Framed San Francisco Chronicle 1966 and Examiner 1978 Grogan Newspaper Pair
Framed San Francisco Chronicle 1966 and Examiner 1978 Grogan Newspaper Pair
PRODUCT DETAILS
• Material: Original period newsprint pages laminated onto wood plaque boards under a glossy protective coating
• Dimensions: Approximately 15 x 20-21 in (Chronicle plaque) and 14 x 21-22 in (Examiner plaque), sold as a pair
• Color/Finish: Amber-toned newsprint under a glossy laminate finish; Examiner piece mounted on a black board
• Condition: No tears, creases, or losses on either page; both show overall yellowing/golden-brown toning from age and lamination, with the Chronicle page showing the strongest amber cast; the Examiner's black mounting board has scattered light surface scuffs; both are sealed under a glossy coating rather than glass
• Era/Period: 1966 and 1978 newspaper issues
• Subject: The San Francisco Chronicle's November 30, 1966 front page, "Three Truces in War," covering a Vietnam War holiday ceasefire, includes a photo caption naming Emmett Grogan (misspelled "Groggan") among Haight-Ashbury figures cleared of nuisance charges over a Halloween puppet show. Paired with it is the San Francisco Examiner's April 16, 1978 front page, "Hero of the Haight," the obituary for Emmett Grogan, Diggers co-founder and author of Ringolevio, reporting his death in New York at age 33.
These two original press-run pages, laminated onto wood plaques, bookend Emmett Grogan's story twelve years apart - one an incidental mention during his Haight-Ashbury Digger days, the other his front-page obituary. Sold together, they appeal to collectors of Haight-Ashbury and Digger counterculture ephemera rather than general historic-newspaper buyers, since neither headline is a world-historic event on its own.
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