEY FAMILY MUSEUM - 1
DISNEY MUSEUM - 1
DISNEYLAND - 16
DOC SAVAGE - 1
DOCTOR P. H. VAN DER WEYDE - 42
DODGERS - 3
DOOR - 11
DORIS LESSING - 1
DOUGLAS TILDEN - 3
DUCK - 5
DUESENBERG - 1
DUKE ELLINGTON - 1
DVD - 13
DW GRIFFITH - 1
DWIGHT EISENHOWER - 1

E CLAMPUS VITUS - 1
E-M-F - 1
EARTH DAY - 1
EARTHA KITT - 1
EARTHQUAKE - 14
EAST BAY TERMINAL - 18
EASTER - 5
EDDIE COLLA - 1
EDGAR ALLAN POE - 1
EDWARD KENNEDY - 1
EGYPT - 2
EL GRANADA - 3
ELECTION - 11
ELIZABETH TAYLOR - 1
ELLA RAINES - 1
EMPORIUM - 1
ERNST UDET - 1
ESCAPOLOGY - 5

F-4 PHANTOM - 1
FAIRBANKS - 2
FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND - 1
FARLEY GRANGER - 1
FATHER DAMIEN - 1
FATHERS' DAY - 5
FELIX THE CAT - 1
FERRY - 9
FERRY BUILDING - 3
FILM FUN - 2
FILM NOIR - 1
FIRE - 10
FIREBOAT - 3
FIREHOUSE - 44
FIREWORKS - 7
FISHING - 1
FLAG DAY - 4
FLYING - 3
FOG - 1
FOKKER - 1
FOOD - 1
FORD - 4
FORREST J ACKERMAN - 1
FORT BRAGG - 1
FORT SUMTER - 1
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA - 1
FRANK BUCKLES - 1
FRANK NORRIS - 1
FRED KARNO - 2
FREDERICK H MEYER - 1
FRESNO - 1
FRIDAY THE 13TH - 4
FUNICULAR - 2

G8 - 1
GAYLORD PERRY - 4
GEESE - 1
GELETT BURGESS - 3
GENE AUTRY - 1
GEORGE M COHAN - 1
GEORGE MESTACH - 1
GEORGE WASHINGTON - 3
GEORGES MÉLIÈS - 1
GERTRUDE STEIN - 1
GHIRARDELLI SQUARE - 1
GIANTS - 103
GIL SCOTT-HERON - 1
GOLD RUSH - 1
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE - 1
GOLDEN GATE EXPRESS RAILWAY - 3
GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA - 1
GOLDEN GATE PARK - 13
GOLDEN GATE THEATRE - 1
GOOD FRIDAY - 3
GOOD SHEPHERD - 42
GRAFFITTI - 1
GRAND PRIX - 1
GRAUMAN'S CHINESE - 16
GREEN ENERGY - 1
GREEN LAMA - 1
GROUNDHOG DAY - 2
GUEST BLOGGER - 1
GUISEPPE GARIBALDI - 1
GUMBY - 1
GUNSMOKE - 1
GUSTAVE WHITEHEAD - 1

HALF MOON BAY - 11
HALLOWEEN - 7
HANK AARON - 1
HAP ARNOLD - 1
HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS - 1
HAROLD GEISSENHEIMER - 1
HAROLD LLOYD - 5
HAROLD PINTER - 1
HARRY LANGDON - 2
HARRY POTTER - 1
HARVARD (STEAMER) - 3
HATS - 3
HEALD - 2
HEALTH CARE REFORM - 1
HEARST - 2
HENRI SALMET - 1
HENRY CASEBOLT - 1
HENRY VAN DER WEYDE - 5
HERALD - 14
HERB CAEN - 1
HERRMANN THE GREAT - 1
HITCHCOCK - 2
HOLIDAY - 70
HOLLYWOOD - 14
HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME - 1
HOLY SATURDAY - 1
HOMELESS - 2
HORACE GOLDIN - 1
HORSE CAR - 6
HORSECAR - 6
HOUDINI - 3
HOWARD ZINN - 1
HUCKLEBERRY FINN - 2
HYDE STREET PIER - 3

INDEPENDENCE DAY - 4
INDIANAPOLIS 500 - 2
INGMAR BERGMAN - 1
IPAD - 1
IPOD - 4
ITALY - 4
IVY BALDWIN - 1
IWW - 1

JACK BENNY - 1
JACK LALANE - 1
JACK LONDON - 2
JACQUES TATI - 1
JAIME ESCALANTE - 1
JAMES ARNESS - 1
JAMES C MARS - 2
JAMES GARFIELD - 1
JAMES MOODY - 1
JANE RUSSELL - 1
JASPER FFORDE - 1
JAZZ - 9
JD SALINGER - 1
JEAN HARLOW - 1
JEJUNE INSTITUTE - 3
JERRY FLAMM - 1
JIM CARROLL - 1
JIMMY ADAMS - 1
JIMMY DURANTE - 1
JIMMY PARROTT - 1
JOAN BLONDELL - 1
JOE - 4
JOE PALOOKA - 1
JOE VENUTI - 1
JOE ZAWINUL - 1
JOHN BARRYMORE - 1
JOHN J PERSHING - 2
JOHN MCGRAW - 1
JOHN MOISANT - 1
JOHN STEPHENSON - 1
JOHN UPDIKE - 1
JOHNNY GRIFFIN - 1
JUAN MARICHAL - 3
JUANA BRIONES - 1
JUDY GARLAND - 1
JUNE HAVER - 1
JUNEAU - 1
JURY DUTY - 1

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN - 1
KARC - 1
KCBS - 3
KDFC - 1
KELLAR - 1
KETCHIKAN - 1
KEVIN BROWNLOW - 1
KEY SYSTEM - 6
KEYSTONE - 5
KFRC - 3
KINO - 1
KJAZ - 2
KLSI - 5
KNBR - 2
KNOX - 17
KPIX - 1
KPO - 2
KRE - 2
KSFO - 3
KUSF - 1
KYA - 1

LABOR DAY - 4
LAND'S END - 7
LANSING - 1
LARRY GELBART - 1
LARRY SEMON - 2
LASSCO - 3
LAUREL AND HARDY - 2
LAWRENCE HALPRIN - 1
LEFTY O'DOUL'S - 1
LENA HORNE - 1
LENT - 2
LEONCE PERRET - 1
LESLIE NIELSEN - 1
LIFE ON MARS - 2
LIGE CONLEY - 1
LILLY LANGTRY - 1
LINCECUM - 14
LINCOLN BEACHEY - 1
LIVY - 1
LLAMA - 1
LLOYD HAMILTON - 1
LOCKS - 1
LOCOMOBILE - 1
LOCOMOTIVE - 8
LON CHANEY - 2
LOS ANGELES - 1
LOTTA'S FOUNTAIN - 1
LOUIS FEUILLADE - 1
LOUISE FAZENDA - 1
LOUISE M DAVIES - 1
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI - 1
LURLINE BATHS - 1

MABEL NORMAND - 5
MACK SENNETT - 1
MACWORLD - 1
MADGE EVANS - 1
MAGIC - 6
MALTESE FALCON - 2
MANUFACTURER AND BUILDER MAGAZINE - 20
MARDI GRAS - 1
MARE ISLAND - 1
MARIN - 1
MARION DAVIES - 1
MARK TWAIN - 3
MARKET STREET RAILWAY - 3
MARMON - 1
MARTHA VICKERS - 1
MARX BROTHERS - 1
MARY ANDERSON - 1
MARY BRIAN - 1
MARY PICKFORD - 1
MATT CAIN - 1
MAX ROACH - 1
MAY DAY - 2
MAZZETTI'S BAKERY - 2
MEMORIAL DAY - 4
MENKO - 1
MEXICO - 4
MICHAEL CHABON - 1
MICHAEL JACKSON - 1
MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI - 1
MIDWINTER FAIR - 2
MISSION - 1
MLK - 4
MONADNOCK - 1
MONITOR - 1
MONORAIL - 4
MONTE COLLINS - 1
MONTE IRVIN - 3
MONTICELLO STEAMSHIP COMPANY - 1
MOON - 1
MOON LANDING - 1
MOSS BEACH - 1
MOTHERS' DAY - 4
MOUNT TAMALPAIS - 1
MOVIES - 67
MSR - 1
MUNI - 19
MUSEE MECANIQUE - 1
MUSEUM OF FLIGHT - 1
MUSIC - 14
MUTOSCOPE - 4

NASA - 1
NATIONAL TRAIN DAY - 2
NAVY - 6
NEAL BURNS - 1
NEGRO LEAGUES - 2
NEW DEAL - 1
NEW ORLEANS - 2
NEW YEAR - 7
NEW YORK CENTRAL - 1
NEW YORK TO PARIS RACE - 1
NEW ZEALAND - 1
NEWSPAPER - 2
NICK CARTER - 1
NICK'S - 2
NICKNAME - 3
NITRATE FILM - 5
NORMA TALMADGE - 1
NORMAN MAILER - 1
NORMAN ROCKWELL - 1
NORTH COAST COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY - 4
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC - 6
NORTON BUFFALO - 1
NUT TREE - 2

OAKLAND - 8
OBSOLETE TECHNOLOGY - 8
OCEAN SHORE RAILROAD - 10
OCTOPUS - 1
OGDEN NASH - 1
OLD MINT - 1
OLIVER HARDY - 1
OLYMPICS - 1
ONCE UPON A TIME - 2
OPERA - 2
ORACLE - 7
ORIGINAL JOE'S - 1
ORLANDO CEPEDA - 5
ORMER LOCKLEAR - 1
OSCAR PETERSON - 1
OSHA - 1
OTR - 6
OTTO MESSMER - 1

P-38 LIGHTNING - 1
P-52 MUSTANG - 1
P-80 SHOOTING STAR - 1
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY - 2
PACIFIC NAVIGATION COMPANY - 1
PACIFICA - 71
PALACE HOTEL - 2
PALM SUNDAY - 2
PARADE - 1
PARAMOUNT - 1
PARKING DAY - 2
PARSEVAL - 1
PATRICIA NEAL - 1
PATRICK MCGOOHAN - 1
PATTON - 2
PAUL REVERE - 1
PEARL HARBOR DAY - 3
PEGGY SHANNON - 1
PENTECOST - 1
PESCADERO - 1
PGE - 1
PHANTOM DETECTIVE - 1
PHIL FRANK - 1
PHILLIPS W PAGE - 1
PHONOAUTOGRAPH - 1
PHOTOGRAPHY - 5
PHOTOPHONE - 1
PIER 39 - 1
PIKE PLACE MARKET - 1
PLAYLAND-AT-THE-BEACH - 2
PLUCK AND LUCK - 1
PODCAST - 1
POETRY - 1
POINT RICHMOND - 1
PONY EXPRESS - 2
PORT COSTA - 1
PPIE - 7
PRESIDENTS' DAY - 3
PRESIDIO - 7
PULP - 25
PUMPKIN - 1

Q-FM - 2

RACE WILLIAMS - 1
RACING CAR - 22
RACISM - 4
RADIO - 19
RAGTIME - 1
RAILROAD HISTORY - 71
RALPH DEPALMA - 1
RAOUL WALSH - 1
RAVENSWOOD WINERY - 1
RAYMOND CHANDLER - 1
REMINISCENCES OF AN ACTIVE LIFE - 23
RESTAURANT - 15
RFK - 1
RICH AURILIA - 1
RINCON HILL - 2
ROALD AMUNDSEN - 1
ROBERT BURNS - 1
ROCK'N'ROLL - 2
ROCKAWAY BEACH - 1
ROD BECK - 1
ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN - 1
ROME - 1
RONALD REAGAN - 1
ROOF RIDES - 1
ROSCOE ARBUCKLE - 2
ROY ROGERS - 1

SACRAMENTO - 8
SACRAMENTO NORTHERN - 2
SAILORS' UNION OF THE PACIFIC - 1
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI - 1
SAINT IGANTIUS - 2
SAINT JOSEPH'S DAY - 4
SAINT MONICAS - 3
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY - 4
SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY - 4
SALLY PHIPPS - 1
SAM SPADE - 5
SAMTRANS - 20
SAN BRUNO - 1
SAN BRUNO FIRE DEPARTMENT - 1
SAN FRANCISCO CALL - 1
SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY - 188
SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY EXPO - 1
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW - 3
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY - 6
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA - 4
SAN LUIS OBISPO - 1
SAN MATEO COUNTY FAIR - 1
SAN RAFAEL - 1
SANTA FE RAILROAD - 3
SANTA ROSA - 1
SARAH PALIN - 1
SCHELL-VISTA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT - 1
SCULPTURE - 9
SEAGULL - 1
SEALS - 2
SEATTLE - 14
SECRET AGENT X - 1
SEE'S - 1
SERIALS - 2
SERVAIS LE ROY - 1
SHADOW - 1
SHAKESPEARE - 2
SHAWN ESTES - 1
SHERLOCK HOLMES - 2
SHIPS - 22
SIDEWALK ART - 2
SIDNEY BECHET - 1
SIDNEY LUMET - 1
SIGNS - 38
SILAS CHRISTOFFERSON - 1
SILENT MOVIES - 51
SKAGWAY - 3
SLAPSTICK - 27
SLAVERY - 1
SNAKE - 1
SNUB POLLARD - 1
SOLIDARITY - 1
SONOMA - 5
SOPWITH - 1
SOUND RECORDING - 1
SOUTH PARK - 2
SOUTHERN PACIFIC - 9
SPACE SHUTTLE - 1
SPAMALOT - 1
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR - 2
SPARKY WATTS - 1
SPEAKING - 1
SPIDER - 1
SPRING - 4
SPUR - 2
STAN LAUREL - 2
STANFORD - 5
STANLEY STEAMER - 1
STATE FAIR - 1
STATUE - 19
STORM - 37
STREAMLINE MODERNE - 1
SUBMARINE - 1
SUICIDE SQUAD - 1
SUNNY JIM ROLPH - 1
SUPERMAN - 1
SUTRO BATHS - 3
SYDNEY CHAPLIN - 1

TANFORAN - 4
TAPEWORM - 1
TAX - 1
TCM - 1
TEA BAGGERS - 1
TELEPHONE - 2
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS - 1
THANKSGIVING - 4
THE PNEUMATIC ROLLING-SPHERE CARRIER DELUSION - 6
THE PRISONER - 1
THEATER - 4
THELMA TODD - 1
THEODORE ROOSEVELT - 2
THIN MAN - 1
THOMAS FLYER - 3
THOMAS JEFFERSON - 1
THURSDAY NEXT - 1
TIMOTHY PFLUEGER - 2
TIPPI HEDREN - 1
TOM LANTOS - 1
TOMMYS MEXICAN RESTAURANT - 1
TRACY ARM FJORD - 1
TRAIN STATION - 37
TRANSIT - 60
TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY - 1
TRIPLANE - 1
TST - 1
TSUNAMI - 1
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES - 1

UB IWERKS - 1
UNION - 2
UNION CITY - 1
UNION IRON WORKS - 1
UNION PACIFIC - 2
UNION SQUARE - 2
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - 1
USS BEAR - 1

VALLEJO - 1
VANDALISM - 1
VANDERWEYDE - 48
VAUDEVILLE - 7
VERNON ALLEY - 1
VETERANS DAY - 4
VICTOR HUGO - 1
VICTORIA - 1
VIETNAM WAR - 1
VINCENT PRICE - 1

W. A. COULTER - 16
WACHOVIA - 1
WALKING TOUR - 7
WALL OF FAME - 17
WALT DISNEY - 2
WALTER RICE - 1
WALTER WELLMAN - 1
WAPAMA - 1
WAR - 4
WATCHMEN - 1
WAX MUSEUM - 5
WC FIELDS - 2
WEDDING - 3
WELLS FARGO - 3
WESTERN PACIFIC - 2
WESTERN RAILWAY MUSEUM - 3
WESTERNS - 5
WHALES - 1
WHALING - 1
WHAT IS THIS - 2
WHISPERER (PULP) - 1
WHITE MOTOR CAR - 2
WHITE PASS AND YUKON - 2
WHY - 9
WICKED - 1
WILLIAM MANLEY VANDER WEYDE - 4
WILLIE HOWARD - 1
WILLIE MAYS - 10
WILLIE MCCOVEY - 6
WILLITS - 1
WINDMILL - 1
WINTON - 1
WIZARD OF OZ - 2
WORLD CUP - 1
WORLD SERIES 2010 - 7
WPA - 2
WRIGHT - 1
WWI - 20
WWII - 15

YAKYU - 1
YALE (STEAMER) - 4
YERBA BUENA GARDENS - 10

ZEPPELIN - 1
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES - 1

A special thank you to the people who have taken the time to comment on my rambling observations.