Bill Van Niekerken

Library Director, San Francisco Chronicle

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@jachristian Bravo! Some of the best hiking in the Bay Area.

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@gretakaul I'm very impressed that you know that "song"

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@DavidGallagher What a treasure trove ... The Chronicle had lots of negatives from the World's Fair, but all black & white.

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@TrishaThadani Congrats Trisha! It was great working with you at the Chron. You'll be missed.

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@peterhartlaub @hknightsf @TonyBravoSF We got married at the Stern Grove Clubhouse. Ceremony under the trees with dancing inside.

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@peterhartlaub Lunardi's (I go to the one on Skyline) deli sandwiches are fantastic, and a pretty good deal.

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Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia passing away 25 years ago was a blow to Deadheads everywhere. Garcia was one of the stalwarts of the Haight-Ashbury scene. Here are several photos from various points in his career: https://t.co/Rrkq7DYoiL

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On September 23, 1962, millions in the Bay Area waited in line to get their polio vaccine. Will we see a campaign like this for Covid-19? Check out photos from the 1962 K.O. Polio campaign. https://t.co/AZ9CqvJDCv

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I was shocked to hear that Ringo turned 80 yesterday. I remember well when the Beatles were the hottest group on the planet. Here's a column I did on some long-forgotten photos of his stopover in San Francisco in 1964. https://t.co/an74swW8S1

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A reader tipped me off that while scanning negatives for this column, I may have unearthed a photo of photographer Dorothea Lange who was covering the U.N. Charter. Check out the latest From the Archives column at: https://t.co/qCtOiW5rRH

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@SonsofJohnnieLe Beatles of course, as they played their final concert at the Stick.

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Grace Cathedral, one of the most magnificent churches in San Francisco took almost 50 years to complete, is said to have become a landmark the day it opened in 1964. Check out these great photos and learn little about it's history. https://t.co/Gri5XEX6fG)

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@peterhartlaub I saw the catch game with a roomful of twenty-something life-long 49ers fans. The Cowboys seemed like an eternal obstacle. Dwight Clark and Joe Montana were gods to them as well.

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@ArneChristensen Thanks for the interesting column! I worked a few years with Art, and he was a class act!

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A great story by Bruce Jenkins on Cal's win in the 1938 Rose Bowl. and I found some great images in the negatives. Here is my favorite photo.

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Hall Of Famer Y.A. Tittle play 10 years with the 49ers. Here's a shot at training with a kid out of Stanford named John Brodie.

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Brandon Crawford's son sporting backwards Warriors cap reminds me of him at the Stick in 92 calling for the Giants to stay in SF

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Off to the Giants game, but won't be seeing a beer vendor like at Candlestick in 1977. Old Milwaukee, premium beer? At least only 85 cents

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For while in the 1980s, photographers would print photos on oversized paper, making celebs even larger-than-life.
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An ode to Benny Bufano, a San Francisco sculptor who broke the mold https://t.co/xCQSVBI5VS via @sfchronicle