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Historic bars and saloons in San Francisco were some of the earliest businesses during the formation of the city. Many of the first businesses to spring up in San Francisco during the California Gold Rush era (1848–1855) supported the influx of new men, including bars and saloons, [1] breweries, [2] horse racing tracks, [3] and others forms of entertainment.
Pages in category "1940s in San Francisco" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Fruit Bowl; G.
The Sidney Kahn House is a four-story residential building in Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, California designed by architect Richard Neutra in 1939. The building is Neutra's most famous house in San Francisco. [1] The building's top floor is designed as a living room and bar while its middle two floors hold bedrooms.
Pages in category "1940s in Burma" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. . Union of Burma (1948–1962)
The Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) was a World's Fair held at Treasure Island in San Francisco, California, U.S.The exposition operated from February 18, 1939, through October 29, 1939, and from May 25, 1940, through September 29, 1940; it drew 17 million visitors to Treasure Island. [1]
Ernie's first chef and owner was Ernie Carlesso. At the time it was called Ernie's Il Travatore. Located at 847 Montgomery Street near Jackson Square, it was on the edge of the Barbary Coast, a red light district that had been known throughout the world since the 1850s for its brothels, saloons, opium dens, gambling and dance halls, and restaurants with discreet private dining rooms upstairs ...
Post Street in 1942, showing the house later occupied by Bop City (with sign "Nippon Drug Co."). Photo: Dorothea Lange. Bop City (also known as Jimbo's Bop City) was a jazz club operated by John "Jimbo" Edwards in San Francisco from 1949 to 1965. It was situated in the back room of a Victorian house at 1690 Post Street, in the Western Addition ...
San Francisco's Asian population was approximately 4.2% of the population in 1940, versus 0.2% for all of the United States. [67] Although the cast included Filipino Americans, Japanese Americans (except during World War II, when the club's Japanese American performers were removed as part of the Japanese American internment ), Korean Americans ...