Mission Mission

Jeff from Spots Unknown found this vintage image which maybe reminds us about the way things never change. Or just that we’ve always been messy. Or that they didn’t know what was coming. Or about farmers who moved to the big city and found a new herd to tend to. Or whatever.

“You kids of today act like you invented liking PBR. Well guess what? We drank it during the Great Depression! It was blended 33 to 1 and that’s the way we liked it!” – Pep-Pep

This came from a breathtaking set of color photos from the late 30s/early 40s that you should check out right now. Experiencing photos from this era in color is surreal. It sounds silly, but it’s hard to even imagine color existed back then until you actually see it for the first time.

[from Denver Post via Dangerous Minds]

Back when the Armory was still an armory?  Favorite comment so far:

how the hell did you get old cars to park there…oh wait nevermind.

Woodward between 14th and Duboce, 1976

[Photo by Dave Glass]

Previoulsy:

The Tens Takes You Inside The Armory

Kink.com Mad Libs!

Can you imagine partying in an era prior to the Black Eyed Peas and Scissor Sisters and Lady Gaga? It must’ve been so hard.

Great henley on that one guy though. And how do you think they got to the bar? Track bikes weren’t invented yet, and U-locks were the size of hula hoops.

These guys know nothing of George W. Bush or 9/11 or Twilight or LeBron. Imagine that. What a world.

Photos by Orla G, from her set SkyLark Birthday 2000.

1958! Dang!

Imagine how all our lives would be different were we walking around talking about “RT” all these years! “RT Boner” certainly doesn’t have the same ring to it as < a href=”/2008/10/19/passing-under-24th-street/”>BART Boner.

But that emblem sure looks speedy. I dig it.

Historian Eric Fischer published the image, and BART Diaries hipped us to it.

P.S. Everybody should read this item about the new Girl Scouts branding.

Previously:

<a href=”/2010/06/09/19-year-old-muni-fast-pass/”>19-Year-Old Muni Fast Pass

<a href=”/2010/06/04/29-year-old-muni-fast-pass/”>29-Year-Old Muni Fast Pass

Regular patron Cranky Old Mission Guy delivers some bad news about Cafe Prague, and then sings its praises:

Cafe Prague @ Mission + Sycamore has indeed gone belly-up — because, I’m guessing, it was empty a lot.

‘Gee, what do they want? We gave them a handful of vaguely-authentic dishes and a short list of beers and interior seating so depressing that they HAD to sit at the cafeteria/picnic-style tables in the enclosed alley-like backyard, regardless of the weather, to avoid having their meals ruined by homeless people pressing their faces and/or asses against the greasy, paint-smeared windows! What could be more authentically MISSION?!’

But I digress.

Okay, okay. Read on and you’ll eventually get to the part about praises.

Photo by Bubli!

My favorites are The Winter of Our Discontent and The Moon Is Down. How ’bout you?

Photo by Steve Rhodes.

First of all, I’m a little bummed the Commonwealth folks decided to get rid of El Herradero’s Aztecky wraparound awning thing.

But if they hadn’t, we wouldn’t be treated to this view of some signage for Hunt’s Quality something or other. So it’s all good.

(Thanks, Banks!)

Previously:

Commonwealth!

Somebody used this to get to Nirvana’s big show at the Warfield. Think about that.

It definitely looks just like some OP board shorts I had back then.

Scan by sbfisher.

More on the SOON-TO-BE-DEFUNCT Muni Fast Pass:

RIP Muni Fast Pass (plus: Muni Passes of the late 1970s)

29-Year-Old Muni Fast Pass

More on the ’90s:

Somebody Loves the ’90s

Duuude! This is a fast pass from the month of my birth! Everything from January ’81 is raaaad!!

[via sfhaps] [Thanks, Meli!]