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June 6, 1984: Mondale campaigns on the Tiburon Ferry. I'm shocked mostly at the cleanliness of the windows. Usually on the ferry it looks like someone throw a pint of vanilla yogurt on each pane. (Fred Larson / The Chronicle)
July 16, 1984: Geraldine Ferraro in San Francisco at the beginning of the July 16-19 Democratic National Convention at the (brand new!) Moscone Center. She became the first woman nominee for vice-president. (John OHara / The Chronicle)
May 31, 1984: Presidential candidate Gary Hart works the crowd at the Alcoa Building in San Francisco. That's attorney Gloria Allred holding up the sign on the right. It would be so much better if that bumper sticker read "Irony." (Mike Maloney / The Chronicle)
May 26, 1988: I think this baby properly reflects America's opinion of the Michael Dukakis campaign. This stop was in Palo Alto. Bonus 1980s points to the boy on the bottom for wearing a California Raisins T-shirt. (Scott Sommerdorf / The Chronicle)
May 20, 1988: Michael Dukakis is virtually ignored by a disinterested Democrat base as he drinks coffee at Eppler's Bakery in San Francisco. I'm trying to figure out if that cop on the left is current SF Police Chief Greg Suhr. (John OHara / The Chronicle)
Oct. 16, 1988: Presidential candidate Jesse Jackson gives Willie Brown a low five during a get-out-the-vote rally in San Francisco. According to the caption, Brown had arrived late to Jackson's speech. ... CABLE CARS 3, WILLIE BROWN 3 (Brant Ward / The Chronicle)
Jan. 21, 1992: Jesse Jackson visits a shelter in SF's Haight-Ashbury district. The mohawk kid is Travis Vinson. Willie Brown is not in this photo, but Jackson is wearing a Brown campaign button, so ... CABLE CARS 3, WILLIE BROWN 4. (Eddie Ledesma / The Chronicle)
Aug. 12, 1993: Bill Clinton meets with police officers. There's something about looking at Clinton photos that makes me want to eat barbecue and watch porn. (Chronicle file)
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President Barack Obama will appear in San Francisco today. Based on history, the chances are good that he’ll get his photo taken with 1. Willie Brown; or 2. A cable car.
How do I know this? Because I spent much of last week digging through the Chronicle photo morgue, pulling out 12 administrations worth of Democratic presidential candidate photos in the Bay Area. The gallery starts with Harry Truman in 1948 and ends with Bill Clinton in 1992.
Feel free to bet with your friends what makes more appearances in these photos, a cable car or Willie Brown. I’ve kept a running count of the results in the captions for your wagering pleasure. Warning: The final tally may spur controversy.
Make sure you check last week’s The Republicans! version of this series. President Nixon rides BART, and George Bush wears running shorts that makes rookie year Chris Mullin look conservative by comparison.
A few more thoughts about these photos …
* I wasn’t picking on Michael Dukakis by choosing those two photos. Every one of the images from the campaign trail was equally uninspiring.
* I did develop respect for his then 20-year-old daughter, who ran Bay to Breakers to support her dad. Read this Chronicle article by Delfin Vigil about the Robert F. Kennedy photo provided by the University Club. There’s a good story behind it, and Del’s an excellent writer and student of history. And here’s my colleague Carla Marinucci’s recent story about Jane Morrison, where the Democrat talks about her meeting with JFK.
* Full disclosure: As a 17-year-old, I campaigned for Jesse Jackson, including standing over the Broadway Burlingame overpass with a “Honk for Jesse” sign.
* Here’s JFK’s speech from Charter Day at U.C. Berkeley.
* Finally, a request: There’s nothing I hate more than political sniping in the comments of this blog. Please try to enjoy the photos as a cultural find, and fight about partisan politics elsewhere.
If you have a request for a future archive search, please send it to me on a postcard at:
Let’s Go to the Morgue!
C/O Peter Hartlaub
San Francisco Chronicle
901 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103.
Include your city of residence, plus your first name and last initial — or full name if you’re comfortable with that. Make sure my name is on the postcard, otherwise it will never get to me. You can also send me an e-mail at phartlaub@sfchronicle.com or message me on Twitter @PeterHartlaub.
Thanks for reading!
PETER HARTLAUB is the pop culture critic at the San Francisco Chronicle and founder/editor of The Big Event. He takes requests. Contact him at phartlaub@sfchronicle.com. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/peterhartlaub. Follow The Big Event on Facebook
| Feb 16 at 4:16 am