Historical Items from the California Clipper
The California Clipper 1939 NC18602 Boeing 314			This card was found in the back of a drawer behind the bar. We no longer have a fine color TV screen. We do, however, still have the Everglade 4 prefix. We are now at EVerglade 4 - 2547
The Clipper building, at 1002 North California Avenue in Chicago, was a movie theater from 1912 until 1918. Many public spaces, including theaters, were shut down during the killer flu epidemic at the end of World War I. It is unclear what occupied the commercial space between 1918 and 1937, when it reopened as the California Clipper Tavern, owned and operated by two brothers and a sister, Toni (Antoinette), Gus (August), and Joe Caporusso. We even have a ghost story of our own.
California Clipper 1937 Joe Caporusso behind bar		California Clipper 1941
Joe Caporusso back left, Toni Caporusso third from right (hot blonde), maybe Aunt Kate (?) far left		Joe Caporusso far left, Gus Caporusso second from left in the back
		Toni, Gus, and Aunt Kate (?) 1967 or ‘68
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