In 1940, the Treasury Department holds a contest to choose an artist to paint a series of murals for the lobby of the Rincon Annex…
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Phyllis Diller, 37, mother of five, former San Leandro News-Observer shopping columnist, gets her first stand-up comedy gig at San Francisco’s Purple Onion on March…
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That’s how an article in the July 30, 1897 San Francisco Call describes Mrs. Eliza Thorrold, who is set to take the examination to be…
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Emily Pitts Stevens occupies a hallowed position in the pantheon of early suffrage advocates in California. As a 25-year-old teacher of night classes for working women…
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On October 24, 1884, Marietta Stow declares her candidacy for vice president of the United States on the Equal Rights Party ticket, during a speech…
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In late 1848, when gold seekers flock to California from around the world, some European miners bring with them a thick paste of flour and…
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So says Universalist and Unitarian minister Thomas Starr King on his San Francisco deathbed, March 4, 1864. According to Charles Wendte’s 1921 biography of Starr…
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In what they themselves describe as a “dingy room at 417 Clay Street,” two teenagers – Charles de Young, 19, and his 17-year-old brother Michael…
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On November 27, 1978, angered that he wasn’t to be reappointed to the Board of Supervisors slot he resigned from on November 10, Dan White…
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Although Congress concludes extended and acrimonious debate that brings California into the Union on September 9, 1850, it isn’t until 40 days later, on October…
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