Scrapbook concerning Yerba Buena Island, 1930-1932.

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Scrapbook concerning Yerba Buena Island, 1930-1932.

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Mounted correspondence and newspaper clippings. Chiefly concerning the restoration of the name Yerba Buena to Goat Island in San Francisco Bay. Letters from Rear Admiral W.C. Cole, Commandant, 12th Naval District; John J. Cameron, Secretary, U.S. Geographic Board; and Congresswoman Florence P. Kahn, included.

73 p. ; 28 cm.

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Kahn, Florence P. (Florence Prag), 1866-1948

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Florence Prag Kahn (November 9, 1866 – November 16, 1948) was an American teacher and politician who in 1925 became the first Jewish woman to serve in the United States Congress. She was only the fifth woman to serve in Congress, and the second from California, after fellow San Franciscan Mae Nolan. Like Nolan, she took the seat in the House of Representatives left vacant by the death of her husband, Julius Kahn. Born Florence Prag in Salt Lake City to Polish-Jewish immigrant parents, her fam...

United States Geographic Board

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Sánchez, Nellie van de Grift 1856-1935

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Cameron, John (John Alexander), Rev

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Cole, William, Carey, 1868-1935.

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