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  • 13:05, 28 March 2024Talks: 2024 Videos (hist | edit) ‎[1,494 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Primary Source</font></font> </font>''' '''Shaping San Francisco hosts Public Talks on a variety of topics on Wednesday nights, about 18 times a year. Our topic themes vary, but we've grouped them over time into these categories: Art & Politics, Ecology, Historical Perspectives, Literary, and Social Movements.''' Since Covid-19 disrupted our use of the 518 Valencia Street gallery for our Public Talks after...")
  • 22:34, 16 March 2024Esprit de Corpse (hist | edit) ‎[16,340 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''—from Pro...")
  • 22:13, 16 March 2024A Teaching Temp Talks Back (hist | edit) ‎[11,905 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Sophia F...")
  • 22:06, 16 March 2024Help, I'm Doing Hard Time in the Federal (or state or county or city) Bureaucracy (hist | edit) ‎[5,697 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by THEMIS,...")
  • 12:29, 12 March 202445 Westpoint: A World of Possibilities (hist | edit) ‎[17,146 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by James Tr...")
  • 00:00, 6 March 2024I Live in the Past: The Rent is Cheaper! (hist | edit) ‎[7,690 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Zoe Noe...")
  • 23:38, 5 March 2024My Life in the Search Engine (hist | edit) ‎[11,305 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Netizen...")
  • 15:08, 5 March 2024Disappeared of Silicon Valley (hist | edit) ‎[17,560 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' <big>'''(or,...")
  • 23:53, 4 March 2024On the Bleeding Edge (hist | edit) ‎[22,043 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Greg Wil...")
  • 23:45, 4 March 2024Trauma Tango (hist | edit) ‎[11,007 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Tom Mess...")
  • 22:21, 29 February 2024Temporary Coding (hist | edit) ‎[16,835 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Mickey D...")
  • 22:05, 29 February 2024Making of a Bad Attitude (hist | edit) ‎[26,884 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Chris Ca...")
  • 21:31, 29 February 2024Safe with the Gaping Maw (hist | edit) ‎[6,128 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Bill Dol...")
  • 23:38, 28 February 2024Lose Jobs Now! Ask Me How! (hist | edit) ‎[14,703 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Zoe Noe'...")
  • 23:23, 28 February 2024I Take a Polygraph Test (hist | edit) ‎[15,748 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Mark Leg...")
  • 23:10, 28 February 2024Work Sickness at the Health Factory (hist | edit) ‎[16,781 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Summer B...")
  • 22:55, 28 February 2024863-AIDS (hist | edit) ‎[7,515 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Mark Leg...")
  • 22:45, 28 February 2024Charley Brown's—Where Everything is Prime? (hist | edit) ‎[9,935 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Lucille...")
  • 22:21, 28 February 2024Them That's Not (hist | edit) ‎[23,703 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Peter We...")
  • 22:06, 28 February 2024A Day in the Life of Employee 85292 (hist | edit) ‎[24,865 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Jesse Dr...")
  • 23:42, 27 February 2024It Takes a Janitor . . . (hist | edit) ‎[19,680 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Tale of Toil</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Zoe Noe'' '...")
  • 23:29, 27 February 2024Horrors of Pooper-Scooper U. (hist | edit) ‎[7,613 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Tale of Toil</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Melinda Gebb...")
  • 22:59, 27 February 2024Get Hot! A Messenger Tale of Toil (hist | edit) ‎[13,382 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"Tale of Toil"</font></font> </font>''' :''"Foundsf.org is republishing a series of "Tales of Toil" that appeared in ''Processed World magazine'' between 1981 and 2004. As first-hand accounts of what it was like working at various jobs during those years, these accounts provide a unique view into an aspect of labor history rarely archived, or shared.'' ''by Zoe Noe''...")
  • 22:54, 7 February 2024Willie Mays: A Tribute (hist | edit) ‎[7,689 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Howard Isaac Williams'' 800px '''Willie Mays crossing home after a home run at Candlestick Park, c 1964.''' ''Photo: OpenSFhistory.org wnp14.6478'' Willie Mays was one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Many who app...")
  • 22:22, 7 February 2024Diane di Prima, Beat Generation Poet (hist | edit) ‎[10,526 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Nancy Snyder, originally published at the [https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/author-biography/diane-di-prima-beat-generation-poet/ Literary Ladies Guide], August, 2022.'' 380px|right '''Diane di Prima''' ''Photo: Estate of Diane di Prima'' The extraordinary feminist and Beat generation poet Diane di Prima (August 6, 1934– Octo...")
  • 17:30, 20 January 2024New Potrero Theater (hist | edit) ‎[3,807 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Peter Linenthal'', Potrero Hill Archives Project, originally published as "An Unusual Past and Uncertain Future" in the [https://www.potreroview.net/an-unusual-past-and-uncertain-future/ February 2023 ''Potrero View'']. 800px '''New Potrero Theater at 312 Connecticut, circa 1929.''' ''Photo: Cour...")
  • 17:09, 20 January 20241936 Soap Box Derby (hist | edit) ‎[2,234 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Peter Linenthal'', Potrero Hill Archives Project, originally published in the [https://www.potreroview.net/1936-soap-box-derby/ December 2023 ''Potrero View'']. 800px '''Photo: John Gutmann'' The first All-American Soap Box Derby, advertised as ‘the greatest amateur racing event in the world’, was held in S...")
  • 23:36, 16 January 2024Coronado Playground, 21st and Folsom (hist | edit) ‎[1,218 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' Image:Jose-Coronado-Playground 20230613 222255747.jpg '''Jose Coronado Playground at 21st and Folsom, 2023.''' ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' Image:Jose-Coronado-Playground-sign 20230613 222311468.jpg ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' Image:Folsom-and-21st-SE-corner 20230613 222303367.jpg '''Folsom Street and 21st Street southeast corner, 2023.''' ''Phot...")
  • 22:55, 16 January 2024Dolores Street and 27th Street (hist | edit) ‎[1,665 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' The San Jose-San Francisco railroad ran across an elevated iron bridge at the intersection of Dolores and 27th Streets for decades, ending during WWII when the bridge was dismantled after the railroad stopped passenger service and the iron was needed for war materiel. 800px '''Nor...")
  • 22:28, 16 January 2024Alexander Books Closes (hist | edit) ‎[8,429 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>I was there. . .</font></font> </font>''' ''by Teresa Moore, originally published in the ''San Francisco Examiner'', April 26, 2023'' Image:Alexander-interior 20230428 213442339.MP.jpg '''The last day at Alexander Books at 50 2nd Street, just south of Market Street, April 28, 2023.''' ''Photo: Chris Carlsson'' San Franciscans know microclimates. Live here long enough and you learn to pack a sweater, s...")
  • 15:30, 14 January 2024Revolutionary Art on Telegraph Hill: the Coit Tower Murals (hist | edit) ‎[21,624 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Nancy Snyder'' ''Originally published at [https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/12/15/revolutionary-art-on-telegraph-hill-the-coit-tower-murals/ counterpunch.org], December 15, 2023'' 792px '''1958 aerial view from south to north of Coit Tower, Alcatraz, and Marin County in th...")
  • 18:03, 12 January 2024I Was a Typesetter! (hist | edit) ‎[12,229 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>"I was there..."</font></font> </font>''' ''by Chris Carlsson, 2024'' 400px|right '''Typesetting on a Compugraphic Jr., fonts (film strips) hanging behind me, c. 1984.''' I learned to type in the 9th grade at Claremont Junior High in Oakland in 1971. Every day we’d spend an hour on old, heavy, dirty manual typewriters, repeatedly pounding the keys of the QWERTY...")
  • 00:32, 2 January 2024Working at Play—Playing at Work (hist | edit) ‎[7,046 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Primary Source</font></font> </font>''' Image:Playnig-at-work sign.jpg In mid-1983, the Commmittee for Full Enjoyment made one of its earliest appearances in San Francisco. Consisting of an assorted crew of radicals, some associated with ''Processed World'' magazine, they embarked on a theatrical intervention in the Financial District. It was called "Working at Play—Playing at Work...")
  • 21:36, 22 December 2023Block the Boat in Solidarity with Gaza (hist | edit) ‎[2,952 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>I was there . . .</font></font> </font>''' ''by Jim Haber, December 2023, originally published at [https://connection.kehillasynagogue.org/jews-occupy-federal-building-for-gaza/ Kehilla Synagogue newsletter]. Image:Block-the-boat-3nov23.jpg '''The ship being blockaded at the Port of Oakland, November 3, 2023.''' ''Photo by Jim Haber'' I awoke the morning of Friday, November 3 to a phone alert that a s...")
  • 21:29, 22 December 2023Jews Occupy Oakland Federal Building for Gaza (hist | edit) ‎[8,467 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>I Was there . . .</font></font> </font>''' ''by Jim Haber, December 2023, originally published at [https://connection.kehillasynagogue.org/jews-occupy-federal-building-for-gaza/ Kehilla Synagogue newsletter]. 800px '''Jim Haber at the Dellums Federal Building in Oakland on November 13.''' ''Photo by Jim Haber'' Jews across the country and around the world are seeing imag...")
  • 19:22, 18 December 20231965 Anti-Vietnam War March (hist | edit) ‎[1,239 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' Image:Anti-vietnam-war-march-with-coffins-market-street-c-1965-Claudio-Beagerie-Photographs-(SFP-164).jpg '''Anti-Vietnam war march with coffins on Market Street, c. 1965.''' ''Photo: Claudio Beagerie, courtesy San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library'' Image:Anti-vietnam-war-march-market-street-c-1965-Claudio-Beagerie-Photographs-(SFP-164).jpg...")
  • 18:40, 18 December 2023Greyhound Bus Strike 1983 (hist | edit) ‎[16,100 bytes]Ccarlsson (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>''' ''by Chris Fillmer, originally published in the magazine ''Ideas & Action'' in 1984.'' Image:Greyhound-Strike-1983-mass-picketing-on-7th-street-IMG00073.jpg '''Mass picketing on 7th Street outside of the Greyhound Bus Terminal between Mission and Stevenson Alley, November 1983.''' ''All photos: Chris Carlsson'' Image:Greyhound-bus-during-1983-strike-IMG00072...")