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'''At the peak of the Beat craze Henry Lenoir, proprietor of Vesuvios and other North Beach drinking establishments placed a sign up in the window of his bar that said: Dont envy beatniks ... Be one! For the benefit of the tourists and the wanna-bes, Lenoir sold a Beatnik Kit that included black-rimmed eyeglasses, a beret, a pair of sandals, a turtle-neck sweater (black), and a slip-on beard. .''' | '''At the peak of the Beat craze Henry Lenoir, proprietor of Vesuvios and other North Beach drinking establishments placed a sign up in the window of his bar that said: Dont envy beatniks ... Be one! For the benefit of the tourists and the wanna-bes, Lenoir sold a Beatnik Kit that included black-rimmed eyeglasses, a beret, a pair of sandals, a turtle-neck sweater (black), and a slip-on beard. .''' | ||
photo by Chris Carlsson | |||
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At the peak of the Beat craze Henry Lenoir, proprietor of Vesuvios and other North Beach drinking establishments placed a sign up in the window of his bar that said: Dont envy beatniks ... Be one! For the benefit of the tourists and the wanna-bes, Lenoir sold a Beatnik Kit that included black-rimmed eyeglasses, a beret, a pair of sandals, a turtle-neck sweater (black), and a slip-on beard. .
photo by Chris Carlsson