April 1st brings pranks of all kinds, but the annual exhibition of the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit and Humor is no joke even if you may have a few laughs while you're checking it out. This year's theme is "On the Clock: A Playful Guide to Working Life," so why not take a break from your '9 to 5' in the Skylight Gallery on the 6th Floor of the Main Library. The exhibit runs from April 1, 2013 through May 31, 2013.
WASHINGTON SECRETARY ANSWERS NOVEL WANT "AD"
Washington, D.C., March 3,1951
With private business in the capital hard put for experienced secretaries and clerical help because of the advantages offered to government employes [sic] in the way of vacations, sick leave and retirement benefits, Arthur A. Adler, co-owner of the Kneesi and Adler Men's Shop resorted to extreme measures to procure a trained secretary.
The ad he put in a Washington paper is shown at left. Adler took this measure after a more conventional advertisement had brought no results. His 'cocktails at five - husband guaranteed in six months' ad brought in a landslide of applicants. He received about 100 by mail plus fifty girls who applied in person. The winner is Eleanor Nelson, 23, from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was chosen because of experience and personality Mr. Adler said. Photo [above] shows Miss Nelson and Adler enjoying their 5 o'clock cocktail as promised in the ad. Edward J. Hickey, Jr., a Washington, D.C. lawyer dropped into the store as a customer and decided the cocktail hour was a good thing for customers too.
[P4 ADLER, A-E]
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The San Francisco Public Library owns the photo morgue of the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, a daily newspaper that covered the time period from the 1920s to 1965. Much of the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection comes from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue. However, the morgue also includes statewide, national, and international subjects and people that have not been digitized or cataloged. When researchers order scans from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue,selections are cataloged and added to the online database.
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. You may also request photographs from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue.
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| Eleanor Nelson, Edward J. Hickey, Jr., and Arthur A. Adler |
Washington, D.C., March 3,1951
With private business in the capital hard put for experienced secretaries and clerical help because of the advantages offered to government employes [sic] in the way of vacations, sick leave and retirement benefits, Arthur A. Adler, co-owner of the Kneesi and Adler Men's Shop resorted to extreme measures to procure a trained secretary.
[P4 ADLER, A-E]
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The San Francisco Public Library owns the photo morgue of the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, a daily newspaper that covered the time period from the 1920s to 1965. Much of the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection comes from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue. However, the morgue also includes statewide, national, and international subjects and people that have not been digitized or cataloged. When researchers order scans from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue,selections are cataloged and added to the online database.
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. You may also request photographs from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue.
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