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971 San Francisco Oil Spill Cleanup Ocean Beach Cliff House Young Volunteers Rare Film + 1960s
On January 18th, 1971, two Standard Oil tankers collided in the fog under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA. The incoming Arizona Standard rammed ...
Tory Braden
How long does it take to get 10,000 Bird Cages?
... I forget which was the most alternative rock/hippy radio station at that date, but it put a shout out for help to coordinate calls that were offering help. It was night I believe and I ended up staying 3 days. I learned a lot about oil covered birds. Who knew at the time?
... At one point we needed 10,000 bird cages. How long do you think it took to get 10,000 bird cages after I put out the request to the public? ... 15 minutes! Mr. Gallo had them and it was no problem getting truckers to Napa Co. to get them to the beach (Stinson, I think). It was at this point I realized the power of the media. A general called offering military help. It was a wild ride.
... I later spoke at a Congressional hearing about the spill at City Hall. And wouldn't you know it, afterwards one of the Congressmen hit on me. Somethings never change. SMH
Tory Braden
Which ever was the most radical. Maybe KMPX.
Enriuqe LaRoche
If you had White shoes or pants you had just arrived. Spend an hour on that hay sand and tar mix and soon you were coated with a sandy black asphalt coating.
Robin Combs
I helped my oldest sister & her pals with clean-up on Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica. We found tar spots after every storm for years after!
Richard Bradley
My mother & I worked at the Richmond Bird Center after the spill - horrific 
My area was just under the south end of the GG Bridge . The hay boats would flake the straw and hay into the oil and we along the shore would collect it with rakes and heap it into piles.
Earhart Celebration 1996 Oakland Airport
Alabama Street 1956 Me on the hood Biker gang 1956
Scared? No way ! Me on left sister less happy. Santa 1958
I was a Farragut kid , Ingleside.
(went to Presidio hill for preschool) bu k-6 at Farragut. I wonder if there are other alumni out there?
Class photos
Geppert 1963 5th
Christofani 1964 6th
Aptos 1965
The Craziest thing I ever did as a Kid in San Francisco.. In 64 or 65 they replaced the main gas lines underground on Juniper Serra boulevard. (near Stones town) the trench was open and so was the end of the pipe. The Pipe was 24 inch if I remember correctly and had taps (holes) where other pipes would connect. Me and a couple friends actually rolled on or bellies on our Skateboards down a few blocks of pipeline. Claustrophobic and dangerous. Pushing ourselves out backwards was not easy
Law Offices Knights
Looking at the group header photo of City hall on the right is McAllister my dads law office was 1 block away 228 McAllister the building no longer exists . Ground floor was Knights Delicatessen.. where I had many many dinners waiting for dad after work.
Howard Abelson
Knight's was a popular place for Hastings law students when I went there from 1965 to 1968
Places I remember by Smell. Play land. Fun House.(Slides burlap sacks) Beach Tunnels across Great Highway Greyhound Bus station. (7th street) , Crystal Palace. Fisherman's wharf French Bread Bakeries. many others Toto's pizza
When I was a Kid I was one of the Guys pushing the Souvenirs and snack Carts made so much money I wished there was a parade every day.
I worked here and Met John Hermann JR.. Thanksgiving we would all line up and get a Turkey or a bonus .. We called it the HUMAN safe company. The best company I ever worked for. Old days Union electrician Great pay great expense account company car full medical and dental. I was thrre for about a year before Mosler purchased Hermann. Continued on until I was injured on he job. Wells Fargo Oakland Main where I was injured. I was an alarm technician. Did Alarms ATMs Drive up tellers etc.
The Hermann Safe Company, based in San Francisco, was a manufacturer of heavy steel safes and bank vaults for the western United States, from 1889 to the 1960s.[1][2][3] John Hermann was the president and founder of the company,[4][5] who passed it to his son, John Hermann Jr. The Mosler Safe Company later purchased the company and appointed John Hermann Jr. as vice president, while continuing as president of the Hermann Safe Company subsidiary.[6] The company also did business as The SafeMart and Hermann Associates in later years. The company is notable for providing the bank vault at the old San Francisco Mint on 5th Street.[7] Hermann Street, the current location of the U.S. Mint in San Francisco, is named after the company.
My most lucrative job in San Francisco as a Kid. I was a paper boy (News Call ) I took deposit bottles back I sold fireworks Sold Canned fog and Key chains at fisherman's wharf.. But the best rate of pay per hour worked was pushing a snack and souvenir cart in Chinese New years parade. 20% of the gross... That was often enough money to fund all of my summer activities Movies etc.. I did a few Columbus day and St Patrick's day but those were much lower revenue . Once the wholesaler got to know you and trust you You always got a good cart. I wished the Parade was 4 days long and not just 4 hours.
A San Francisco Memory. 1985 West coast computer fair Civic auditorium .. Met and had a decent conversation with Bil Gates. The Subject was DOS and pricing. I met and spoke with him a couple more times in the 90's
