Ticket Giveaway Winning Images

Tea Eggs in Chinatown, San Francisco, photo by Erik Wilson, known as Generik11 on Flickr
Erik Wilson, known as Generik11 on Flickr

Footbridge over Stevenson Street, San Francisco, photo by Igor Uriarte, known as 20R3Mun on Flickr
Igor Uriarte, known as 20R3Mun on Flickr

They each get a ticket to Rick Prelinger’s Lost Landscapes of San Francisco.

Thanks to everyone who submitted images and helped to get our Flickr pool started with a bang.

If you haven’t bought your ticket to the screening yet, hurry up, because they’re going fast.

Interview With San Francisco’s Guerrilla Archivist, Rick Prelinger

Rick Prelinger at the Prelinger Library in San Francisco, photo by Cory Doctorow

Different people have different instincts when they come across something previously unknown. Some want to hoard it for themselves or a peer group, and use it for a future payoff. Others want to share. More after the jump…
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Ticket Giveaway: ‘Lost Landscapes of San Francisco’ Screening

A ride up Market Street, San Francisco, circa 1905

The Long Now foundation has generously offered Spots Unknown readers two free tickets to Rick Prelinger’s upcoming presentation of previously-unseen archival footage of a lost San Francisco. It happens on Friday, December 4th at the Herbst Theatre. If you’re in town then, and want to go, read on…
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Rick Prelinger’s Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 4

Rick Prelinger, Prelinger Archives, Lost Landscapes of San Francisco 4

“Guerrilla archivist” Rick Prelinger is once again joining forces with the Long Now Foundation for the 4th in his series of screenings titled, “Lost Landscapes of San Francisco.” More after the jump…
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