In honor of the 2011 One City, One Book selection Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach, we have found a few fun photos from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin photo morgue for you to enjoy. Watch for them through November 2011!
Think robots with guns are scary? Head to the Main Library's Koret Auditorium on Wednesday, October 26 at 6:15pm for Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe with Alex Filippenko, Professor of Astronomy at UC Berkeley. Observations of very distant exploding stars (supernovae) show that the expansion of the Universe is now speeding up, rather than slowing down due to gravity as expected. Other, completely independent data strongly support this amazing conclusion. Dr. Filippenko’s talk explores how over the largest distances, our Universe seems to be dominated by a repulsive "dark energy" which stretches the very fabric of space itself faster and faster with time.
Want to talk more about the One City, One Book selection, Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void? The Merced Branch Book Club will be discussing Mary Roach's book on Tuesday, October 25 at 6:30 pm. Another book discussion group will be gathering at the Parkside Branch on Wednesday, October 26 at 7pm.
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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 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.
Image and caption from the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue courtesy of the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, San Francisco Public Library.
Miss Marian Pfaffenberger "reaches for the ceiling" when Alpha Robot brandishes a weapon. [11/23/35]The caption to a related photo explains that Alpha was "a mechanical man, who took 14 years to make, cost $180,000, weighs 2240 pounds, and does everything but cook." In that photo, Alpha Robot was slightly more peaceful, entertaining a group from the Laguna Honda home at the Emporium Auditorium.
[PX-S 43 ROBOTS]
Think robots with guns are scary? Head to the Main Library's Koret Auditorium on Wednesday, October 26 at 6:15pm for Dark Energy and the Runaway Universe with Alex Filippenko, Professor of Astronomy at UC Berkeley. Observations of very distant exploding stars (supernovae) show that the expansion of the Universe is now speeding up, rather than slowing down due to gravity as expected. Other, completely independent data strongly support this amazing conclusion. Dr. Filippenko’s talk explores how over the largest distances, our Universe seems to be dominated by a repulsive "dark energy" which stretches the very fabric of space itself faster and faster with time.Want to talk more about the One City, One Book selection, Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void? The Merced Branch Book Club will be discussing Mary Roach's book on Tuesday, October 25 at 6:30 pm. Another book discussion group will be gathering at the Parkside Branch on Wednesday, October 26 at 7pm.
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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 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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