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'''Patek Philippe moonphase'''<br> | '''Patek Philippe moonphase'''<br> | ||
An expensive watch, obviously: characteristics include a high value and a very complex and precise mechanism. Crocker Fenway's watch would, today, fetch a significant price: a 1968 watch (with some unusual characteristics) went for over $183,000 at a Christie's auction in November 2008. Older, and particularly rare, models have sold for over a million dollars. | An expensive watch, obviously: characteristics include a high value and a very complex and precise mechanism. Crocker Fenway's watch would, today, fetch a significant price: a 1968 watch (with some unusual characteristics) went for over $183,000 at a Christie's auction in November 2008. Older, and particularly rare, models have sold for over a million dollars. | ||
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| + | '''Parking lot at the May Company shopping mall...tomorrow evening.'''<br> | ||
| + | This conversation happens the evening of Wednesday May 6, 1970.<br><br> | ||
| + | '''Doc brought Denis along'''<br> | ||
| + | Evening, Thursday May 7, 1970. | ||
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Revision as of 08:47, 8 September 2009
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a mural depicting the arrival of the Portola expedition in 1769 at a bend of the river near what became downtown L.A.
A real or imagined mural?
The pictorial style reminded Doc of labels on fruit and vegetable crates
Southern California used to be full of fruit/vegetable orchards. And local farms would develop their own crate labels. Here are some examples.
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St. John's Episcopal Church
Since 2008 referred to as St. John's Cathedral. The reference may seem odd, as the church is now - and was in 1970 - a very liberal one. Of course, Crocker Fenway would have been married there in the 1940s, before its transformation from "an upper-level parish church controlled by businessmen" had occurred.
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Patek Philippe moonphase
An expensive watch, obviously: characteristics include a high value and a very complex and precise mechanism. Crocker Fenway's watch would, today, fetch a significant price: a 1968 watch (with some unusual characteristics) went for over $183,000 at a Christie's auction in November 2008. Older, and particularly rare, models have sold for over a million dollars.
Parking lot at the May Company shopping mall...tomorrow evening.
This conversation happens the evening of Wednesday May 6, 1970.
Doc brought Denis along
Evening, Thursday May 7, 1970.
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1953 Buick Estate Wagon
| Chapter 1 pp. 1-18 |
Chapter 2 pp. 19-45 |
Chapter 3 pp. 46-49 |
Chapter 4 pp. 50-54 |
Chapter 5 pp. 55-67 |
| Chapter 6 pp. 68-88 |
Chapter 7 pp. 89-110 |
Chapter 8 pp. 111-123 |
Chapter 9 pp. 124-153 |
Chapter 10 pp. 154-162 |
| Chapter 11 pp. 163-185 |
Chapter 12 pp. 186-206 |
Chapter 13 pp. 207-234 |
Chapter 14 pp. 235-255 |
Chapter 15 pp. 256-274 |
| Chapter 16 pp. 275-295 |
Chapter 17 pp. 296-314 |
Chapter 18 pp. 315-342 |
Chapter 19 pp. 343-350 |
Chapter 20 pp. 351-363 |
| Chapter 21 pp. 364-369 |
