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Emperor Norton's Pipe Dreams

In…

  • Directory listings showing one of his business interests;

  • A number of stories about him from his lifetime;

  • At least one Proclamation by him; and

  • At least one painting of him done during his life

…there are clues that Emperor Norton had an abiding fondness for cigars and for pipe smoking.

Here, we line up in one place all the evidentiary “dots” we’ve located so far.

Some rare finds here.

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