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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | |||
'''Elmer Robinson, January 8, 1948—January 8, 1956''' | '''Elmer Robinson, January 8, 1948—January 8, 1956''' | ||
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'''Mayor Robinson releases first fish into Golden Gate Park's Spreckels Lake in 1953.''' | '''Mayor Robinson releases first fish into Golden Gate Park's Spreckels Lake in 1953.''' | ||
''Photos: [http://sflib1.sfpl.org:82/search San Francisco History | ''Photos: [http://sflib1.sfpl.org:82/search San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library]'' | ||
Latest revision as of 00:15, 17 January 2009
Unfinished History
Elmer Robinson, January 8, 1948—January 8, 1956
Mayor Robinson with part of city budget, 1951
Former judge, "a professional politician of the smoke-filled room school." Rumored to have had connections to city's vice trade. Helped convince Mayor Shelley to withdraw from his re-election bid in 1967.
Mayor Robinson greets the new diesel buses in 1955.
Mayor Robinson releases first fish into Golden Gate Park's Spreckels Lake in 1953.