What are you looking for?
DIY magazines from the 60s? A century's worth of maps of California? Old cigarette ads? The history of candy? How about a 1950s book on puberty?
Whether you come armed with a bizarre research topic or just want to peruse, the Prelinger Library in SOMA is worth a visit. Celebrating its 5th anniversary this week, the private library was founded by Rick Prelinger and Megan Shaw Prelinger and houses over 40,000 books, periodicals, government documents, and ephemera.
Strengths include North American landscape (cultural geography, travel and tourism, car culture), housing and city planning, advertising and consumerism, and media and technology. It also has a vast collection of government documents, maps, and historical text books.
The Prelinger promotes browsing and serendipitous discovery, but also has over 3,000 ebooks and visitors are encouraged to take copies home on their USB Drives.
The Prelinger Library is located at 301 8th Street, just south of Folsom Street. Drop in Wednesdays from 1pm to 8pm, or call for another time. More info here: Prelinger Library.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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3 comments:
Jack and I LOVE the first picture of the little girl on the ladder. SO CUTE
These are dope shots. I think a photoshoot in here with some dark lighting would be very sick. There is a library on Lone Mountain at USF I have to show you. Reminds everyone of Hogwarts ha
-TOM
Yeah, it would be a neat place for a fashion shoot!
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