When.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: the trombone shop san francisco 1852 state fair center

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Timeline of San Francisco - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_San_Francisco

    Golden Gate Park [9] and San Francisco Microscopical Society [24] established. Population: 149,473. [17] 1871 – San Francisco Art Association and St. Luke's Hospital [14] [25] established. 1872 – Bohemian Club and Bar Association of San Francisco founded. [8] 1873 Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating. Polish Society of California ...

  3. Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Selected historical image ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:San_Francisco_Bay...

    Opening day for the short lived operation of Alan Pegler's #4472, The Flying Scotsman along San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. Seen running on Jefferson St., Pegler is in the engineers seat and riding the tender is Joseph Silva, manager of the State Belt RR.

  4. Mark Lawrence (musician) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lawrence_(musician)

    He has taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Colburn School and the Rafael Mendez Brass Institute. He has been on the faculty of Boston University, the Tanglewood Institute, and the Music Academy of the West, and has given master classes worldwide. Many of his former students have gone on to successful orchestral careers in the ...

  5. Niantic (whaling vessel) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niantic_(whaling_vessel)

    The Niantic Hotel was described in about 1852 as the finest hotel in San Francisco. “After the May fire, in 1851, the building since known as the Niantic Hotel was erected. It was first leased by L. H. Roby … under whose management it secured the reputation of being the best hotel in the city at the time.” [ 8 ]

  6. Merchants Exchange Building (San Francisco) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchants_Exchange_Building...

    The Merchants Exchange Building (center, large flag) after the 1906 earthquake Although it was one of the few buildings to survive the quake and subsequent fires, it was heavily damaged. The City believed a quick repair would help create a sense of hope and security for many San Franciscans, and this was accomplished by Polk, with the help of ...

  7. Charles I. D. Looff - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I._D._Looff

    Oklahoma State Fair Carousel: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: With a figure-8 coaster 1910 Saltair Park Carousel: Salt Lake City, Utah: Moved to American Fork, Utah, in 1959 and sold for parts in 1986; Moved to Nederland, Colorado. Scott Harrison used the Looff frame and installed new, whimsically-carved figures. [13] 1910 Fraser's Million Dollar Pier ...

  8. San Francisco Centre - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Centre

    Originally developed by Sheldon Gordon (co-developer of The Forum Shops at Caesars and Beverly Center), the nine-story mall opened in October 1988 as San Francisco Shopping Centre with approximately 500,000 square feet (46,000 m 2) of space, the then-largest Nordstrom store (350,000 square feet (33,000 m 2)) on the top several floors, the first spiral escalator in the United States, and a ...

  9. Hong Fook Tong Chinese Dramatic Company - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Fook_Tong_Chinese...

    The Hong Fook Tong Chinese Dramatic Company (Cantonese: 鴻福堂劇團 [1], romanized: Hung⁴ Fuk¹ Tong⁴ Kek⁶ Tyun⁴) [2] [3] [note 1] was an all-male [4] San Francisco, California-based Cantonese opera company which became the first major Asian American theatrical company in the country, inaugurating the first phase of the history of Chinese opera [note 2] in the United States. [5]