Members' Meeting 1999 - Art Deco Society of California

Members' Meeting

1999

Members Meet in a
Deco-Vintage Cafe

The ADSC held its annual Membership Meeting Sunday January 24, 1999, at Shroeder's Cafe, in downtown San Francisco. Fifty-eight members, prospective members, and guests enjoyed Schroeder's vintage ambiance, food and beer.

The walls at Schroeder's are lined with murals, painted in the 1930s and restored in the '90s, depicting Middle-European life in the early years of the 20th Century.

Both the cafe and the murals' conservator, David Boysel, received preservation awards at the ADSC's Art Deco Preservation Ball in 1998. The story of the murals and their restoration appears in the Autumn 1998 issue of our magazine, The Sophisticate.

-- Photos by Hal Glatzer

Director Cherie Oliver answered questions about the ADSC from member Ron Vernali (left) and Francis Farina

B.K. Doyra and John Shannon had the dance floor to themselves . . .	. . . while Maddaline Goepel played.

Longtime members Sooky Trattner and Reno Alonso (left),
persuaded Diane and Joe Cohen to join the ADSC that very day.

Mother and daughter Barbara and Mollie McWilliams	Mother and daughter Helen and Katie Towey

Members Jacques Fitch (left) and Jenifer Deming (right), with prospective members Karra Canum and Portia Leet.


John Moore and Ron Andrews	Leia Slyder Vass and Carol Powell

Vice President Neil Nevesny explains the benefits of joining the ADSC to prospective members Demetrius Thompson and Patricia Brill.


ADSC Director Peter Oliver and Anneliese Miller	Mary Gebrian (left) and ADSC Director Kathleen Kirkpatrick

Linda Ayre, Dennis Harrison, and Mary Jenevein shared a table.
(Mary is one of the ADSC's lifetime members, and was profiled in the Autumn 1998 issue of The Sophisticate magazine.)

	Luz Coussens (below, left) compares hats with Paula Trahearne, who leads many of the ADSC's architectural and historical walking-tours.
The ADSC's newest board members Wally and Cherie Oliver.