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Those were the days
Original post made on Dec 29, 2014
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, December 29, 2014, 8:07 AM
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Posted by whatever
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Dec 29, 2014 at 9:20 am
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Dec 29, 2014 at 9:20 am
Another view of the hotel from an old hotel postcard mailed in 1917.
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Posted by whatever
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Dec 29, 2014 at 9:50 am
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Dec 29, 2014 at 9:50 am
Here's a postcard image of the Pacific School in Menlo Park. Postcard mailed in 1908.
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Anyone know where it was located?
Posted by wahtever
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Dec 29, 2014 at 9:55 am
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Dec 29, 2014 at 9:55 am
Darn, I need to get new glasses. That's a picture of a "Public" School in MP. I guess it's the school which used to stand where the old Cadillac dealership ended up on El Camino near Valpariso.
Posted by Barn Bueller
a resident of Atherton: other
on Dec 29, 2014 at 10:28 am
a resident of Atherton: other
on Dec 29, 2014 at 10:28 am
Great photos.
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Prohibition.
How'd that work out for us?
Historically, it gave us three things:
- a new word: "scofflaw" - one who breaks scoffs at a stupid law
- it took mostly unorganized crime, added a common purpose, and gave us our first "organized" crime
- it advanced women's rights and power: before Prohibition, women were not allowed in bars, during prohibition, it was easy to scoff at both the law and the previous rules about women and bars. The temperance movement was generally led and fueled by women, giving women one of their strongest political effects to that point.
2 of the 3 were not positives, for sure.
Shall we look at drug prohibition now? Have we won the trillion dollar War on Drugs yet?
Any positives?
Anyone?
Bueller?
Posted by Stop the Trolls
a resident of another community
on Dec 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm
a resident of another community
on Dec 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm
[Post removed; debate the issue and don't attack fellow posters.]
Posted by Elizabeth
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Dec 29, 2014 at 4:26 pm
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Dec 29, 2014 at 4:26 pm
The school was located near the Cadillac dealership and called Central School.
