We may very well have crossed paths, after all, frequenting the same places over a three or four year period would certainly suggest the possibility
I recall your dad's pharmacy. I lived at 9th and Irving in late 1967-early 1968. I may have even gotten a prescription filled there. Gasser has a new, bigger store down on 3rd street, below market. It's a huge place, but not anywhere near as friendly as the ol' place on Geary Blvd. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; pdml <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Date: 12/23/2004 5:28:56 PM > Subject: Re: Quick Survey: Mechanical Camera Usage > > Thanks for the chance to reminisce, Shel. Hope I'm not boring everyone > else. (Okay, I probably am, but I don't do this often.) > > Shel: > > I spent a lot of 1967 dollars at Gasser's on Geary Blvd, and that's > where I had my first show. Actually, it was the second hanging of my > first show, which first appeared at the Parks and Rec building. They're > still "in business," although the last time I was there things seemed a > little shoddier than I remember them to have been. Back in 1967 - 1970 > it was a great place to learn. The place was always busy, and lots of > ideas were flying around as well as some experimenting with different > techniques and the sharing of equipment. > > ----- > I wonder if we crossed paths? I used it through at least 1970. Then it > was a darkroom at UC Santa Barbara, where I was an undergraduate. > ----- > > Gasser's in those days was a real haven for photographers, at least it > seemed that way to me. > > ----- > Me too. I went by it about 4 years ago and was grossly disappointed. > ----- > > Where was your dad's pharmacy? > > ----- > > Tainter's Drug Store, southwest corner of 19th Avenue and Irving. He > sold it in 1968. > > Joe
