FEBRUARY 2025

Club Meeting at Fort Mason Center 

Feb. 22, Saturday, CLUB MEETING - San Francisco Bay Area Post Card Club from 11 AM to 3 PM at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco in Building C, Room C-205.  The club meeting will be called to order at 1:00 PM and the program will follow.  Fort Mason and the SF Department of Public Health have stated that people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 are required to bring proof of vaccination, but are not required to wear a mask, and that people who are not fully vaccinated are required to wear a mask.  It’s recommended that everyone wear a Covid-19 mask.  We will observe whatever rules are in place at the time.  Stay safe.  For our annual meeting on the Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPIE), we will have two speakers.  Chuck Banneck will speak on A Sense of Place:  A story of our surroundings today, and of Fort Mason and the PPIE.  Chuck will also share stories about two interesting visitors to the fair and their experiences on the grounds and in the city.  Paul Robinson will talk about the struggle that lighting engineer Walter D’Arcy Ryan encountered in order to get approval to attach 102,000 Novagems to the Tower of Jewels.  In addition to the Bohemian glass "jewels" that hung from the tower, others were sold as souvenirs at the fair for $1.00 apiece. The Tower of Jewels and most of the other Fair buildings were demolished after the Fair closed.  Stories abound as to how boxes of Novagems ended up in junk shops years later.  Now Novagems are valuable collector’s items.  There is an hourly fee for parking within the gates of Fort Mason Center, but upper Fort Mason (enter at Franklin and Bay Streets) and parking spaces along the Marina Green are free.  Parking can be difficult, so come early and enjoy the Goody Cafe, Maritime Library, Greens Restaurant or amble through the community garden, because there’s plenty to see and do.  We often gather before 11 AM at the picnic tables or in the exhibit area in Bldg. B.  More info on directions, GPS, parking, maps, etc.

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Highlighted dates are shows produced by SFBAPCC members.

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Hal Lutsky's Vintage Paper Fair Show - Sunday, October 27, 2024 from 10am to 5pm.
www.vintagepaperfair.com, 415-531-0553.

 

On the first Sunday of every month several dealers set up at the huge outdoor antique market at the Old Naval Air Station in Alameda.  See: http://www.alamedapointantiquesfaire.com/

 

Jeremy LeRoque Shows
http://www.postcardshows.com, 626-665-9435

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