| Photo Id# |
AAC-7909 |
| Title |
[John Nolan holding a plaque erected by employees of the Haight Street Cable Car Line in memory of their three dogs, Jack, Fido and Tip] [graphic]. |
| Date |
1946 Dec. 7. |
| Description |
1 photographic print: b&w. |
| Location |
Folder: S.F. Transportation-Cable Cars-Companies-Market Street Railway Company-Haight Street.
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| Reproduction Rights |
Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.
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| Notes |
Newscopy: "LANDMARK TO GO--John Nolan, shop foreman for the past 40 years at the Haight-st carbarn, looks at memorial (left) erected by employes of the Park & Ocean Railroad and the Haight Street Cable Car Line to three faithful watchdogs who were poisoned by burglars in 1891." |
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Text on plaque: "Erected by the employes of Haight St. Cable Car Line and P. & O. Rail Road. To the memory of their three Dogs, JACK, FIDO & TIP. In life they were intelligent, Noble and affectionate, and were cruelly poisoned by Burglars on the morning of March 9, 1891, and nobly perished at the post of duty. Jack, Fido and Tip, illfated three. Poor dead playfellows, a sad bequest. Faithful to the last, now you're free. Sleep on forever; peaceful be your rest. O. R. Hawthorne. Anaker." |
| Subject |
Transportation -- Cable Cars -- Companies -- Market Street Railway Company -- Haight Street.
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San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
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Cable cars (Streetcars) -- California -- San Francisco.
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Market Street Cable Railway Company.
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| Series |
San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
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