Category Archives: Culture

Fancy & freaky fucking footwear!

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Stan Flouride

Along with some other lower limb oddities.

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Pageant of Pulchritude: 1927 

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Stan Flouride

(click on photo to enlarge and zoom)             Source: Shorpy Historic Picture Archive :: Pageant of Pulchritude: 1927 high-resolution photo

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GoLo or Go Homies

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Stan Flouride

I found this Lowrider Magazine trophy on the corner of Haight and Ashbury in front of the Gap (which closed in 2007) and when David Gonzales’ ‘Homies’ first came out in the early Noughts I spent a small fortune collecting … Continue reading →

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Homies Go Low

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Stan Flouride

I found this 2001 trophy from Lowrider Clothing on the corner of Haight & Ashbury on my way to work many years ago. When David Gonzales’ ‘Homies’ first came out in the early Noughts I spent a small fortune collecting … Continue reading →

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Signs of the Times

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Stan Flouride

As part of the renovation and improvement of Masonic Avenue, a welcome project for me since I regularly bicycle on it and enjoy its newly smooth surface and separated bike lanes, there has been installed this delightful bit of public … Continue reading →

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Detritus of Dope

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Stan Flouride

With the exception of the wooden stash pipe at the bottom that I bought at the Psychedelic Shop soon after my arrival in San Francisco in 1976, everything including the flag, in this display was found (or given to me) … Continue reading →

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ABC Scrap Books

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Stan Flouride

A few years ago I went to New York City for my daughter Aurora’s graduation from NYU and during my stay in there I created this alphabet of collected images.  (the ‘C’ is a link of chain, not dog feces, honest)   … Continue reading →

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Illustrations from the Russian Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (1890-1907) |

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Stan Flouride

From Runiverse, a sort of Russian Google Books: Dear users!  Again we present you the “Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron”. We carried out work to restore the integrity of the publication. The volumes XXVIIa and XXVIII, dedicated to Russia, and also … Continue reading →

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Rock n’ Roll legend Chuck Berry dead at 90

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Stan Flouride

Chuck Berry died Saturday, March 18, 2017 at the age of 90. Police in Missouri where he has been living said, “The St. Charles County Police Department sadly confirms the death of Charles Edward Anderson Berry Sr., better known as … Continue reading →

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Old files reveal wartime tale of ‘Bolivian Schindler’

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Stan Flouride

LA PAZ (AFP).- Old files have revealed the story of a businessman hailed as the “Bolivian Schindler” for helping thousands of Jews flee to the South American country to escape the Nazis. Piles of documents had stood stacked for decades … Continue reading →

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