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Enrico Caruso in Costume

Performing Arts in San Francisco

A sampling of some of the performers that have graced San Francsico since its early days.

This chapter tells the story of some of the actors, actresses and dancers whose performances have graced San rancisco since the gold rush days, including the brother of the assasin of Abraham Lincoln, the world's first (?) device for producing a concert of scents and the arrest of an actor for impersonating Jesus Christ.

Early San Francisco Theater Early Theater

THE CHRISTENSEN BROTHERS AND THE SAN FRANCISCO BALLET SF Ballet

Jesus Arrested! San Francisco, April 17, 1879 The &Passion

Morse's Passion Salmi &Morse

SF Music Menu M&usic

S.F. Performing Arts Library and Museum SF Performing Arts Library and Museum

Edwin Booth - Actor Edwin &Booth

Bert Williams - Vaudevillian Bert &Williams

Black Crook The Black Croo&k

Chinese Opera in SF Chinese &Opera

Isadora Duncan Intro Isadora &Duncan

LOLA MONTEZ Lola Monte&z

Lotta Crabtree in SF Lotta Cra&btree

Martinettis in SF M&artinettis

Opera Opera

SADAKICHI HARTMANN Sadakichi Hartmann

Contributors to this page include:

SF Performing Arts Library and Museum - Publisher or Photographer

SF Performing Arts Library and Museum - Writer

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