In honor of this year's Schmulowitz Collection of Wit and Humor exhibition: "A Dog's Life (With A Special Appearance by Cats), 'It Came From the (Photo) Morgue' goes to the dogs:
March 6, 1959
Stanford hospital physician, Dr. Russell A. Johnson, sacrificed his $15,000 art collection to rescue neighbor's poodle, Heidi, when a spectacular two-alarm fire raced through Telegraph Hill flat at 1321 Montgomery St. today.
The Library owns the photo morgue of the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, a daily newspaper that covered the time period from the 1920’s to 1965. Much of the San Francisco History Collection comes from the News-Call Bulletin morgue. However, the morgue also includes national and international subjects that have not been digitized or cataloged.
Looking for a historical photograph of San Francisco? Try our online database first. Not there? Come visit us at the Photo Desk of the San Francisco History Center, located on the sixth floor at the Main Library. The Photo Desk hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Photo and caption from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue, courtesy of the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, San Francisco Public Library.
March 6, 1959
Stanford hospital physician, Dr. Russell A. Johnson, sacrificed his $15,000 art collection to rescue neighbor's poodle, Heidi, when a spectacular two-alarm fire raced through Telegraph Hill flat at 1321 Montgomery St. today.
The Library owns the photo morgue of the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, a daily newspaper that covered the time period from the 1920’s to 1965. Much of the San Francisco History Collection comes from the News-Call Bulletin morgue. However, the morgue also includes national and international subjects that have not been digitized or cataloged.
Looking for a historical photograph of San Francisco? Try our online database first. Not there? Come visit us at the Photo Desk of the San Francisco History Center, located on the sixth floor at the Main Library. The Photo Desk hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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