The Third Annual Tannenbaum Toast
The Christmas tree in Union Square, San Francisco, 1910. Original black-and-white source photograph: Collection of the Oakland Public Library history room. Hand-tinted version © Bennett Hall 2015.
The Emperor's Bridge Campaign invites one and all to join us in this third enactment of a new holiday tradition. From the Christmas tree in Union Square, San Francisco, we process to The House of Shields saloon, where we raise a glass to Emperor Norton in celebration of the legend that the tree was the Emperor's idea. Please join us!
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