PA 1022; Text from caption glued to back: Wash. "Acme photo" Washington Bureau. Shades of King Ben. Allen Benson, star House of David pitcher, just signed by Clark Griffith as a moundsman for the fast slipping Senators, pictured in Washington uniform as he combed his red beard before taking initial practice with the Nats Aug. 14th. Bureaus, Wash'n. Cleve. 8-14-34. Your credit line must read (Acme).; Stamped on back: This photo is supplied by Acme Newspictures Washington Bureau 1322 New York Ave. Washington, D.C. Not to be used for dyndication or advertising purposes without written permission
Subjects
House of David -- Pictorial works, Washington Senators (Baseball team : 1886-1960)
Inscriptions: Back: Almira Elkins, Enfield, N.H., Shaker Commune died at Enfiled, N.H. Shaker village in 1897, age 47. Daughter of Elmira Elkins and Josiah Elkins. Came to Enfield, April 1853.
A FREE FORUM ON THIS SUBJECT WILL BE HELD ON F-‘RlDAY,APR\L e*—",1973 ' FREE FORUM ON ALTERNATIVE LIVING There will be I free forum on- titled, “Alternative Living: A Modern Experiment," in the Fireman’: Fund Forum Theater, at 3333 California St. in San Francisco, on Friday night, Ap- ril 6,1973 at 7:30 P.M. A panel will cover the areas of Women’: Liberation in Action, alternative education, gestalt and utopian psychology, alternative health- care delivery system, Health In- formation Centers, community newspapers, Men's Transforma- tion, innovative child-care sys- tems, and the future of Northern California and The Alternative Pursuits Movement. The panel of speakers are members of a nonprofit educa- tional corporation called P.A.S.S, Free U. Experimental College. They are a group of multi-media community artists involved in the creation of a model inten- tional non-therapeutic communi- ty. Guest speaker will be Jim Evans, a behavioral psychologist studying alte... Show moreA FREE FORUM ON THIS SUBJECT WILL BE HELD ON F-‘RlDAY,APR\L e*—",1973 ' FREE FORUM ON ALTERNATIVE LIVING There will be I free forum on- titled, “Alternative Living: A Modern Experiment," in the Fireman’: Fund Forum Theater, at 3333 California St. in San Francisco, on Friday night, Ap- ril 6,1973 at 7:30 P.M. A panel will cover the areas of Women’: Liberation in Action, alternative education, gestalt and utopian psychology, alternative health- care delivery system, Health In- formation Centers, community newspapers, Men's Transforma- tion, innovative child-care sys- tems, and the future of Northern California and The Alternative Pursuits Movement. The panel of speakers are members of a nonprofit educa- tional corporation called P.A.S.S, Free U. Experimental College. They are a group of multi-media community artists involved in the creation of a model inten- tional non-therapeutic communi- ty. Guest speaker will be Jim Evans, a behavioral psychologist studying alternative education who has researched with Dr. Lloyd Homme, an early student of B.F. Skinner who participated with Dr. Skinner on the first ex- periments done with teaching machines and programmed in- struction. Dr. Evans is current- ly the head of The Instructional Development Unit of The Com- munications Office for Research and Training at U.C.S.F. The speakers, whose theories are eclectic, have been influ- enced by the writings of R. Buckminster Fuller. In the forum on "Alternative Pursuits: A Nhdern Experiment" they will be discussingthe necessary stages leading to a utopian society. They will discuss the dynamics of how groups can function har- moniously and interact without personality friction. They will also explore the creation of al- ternative living units, including town and country Resource Re- sorts and the development of lo- cal facilities whichvvould provide health-care and multimedia edu- cation to persons on a decen- tralized basis. The program will feature mul- ti-media. In addition to speakers there will be a slide show & af- ter the lecture there will be a question and answer period. Print- ed material on the subject will also be available. The panel will be receptive to ideas from the audience on how interested per- sons can work on the programs & concepts discussed at the forum. Further information and printed material is available and can be obtained before April 6th by contacting P.A.S.S. Free U. Ex- perimental College, I833 Page St., San Francisco, 94||7. Phone number: 752-0773. Show less
Geography
San Francisco (Calif.)
Subjects
Alternative lifestyles--California, Communal living--California--San Francisco
Description: Photograph, mounted on card stock, 3 _ X 4 5/8 and is identified and dated, in ink, on the back. Several men are pictured next to what was likely the drying shed for the brick. A horse is hitched to what looks to be the clay mixer and two oxen are nearby pulling a cart.
Description: Photograph of Amana General Store-Amana, Iowa, This image dates to around 1900. The stone portion of this building, still (2012) used as a general store, was built in 1858.
Description: Image is 3 x 4 and mounted on card. The stone portion of this building was built in 1858. The General Store is still standing and continues as a general store (2012).
Description: Image is 3 x 3 and mounted on card. This shows part of west wall of the building and front facade. The stone portion of this building was built in 1858. The frame wing housed the Amana Society main office for many years following the end of the communal system. The building today (2012) continues to house a general store.
Description: Amana meeting house, 1900, taken facing east. This shows the wooden living quarters and women's entrance as well the long stone faade of the main meeting house (church) in Amana which was built in 1864. The image is 3 X 4 and mounted on an embossed cream colored card that is 4.5 X 5.5. Notation on back reads "Saal 1900".
Description: View of the Amana Pharmacy with grinding windmill, tower for Pepsin production and an original pre Amana farm house. Photograph is probably the work of Adolph Siegrist, a sometime member of the Society, whose work was primarily done in the 1890s.
Description: Photographs of the windmill are uncommon as it was removed around 1890. Photograph mounted on a card; the image is 4 3/8 X 6 3/8 inches. Not a sharp image.
Description: Photographs of the windmill are uncommon as it was removed around 1890. Photograph mounted on a card. The image is 4 3/8 X 6 3/8 inches. Not a sharp image.
Description: Interesting view, taken from second floor of Trautmann House in Amana looking east. Visible in the middle four ground is the back of a brick ash house. In photo center is the back of the school building for the lower grades and, at extreme right, the building used by the upper grades. Three buildings of the Amana main street are visible in the background. This image dates from around 1900 (one of the visible buildings has a construction date of around 1898) 4 3/16 X 3 2/16 mounted on a card that is 5 3/8 X 4 . $75.