Lost San Francisco - 1878 - The Crocker "Spite Fence" on Nob Hill. Charles Crocker, the wealthy railroad investor and banker (Crocker Bank and todays Crocker Galleria were named for him), wanted
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Railroad capitalists Colis.P. Huntington, Leland Stanford, Oliver Oakes Ames, Charles Crocker Sydney Dillon and D.H. Moffat 1800. Hand-colored woodcut Stock Photo - Alamy
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