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Joshua Abraham Norton: Emperor of the USA

Self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States, Joshua Abraham Norton was not so different from you and me. He too worried for the welfare of the impecunious, minted his own coinage, called for a bridge linking Oakland and San Francisco and stalked the streets of 1850s Barbary Coast with a saber and beaver cap, demanding the dissolution of Congress.
   
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Dolores Park

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Zuni Café

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