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Disaster era clears class lines in San Francisco rubble
In the wake of the earthquake and fires a city of stark levelling emerges. Wealthy heirs and paupers mingle on the sidewalks as social distinctions vanish. homes are lost, but human courage and neighborly aid rise. Incidents include a Spreckels heir born on the sidewalk, a bakery repurposed, and officials operating from unlikely rooms.
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San Francisco
Cal
Richard Barry
van Ness Avenue
Golden Gate
California
Fillmore Street
Pacific Coast
Arizona
Doon
Mike” de Young
Reut
Phelan
de Young
Garin ‘Nabb
Abe Reuf
San Frantisco
America
Raphael
Stanford
Berkeley
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
Spreckels
Pacific Avenue
Rudolf Spreckels
Sugar Trust
Chance
Mrs. Kane
John McLean
Steward Manville
Kane
McLean
Herman Oelrichs
New York
Crossley
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Montgomery Street