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SFist Finds: Vintage Muni Transfer

Leanne Maxwell — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:46:00 GMT

I spent the holidays with my mother in Los Angeles, who collects rare first-edition books. While I was visiting, she opened "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" (circa 1930) and an old San Francisco MUNI transfer fell out. We don't know whose it was, or how long it was in that book. We're not even certain how old this ticket is, but google tells us that John M. Woods was general manager of MUNI in 1972, so it's probably from that era.

Reading a rare, first-edition copy of Sherlock Holmes on the bus sounds like a very San Francisco thing to do -- no matter what decade.

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RIP Evan Farrell

Leanne Maxwell — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:25:12 GMT

Multi-instrumentalist Evan Farrell passed away from smoke inhalation after a space heater in the Oakland apartment he was staying in caught on fire last week. Based in Bloomington, Indiana, Evan had flown to the Bay Area to play with his band Japonize Elephants, who are based in San Francisco/Oakland and originated in Bloomington. Evan also played bass, keys, and vocals for Rogue Wave up until early this year, touring with them in 2005 and recording on their 2006 album Descended Like Vultures. Evan was also in Bloomington band The Hollows and is survived by his wife and two sons.

Donations for Evan's family are being accepted through Paypal. Our hearts go out to Evan's family and friends.

Photo by Nathan Walls, using a Creative Commons license