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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: November 18, 2015
Caption: Geary and Taylor
Additional Description: Isadora Duncan was born in her father's house here on the corner of Geary and Taylor streets, where Walgreen's is today. Her father was George Duncan, — “a suave and cultured gentleman who was a cashier of the Bank of California and whose fortune crashed with William Ralston's. He was known as a connoisseur of the arts, and was often asked to select paintings and marbles for the palaces of his friends who knew little about them. His own home at Geary and Taylor Streets held many treasures.” — Samuel Dickson. In 1889 the Duncan home broke up in scandal and divorce and Mrs. Duncan and her children moved to Oakland.
Submitted: November 21, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p338964
File Size: 2.637 Megabytes

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