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S.F. nonprofit raised $180,000 to buy Cliff House artifacts at auction. Here s what will happen to them
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Two historic Sutro Baths swimsuits were purchased by the Western Neighborhoods Project nonprofit in an auction Friday. The artifacts once belonged to the old Cliff House restaurant.ACT Art Conservation LLC archivesShow MoreShow Less
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The Dream Team of Nicole Meldahl (upper left), executive director of Western Neighborhoods Project, Alexandra Mitchell, a fine arts conservator, and John Lindsey, owner of the Great Highway Gallery, celebrates over Zoom after the auction.ACT Art Conservation LLC archivesShow MoreShow Less
S.F. s strangest bar had monkeys, parrots and cobwebs. Lots of cobwebs
Gary Kamiya
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Abe Warner’s Cobweb Palace on Francisco Street was one of the most popular taverns in the city in the mid-19th century, and was definitely the strangest.File photoShow MoreShow Less
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Abe Warner’s Cobweb Palace, a North Beach tavern of the 19th century, with its namesake cobwebs visible.Wyland Stanley CollectionShow MoreShow Less
From the Gold Rush days to almost the turn of the 20th century, the weirdest bar in San Francisco, if not the world, was in a dilapidated building on the waterfront in North Beach. It was known as Abe Warner’s Cobweb Palace, and its like will never be seen again.
S.F. had its own demagogue who capitalized on racist grievances
Gary Kamiya
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Denis Kearney, a San Francisco politician and activist known for his anti-Chinese bigotry in the 1870s and ’80s, in an undated photo./ The Chronicle
Almost 150 years before Donald Trump harangued a mob that invaded the U.S. Capitol, San Francisco had its own demagogue who rose to prominence by capitalizing on the rage of disaffected working-class voters, demonizing minorities and promising to drain the swamp of corrupt officials.
The difference between Denis Kearney and the 45th president of the United States is that Kearney not only incited his followers to storm the citadels of power, he personally led them there.
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