Lotta's Fountain - Revision history

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	'''A few years after the earthquake and fire 1906, Luiza Tetrazzini performed before tens of thousands of admirers at 3rd/Kearny and Market next to Lotta's Fountain on Dec. 24, 1910.'''		'''A few years after the earthquake and fire 1906, [[Tetrazzini's Christmas Gift\|Luiza Tetrazzini performed]] before tens of thousands of admirers at 3rd/Kearny and Market next to Lotta's Fountain on Dec. 24, 1910.'''

	''Photo: provenance unknown, via Facebook''		''Photo: provenance unknown, via Facebook''

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	So just who the hell was Lotta Crabtree? The daughter of a utopian dreamer who failed at one grandiose scheme after another, Lotta arrived in San Francisco in 1853, at the tender age of six. Her mother, Mary Ann, was one of the very few women in Gold Rush-era San Francisco, and Lotta one of the even fewer children, so the pair attracted attention wherever they went. Lotta became something of a ham. The next year, Lotta wound up under the tutelage of the most scandalous women in California, Lola Montez, whose wide-ranging promiscuity had favored royalty, ''hommes de lettres'', and a number of lesser rogues and drifters, until the outraged women of San Francisco drove her out, forcing her to live in Grass Valley under a pseudonym, "The Countess Landsfield." At the age of eight, Lotta began dancing for the entertainment-starved miners of Rabbit Creek. Her mother proceeded to abscond with her, and with a young Italian entertainer named Mart Taylor. The threesome played in saloons, gambling houses, and lowlife dives throughout Northern California. Lotta developed a song-and-comedy routine to go with her dancing, and soon became California's most revered entertainer during a career that spanned several decades. She lived a wild life, never married, survived to the age of seventy-seven, and left a fortune of four million dollars. And a fountain.		So just who the hell was Lotta Crabtree? The daughter of a utopian dreamer who failed at one grandiose scheme after another, Lotta arrived in San Francisco in 1853, at the tender age of six. Her mother, Mary Ann, was one of the very few women in Gold Rush-era San Francisco, and Lotta one of the even fewer children, so the pair attracted attention wherever they went. Lotta became something of a ham. The next year, Lotta wound up under the tutelage of the most scandalous women in California, Lola Montez, whose wide-ranging promiscuity had favored royalty, ''hommes de lettres'', and a number of lesser rogues and drifters, until the outraged women of San Francisco drove her out, forcing her to live in Grass Valley under a pseudonym, "The Countess Landsfield." At the age of eight, Lotta began dancing for the entertainment-starved miners of Rabbit Creek. Her mother proceeded to abscond with her, and with a young Italian entertainer named Mart Taylor. The threesome played in saloons, gambling houses, and lowlife dives throughout Northern California. Lotta developed a song-and-comedy routine to go with her dancing, and soon became California's most revered entertainer during a career that spanned several decades. She lived a wild life, never married, survived to the age of seventy-seven, and left a fortune of four million dollars. And a fountain.

			Henry Cowell and Frederick H. Meyer were the sculptors, and William Martin designed the engineering and construction, along with other affiliated designers.

	[[Image:Luiza-Tetrazzini-at-Lotta's-Fountain.jpg]]		[[Image:Luiza-Tetrazzini-at-Lotta's-Fountain.jpg]]

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	''Photo: Private Collection''		''Photo: Private Collection''

			[[Image:Kearny, Geary, and Market 1915 wnp30.0082.jpg\|800px]]

			'''Intersection of Kearny, Geary, and Market, 1915, Lotta's Fountain prominently in center.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp30.0082''

			[[Image:Lotta's Fountain circa 1920 w newsboy wnp37.02337-R.jpg\|800px]]

			'''Lotta's Fountain c. 1920, with newsboy and papers stacked across from ''SF Chronicle" offices.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp37.02337-R''

	[[Image:downtwn1$lotta-dedication.jpg]]		[[Image:downtwn1$lotta-dedication.jpg]]

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	''Photo: provenance unknown, via Facebook''		''Photo: provenance unknown, via Facebook''

	[[Image:~~Tetrazinni-singing-1911~~.jpg]]		[[Image:Tetrazzini 1910 at Lottas Fountain img1003888.jpg\|800px]]

	'''Luiza Tetrazinni singing, Dec. 24, 1910.'''		'''Luiza Tetrazinni singing, Dec. 24, 1910.'''

			''Photo: San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum''

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	'''Luiza Tetrazinni singing, Dec. 24, 1910.'''		'''Luiza Tetrazinni singing, Dec. 24, 1910.'''

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	'''A few ~~months~~ after the earthquake and fire 1906, Luiza Tetrazzini performed before tens of thousands of admirers at 3rd/Kearny and Market next to Lotta's Fountain.'''		'''A few years after the earthquake and fire 1906, Luiza Tetrazzini performed before tens of thousands of admirers at 3rd/Kearny and Market next to Lotta's Fountain on Dec. 24, 1910.'''

	''Photo: provenance unknown, via Facebook''		''Photo: provenance unknown, via Facebook''

			[[Image:Tetrazinni-singing-1911.jpg]]

			'''Luiza Tetrazinni singing, Dec. 24, 1910.'''

	[[CALL BUILDING 1906: BURNED BUT STANDING \| Prev. Document]] [[ON DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT \| Next Document]]		[[CALL BUILDING 1906: BURNED BUT STANDING \| Prev. Document]] [[ON DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT \| Next Document]]

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	So just who the hell was Lotta Crabtree? The daughter of a utopian dreamer who failed at one grandiose scheme after another, Lotta arrived in San Francisco in 1853, at the tender age of six. Her mother, Mary Ann, was one of the very few women in Gold Rush-era San Francisco, and Lotta one of the even fewer children, so the pair attracted attention wherever they went. Lotta became something of a ham. The next year, Lotta wound up under the tutelage of the most scandalous women in California, Lola Montez, whose wide-ranging promiscuity had favored royalty, ''hommes de lettres'', and a number of lesser rogues and drifters, until the outraged women of San Francisco drove her out, forcing her to live in Grass Valley under a pseudonym, "The Countess Landsfield." At the age of eight, Lotta began dancing for the entertainment-starved miners of Rabbit Creek. Her mother proceeded to abscond with her, and with a young Italian entertainer named Mart Taylor. The threesome played in saloons, gambling houses, and lowlife dives throughout Northern California. Lotta developed a song-and-comedy routine to go with her dancing, and soon became California's most revered entertainer during a career that spanned several decades. She lived a wild life, never married, survived to the age of seventy-seven, and left a fortune of four million dollars. And a fountain.		So just who the hell was Lotta Crabtree? The daughter of a utopian dreamer who failed at one grandiose scheme after another, Lotta arrived in San Francisco in 1853, at the tender age of six. Her mother, Mary Ann, was one of the very few women in Gold Rush-era San Francisco, and Lotta one of the even fewer children, so the pair attracted attention wherever they went. Lotta became something of a ham. The next year, Lotta wound up under the tutelage of the most scandalous women in California, Lola Montez, whose wide-ranging promiscuity had favored royalty, ''hommes de lettres'', and a number of lesser rogues and drifters, until the outraged women of San Francisco drove her out, forcing her to live in Grass Valley under a pseudonym, "The Countess Landsfield." At the age of eight, Lotta began dancing for the entertainment-starved miners of Rabbit Creek. Her mother proceeded to abscond with her, and with a young Italian entertainer named Mart Taylor. The threesome played in saloons, gambling houses, and lowlife dives throughout Northern California. Lotta developed a song-and-comedy routine to go with her dancing, and soon became California's most revered entertainer during a career that spanned several decades. She lived a wild life, never married, survived to the age of seventy-seven, and left a fortune of four million dollars. And a fountain.

			[[Image:Luiza-Tetrazzini-at-Lotta's-Fountain.jpg]]

			'''A few months after the earthquake and fire 1906, Luiza Tetrazzini performed before tens of thousands of admirers at 3rd/Kearny and Market next to Lotta's Fountain.'''

			''Photo: provenance unknown, via Facebook''

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	''Photo: J.B. Monaco''		''Photo: J.B. Monaco''

			[[Image:Geary-Market-and-Kearny-w-Lottas-Fountain-c-1900.jpg\|720px]]

			'''Geary, Market and Kearny with Lotta's Fountain, c. 1900.'''

			''Photo: Private Collection''

	[[Image:downtwn1$lotta-dedication.jpg]]		[[Image:downtwn1$lotta-dedication.jpg]]

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	'''Photographer J.B. Monaco's studio at Kearny and Market in 1894, Lotta's Fountain at left.'''		'''Photographer J.B. Monaco's studio at [[North on Kearny from Market\|Kearny and Market]] in 1894, Lotta's Fountain at left.'''

	''Photo: J.B. Monaco''		''Photo: J.B. Monaco''

Ccarlsson: added new photo of Lotta's Fountain

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	'''Looking East down Market Street from 3rd, next to Lotta's Fountain, 2007.'''		'''Looking East down Market Street from 3rd, next to Lotta's Fountain, 2007.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

			[[Image:Lottas-ftn 4211.jpg]]

			'''Lotta's Fountain with its new coat of paint and the restored facade of the DeYoung Chronicle building behind, 2013.'''

	''Photo: Chris Carlsson''		''Photo: Chris Carlsson''