Comments on: San Francisco Timecapsule: 05.18.09

By: Lenice

Lenice — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:32:03 +0000

I noticed in your article that, at least, a mild interest in prohibition and “gangster stuff” sparked your interest in the flapper era.I’m interested in the time period for a somewhat similar reason. I’m searching for my paternal grandfather who ran a speakeasy–a cigar store–in north beach in the early 1920s. He was mysteriously killed in an automobile accident sometime between 1922 and 1924. I think. My paternal grandmother, who remarried, spoke very little about him, and my father never knew the details of his life. definitely an interesting era.

By: Ros

Ros — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:02:37 +0000

This all reminds me so much of The Great Gatsby. So so beautiful and hedonistic! If only this ambience would come around again! Perhaps one day…

By: Maria Panda Kinderspiele

Maria Panda Kinderspiele — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:24:05 +0000

I love the first photo of your article. I have just started reading some books about San Francisco in the 20s. It is pretty interesting because it was really a turbulont period for all the cities in the US.

By: San Francisco Photos

San Francisco Photos — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:24:05 +0000

I love that word flapper! Being from the Middle East I doubt we had any back there and then. I love everything about flappers – sounds like it would have been fun to have known a few.

Thanks for a great blog as well. I’ve lived here in San Francisco for the last 16 years and once when I was a very young kid with the folks and I love it here and learning about the history which I’m very passionate about is very important. It seems you’ve got a lot of history written about San Francisco here that I have to get caught up on.

Seb

By: Sparky Firepants

Sparky Firepants — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:30:25 +0000

My grandma was a flapper (in Chicago). Hard to imagine Grandma as a flapper. She was always just… Grandma.

The Flappers didn’t disappear, they just went dormant.

Why does that era sound so romantic?

Flappers, hip flasks, boxing, and Hemingway (oops, that’s Paris).

Where did I put that goddamn time machine, anyway?

By: TS

TS — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:51:10 +0000

From flappers to hipsters:

http://worshipstirregulars.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/hipster.jpg

Now people take out their aggression and insecurities on this fashionable class of youth. (Alas, they are what passes for fashion nowadays…)