Category: OB Time Machine

New Revelations About the Original OB Rag

 Staff  February 9, 2008  0 Comments on New Revelations About the Original OB Rag

OCEAN BEACH, CA. New and exclusive revelations about the original OB Rag have been made and recorded here in our…

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Aliens Invade Ocean Beach!

 Staff  February 2, 2008  2 Comments on Aliens Invade Ocean Beach!

Dear Members of the Academy, Friends, Supporters, Cast and Crew, Well, it has literally been 34 years in the making,…

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Another Old OB Rag — March 1972 — Scanned!

 Staff  January 21, 2008  1 Comment on Another Old OB Rag — March 1972 — Scanned!

See the Simmering Pages of the March 1972 Edition of the Original OB Rag! Yes, that’s right! See the issue…

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1972 – This Day In Our Ocean Beach History: Paula Tharp Shot by Right-Wing Terrorists

 Staff  January 6, 2008  0 Comments on 1972 – This Day In Our Ocean Beach History: Paula Tharp Shot by Right-Wing Terrorists

January 6, 1972 — 36 years ago, a right-wing terrorist organization, the Secret Army Organization – an offshoot of the…

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OB Rag Retrospective: Fall 1972 – the Rag & Other OB Alternatives Going Full Blast

 Frank Gormlie  December 15, 2007  1 Comment on OB Rag Retrospective: Fall 1972 – the Rag & Other OB Alternatives Going Full Blast

By Fall of 1972, it was the OB Rag’s second birthday – the beginning of its third year, and the…

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Now More Original OB Rag Full Pages, Photos & Graphics Scanned

 Staff  December 5, 2007  0 Comments on Now More Original OB Rag Full Pages, Photos & Graphics Scanned

We’re proud to announce that another issue of the original OB Rag has been scanned and is now available via…

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Ocean Beach-The Haight-Ashbury of San Diego

 Frank Gormlie  December 1, 2007  4 Comments on Ocean Beach-The Haight-Ashbury of San Diego

The first OB Rag, the O.B. People’s Rag, published its very first issue, edition no. 1, in September 1970. Published…

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Summer of 1970 – the Jetty Is Stopped by OB

 Frank Gormlie  December 1, 2007  0 Comments on Summer of 1970 – the Jetty Is Stopped by OB

The Jetty is Stopped There was definitely turmoil in OB the summer of 1970. For a number of weeks during…

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 Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Environment, OB Time Machine, Ocean Beach, Organizing

New Writings Posted on First OB Rag & Early-1970s History of Ocean Beach

 Staff  November 23, 2007  0 Comments on New Writings Posted on First OB Rag & Early-1970s History of Ocean Beach

We are continuoulsy posting new material on the 1st OB Rag and the early seventies history of activists in Ocean…

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New Photos Added to History of First OB Rag

 Staff  November 11, 2007

We’ve added “new” photos and copies of Rag covers — scanned from the original Rags themselves — to our developing…

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