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Cable Car Inventor - Andrew Hallidie - 1873
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Andrew Smith and his son first went to inspect the mines in Mariposa County, but, being disappointed in his venture there, the father returned to England in 1853 ...Al Smith Day at Treasure Island Fair - 1939
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Watch for Brown Derby– Al Smith's in Town. Here for First Time in Years; to See Exposition. The fellow with the polka-dot tie, the striped suit and the brown ...Carpathia Captain Honored by US Senate for Titanic Rescues
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Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan submitted the report of the investigation by the Senate Commerce Committee, a feature of which was the condemnation ...1940 Treasure Island World's Fair to Open at San Francisco
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Smith was the one man in San Francisco who refused to believe when nearly everyone else said there was no possibility of a second year for the fair.Overfair Railway at the Exposition - 1915
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Al Smith gave the Pacifics new and secure permanent homes. Smith, like Billy Jones, had worked for the Southern Pacific railroad. In 1944, while working in theReflections on Black History - Thomas C. Fleming
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Okeh label for Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds The Okeh label made a lot of what was called race records, by such people as Fletcher Henderson and his bigThe Emporium Department Store War Plan — 1942
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When The Emporium finished its plan for the protection of its store buildings, J. Avery Smith, superintendent, figured it was a job well done but he had no idea ...Chinatown Declared a Nuisance! - 1880
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Isaac Smith Kalloch, nicknamed "Golden Voice," was born July 10, 1832, in East Thomaston, Maine. He came to San Francisco in 1875 because there were ...1906 Earthquake - Dr. George Blumer Eyewitness Account
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On the evening of April 17th 1906 I received in the last mail a letter from Doctor Herbert E. Smith, Dean of the Yale Medical School, asking me if I would consider1989 San Francisco Earthquake Debriefing
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Oct 17, 1989 - Deputy Orr Smith conveyed Mayor Art Agnos' satisfaction with the overall performance of the city, its citizens and its employees and his ...Francis "Lefty" O'Doul Day at Seals' Stadium - 1938
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by Harry B. Smith. It's O'Doul day and you're invited. If you're a youngster under 14, then you get into the ball park free of charge, plus a small bat and a bag of ...Statement of Secretary of the Interior James Garfield
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Mr. Smith. Are there any appropriations on these streams? Secretary Garfield. ... except for the purposes and under the limitations above set forth. Mr. Smith.Hetch Hetchy Hearing - Museum of the City of San Francisco
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Mr. Smith. Do you not mean the Middle Fork? It seems to be indicated here as the Middle Fork. Mr. Manson. It is known as the South Fork homestead; it is near ...Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
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Persifer F. Smith, new commander of the military division of California, was aboard. Thomas O. Larkin and Capt. Sherman went into the bay by small boat toMining and Scientific Press, San Francisco - 1860
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... conducted the journal until January 1st, 1863, at which time he disposed of oneBiography of Fremont Older
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Ernest Hopkins ghosted the story of Alice Smith “A Voice from the Underworld.” Today the serial wouldn't have been a shocker, but at that time women's clubs ...Eyewitness to the Discovery of Gold at Sutter's Mill - 1848
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Alexander Stephens, Henry W. Bigler, James Berger, William Johnson, Azariah Smith, James S. Brown, and Israel Evans, were hired to follow; James W.Barbary Coast and Chinatown Vice - Gambling - 1871
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John Smith, a miner from Mud Springs, El Dorado County, came down on the Sacramento boat last evening, and put up at the What Cheer House. On his way to ...RMS Titanic San Francisco Survivors Describe Awful Scene ...
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“I saw Colonel Astor, Major Butt and Captain Smith standing together about 11:30 o'clock. There was absolutely no excitement among them. Captain Smith said ...Impact of the Gold Rush - By Theodore H. Hittell
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He carried a few specimens back and offered them at a store kept by Brannan & Smith in one of the out-houses of the fort in payment for a bottle of brandy. SmithDole Air Race - 1927 - Museum of the City of San Francisco
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A young airmail pilot named Ernie Smith and his navigator, Emory Bronte, in a monoplane called City of Oakland and only 27 feet long, made a lurching takeoffSan Francisco Firsts - 1935
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Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith in the same year. The bay region will soon have the distinction of inaugurating the first transpacific air service of Pan-American ...San Francisco Power Outage - 1998
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AP also quoted PG&E president and CEO Gordon Smith as blaming the power failure on “simple human error,” when a construction crew at a San Mateo CountyGold Rush Chronology 1855 - 1856
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Goods were shaken from the shelves. More harbor pirates: A fellow calling himself Frank Smith was arrested for stealing $800 worth of goods from a vessel.San Francisco Painters' Union Local 19 Meeting Minutes ...
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The board consists of A.E. Smith, J.B. Fleming, F. Bergen, William Walsh, J. Gorp, J. Thomas, Ed McLean, Thomas Linton, Thomas Bayliss, Phil Kiley, Thomas ...Original Fires Following the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
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Smith's Cash Store. Attended by SFFD. 40 Steuart St. near Market. Brown's Store. Attended by SFFD. 117 Steuart St. near Mission. Alice's Rooming House.Henry George - Progress and Poverty - 1879
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... Mill, Riccardo, Quesnay, and Adam Smith. Progress and Poverty finds its real significance in the fact that it is a book which has provoked the minds of men.Meritorious Recommendations
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Gayle Orr Smith Deputy Mayor of Public Safety City and County of San Francisco Room 200, City Hall San Francisco, CA 94102. Dear Deputy Mayor: This letter ...The Raker Bill - 1913
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MARCUS A. SMITH, Arizona. ..... Groveland to Portulaca or Hog Ranch and into the Hetch Hetchy Dam site, and a road along the southerly slope of Smiths PeakDiscovery of Gold, by John A. Sutter - 1848
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As soon as this man arrived at the fort he went to a small store in one of my outside buildings, kept by Mr. Smith, a partner of Samuel Brannan, and asked for a ...Washington Dodge Tells of Titanic Sinking - 1912
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The more notable men on board, who were known by sight to the other passengers, knew Captain Smith personally, and remained near him. These menHaight-Ashbury Concise Bibliography
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Title: The Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinics : still free after all these years, 1967-1987 / Richard B. Seymour, David E. Smith. 1st ed. San Francisco : Partisan ...Gold Rush Chronology 1846 - 1849
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Persifer F. Smith, new commander of the military division of California, was aboard. Thomas O. Larkin and Capt. William T. Sherman went into the bay by small ...Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Building - 1925
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The News Letter and the Telephone. By Richard C. Smith. Photo of new Telephone Company Building at 140 New Montgomery Street With the CaliforniaSan Francisco Earthquake History 1915-1989
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District Attorney Arlo Smith said, "If there's anyone arrested tonight for burglary or looting, tomorrow morning we're going to go into court and demand that there ...Gold Rush Chronology 1850 - 1851
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City Hospital, owned by Dr. Peter Smith, was destroyed by fire. There were nearly 150 sick and helpless patients there, but they were rescued. Loss was $40,000 ...William T. Sherman and Early California History
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A. J. Smith and George Stoneman were with him, and were assigned to the company of dragoons at Los Angeles. All these troops and the navy regarded ...San Francisco Biographies - Museum of the City of San ...
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Andrew Smith Hallidie — Cable Car Inventor · Lillie Hitchcock Coit · Jacob Leese · William A. Leidesdorff · Frederick Marriott · Henry Meiggs of Meiggs' Wharf1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake U.S. Army Eyewitness ...
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"Captain Smith was trying to come down during the earthquake, he was pretty much thrown around the stairs left and right. Every time he would try to go down,San Francisco History 1930 - Museum of the City of San ...
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1939 – Al Smith Day at Treasure Island · 1939 – “Flesh” Shows at The Gayway on Treasure Island · 1939 – New Hupp Skylark Automobile Arrives at the World'sPetition of City Engineer Marsden Manson
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Mr. Smith. Do I understand that you desire a fee-simple title, in addition, to the ... Mr. Smith. I thought you said a moment ago that it depended on whether you ...George Horatio Derby (1823-1861)
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Persifer F. Smith and B. Riley—including the reports of Lieuts. Talbot, Ord, Derby and Williamson, of their explorations in California and Oregon; and also of their ...Titanic Rescue Described by San Francisco Survivor - 1912
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“All this time the Titanic had a slight list to port, but just after the collision Captain Smith, coming hurriedly up and inquiring what the list was and finding it ...Charles Pierce - 1926-1999
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Well, it would sound funnier if I said 'It was one of Kate Smith's slack suits.' You see, the sound of all those consonant 'ks' make it sound funnier...or, how would itRiots Precede San Francisco General Strike "Bloody ...
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Later, at Harbor Emergency Hospital, where they were treated for cuts and bruises, Hoffman told police he was employed by the J.S. Smith Trucking Co., ...General Mariano G. Vallejo
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The site for the city was a beautiful one, but trade did not leave San Francisco, though General Persifer F. Smith removed the army headquarters to the city on ...San Francisco History by Subject Page 2 - Museum of the ...
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... Mayor Rossi's Labor Day Speech at Treasure Island – 1939 · Al Smith Day at Treasure Island – 1939 · Dolls from Golden Gate Internationa Exposition – 1939 ...Samuel Woodworth - "Old Oaken Bucket"
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Title: Festivals, games, and amusements : ancient and modern / by Horatio Smith ; with additions by Samuel Woodworth. New York : J. & J. Harper, 1831.Bibliography of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
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Title: A letter from Sherman to Colonel Stevenson; with an introduction by Wilbur J. Smith and a facsimile of the original letter from the collection of the University ...Symphonies in Steel - Museum of the City of San Francisco
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... in building the Bay Bridge would build thirty-five San Francisco Russ Buildings plus another thirty-five Los Angeles City Halls or L.C. Smith buildings in Seattle.Gold Rush Chronology 1857 - 1861
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... at Monterey Bay. Martin Gallagher, who had been forcibly placed aboard the bark "Yankee" by the Committee of Vigilance, sued the vessel's captain J. Smith.Chronology of San Francisco Rock 1965-1969
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Robert R. Smith, President of San Francisco State College, resigned. November 26, 1968 S.I. Hayakawa named acting president, San Francisco State College.Eyewitness: San Francisco Committee of Vigilance - 1856
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From the book entitled "San Francisco Vigilance Committee of '56," by F. W. Smith, I quote the following, with some corrections and alterations: "I am informed by ...1868 San Francisco Earthquake
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The adjoining building, occupied by Black, Robbins & Co., paper dealers, Wigmore's furniture depot, and Turnbull & Smith's job printing office, were also ...Theodore Judah - "A Practical Plan for Building the Pacific ...
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... to set out on the 1st Tuesday in March, and continue it from Hosea Eastgate's the coach and horses in Dear street, Soho, London; and from John Smith's in theDiary of John A. Sutter 1838-1848 - Part II
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October 12th. A small Store was established by S'l Brannan & Smith in one of the houses near the fort. November 1st. Getting with a great deal of trouble and ...The Samuel Saga - San Francisco Gold Rush Family
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Their daughter, Laurie was married to Harvey Smith in 1989, and son Dr. Steven Alan Samuel married Joanne in 1988, but neither of these children have ...