| Photo Id# |
AAA-9271 |
| Title |
[Re-dedication of the Fort Gunny-Bags site] [graphic]. |
| Date |
1960 Dec. 16. |
| Description |
1 photographic print: b&w. ; 10 x 8 in. |
| Location |
Folder: S.F. Monuments-Fort Gunny-Bags.
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| Reproduction Rights |
Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
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| Notes |
Written on back: "Fort Gunnybags Re-Dedicated--This morning the Native Sons of the Golden West re-dedicated the site of Fort Gunnybags, which was located on Sacramento Street, between Davis and Front Streets, the headquarters of the history making Vigilance Committee of 1856 (& now site Bethlehem Steel Building). The original bronze tablet placed March 21, 1903 was destroyed in the earthquake and fire of 1906. The Native Sons of the Golden West re-placed the plaque with appropriate ceremonies on June 1, 1918. This plaque removed and stored during the building of the present Bethlehem Steel Building was re-set and re-dedicated this day. Leo M. Travers of San Francisco, Grand President of the Native Sons of the Golden West conducted the dedicatory ceremonies, assisted by Grand Vice President Joseph G. Oeschger of San Carlos and Grand Secretary Harold J. Regan of San Francisco. Past Grand President Robert Emmett Halsing, a prominent San Francisco Attorney, made the dedicatory address." |
| Subject |
Monuments -- Fort Gunny-Bags.
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San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
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| Series |
San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
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