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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | |||
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'''LOTTA CRABTREE, variety star (1847-1924) ''' | '''LOTTA CRABTREE, variety star (1847-1924) ''' | ||
Vivacious Lotta was a true child of the Gold Rush. She sang and danced in gold mining camps from the age of nine and held fond ties to San Francisco long after becoming New York's highest-paid stage star. She gave the city an ornate [ | Vivacious Lotta was a true child of the Gold Rush. She sang and danced in gold mining camps from the age of nine and held fond ties to San Francisco long after becoming New York's highest-paid stage star. She gave the city an ornate [[Lotta's Fountain| water fountain]] that survived the 1906 earthquake and still stands today at Market and Kearny Streets. | ||
''Photo: SF Performing Arts Library and Museum '' | |||
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Latest revision as of 00:16, 12 January 2009
Unfinished History
LOTTA CRABTREE, variety star (1847-1924)
Vivacious Lotta was a true child of the Gold Rush. She sang and danced in gold mining camps from the age of nine and held fond ties to San Francisco long after becoming New York's highest-paid stage star. She gave the city an ornate water fountain that survived the 1906 earthquake and still stands today at Market and Kearny Streets.
Photo: SF Performing Arts Library and Museum