PHOTOGRAPH It is no mean feat convincing 150 poets, oddballs, cafe lounger, wanderers, walkers, walker, dreamers, winos, writers, bohemians, beats, boppers and bamboozlers to show up at ten in the morning to pose for a photograph that's to be the dust jacket of a novel that most of them are characters in. It not only takes diplomacy, tact, time, money, and patience, it also takes an incredible amount of luck. When I sent out the invitations in March of 1971, i didn't know where half the people were. I hired Johnny Woodrose (Shoeshine Devine in the book) to sweep North Beach with a pocketful of invitations with instructions that anyone who was part of the scene was invited, whether or not he appeared in the novel. I sent invitations personally to those whose addresses I had, hoping they'd show up. I expected 30 or 40 people to come; more than 170 people, most of whom never arise before noon, actually got up and staggered down to Adler Alley to be in the picture. They showed up, partly because I offered a free break-fast at Enrico's after the picture-taking, but also because they sensed that the photograph would become history. J.K.

1. Peter Losh - bookseller, 2. Kent McCarthy - bartender, 3. Fellow Traveller, 4. Louis Collins - rare book dealer, 5. Nick Gravenite - blues musician, writer, 6. Fellow Traveller, 7. Tom Reed - worker for The Committee - old time beatnik, 8. Fellow Traveller, 9. Fellow Traveller, 10. Patrick Cassidy - abalone posher, marijuana entrepreneur, Big Sur Chieftain, 11. Irish Tom - wanderer, 12. Jere Peacock - novelist, 13. Judy Kamstra, 14. Jerry Kamstra, 15. Ken Canai - poet, beatnik, 16. Fellow Traveller, 17. Satte - artist, 18. Hubert Leslie (Hube the Cube), 19. Renee, 20. Arthur Monroe - artist, 21. Fellow Traveller, 22. Peter Edler - writer,23. Mike Kelley - writer, bartender, 24. Lawrence Ferlinghetti - poet publisher, 25. Mary Bodreich - photographer, poet, 26. Robert Briggs - publisher, publishing consultant, writer, 27. Mel Bowman - carpenter, artist, 28. Art Sheridan's old lady (Valerie), 29. Art Sheridan - writer, 30. Shigayoshi Marao - co-owner City Lights Bookstore, poet, translator, 31. Victor Moscoso - artist, 32. Herman Schiene - publisher, 33. Henri Lenoir - owner, Vesuvio, art collector, bohemian, 34 Milton, 35. Tom, 36. Tom's son, 37. Kell Robertson - poet, writer, musician, 38. Dean Lipton - writer, 39. John Reed, 40. Paul Strand - artist, 41. Lynn Strand, 42. Fellow Traveller, 43.Bill Denton - art dealer, collector, 44. Spenser Moore - sea man, 45. Wilhelm Jorres - importer, 46. Bob Light - outdoorsman, 47. Trader Bob - dealer in Indian artifacts, 48. Linda Gravenites - designer, 49. Larry Devers - gallery owner, dealer, 50. Frederick Roscoe - owner, Discovery Bookshp, 51. Lee Quarnstom - journalist, novelist, 52. Stewart Jansen - artist, philosopher, drinker, 53. Carlos, 54. Francis Rigney - psychiatrist, author,

55. George Pennywell - artist, 56. George Cozaro - business executive, 57. Girardo Rosal, 58.Freddie Kull - owner, The Spaghetti Factory Cafe & The Savoy Tivoli, 59. Harry Malpas - camera man, 60. Fellow Traveller, 61. Leo Rigler - ex-owner of the Coffee Gallery, bartender, 62. Gina Berriault - novelist, short story writer, 63. Barney Gugel - scholar, drinker, 64. Leonard Gardner - novelist, 65. Bob Seider - sax player, 66. Reldar Wennestand - doctor, 67. Merge, 68. Peter Leblanc - artist, 69. Laury. 70. Wally Sands - professional drinker, raconteur, 71. Naomi Kubota, 72. Adolph - alchemist of Positano, 73. Fellow Traveller, 74. Lawrence Smth - professional walker, 75. Bambino Solo, 76. Peter Edler's old lady, 77. Fellow Traveller, 78. Lourde's son, 79. Lourdes, 80. Gertrude Summers, 81. Al Winans - poet, publisher, 82. Martin Bowen, 83. Michael Bowen - artist, 84. Nancy Roscoe - attorney, 85. Laury Seigal - traveller, 86. Ramon Perez - songwriter, 87. Mgr. of The Cleveland Wrecking Company, 88. Little Joe, 89. Little Joe's old lady, 90. Mohammed -jeweller, importer, 91. Mohammed's son, 92. Lee, 93. Johnny Woodrose (Shoeshine Devine) - poet, songwriter, comedian, 94. Lee's daughter, 95. El Cubano, 96. Red Fred median, 97. Charles Price - novelist, poet, 98. Lucas Kipp - scultor, 99. Carol Hill - gallery owner, 100. Duke - wanderer, 101. Bod Seider - jazz musician, 102. Walter Chappell - photographer, musician, poet, film-maker, great drinker. 104. North Beach cop, 105. Robert Brannaman - filmmaker, writer, cartoonist, artist, 106. Eddie Prince, 107. Bernie Uroniwitz - poet, 108. Candy Denton, 109 Cliff, 110. Carl - wanderer.

Photo by Walter Chappell - March 15, 1971