I Couldn't Lift This Barrel Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Geary 1938 Great Hurricane destroys oyster

1938 Great Hurricane destroys oyster infrastructure

It was the site where Standard Time System was adopted on October 11

The Canary Cottage on Main Street was literally the coolest place in town because it was the first establishment to install air conditioning

were served

Provenance: William R

I Couldn't Lift This Barrel Pink Elephant, San Francisco, 1930s [Square Prints] Geary 1938 Great Hurricane destroys oysterAlso available as a portrait format print. The euphemism seeing pink elephants was first used in the 19th century to describe the hallucinations experienced by drinkers of absinthe, the anise flavored and highly alcoholic beverage associated with bohemian culture, especially among artists and writers in Paris. Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway and Oscar Wilde were well known absinthe drinkers. Absinthe was banned by 1915 but the phrase remained