April 1, 2006
all sorts of san francisco legends shared her stage and its story, among them oofty goofty, big bertha, lola montez, emperor norton and lotta crabtree. today’s podcast tells the story of the 60 years in which the “bella” was the most popular show in town.
for further edification:
» the barbary coast - herbert asbury, 1933
» san francisco theatrical memories - james madison, 1925
» women in early san francisco
» emperor norton - sparkletack
» marriott’s “avitor”
random episode from the archives:
how to get Sparkletack updates
musical support:
thanks to tom brown’s player piano for this week’s music, discovered at internetarchive.org, thanks to a creative commons license.
October 21, 2007 at 11:30 pm
this is a fantastic website! thank you sincerely. it is just the type of thing that brings the past to life and personalizes the city making it a joy to live in.
thanks and please keep the pod casts coming!