4 Feb 2015

Writing on the Whale and Other Novelties

From The Western Neighborhoods Project: Ocean Beach. People posing atop dead whale (Courtesy of a Private Collector)
From The Western Neighborhoods Project: Ocean Beach. People posing atop dead whale
(Courtesy of a Private Collector)

Joe Thompson emailed me these fascinating photos of lettering on unusual objects, namely a dead whale (1919) and a shipwrecked oil tanker (1926). They are from San Francisco, recently donated to the Western Neighbourhoods Project. Read more about the photos and the project on SF Weekly News.

As a bonus, an exploding whale video below. Thanks Joe!

From The Western Neighborhoods Project: Three and half years after running aground, the Lyman Stewart sits in the surf covered with graffiti. It would stay there until around 1938. Helmet Rock at right. DPW 1039 (Courtesy of a Private Collector)
From The Western Neighborhoods Project: Three and half years after running aground, the Lyman Stewart sits in the surf covered with graffiti. It would stay there until around 1938. Helmet Rock at right.
DPW 1039 (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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