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The building known as the Palace

December 13, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Sacramento Daily Union, 25 January 1861 in the City Intelligence column: Fire. — About ten minutes before four o’clock yesterday morning, the building known as the Palace, on Second street, near I, was discovered to be on fire. The Palace is a wooden building, and has been known for several years as a house of … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: Arson, Confidence Engine Company, Fire Company, House of ill repute, Neptune Hose Company, Piano, Prostitution, Scandal

PIANO PLAYER IS DOOMED

January 30, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

SAN BERNARDINO DAILY SUN SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1927 THEATER USED AS INVENTION DEMONSTRATION General Electric’s Device Has Crack of Pistol at Time Smoke Is Seen PIANO PLAYER IS DOOMED Show How Music of Symphony Orchestra May Be ‘Put’ on Film of Photoplay (By Associated Press) SCHENECTADY, N. Y, Jan. 29. – Talking motion pictures in … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, This Day in History Tagged: General Electric, Motion Pictures, Piano, Silver Screen, Sound Recording, Symphony, Theater

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