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Lotta's Fountain. / 37.78806°N 122.40361°W / 37.78806; -122.40361. Lotta's fountain is a fountain at the intersection of Market Street, where Geary and Kearny Streets connect in downtown San Francisco, California . It was commissioned by actress Lotta Crabtree in 1875 as a gift to the city of San Francisco, and would serve as a ...
Apr 18, 2013 · Discover Lotta's Fountain in San Francisco, California: San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
Lotta's Fountain at Geary and Market 1996. Photo: Chris Carlsson. Lotta's Fountain, in the pedestrian island, northeast corner of Geary, Market and Kearny Streets. Lotta Crabtree spent years quenching the City's thirst for entertainment, but her fountain isn't doing much for the parched San Franciscans who pass by her Memorial Drinking Fountain.
In 1875, Lotta gave “Lotta’s Fountain,” at Market and Kearny streets, to the people of San Francisco. She retired from the stage in 1892, at 45, but made one last San Francisco appearance at “Lotta Crabtree Day” at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition of 1915.
Soprano Luisa Tetrazzini, who had sung in a Christmas ceremony at Lotta’s Fountain in 1910, was honored with a commemorative plaque affixed to the fountain on March 24, 1912. (wnp37.01984, R. J. Waters postcard image, courtesy of a private collector.) In 1916, as the city expanded its installation of grand “Path of Gold” light standards ...
Dec 11, 2020 · A plaque is seen on Lotta’s Fountain on Market Street in San Francisco on April 16, 2018. Michael Short / Special to The Chronicle A daguerreotype of Lola Montez, taken in 1851.
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