Black and white photo of lawyer/author Erle Stanley Gadner (wearing hat & glasses), author of Perry Mason series.

Book cover "The Court of Last Resort" by Erle Stanley Gardner.

Born OTD 1889: Erle Stanley Gardner, author Perry Mason series. Began as trial lawyer defending impoverished people. Founded Court of Last Resort to help those imprisoned unfairly, wrote nonfiction book about it (1952).

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From @roaddrake “Giants Chair”.
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From @roaddrake “Thats me sleeping in Giant’s Chair’s van”.
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From @roaddrake “More sleep capsule”.
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From @roaddrake “SLEEP CAPSULE from Seattle. On Spanish Fly records which was Lori Barbero’s label from Babes in Toyland. They sounded like Mudhoney meets Dinosaur Jr. This was 1994/95 I believe.”
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From @roaddrake “SLEEP CAPSULE from Seattle. On Spanish Fly records which was Lori Barbero’s label from Babes in Toyland. They sounded like Mudhoney meets Dinosaur Jr. Their records are great.”
Photos by Paul Drake.
#sleepcapsule #spanishflyrecords #seattle #pauldrake #justlikemudhoney