Saturday, December 31, 2022

2022 Summary -- December 31, 2022

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2022 was an interesting year. In January, I started teaching technology and coding to kids in Kindergarten through Fourth Grade at Good Shepherd School in Pacifica. COVID-19 carried on.

New York Evening World, 23-January-1922

In January, Russia moved masses of troops to the borders of Ukraine. 

I started a new series on radio, mostly looking back 100 years. I started a new series about Sherlock Holmes films released 100 years ago in the US.

I wrote about the 175th anniversary of the town of Yerba Buena becoming San Francisco, the 150th anniversary of the murder of Jim Fisk, Jr, and the 100th anniversary of the collapse of the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater in Washington, DC. I wrote about the 100th anniversary of Will Hays becoming Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America.

I noted what would have been the 150th birthdays of Julia Morgan and Zane Grey, the 100th birthdays of Betty White and Alvin Dark and the 75th birthdays of David Bowie and Warren Zevon. 

I posted about the 100th anniversary of the death of Nellie Bly and the 75th anniversaries of the deaths of Josh Gibson and Al Capone. 

I wrote about the passing of Ronnie Spector. 


In February, Russia invaded Ukraine. They expected a quick victory, but the Ukrainians have slowed them down. The Russians have committed many war crimes. 

The Omicron variant of the TrumpVirus appeared to have peaked. Most of the counties in California were revising their mask mandates.

The baseball owners locked out the players, resulting in a late start for Spring Training. 

I became an employee at Good Shepherd School in Pacifica. 

We watched the 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing. It felt odd watching a Winter Olympics without snow.

I posted about Intenational Polar Bear Day. 

I had appendicitis. 

For some reason I started a new series about mules. I posted an ad for an appearance by Anna Pavlova in Arizona. I started a new series of Kodak ads. I noted the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Tiger. I wrote about the 100th anniversary of the destruction of the semi-rigid airship Roma.

I noted what would have been Thomas Edison's 175th birthday. I wrote about the 150th birthday of pitcher Old Hoss Radbourne. I noted the 125th birthday of singer Marian Anderson. I wrote about the 75th birthday of Dave Davies.  

I wrote about the death of Richard Hadlock, musician, author and disc jockey.


In March, the Ukrainians continued to stand up to the Russian invaders. In the past, I would have assumed that some of the stories of Russian atrocities were propaganda, but there are many videos and other pieces of evidence. 

Congress passed the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act and President Joe Biden signed it.

Many public transit agencies repealed their mask mandates. BART continues to require masks. 

The baseball players remained locked out by the owners. 

Gas prices rose to over $6 a gallon. 

We saw the Saint Patrick's Day parade for the first time in years. We cheered for a group from Good Shepherd School in Pacifica. 

I wrote about the 175th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell's birth, the 100th anniversaries of the births of Jack Kerouac and King Pleasure and the 75th birthdays of Ry Cooder and Elton John. 

I noted the 100th anniversary of the deaths of comedian Bert Williams and magician Harry Kellar. 

I wrote about the death of Madeline Albright. 

Minneapolis Star, 29-April-1922

In April the Russians continued to lose personnel and material in Ukraine.

The owners settled with the players and the baseball season began one week late.

I wrote about the 100th anniversaries of the publication of F Scott Fitzgerald's second novel and the first mid-air collision of two airliners and the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the major league color line. I wrote about the 75th anniversary of Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium.

I wrote about the 100th anniversary of the births of Charles Mingus and Toots Thielemans and the 75th birthdays of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Iggy Pop.

I wrote about the 100th anniversary of the death of flier Ross Smith.

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In May, a white supremacist, with the help of the National Rifle Association, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott, the Republican Party and Russia used an AR-15 style weapon to slaughter 19 students and 2 teachers at a school in Uvalde Texas.

The Ukranians continued to hold out against the Russian invasion. 

I received my second COVID-19 booster. 

The Giants held Buster Posey Day to celebrate their recently retired catcher.

On International Workers' Day, I congratulated Starbuck's workers for starting a union. Starbuck's is still fighting against them .

I wrote about the 125th anniversary of the first publication of Bram Stoker's Dracula

I wrote about the 100th anniversary of the first broadcast of radio station KPO, which became KNBR.

I wrote about the 125th anniversary of the birth of Sidney Bechet and the 100th birthday of Christopher Lee.

I noted the 50th anniversary of Willie Mays being traded to the Mets.

I wrote about the deaths of Naomi Judd and Neal Adams.

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In June a cabal of conservative Supreme Court justices, three of whom were appointed by our former so-called president, overturned Roe v Wade, allowing the states to decide if they wanted to ban abortion. Many people worry that next they will go after marriage equality and contraception. I haven't seen anyone mention it, but I am also worried about the ADA and Obamacare. 

The House January 6 Committee began its public hearings. Very interesting. 

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the first black female Supreme Court justice. 

I wrote about the celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee.

Russia directed its focus on the eastern part of Ukraine. 

I finished the school year teaching technology and coding to grades K-4 at Good Shepherd School in Pacifica. 

The Golden State Warriors won their fourth NBA championship in eight years. 

In June I noted what would have been the 125th birthday of Memphis Minnie. I wrote about what would have been the 100th birthdays of Judy Garland and Jake LaMotta. They were born on the same day. 

I expressed my approval of the 75th anniversary of the death of gangster Bugsy Siegal. 

sfgiants.com

In July, the Giants retired Will Clark's jersey, number 22. There was a nice ceremony before the game and Clark gave an inspiring speech.

I wrote about the 125th anniversary of the start of the Yukon Gold Rush. 

I wrote about the 100th anniversary of the first sailing of coastwise liner H. F. Alexander. 

I wrote about the 75th anniversary of the second fight between Rocky Graziano and Tony Zale.

I wrote about what would have been the 200th birthday of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. 

I noted what would have been the 125th birthday of aviatrix (great word) Amelia Earhart.

I wrote about the 100th birthdays of George McGovern, Hoyt Wilhelm and pianist Al Haig. 

I noted the 75th birthdays of Arlo Guthrie, Carlos Santana, and Roky Erickson. 

I wrote about the death of Bill Russell. 


August was an exciting month. Our former so-called president got his tiny, doll-like fingers stomped on. An FBI team with a search warrant found a large collection of documents, many with high security ratings, in his Florida flophouse. I am worried that he and his crime family may have sold secrets to foreign governments. 

Congress passed the first national gun control law in many years. Despite heavy Republican opposition, they passed a law improving health care for veterans. The CHIPS act will pour money into the domestic processor chip manufacturing sector to keep it competitive with overseas makers. The Inflation Reduction Act provided a wide range of help to people. 

Someone attacked author Salman Rushdie with a knife. He survived but was gravely wounded. 

The current leader of al Qaida died in a drone strike. 

I wrote about the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Olds Motor Vehicle Company. I wrote about the 100th anniversary of a wild game between the Cubs and the Phillies. 

I wrote about the 75th anniversary of the independence of India and Pakistan. 

I noted what would have been the 100th birthday of novelist Alain Robbe-Grillet. 

I wrote about the 100th anniversary of the death of Alexander Graham Bell. I noted the 100th anniversary of the murder of Irish patriot Michael Collins. 

Vin Scully died, as did historian David McCullough. Singers Olivia Newton-John and Judith Durham died. San Francisco photographer Fred Lyon died. Musician Joey DeFrancesco passed on. 

Mikhail Gorbachev died. He helped to end the Soviet Union. I did not write about him.

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In September, Queen Elizabeth II died. She was the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch. I'm not a fan of monarchy, but I don't see how anyone could have done a better job than she did. She led a life of service.

Ukraine made an effective counterattack against Russian occupiers.

We had a heat wave that broke new records every day. We had a short period of heavy rain.

I noted the 125th anniversary of the opening of Boston's Tremont Street subway, the oldest surviving subway in the United States. I wrote about the celebration of the San Francisco Opera's 100th season. I noted the 75th anniversaries of the USAF and the finding of the first actual computer bug. I wrote about BART's 50th anniversary.

I wrote about the 100th anniversary of Jimmy Doolittle's flight from Florida to California with only one stop and in less than 24 hours. I wrote about the 100th anniversary of the publication of F Scott Fitzgerald's second collection of short stories, Tales of the Jazz Age.

I wrote about the 125th anniversaries of the births of Jimmy Rodgers, the Blue Yodeler, the Singing Brakeman and novelist William Faulkner. I wrote about the 100th anniversaries of the births of musical comedy star Janis Paige and bassist Oscar Pettiford. I noted what would have been the 75th birthday of singer Wesla Whitfield. I mentioned the 75th birthday of author Stepen King.

I wrote about the 100th anniversary of the death of Sarah Winchester, builder of the famous Winchester Mystery House.

Ramsey Lewis died.

pelosi.house.gov

In October, a right-wing conspiracy theorist broke into the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul. He wanted to kidnap and torture the Speaker, but she was not at home. He seriously wounded Paul Pelosi with a hammer. The Republicans found all of this to be hilarious and spread all sorts of weird rumors. Paul Pelosi is starting on a long recovery. I always find it interesting that Republicans are so frightened of the Speaker. 

I wrote about the 175th anniversary of the publication of Charlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre. I noted the 100th anniversary of United States Army Air Service Lieutenants John A Macready and Oakley G Kelly setting an endurance record, Godfrey Chevalier making the first landing on a moving US aircraft carrier and Lillian Gatlin becoming the first woman to fly across the US, although she did it as a passenger. I wrote about the 100th anniversary of oil tanker Lyman Stewart running aground at Land's End. I wrote about the 75th anniversaries of Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier and the Chicago Transit Authority starting operations. We celebrated the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Hillary Clinton and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead turned 75.

I wrote about the 50th anniversary of the death of Jackie Robinson.

Loretta Lynn and Jerry Lee Lewis died.

nasa.gov/Bill Ingalls photo

In November, I spent a week in the Kaiser Hospital in Santa Clara. I have had shortness of breath with strong exertion for a while. In April I also developed a violent cough. Doctors assumed both problems were lung related. I don't know how many chest x-rays I have had this year. It took until about September to figure out that the problem was caused by a leaky mitral valve.

I had an internal sonogram to give them a better view of my heart. They did two cardiac catheterizations to get the lay of the land and see if the valve could be repaired, or if it would have to be replaced. Then in November, they repaired the valve.

I decided to take break, perhaps until the end of the year. I am still gradually improving. I have been frustrated because I could not start teaching in the new school year.

Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith to be special counsel in charge of investigations of our former so-called president.

I was excited to see NASA successfully launch the Artemis I project, an unmanned test of the Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, and the Orion spacecraft.

Ukraine continued to hold off the Russian invasion. 

I wrote about the 75th anniversaries of the first and only flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules, popularly called the Spruce Goose, and of San Francisco voters passing Proposition Q, which required the city to continue to operate cable cars.

I noted the 125th anniversary of Dorothy Day's birth. I wrote about the 100th anniversary of the death of naval aviator Godfrey Chevalier. 

During my break, I missed several important anniversaries, including the 100th anniversary of the birth of Charles Schultz, the 75th anniversary of the birth of playwright David Mamet. I missed the 125th anniversary of the death of Willie the Lion Smith. I missed the death of Christine McVie.


During December I continued to recuperate from my operation. I don't heal as quickly as I used to, but the cardiologist said I am progressing well. I am continuing my break. 

My Uncle Sonny died. He was a real character. He worked as a waiter at the Fly Trap, where his father was chef and partner, then at Westlake Joe's for many years. He was always running into old customers who missed him greatly. Westlake Joe's was always his favorite place to eat. He had a big heart and a bad temper. Jack Daniels stock is likely to lose value. 

Russia is bombarding infrastructure in Ukraine, hoping to leave people without heat, light and water during the winter. Some sources claim that the Russians are running out of artillery shells. 

The January 6 Committee recommended that the Department of Justice make criminal charges against Donald Trump and others. 

The Giants almost signed Carlos Correia to a 13-year contract, but the deal fell apart at the last moment.

The Artemis I project finished successfully when the unmanned Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific. 

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore created a fusion reaction that output more energy than was input. 

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died. 

I missed more anniversaries, including the 100th anniversary of the births of Stan Lee and Ava Garner. I missed the 50th anniversary of the death of Roberto Clemente. I missed the death of newscaster Barbara Walters. 

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Updated 01-January-2023: New Year's Eve was said to be the second wettest day in San Francisco history. There was a landslide across the road from the Cliff House. I couldn't make any updates yesterday because our Comcast service was down from the time we got up yesterday to around noon today. 
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At the top of the page, we see Gloria DeHaven, who acted and sang in many movies and television shows. She made her debut in Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times. Her parents, Carter and Flora Parker DeHaven were vaudeville performers. They appeared in many silent comedies.

Friday, December 30, 2022

COVID-19, Vaccine, Masks, Church, Baseball and School -- December 30, 2022

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COVID-19 infections are rising, along with infections from the flu and RSV. Some people say we are experiencing a "Tripledemic".

I had surgery in November and I am still recuperating. I hope I can return to teaching in January.

The Giants had a strange situation, pulling out of signing a free agent the day they were supposed to close the deal. There was concern after his physical. He made a deal with the Mets. People lambasted the Giants for their stupidity, but the Mets, concerned about his health, have not signed him, either.

Ukraine continues to fight the Russian agressors.

Sunday, December 25, 2022

Christmas, 2022 -- December 25, 2022

Omaha Bee, 25-December-1922

Merry Christmas, everyone. Peace on Earth and goodwill to men (women, and children).

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Taking a Break 2022 -- December 6, 2022

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While recovering from an operation and dealing with a death in the family, I am taking a short break. Some regular items like the cat pictures will continue unabated.

Thursday, November 24, 2022

Thanksgiving 2022 -- November 24, 2022

coverbrowser.com

The original Life Magazine was a humorous weekly that was published from 1883 to 1936. Here is the cover of their 27-November-1902 Thanksgiving Number.

Monday, November 21, 2022

1923 Superior Chevrolet -- November 21, 2022

Eureka Republican Press, 25-November-1922

Chevrolet launched the Superior line with their 1923 models. My dad was a Chevy man.

Sunday, November 20, 2022

The United States Battleship Ohio -- November 20, 2022

San Francisco Examiner, 19-May-1901

William A Coulter did many maritime drawings for the San Francisco Call. Here is a painting he created for the office of the Governor of Ohio. USS Ohio was a pre-dreadnought battleship which was commissioned in 1904 and scrapped in 1923.


Saturday, November 19, 2022

The Indian Chases the Bear -- But Not For Long -- November 19, 2022

San Francisco Examiner, 27-November-1922

This post was delayed because I not update it before a recent trip to the hospital.

100 years ago, the 28th Big Game was played at Stanford on Thanksgiving Day. The Stanford team was called the Indians and their mascot was an Indian. Cal brought a live bear to field to serve as their mascot. The Stanford Tree was far in the future. Cal won 28-0.

This year, Cal won the 125th Big Game, again winning 28-0.

Friday, November 18, 2022

Albert Bierstadt -- Valley in Kings Canyon -- November 18, 2022

Private Collection

We don't know what year Albert Bierstadt painted "Valley in Kings Canyon." This is the Kings Canyon in California.

Thursday, November 17, 2022

At Home With Your Kodak -- November 17, 2022

Cordova, Alaska Daily Times, 04-November-1922

George Eastman's Kodak cameras allowed many people to take up photography. "Let us show you how simple and satisfactory it is to make pictures the Kodak way."

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Artemis I is a Go -- November 16, 2022

nasa.gov/Bill Ingalls photo

NASA successfully launched the Artemis I project, an unmanned test of the Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, and the Orion spacecraft.

The Shame of America -- November 16, 2022

Washington Evening Star, 23-November-1922

The NAACP ran this ad calling for people to support Senator Dyer's anti-lynching bill. 

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Overnight Pullman Between Eureka and San Rafael -- November 15, 2022

Mendocino Coast-Beacon, 01-November-1947

The Northwestern Pacific -- and its predecessors -- has always been one of my favorite railroads. In 1947 you could ride overnight on a Pullman sleeper from Eureka south to San Rafael. It would have been a nice trip except the scenery would have been better on a daytime trip. The southern terminal was San RaFael instead of Sausalito because ferry service from Sausalito to San Francisco had ended in 1941.

Monday, November 14, 2022

Five Aviators Fall to Death -- November 14, 2022

Wilmington Evening Journal, 14-November-1922

100 years ago today, on 14-November-1922, Lieutenant Commander Godfrey Chevalier, a pioneer in naval aviation, died of injuries sustained in a crash on 12-November-1922. On 26-October-1922, made the first landing while underway on a United States aircraft carrier, the USS Langley (CV-1). All the newspaper accounts that I have found referred to the Langley as a "battleship.":
http://cablecarguy.blogspot.com/2022/10/airplane-lands-upon-battleship-while-in.html

US Army pilot Lieutenant Edward G Shrader was killed in a crash on 14-November-1922 and his passenger was severely injured.

Also on the 14th, French aviator Alphonse Poirée and two mechanics died testing the four-engined Caudron C.74.


FIVE AVIATORS
FALL TO DEATH
Chevalier, American, Poiree, 
French, Among Victims of Fatalities 
PLANE CRASHES AT 
EDGEWOOD TODAY 

Norfolk, Va.., Nov. 14 (United Press) — Lieut. Commander Godfrey Chevalier, one of the navy's most daring aviators, died here today from injuries received when his plane crashed Sunday. He was one of the veterans in the naval air service. 

Chevalier, a short time ago. accomplished the unusual feat of landing a plane on the deck of a battle ship while the dreadnought was moving at six knots. 

He was decorated for bravery in France during the war. 

BALTIMORE, Md„ Nov. 14 (United Press). — Lieutenant Edward O. Shrader, aviator from Fort Sill, Okla„ was killed and Lieutenant March, of Edgewood arsenal, Aberdeen, Md., was seriously hurt when their airplane crashed at Dundalk, near here, shortly before noon today. 

PARIS. Nov. 14 (United Press). —— M. Poiree, famous French aviator and two mechanics, were killed today when their 1200-horsepower four engine Caudron. designed to fly to Buenos Aires, crashed during speed trials for the aerial grand prix. Poire's machine overturned in the air while traveling at a speed of 100 miles an hour.

Sunday, November 13, 2022

Saturday, November 12, 2022

Come -- Visit Our Plant and Learn of the Purity of Bottled Coca-Cola -- November 12, 2022

Covington Daily Leader, 02-November-1922

"Every bottle is sterilized." I wonder if the bottling plants give tours nowadays. 

Friday, November 11, 2022

Happy Veterans Day, 2022 -- November 11, 2022

Maysville, Kentucky Public Ledger, 11-November-1922

Happy Veterans' Day, everyone. 100 years ago it was called Armistice Day. 

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Radio -- Bedtime Stories by Miss Ethel Rose Taylor -- November 10, 2022

Oakland Tribune, 29-November-1922

KLX, the Oakland Tribune station, featured bedtime stories read by Ethel Rose Taylor. 

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Ory's Sunshine Orchestra -- November 9, 2022

San Pedro News-Pilot, 25-November-1922

Edward Ory, better known as Kid Ory, was a pioneering jazz trombonist and band leader from Louisiana. He had come to the Los Angeles area in 1919. The Knights of Pythias were a fraternal and service organization.

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Dorothy Day 125 -- November 8, 2022

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Roman Catholic anarchist Dorothy Day was born 125 years ago today, on 08-November-1897. She was one of the founders of the Catholic Worker Movement in the US. one day she may be canonized.

Sunday, November 6, 2022

Comic Book -- Famous Funnies -- November 6, 2022

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Thanksgiving is coming.

Famous Funnies, which ran from 1934 to 1955, was the first long-running American comic book. It mostly published reprints of newspaper comic strips, like William McCleery and Ralph Fuller's Oaky Doaks. Oaky Doaks was a country bumpkin in the Middle Ages who wanted to a knight. Here we see him dream about the Thanksgiving turkey. Note that another bird is giving him a bite.

Saturday, November 5, 2022

Pulp -- Railroad Magazine -- November 5, 2022

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Railroad Magazine was a lineal ancestor of the current Railfan and Railroad. I am a subscriber. The September 1938 issue of Railroad Magazine featured this cover drawing of little kids playing and pretending around an abandoned locomotive. The kid with the signal lantern must be the conductor. 

Friday, November 4, 2022

Toonerville Trolley -- Gimme Shelter -- November 4, 2022

Perth Amboy Evening News, 11-November-1922

I love Fontaine Fox's The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All the Trains.

Washington Times, 30-June-1918

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Krazy Kat --- Shux I Can't See a Dern Thing Through Them -- November 3, 2022

Washington Times, 23-November-1922

I love George Herriman's Krazy Kat. Offisa Pup gets a pair of glasses. Click on the image to see a larger version.

Washington Times, 30-June-1918


Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Hughes H-4 Hercules 75 Years -- November 2, 2022

Lagrand Observer, 05-November-1947

The Hughes H-4 Hercules, also known as the Spruce Goose, was the largest flying boat ever built. Industrialist Henry J Kaiser proposed the concept during the height of the U-Boat attacks on shipping, when the US government wanted to procure an airplane made of non-strategic materials, which could fly across the Atlantic with a heavy load. Kaiser dropped out, but Howard Hughes carried on and built an incredible airplane. A Senate committee was grilling Hughes about possible war profiteering, but he proved that the giant airplane could fly 75 years ago today, on 02-ovember-1947. The airplane never flew again, but Hughes preserved it carefully until he died. The plane went on display in Long Beach for many years and is now in Oregon. I'd like to go see it.

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

November, 2022 Version of the Cable Car Home Page -- November 1, 2022


I just put the November 2022 version of my Cable Car Home Page on the server:

http://www.cable-car-guy.com/

It includes some new items:
1. Picture of the Month: The voting machine entry for Proposition 10, which required the city to keep the Powell Street cable car lines operating, despite the wishes of Mayor Roger Lapham.
2. On the Cable Car Lines in San Francisco page: A new article about San Francisco Proposition 10, 1947, which required the city to continue to operate the Powell Street cable car lines. Also see The Cable Car Lady & the Mayor by Walter Rice and Val Lupiz an article about the epic battle between Mrs Friedel Klussmann and Mayor Roger Lapham.
3. Add News items about the 75th anniversary of the first Save the Cable Cars movement.

Ten years ago this month (November, 2012):
1. Picture of the Month: A John Stephenson Company cable car built for Manhattan's Metropolitan Street Railroad (Source: "Notes on the Broadway, New York, Cable Railway", The Street Railway Journal, July, 1893).
2. Added results and videos of the 49th Annual Cable Car Bell Ringing Contest
2. On the Cable Car Lines in New York and New Jersey page: More about the Metropolitan Street Railway, including selected articles from the Street Railway Journal
3. On the Decorated Cable Cars page: The 2012 Giants Victory Parade.
4. On the Other California Cities page: A new article about animated cable car murals at Disney California Adventure. See California Street cars on North Point and Haight Street. Psychedelic.
5. Added News item about the upcoming dedication of refurbished Powell Street car 26

Twenty years ago this month (November, 2002):
1. Picture of the Month: Third Avenue, New York, parlor car
2. Add the Metropolitan Street Railway to the Cable Car Lines in New York and New Jersey page.
3. Also added a photo of Brooklyn Heights Railroad cable cars on Montague Street.
4. Add News items about bell ringing contest and Powell Street shutdown.

Coming in December, 2022: On the Cable Car Lines in New York and New Jersey page: A ten- and twenty-year update about Manhattan's Metropolitan Street Railway.

The Cable Car Home Page now has a Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/CableCarHomePage/


Joe Thompson
The Cable Car Home Page (updated 01-November-2022)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/
San Francisco Bay Ferryboats (updated 31-January-2020)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/ferry/
Park Trains and Tourist Trains (updated 30-September-2022)
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/ptrain/
The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion (updated spasmodically)
http://cablecarguy.blogspot.com
The Big V Riot Squad (new blog)
http://bigvriotsquad.blogspot.com/

Monday, October 31, 2022

Halloween 2022 -- October 31, 2022

coverbrowser.com

Happy Halloween, everyone. The 27-October-1945 cover of The New Yorker features a painting by Edna Eicke of three little ghosts who are afraid to trick or treat at a creepy-looking house.

Sunday, October 30, 2022

COVID-19, Vaccine, Masks, Church, Baseball and School -- October 30, 2022

covid.cdc.gov

COVID-19 infections are down, but new sub-variants are on their way.

I had two more procedures this month looking for a potential solution for my shortness of breath. I hope to have an operation in November. 

 I was supposed to start teaching again at Good Shepherd School in Pacifica, but first we have to fix my medical problem. 

It is nice to see Dusty Baker's Astros in the World Series. I keep thinking of them as a National League team.

supportukrainenow.org

Ukraine is holding its own. Putin keeps threatening to use tactical nuclear weapons. 

Saturday, October 29, 2022

Jerry Lee Lewis, RIP-- October 29, 2022

listal.com

Jerry Lee Lewis has died. Everyone I told said they thought he had died already. He must have been a terrible person to be around, but he sure could play the piano and sing.

Great Balls Of Fire

Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Steve Allen Show - 1957)

Jerry Lee Lewis "Breathless"

Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential (Opening, 1958) - HD

National Cat Day, 2022 -- October 29, 2022


Tigerlily has instructed me to wish everyone a happy National Cat Day.

Thursday, October 27, 2022

GGNRA 50 -- October 27, 2022

www.nps.gov/goga

50 years ago today, on 27-October-1972 the Golden Gate National Recreation Area(GGNRA) came into existance. The first thing I remember is that we stopped paying admission to enter Fort Point. Over the years, I have watched them preserve more and more land.

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Hillary Clinton 75 -- October 26, 2022


Hillary Clinton, First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State and presidential candidate, was born 75 years ago today, on 26-October-1947. 

In 2016 she won the popular vote. If she had also won the electoral college, our nation would be quite
different today.  

Airplane Lands Upon Battleship While in Motion -- October 26, 2022

Morning Tulsa Daily World, 28-October-1922

100 years ago today, on 26-October-1922, Lieutenant Commander Godfrey Chevalier, a pioneer in naval aviation, made the first landing while underway on a United States aircraft carrier, the USS Langley (CV-1). Chevalier flew an Aeromarine 39B. All the newspaper accounts that I found referred to the Langley as a "battleship." 

Airplane Lands
Upon Battleship
While in Motion

Two-Seated A-606 Naval
Flying Machine Makes
Feat Successfully 

NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 27. -- For the first time in history an airplane has landed successfully on the deck of a moving American battleship, it was announced here today by naval officers.

The feat was successfully performed by Lieut. Com. Godfrey Chevalier, flying a two-seated A-606. He landed on the United States ship Langley while the vessel was moving at six knots an hour off the Virginia capes late yesterday.

Tuesday, October 25, 2022