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.
LORRAINE ROGERS
Unusual secretary. May 9, 1957
Not every secretary has to know if Pluto's really a planet, or how long it would take a space ship to reach the moon.
But Lorraine Rogers does and the letter describing her chores as secretary to the manager of Morrison Planetarium in Golden Gate Park has won her first prize in The News "Most Unusual Secretary Contest," run in conjunction with "This Could Be the Night," now at Loew's Warfield.
For her letter, Miss Rogers, who lives at 218 Lake-st, receives a round trip week-end at Los Angeles, three days' stay as the guest of the Sheraton Town House, and $150 in expense money.
[PX-P 183 ROGERS and RODGERS, K-M]
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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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"Sputnik I model held by Lorraine Rogers was whipped up by staff of Morrison Panetarium [sic] for special satellite show when Russians made first launching. Miss Rogers is the director's secretary. Mar. 5, 1958." (S.F. News Photo by Blob Klein)
[PX-P 183 ROGERS and RODGERS, K-M]
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Unusual secretary. May 9, 1957
Not every secretary has to know if Pluto's really a planet, or how long it would take a space ship to reach the moon.
But Lorraine Rogers does and the letter describing her chores as secretary to the manager of Morrison Planetarium in Golden Gate Park has won her first prize in The News "Most Unusual Secretary Contest," run in conjunction with "This Could Be the Night," now at Loew's Warfield.
For her letter, Miss Rogers, who lives at 218 Lake-st, receives a round trip week-end at Los Angeles, three days' stay as the guest of the Sheraton Town House, and $150 in expense money.
[PX-P 183 ROGERS and RODGERS, K-M]
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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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