https://emperornortontrust.org/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1418458620842-1V0Z8UNTFJO1BQUZDJHG/Blog_banner_2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2026/3/30/in-1862-emperor-norton-signed-a-petition-supporting-anti-party-politics monthly 0.5 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a51fe368-ea0e-4758-b076-44bde8faa5bc/Item_on_People%27s_Party_Moving_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_19_Apr_1862_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - In 1862, Emperor Norton Signed a Petition Supporting Anti-Party Politics - Make it stand out Item announcing petition calling on the People’s Party to begin the process of nominating candidates for local San Francisco offices in the next election, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 19 April 1862, p. 3. 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Color Gone — It’s Just People and More People Now: Pioneer Bartender Recalls Days When City Was Filled With Characters,” San Francisco News, 7 December 1936, p. 8. (Text originally printed across two columns is merged here for clarity.) Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f5ffa324-eff3-47f8-908f-a130fadacf40/George_Murphy_letter_re_Jimmy_Giusto_claim_about_Emperor_Norton_and_candy_SF_News_10_Dec_1936_p20.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - So What, If Emperor Norton Had a Sweet Tooth? - Make it stand out Letter to the editor from George Murphy, San Francisco News, 10 December 1936, p. 20. 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Source: Internet Archive https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2026/2/18/contributors-to-humanities-journals-in-france-and-england-took-note-of-emperor-norton-in-1937 monthly 0.5 2026-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0473c78c-e150-4f95-932a-b03d9a4c382f/Notes_and_Queries_21_Aug_1937_title_page.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Contributors to Humanities Journals in France and England Took Note of Emperor Norton in 1937 - Make it stand out Banner for Notes and Queries, V173 N8, 21 August 1937. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/aae73a05-e358-4a98-9b5d-94879d2eff3d/Item_on_Emperor_Norton_in_Notes_and_Queries_V173N8_21_Aug_1937_p133.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Contributors to Humanities Journals in France and England Took Note of Emperor Norton in 1937 - Make it stand out Note, “Emperor of the United States,” by “H.F.,” Notes and Queries, V173 N8, 21 August 1937, p. 133. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5723882c-a96e-4055-9c95-ddc0e0f13c96/L%27Intermediaire_des_Chercheurs_et_Curieux_30_Jun_1937_banner.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Contributors to Humanities Journals in France and England Took Note of Emperor Norton in 1937 - Make it stand out Banner of L’Intermédiare des Chercheurs et Curieux, vol. C, 30 June 1937. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d4084f91-e888-4f40-86f8-a90cb6182244/Item_on_Emperor_Norton_L%27Intermediaire_des_Chercheurs_et_Curieux_15_to_30_Jul_1937_cols_601_and_602.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Contributors to Humanities Journals in France and England Took Note of Emperor Norton in 1937 - Make it stand out “Royautés de fantaisie,” L’Intermédiare des Chercheurs et Curieux, vol. C, 15–30 July 1937, cols. 601–602. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cb6e16a3-1404-4cf1-9ddf-d1f3f613f3ad/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Daily_Alta_9_Feb_1866_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Contributors to Humanities Journals in France and England Took Note of Emperor Norton in 1937 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Daily Alta California, 9 February 1866, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/eee6a995-f9a5-47d3-9ee2-55e0150faf7d/MH_Dodds_Reply_to_HF_Note_on_Emperor_Norton_Notes_and_Queries_V173N17_23_Oct_1937_p304.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Contributors to Humanities Journals in France and England Took Note of Emperor Norton in 1937 - Make it stand out Reply, “Emperor of the United States,” by M.H. Dodds,” Notes and Queries, V173 N17, 23 October 1937, p. 304. Source: Internet Archive https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2026/1/28/news-of-emperor-norton-reaches-alaska-in-1866 monthly 0.5 2026-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3577acda-d7ee-48ad-b6c3-8f77b146ed03/Title_page_of_The_Esquimaux_print_edition_Nov_1867.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - News of Emperor Norton Reaches Russia-Owned Alaska in 1866 - Make it stand out Title page of print edition of The Esquimaux monthly, November 1867. Source: Alaska State Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/73e22617-f5f3-4b8a-8de9-bbe84b51ab34/Masthead_for_print_edition_of_The_Esquimaux_V1N2_4_Nov_1866.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - News of Emperor Norton Reaches Russia-Owned Alaska in 1866 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bfb67ef7-bf50-4ae9-8add-5083ac9ed691/Detail_of_Map_of_North_Western_America_Showing_the_Territory_Ceded_by_Russia_to_the_United_States_1867.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - News of Emperor Norton Reaches Russia-Owned Alaska in 1866 - Make it stand out Detail of map, "North Western America Showing The Territory Ceded By Russia To The United States," 1867, by Charles Sumner (1811–1874). Source: David Rumsey Map Collection (full map) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1a1f69d6-fd38-44de-acba-8b2355fb18ba/Headlines_for_Telegraphic_feature_The_Esquimaux_V1N2_4_Nov_1866.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - News of Emperor Norton Reaches Russia-Owned Alaska in 1866 - Make it stand out Headlines for “Telegraphic” feature in The Esquimaux, V1N2, 4 November 1866. Source: Alaska State Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f6551501-265e-4021-b246-fb5e3a0f0797/Three_items_in_Telegraphic_feature_The_Esquimaux_V1N2_4_Nov_1866.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - News of Emperor Norton Reaches Russia-Owned Alaska in 1866 - Make it stand out First three items for “Telegraphic” feature in The Esquimaux, V1N2, 4 November 1866. Source: Alaska State Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d5f100d0-53c0-43a3-9920-783a0356509b/Humorous_item_on_Emperor_Norton_in_Telegraphic_feature_The_Esquimaux_V1N2_4_Nov_1866.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - News of Emperor Norton Reaches Russia-Owned Alaska in 1866 - Make it stand out Humorous item about Emperor Norton for “Telegraphic” feature in The Esquimaux, V1N2, 4 November 1866. Source: Alaska State Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/92e4b307-d496-46ae-b9f7-7b26827e0b21/Excerpt_of_Daniel_B_Libby_diary_aboard_Nightingale_with_entry_for_8_Oct_1867.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - News of Emperor Norton Reaches Russia-Owned Alaska in 1866 - Make it stand out Excerpt of Daniel B. Libby diary aboard the clipper Nightingale with 8 October 1867 entry for arrival at San Francisco. Source: Alaska State Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/258a1b28-58d2-4f24-8c84-4e6cb93e911b/Listing_for_John_J_Harrington_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1860.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - News of Emperor Norton Reaches Russia-Owned Alaska in 1866 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6d103fa0-c986-4233-b0ea-8604454db5a3/Listing_for_John_J_Harrington_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1862.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - News of Emperor Norton Reaches Russia-Owned Alaska in 1866 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a23ff2ac-a6da-4054-98ce-7bf66e5a0464/Listing_for_John_J_Harrington_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1863.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - News of Emperor Norton Reaches Russia-Owned Alaska in 1866 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e18355d9-2dbc-449c-9ebf-a07ab5b01849/Listing_for_John_J_Harrington_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1864.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - News of Emperor Norton Reaches Russia-Owned Alaska in 1866 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/224c9c2f-58ae-43a7-81eb-0155f9c6d71a/Listing_for_John_J_Harrington_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1865.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - News of Emperor Norton Reaches Russia-Owned Alaska in 1866 - Make it stand out Listings for John J. Harrington in Langley’s San Francisco directories of 1860–65. Top to bottom: (1) 1860; (2) 1862; (3) 1863; (4) 1864; (5) 1865. Source: San Francisco Public Library (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/41bc0636-3344-4fdb-97e4-8b398084cd5a/JJ_Harrington_ad_for_The_Esquimaux_SF_Daily_Morning_+Call_24_Nov_1867_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - News of Emperor Norton Reaches Russia-Owned Alaska in 1866 - Make it stand out J.J. Harrington ad for print edition of The Esquimaux, San Francisco Daily Morning Call, 24 November 1867, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2026/1/18/the-ubiquitous-but-enigmatic-life-of-an-early-engraving-of-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fa024fd6-c63f-4e7f-82c6-2cc5806bc61f/Emperor_Norton_artifacts_ephemera_CHS_1_Feb_2018_case_2_detail_of_5_dollar_promissory_note_Cuddy_and_Hughes_25_Jan_1871.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ubiquitous But Enigmatic Life of An Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Emperor Norton promissory note, 5 dollars, signed and dated 25 January 1871. Printed by Cuddy & Hughes. California Historical Society Collection at Stanford. Shown here as exhibited at The Emperor Norton Trust’s bicentennial talk/exhibit Will the Real Emperor Norton Please Stand Up? held at the California Historical Society on 1 February 2018. Detail from photograph by John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/88b524bc-99d9-468e-9cf4-eba50797a763/Emperor_Note_promissory_note_5_dollars_Cuddy_and_Hughes_unsigned_undated_remainder.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ubiquitous But Enigmatic Life of An Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Emperor Norton promissory note, 5 dollars, unsigned and undated remainder. Printed by Cuddy & Hughes. Source: PMG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/eeec2a27-9974-4987-bb5c-b91001bd1da3/Emperor_Norton_promissory_note_Cuddy_and_Hughes_17_Aug_1871.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ubiquitous But Enigmatic Life of An Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Emperor Norton promissory note, 50 cents, signed and dated 17 August 1871. Printed by Cuddy & Hughes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2250b8f9-a95a-4a35-a98d-241d39c39a58/Emperor_Norton_promissory_note_Cuddy_and_Hughes_14_Jul_1876.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ubiquitous But Enigmatic Life of An Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Emperor Norton promissory note, 50 cents, serial number 1994, signed and dated 14 July 1876. Printed by Cuddy & Hughes. Source: Heritage Auctions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/28334ffc-5f45-4aec-a559-dc45e68166ea/Emperor_Norton_promissory_note_Charles_Murdock_and_Co_2_Jan_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ubiquitous But Enigmatic Life of An Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Emperor Norton promissory note, 50 cents, serial number 2439, signed and dated 2 January 1878. Printed by Charles Murdock & Co. 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Collection of the California State Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2364d7ea-e898-46c4-9cb4-61c99b8c44fd/Emperor_Norton_promissory_note_Cuddy_and_Hughes_11_Nov_1870_recto_seal_CSL.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ubiquitous But Enigmatic Life of An Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Detail of Emperor Norton promissory note, 50 cents, signed and dated 11 November 1870, showing Emperor’s red wax “N1” seal. Detail rotated 180 degrees to show accurate orientation, with a 5-pointed crown above the “N” and crossed swords in the ring below the “1.” Note printed by Cuddy & Hughes. Collection of the California State Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f3d6e7ce-b356-426c-a237-1ac54eb65077/Emperor_Norton_promissory_note_Cuddy_and_Hughes_14_Jul_1876_Norton_cut.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ubiquitous But Enigmatic Life of An Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out ABOVE: Engraving of Emperor Norton used on his promissory notes between January 1871 and January 1880. RIGHT (or next): Emperor Norton, 1867, by Bradley & Rulofson studio. Carte de visite. Collection of Robert Limacher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3e187e87-a30f-4448-a759-0a3099a9f0e8/Emperor_Norton_by_Bradley_and_Rulofson_1867_standing_CDV.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ubiquitous But Enigmatic Life of An Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2026/1/8/emperor-norton-in-mourning monthly 0.5 2026-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/075e8176-e046-4728-95f5-4ebbc523a51e/William_Tecumseh_Sherman_with_mourning_band_c1865_by_Matthew_Brady.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in Mourning - Make it stand out Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, c.1865, wearing a black mourning band on his left arm, possibly for Abraham Lincoln. Photograph by Matthew Brady. Source: Civil War Talk via National Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9bda5b92-5cdd-4f57-bfc2-bda14efd3e86/Emperor_Norton_c1878_by_Bradley_and_Rulofson_California_Historical_Society_Collection_at_Stanford.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in Mourning - Make it stand out Emperor Norton, c.1878. Photograph by Bradley & Rulofson. Cabinet card. California Historical Society Collection at Stanford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b2740049-c094-4254-a014-f9aef902bfc8/Emperor_Norton_1878_Bradley_and_Rulofson_colorized_by_Ryan_Bautista_aka_Chadulifera_Colors_Dec_2025.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in Mourning - Make it stand out Colorized Bradley & Rulofson photograph of Emperor Norton, c.1878. Colorization by Ryan Bautista, December 2025. 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Collection of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2c82d77a-6b7e-42ce-92d3-2180450aad28/Emperor_Norton_profile_Bradley_Rulofson_1878_armband_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in Mourning - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7d455d9d-0f6e-4da5-8717-4bc0fb94abf9/Mar%C3%ADa_de_las_Mercedes_de_Orleans_Princess_of_Orl%C3%A9ans_by_birth_Queen_of_Spain_by_marriage.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in Mourning - Make it stand out Mercedes of Orléans, Queen of Spain (1860–1878). Photograph uncredited and undated. Published in Los Borbones: Imágenes para la historia de una familia real (2007). Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a4559774-acd9-4ed9-b6e1-0a9dcd5da44a/Emperor_Norton_mourns_Queen_of_Spain_SF_Chronicle_30_Jun_1878_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in Mourning - Make it stand out Item, “The Emperor Mourns,” San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 1978, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/698a08de-1b49-4318-b652-536692591b46/Emperor_Norton_by_Eadweard_Muybridge_Mar_1869_sepia_with_caption.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in Mourning - Make it stand out Emperor Norton astride a velocipede, February 1869. By Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904) a.k.a. Helios. Lone Mountain College Collection of Stereographs by Eadweard Muybridge, 1867-1880), Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley. Source: Bancroft Library https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/12/8/an-editor-whose-coverage-of-emperor-norton-extended-beyond-the-pages-of-his-newspaper monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/80bd77f5-436f-453c-9440-51757d0a88d5/Albert_S_Evans_frontispiece_engraving_for_Our_Sister_Republic_1870_by_Fay_and_Cox.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An Editor Whose Coverage of Emperor Norton Extended Beyond the Pages of His Newspaper - Make it stand out Albert S. Evans. Engraving by Fay and Cox (Augustus Fay (born c. 1824) and Stephen J. Cox (1836–1897)). Frontispiece to Evans, Our Sister Republic, 1870. Source: Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8a0da36b-7c6d-49c8-88b2-e5784e92afe2/Norton_I_has_shed_no_blood_Daily_Alta_22_Jan_1867_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An Editor Whose Coverage of Emperor Norton Extended Beyond the Pages of His Newspaper - Make it stand out Editorial item, “Arrest of the Emperor,” Daily Alta California, 22 January 1867, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f2e56a24-83b6-44a6-b2d5-3370fb33a641/Review_of_Our_Sister_Republic_by_Albert_S_Evans_Philadelphia_Press_10_Nov_1870_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An Editor Whose Coverage of Emperor Norton Extended Beyond the Pages of His Newspaper - Make it stand out Review of Our Sister Republic, by Albert S. Evans, Philadelphia Press, 10 November 1870, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/796fdd5f-eb22-4ad7-bbc5-479cae75c144/Freddy_Coombs_aka_George_Washington_II_raising_funds_to_leave_California_Daily_Alta_26_Dec_1864_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An Editor Whose Coverage of Emperor Norton Extended Beyond the Pages of His Newspaper - Make it stand out Item, “A Last Appeal,” Daily Alta California, 26 December 1864, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/eb102d4d-bf84-4222-961f-415010f3895a/Notice_of_18_May_1865_departure_of_Freddy_Coombs_aka_George_Washington_II_Daily_Alta_13_Jun_1865_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An Editor Whose Coverage of Emperor Norton Extended Beyond the Pages of His Newspaper - Make it stand out Item, “The Free Ditcher of Napa Leaves Us” Daily Alta California, 13 June 1865, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3b8b96cd-ca85-48dc-bd45-2fa45a6feee1/Freddy_Coombs_in_Washington_DC_Daily_Alta_California_21_Jul_1866_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An Editor Whose Coverage of Emperor Norton Extended Beyond the Pages of His Newspaper - Make it stand out “Californians at the Capital” (section). “Our Letter from Washington, D.C.,” Daily Alta California, 21 June 1866, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspapers Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/dfaf20e7-e201-4535-8a35-580dd6820e36/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Pacific_Appeal_7_Jan_1871_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An Editor Whose Coverage of Emperor Norton Extended Beyond the Pages of His Newspaper - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 7 January 1871, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/11/30/myth-tory monthly 0.5 2025-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a6c8fa5e-b65d-4c0c-bc9b-c079aff52a78/Emperor_Norton_on_a_dinosaur.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Myth-tory* - Make it stand out There are self-declared Emperor Norton “historians” in San Francisco who will tell you with a straight face that, unless and until there is proof that the Emperor did NOT issue a proclamation against use of the word “Frisco,” they are free to say that he did — for no reason other than that they like the idea. Does this mean I am free to claim that Emperor Norton saddled up on a smiling dinosaur simply because the notion tickles my fancy? Source: Clipartmax https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/11/20/joshua-norton-street-fighter monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4229dce8-1f09-4ad9-b840-edf7fac684a1/Excerpt_on_Emperor_Norton_display_at_Society_of_California_Pioneers_Daily_Alta_30_May_1887_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Street Fighter? - Make it stand out Excerpt from article, “The Days of Forty-Nine,” Daily Alta California, 30 May 1887, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d61a3771-f5e4-404a-8bbe-979b09e24c7a/Joshua_Norton_1850_assault_story_Overland_Monthly_V10_n56_Aug_1887_pp222_223.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Street Fighter? - Make it stand out Excerpt from Letter to the Editor by “Pioneer,” The Overland Monthly, V10 N56, August 1887, pp. 222–223. Source: University of Michigan (Note: This excerpt originally was published across two columns. It has been merged into a single column here to aid readability.) https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/11/18/emperor-norton-was-tuned-in-to-womens-suffrage-years-before-he-signed-an-1878-petition-in-favor-of-it monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1341ce6e-fc29-4488-866b-97e1024f7444/Women%27s_suffrage_petition_10_Oct_1878_signed_by_Emperor_Norton_header.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was Tuned in to Women's Suffrage Years Before He Signed an 1878 Petition in Favor of It - Make it stand out Text of San Francisco petition for women’s suffrage. 10 October 1878. 1878–1879 Constitutional Convention Working Papers. Courtesy of the California State Archives. Source: California Secretary of State (click “Document Type Index” — open “Public Petitions and Memorials” — and click F3956:47) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e63b9c05-39cc-42d8-a30f-ac8f11fce71e/Women%27s_suffrage_petition_10_Oct_1878_signed_by_Emperor_Norton.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was Tuned in to Women's Suffrage Years Before He Signed an 1878 Petition in Favor of It - Make it stand out Emperor Norton signature on San Francisco petition for women’s suffrage. 10 October 1878. 1878–1879 Constitutional Convention Working Papers. Courtesy of the California State Archives. Source: California Secretary of State (click “Document Type Index” — open “Public Petitions and Memorials” — and click F3956:47) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8fdfebd2-291f-4293-a137-1e2759890410/Emperor_Norton_by_Addie_Ballou_1877.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was Tuned in to Women's Suffrage Years Before He Signed an 1878 Petition in Favor of It - Make it stand out Portrait of Emperor Norton, 1877, by Addie L. Ballou (1838–1916). Collection of the Society of California Pioneers (Object ID C001025). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bd1f24c3-9ddb-43ef-a3b0-f3811aa70172/Women%27s_suffrage_petition_10_Oct_1878_signed_by_Emperor_Norton_Addie_Ballou_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was Tuned in to Women's Suffrage Years Before He Signed an 1878 Petition in Favor of It - Make it stand out Addie Ballou signature on San Francisco petition for women’s suffrage. 10 October 1878. 1878–1879 Constitutional Convention Working Papers. Courtesy of the California State Archives. Source: California Secretary of State (click “Document Type Index” — open “Public Petitions and Memorials” — and click F3956:47) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/611d94f4-2187-4531-8f89-6818371a3ceb/California_Theatre_with_Pacific_Hall_on_second_floor_c1869_by_Eadweard_Muybridge.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was Tuned in to Women's Suffrage Years Before He Signed an 1878 Petition in Favor of It - Make it stand out California Theatre and Pacific Music Hall, c. 1869. By Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904). Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Bancroft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8f347c0f-db4c-4139-be39-de85b3f6d901/Article_on_suffrage_convention_SF_Chronicle_19_May_1871_p3_headlines.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was Tuned in to Women's Suffrage Years Before He Signed an 1878 Petition in Favor of It - Make it stand out Headlines of article on Day 3 of the Pacific Slope Woman Suffrage Convention, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 May 1871, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0fbfcd6f-db0d-4cda-bc62-9817522699ca/Article_on_suffrage_convention_SF_Chronicle_19_May_1871_p3_Emperor_Norton_excerpt.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was Tuned in to Women's Suffrage Years Before He Signed an 1878 Petition in Favor of It - Make it stand out Excerpt of article on Day 3 of the Pacific Slope Woman Suffrage Convention, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 May 1871, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ba01b64b-7090-4282-8ec3-110d790871d2/Emperor_Norton_at_27_Jul_1875_event_of_California_Woman_Suffrage_Association_SF_Chronicle_28_Jul_1875_p5.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was Tuned in to Women's Suffrage Years Before He Signed an 1878 Petition in Favor of It - Make it stand out Excerpt from article, "The Women in Council; A Big Day for the California Woman's Suffrage Society," San Francisco Chronicle, 28 July 1875, p. 4. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/10/30/who-first-marketed-and-sold-eadweard-muybridges-photograph-of-emperor-norton-on-a-velocipede monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/dec48fd3-f5bc-46e5-af88-e2c9348ccde3/Emperor_Norton_by_Eadweard_Muybridge_Mar_1869_sepia_with_caption.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede? - Make it stand out Emperor Norton astride a velocipede, 1869. By Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904) a.k.a. Helios. Lone Mountain College Collection of Stereographs by Eadweard Muybridge, 1867-1880), Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley. Source: Bancroft Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/940b6e95-a6b4-4e65-ae6d-6b42b9401947/Item_re_Eadweard_Muybridge_photo_of_Emperor_Norton_Daily_Alta_8_Mar_1869_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede? - Make it stand out Item about photograph of Emperor Norton by Helios (Eadweard Muybridge), Daily Alta California, 8 March 1869, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/829171e5-40f1-476e-8cfb-c9d7f2899ce1/Item_re_Muybridge_photo_of_Emperor_Norton_SF_Daily_Morning_Call_12_Jun_1869_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede? - Make it stand out Item about photograph of Emperor Norton by Helios (Eadweard Muybridge), Daily Morning Call, 12 June 1869, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ddde5196-74e3-48e0-b255-ac39042249ce/Charles_G_Ewing_SF_pocket_barometer_undated.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede? - Make it stand out Pocket barometer / altimeter from Charles G. Ewing, San Francisco, undated. Source: eBay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7a5950ff-6091-40bb-b39a-a2c14c8145f3/Charles_G_Ewing_SF_lens_case_for_binocular_microscope_c1870.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede? - Make it stand out Lens case (l) and lens base for English binocular microscope imported by Charles G. Ewing, San Francisco, c. 1870. Source: Allan Wissner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/307f2712-8376-4260-9f60-8493f5af7a85/Charles_G_Ewing_SF_lens_for_binocular_microscope_c1870.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1d2e9c23-88da-44c6-baf7-8a45d9ead335/Ad_for_Charles_G_Ewing_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_14_Oct_1868_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede? - Make it stand out Ad for Charles G. Ewing, Direct Importer of Optical and Mathematical Instruments, Daily Evening Bulletin, 14 October 1868, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d7f6c6d6-0db1-4edd-9c8a-674e1e2116d6/Ad_for_Charles_G_Ewing_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_3_Dec_1868_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede? - Make it stand out Ad for Ewing’s, Optician, Daily Evening Bulletin, 3 December 1868, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0b2fe5ce-e2f1-4f83-8e44-a1355a118d6a/Ad_for_Charles_G_Ewing_SF_Daily_Morning_Call_5_Dec_1868_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede? - Make it stand out Ad for Charles G. Ewing, Optician, Daily Morning Call, 5 December 1868, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7f35cb4b-db48-45b9-81e6-4d6662e023ee/Ad_for_Charles_G_Ewing_optician_SF_Daily_Morning_Call_14_Feb_1869_p5.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede? - Make it stand out Ad for Charles G. Ewing, Optician, Daily Morning Call, 16 February 1869, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/32dcf151-85c5-4bfe-8613-80a00765723f/Ad_for_Charles_G_Ewing_SF_Daily_Morning_Call_1_Jun_1869_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede? - Make it stand out Ad for Charles G. Ewing, Optician, Daily Morning Call, 1 June 1869, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e6c649c0-1dd3-49c2-8e54-844e247ad35e/Ad_for_Charles_G_Ewing_SF_Daily_Morning_Call_17_Feb_1869_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede? - Make it stand out Ad for Charles G. Ewing, Optician, Daily Morning Call, 17 February 1869, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f53c5493-12a4-40e0-87bc-de6a61d30cb4/Item_on_Velocipede_Training_School_at_Mechanics_Pavilion_SF_Daily_Morning_Call_5_Feb_1869_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede? - Make it stand out Item, “Velocipede Training School,” Daily Morning Call, 5 February 1869, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d9ed4fea-68e3-4b34-9a16-55465211dd59/Ad_for_Helios_at_Nahl_Bros_121_Montgomnery_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_26_April_1869_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Who First Marketed and Sold Eadweard Muybridge's Photograph of Emperor Norton on a Velocipede? - Make it stand out Ad for “Helios” / “Edw. J. Muybridge,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 26 April 1869, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/10/26/early-years-of-sf-morning-call-newspaper-now-online-in-project-jumpstarted-by-the-emperor-norton-trust monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a7119eae-c419-46d8-b655-b467fca1cdda/Banner_of_SF_Daily_Morning_Call_13_Dec_1863_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Early Years of SF Morning Call Newspaper Now Online in Project Jump-Started by The Emperor Norton Trust - Make it stand out Banner of Daily Morning Call, 13 December 1863, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a65dc6cf-59e2-4d6e-b97e-c8eeb698c0d9/Banner_of_SF_Morning_Call_28_Dec_1878_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Early Years of SF Morning Call Newspaper Now Online in Project Jump-Started by The Emperor Norton Trust - Make it stand out Banner of The Morning Call, 28 December 1878, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/10/24/emperor-norton-and-the-art-of-adaptive-begging monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4a56c70e-b74a-4d16-b6ea-6595f87b3a68/Emperor_Norton_accepting_half_dollars_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_10_Sep_1863_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton and the Art of Adaptive Begging - Make it stand out “The Good Weather Coming,” editorial, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 10 September 1863, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/9/3/joshua-norton-posthumously-reinstated-as-a-mason-after-166-years monthly 0.5 2025-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5ce8a1bb-4c4e-4cce-942d-b6bbe974617f/First_listing_of_Joshua_Norton_as_member_of_Occidental_22_FAM_1855.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton Posthumously Reinstated as a Mason After 166 Years - Make it stand out First listing for Joshua Norton as a member of Occidental Lodge No. 22 (fourth column), Proceedings of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California at the Sixth Annual Communication, 1855, p. 185. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a36ff995-b0fd-46a8-ad1b-af0fa98e222c/Record_of_Joshua_Norton_suspension_from_Occidental_Lodge_No_22_FAM_1859.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton Posthumously Reinstated as a Mason After 166 Years - Make it stand out Listing of Joshua Norton as “Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues” from Occidental Lodge No. 22, Proceedings of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California at the Tenth Annual Communication, 1859, p. 195. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/efa66875-ee3b-4b9b-902a-cc28c8ab469e/Emperor_Norton_Night_celebration_of_reinstatement_of_Joshua_Norton_as_a_Mason_28_Aug_2025_l_to_r_John_Lumea_Keaton_Nguyen_Marcelo_Pontin_John_Bermudez.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton Posthumously Reinstated as a Mason After 166 Years - Make it stand out At the second annual Emperor Norton Night dinner hosted by Seven Hills Lodge No. 881 of F. & A.M. in San Francisco on 28 August 2025 — celebrating California Lodge No. 1’s posthumous reinstatement of Joshua Norton as a Mason after 166 years. Left to right: John Lumea, founder of The Emperor Norton Trust; Keaton Nguyen, junior warden of Seven Hills 881; Marcelo Pontin, Worshipful Master of Seven Hills 881; and John Bermudez, Worshipful Master of California 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bb315b11-abde-4d88-8b6f-554343bed8b0/Plaque_commemorating_posthumous_reinstatement_of_Joshua_Norton_as_a_Mason_presented_to_The_Emperor_Norton_Trust_28_Aug_2025.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton Posthumously Reinstated as a Mason After 166 Years - Make it stand out At a celebratory Emperor Norton Night dinner in San Francisco on 28 August 2025, California Lodge No. 1 and Seven Hills Lodge No. 881 of Free and Accepted Masons presented to Emperor Norton Trust founder John Lumea this plaque commemorating California 1’s posthumous reinstatement of Joshua Norton as a Mason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/063d770e-6ba2-43ed-82ca-1a937622c94e/John_Lumea_gifting_plaque_commemorating_Joshua_Norton%27s_Masonic_reinstatement_to_Museum_of_San_Francisco_SFHS_29_Aug_2025.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton Posthumously Reinstated as a Mason After 166 Years - Make it stand out On 29 August 2025 — the day after receiving from California Lodge No. 1 and Seven Hills Lodge No. 881 of Free and Accepted Masons a plaque commemorating California 1’s posthumous reinstatement of Joshua Norton as a Mason — Emperor Norton Trust founder John Lumea gifted the plaque to the Museum of San Francisco. At the Museum (l to r): Advisor to the Trust Richard Everett; Museum deputy director Lana Costantini; John Lumea; Museum executive director Todd Mayberry. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/7/14/is-this-really-joshua-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f74bde5b-2e51-400b-a081-a2f55d0300cc/Excerpt_from_article_Tales_Told_By_Telephone_Directory_interviewing_Charles_Beebe_Turrill_SF_Bulletin_4_Sep_1925_p37.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out Excerpt from article, “Tales Told by Telephone Directory,” San Francisco Bulletin, 4 September 1925, magazine, p. 5. Source: Newspapers dot com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/93713128-075a-4823-88cc-7a09efad6632/Item_on_will_of_Charles_Beebe_Turrill_Santa_Cruz_Evening_News_21_May_1927_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out Item on the will of Charles B. Turrill, Santa Cruz Evening News, 21 May 1927, p. 3. Source: Newspapers dot com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7320445d-4eec-4aa9-b768-916dd245825d/Mounted_photograph_IDd_as_Joshua_Norton_Society_of_California_Pioneers_front.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out “Emperor Norton / 1871 / in early life,” Society of California Pioneers catalog title of photo card shown here front and verso. Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers (Object ID C024932) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ee84b9b9-f91a-4ba0-9f58-e88dffce647c/Mounted_photograph_IDd_as_Joshua_Norton_Society_of_California_Pioneers_verso.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c52e4e6b-bf7a-4b8b-ab7b-9bbfac41aae7/Emperor_Norton_Mar_1869_by_Eadweard_Muybridge_sepia.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out Emperor Norton, early March 1869. From a stereograph by Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904), taken in front of the fourth Mechanics' Pavilion, at the northwest corner of Stockton and Geary Streets, San Francisco, during a “velocipedestrian training school” that was held at Pavilion starting in early February 1869. (See item from the Daily Alta California of 8 March 1869 here.) Source: Bancroft Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d32d5f16-622c-4a9f-b96f-faa8c6dd5757/Emperor_Norton_1871_72_Tuttle_and_Johnson.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out Emperor Norton, c.1871–72. Detail from carte de visite by Tuttle & Johnson studio, 523 Kearny Street, "Heliographic Artists." To learn more, see our June 2017 article here. Source: California Historical Society Collection at Stanford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9b087738-2c73-4e22-a6b5-f9623655b8f2/Charles_Beebe_Turrill_inscription_in_copy_of_his_Callifornia_Notes_1876.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out Image from dealer listing of copy of Charles Beebe Turrill’s California Notes (1876). Source: Biblio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5d1db047-6642-4978-b165-bad86148628a/Photograph_mistakenly_IDd_as_Emperor_Norton_1871_or_Joshua_Norton_early_1850s_Society_of_California_Pioneers.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out Image courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers (Object ID C024932). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/480895c8-2675-4a23-8b89-c3ff9b31a5b4/Group_with_Ambrose_Burnside_wearing_his_trademark_friendly_muttonchops_1861.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out First Rhode Island Infantry Staff with Colonel Ambrose Burnside (center), 1861. Source: Library of Congress; Bull Runnings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5adb8794-1a2c-4e86-aed6-238da482bcba/Ambrose_Burnside_1861_LOC.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out Ambrose Burnside, c.1861, carte de visite. Photographer unknown. Source: Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/42aae00d-981b-4f6b-9888-acb03c9b7d32/Kalakaua_of_Hawaii_c1882.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out King Kalakaua of Hawaii, c. 1882. Source: Hawaii State Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d48c3184-7737-48d6-970e-71d7af9ca486/George_Henry_Williams_by_Mathew_Brady_and_Levin_Handy_c1871_to_1875_restored_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out George Henry Williams, c.1871–75, by Mathew Brady and Levin Handy. Source: Library of Congess (original) and Wikipedia Commons (restored detail) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c80eb348-74ec-4b9a-9b81-8c177772b7ea/Adolph_Sutro_c1885_by_Isaiah_West_Taber_wnp70.0446.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out Adolph Sutro, c.1885, by Isaiah West Taber. Source: OpenSFHistory / wnp70.0446 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/05ee6187-fda3-4198-8a53-d9332b71cb90/Emperor_Norton_c1878_by_Bradley_and_Rulofson_California_Historical_Society_Collection_at_Stanford.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out Emperor Norton, c. 1878, by Bradley & Rulofson studio, 429 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Probably the same sitting. Left: California Historical Society Collection at Stanford. Right: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e820706e-dd15-4244-9965-017a5649c0ea/Emperor_Norton_profile_Bradley_Rulofson_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is This Really Joshua Norton? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/6/30/mr-cowans-opportunity monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/56286fc9-e179-4f1f-b36f-bb50a5ebca26/Robert_Ernest_Cowan_1930.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Mr. Cowan's Opportunity - Make it stand out Robert Ernest Cowan in 1930. Source: "California Bibiographers: Father and Son," Robert G. Cowan interviewed by Joel Gardner (Regents of the University of California, 1979). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/00ec4eee-1d47-4eea-8c20-e232d3a904e9/Ward_Ritchie.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Mr. Cowan's Opportunity - Make it stand out Ward Ritchie. Source: UC Irvine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/dee6308d-1e64-495d-bb8b-f91efb7c0def/Robert_Ernest_Cowan_inscription_and_signature_on_presentation_copy_of_Forgotten_Characters_of_Old_San_Francisco_5_Apr_1938.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Mr. Cowan's Opportunity - Make it stand out Inscription and signature of Robert Ernest Cowan in presentation copy of Forgotten Characters of Old San Francisco dated 5 April 1938. Source: Biblio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9d35604c-40f7-47a6-bf49-db1ebe7ce2e5/Review_of_Forgotten_Characters_of_Old_San_Francisco_by_Robert_E_Cowan_Ward_Ritchie_Press_SF_Chronicle_7_Apr_1938_p11_introductory_excerpt.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Mr. Cowan's Opportunity - Make it stand out Introductory excerpt of Joseph Henry Jackson’s review of Robert Ernest Cowan’s Forgotten Characters of San Francisco (Ward Ritchie Press, 1938), San Francisco Chronicle, 7 April 1938, p. 11. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7f1bfbaf-647b-4963-af3c-2b8e934c43f6/Notice_for_Forgotten_Characters_of_Old_San+Francisco_by_Robert_E_Cowan_Ward_Ritchie_Press_LA_Times_27_Mar_1938_sec3_p6.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Mr. Cowan's Opportunity - Make it stand out Notice for Robert Ernest Cowan’s Forgotten Characters of San Francisco (Ward Ritchie Press, 1938), Los Angeles Times, 27 March 1938, sec. 3, p. 6. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ac85996a-eecf-414a-9e9d-c4a1fa36ab40/Item_on_Feb_1936_Robert_E_Cowan_talk_at_meeting_of_Historical_Society_of_Southern_California_in_The_Quarterly_V18N1_Mar_1936_p32.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Mr. Cowan's Opportunity - Make it stand out Item on Robert Ernest Cowan's talk, "The Forgotten Characters of San Francisco," at 4 February 1936 meeting of the Historical Society of Southern California, The Quarterly (HSSC), V18 N1, March 1936, p.32. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c3d193ec-8250-4eac-bec9-c882f706b35c/Note_on_26_Jan_1934_Forgotten_Characters_talk_by_Robert_Ernest_Cowan_California_Historical_Society_Quarterly_V13_N1_Mar_1934_p88.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Mr. Cowan's Opportunity - Make it stand out Note on Robert Ernest Cowan’s 26 January 1934 talk on Emperor Norton and other of “the curious street characters of San Francisco in the ‘sixties and ‘seventies” at the annual meeting of the California Historical Society, California Historical Society Quarterly, V13 N1, March 1934, p. 88. Source: JSTOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8e2282ba-410e-4000-8ecd-53b562bc315e/California_Historical_Society_Board_of_Directors_masthead_CHS_Quarterly_V12_N3_Sep_1933.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Mr. Cowan's Opportunity - Make it stand out California Historical Society board of directors roster, California Historical Society Quarterly, V12 N3, September 1933. Source: JSTOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f51d22eb-398d-4feb-8968-50bf772b1b40/California_Historical_Society_Board_of_Directors_masthead_CHS_Quarterly_V13_N1_Mar_1934.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Mr. Cowan's Opportunity - Make it stand out California Historical Society board of directors roster, California Historical Society Quarterly, V13 N1, March 1934. Source: JSTOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6ca6a008-c7f3-4267-a3ea-92f8dd6a9c5c/Intro_to_obit_for_Robert_Ernest_Cowan_California_Historical_Society_Quarterly_V21_N3_Sep_1942_p282.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Mr. Cowan's Opportunity - Make it stand out Introductory excerpt of obituary for Robert Ernest Cowan, California Historical Society Quarterly, V21 N3, September 1942, p. 282. Source: JSTOR https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/6/26/harbor-emperor-switcheroo monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6dc0c692-8110-4d03-b734-fbac5b24cd8b/Harbor_Emperor_figurehead_by_Elwin_Millerick_Napa_Valley_Register_18_May_1968.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Harbor Emperor" Switcheroo? - Make it stand out Elwin Millerick’s hand-carved Emperor Norton figurehead on Crowley’s (Harbor Tours) new Harbor Emperor sightseeing vessel based at Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, Napa Register, 18 May 1968, p. 5D. Source: Newspapers dot com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f1d7a482-99d9-4998-9d6d-a40ee1f292f9/Harbor_Emperor_figurehead_by_Elwin_Millerick_Petaluma_Argus_Courier_18_May_1968_p22.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Harbor Emperor" Switcheroo? - Make it stand out Emperor Norton figurehead on new Harbor Emperor sightseeing vessel, Petaluma Argus–Courier, 18 May 1968, p. 12A. Source: Newspapers dot com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/26cf9c44-322e-42ed-857f-2ccf8acc27c1/Harbor_Emperor_SF_Examiner_23_Jun_1968_p131.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Harbor Emperor" Switcheroo? - Make it stand out Emperor Norton figurehead on Harbor Emperor, San Francisco Examiner, 23 June 1968. “Date Book” section, p. 23. Source: Newspapers dot com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/46bc674a-5d3a-47ad-b77f-61151c76d102/Harbor_Emperor_Contra_Costa_Times_17_Apr_1970_p16.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Harbor Emperor" Switcheroo? - Make it stand out Emperor Norton figurehead on Harbor Emperor, Contra Costa Times, 17 April 1970. p. 16. Source: Newspapers dot com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/edaf81d1-5645-45fd-857d-fa8aaf048e29/Harbor_Emperor_figurehead_by_Alex_Erde_2005.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Harbor Emperor" Switcheroo? - Make it stand out Harbor Emperor figurehead of Emperor Norton in 2005. Photograph: Alex Erde https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3368aed4-cefa-457b-a5eb-23455e951c74/Postcard_of_Harbor_Emperor_1979.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Harbor Emperor" Switcheroo? - Make it stand out Postcard of Harbor Emperor with Emperor Norton figurehead, 1979. Source: Out West Paper Americana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f4cc824b-d0f5-40c2-8f83-018e4a4f9708/Elwin_Millerick_with_his_1968_wood_carving_of_Emperor_Norton_Santa_Rosa_Press_Democrat_12_Jan_1985_Sonoma_County_Historical_Museum_section_p7.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Harbor Emperor" Switcheroo? - Make it stand out Elwin Millerick with his 1968 wood carving of Emperor Norton — originally created as a study for the larger Harbor Emperor figurehead of Norton he carved that year; later used for a chalkware casting of the statuette that was sold at the Sonoma County Museum gift shop starting in 1985. lllustration for “The Wild Oat symbol & shop,” The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif,), 12 January 1985, Sonoma County Museum section, p. 7. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a21a0945-f7e0-4cce-b761-8ab39fbf1dc3/Emperor_Norton_figurine_c1985_chalkware_casting_from_1968_wood_original_by_Elwin_Millerick.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Harbor Emperor" Switcheroo? - Make it stand out Figurine of Emperor Norton, c.1985. Chalkware, 12” high. Cast from a 1968 wood original by Elwin Millerick (1911–1997). Photo: Joseph Amster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6c6daf69-0f63-4e4c-b458-94c5b340eb11/Figurehead_of_Harbor_Emperor_cruise_vessel_photo_by_Paul_Sullivan_2012.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Harbor Emperor" Switcheroo? - Make it stand out Emperor Norton figurehead of sightseeing vessel Harbor Emperor in San Francisco in 2012. Detail of photograph © Paul Sullivan https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/6/18/two-houseworth-postscripts monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a7bed6f7-e503-4ddc-83b4-8f082deb7e79/Emperor_Norton_cabinet_card_Houseworth_1874_a_4MB.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two Houseworth Postscripts - Make it stand out Emperor Norton, c.1874, by Thomas Houseworth & Co. studio, 9 & 12 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Cabinet card, 5¾” x 3 ⅞”, source unknown. Image © 2016 Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers Corp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/108160e8-782b-4081-895d-6f43f9504233/Emperor_Norton_by_Houseworth_b.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two Houseworth Postscripts - Make it stand out Image found, August 2015, on composer Gino Robair’s MySpace page for his opera I, Norton. Source: MySpace.com/inorton as archived 9 November 2012; click “More” in the Photo section https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fed7da2c-75c3-4b5a-9722-ccdde0f1fb23/Emperor_Norton_c1874_Houseworth_cabinet_card_b_SCP.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two Houseworth Postscripts - Make it stand out Emperor Norton, c.1874, by Thomas Houseworth & Co. studio, 9 & 12 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Cabinet card. Courtesy of the Society of California Pioneers (Object ID C026755). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4a0aab51-16b3-4419-8378-60789c29e671/Emperor_Norton_c1877_by_Thomas_House_and_Co_cabinet_card_front_CHS_Collection_at_Stanford.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two Houseworth Postscripts - Make it stand out Emperor Norton, c.1877, by Thomas Houseworth & Co. studio, 12 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Cabinet card. California Historical Society Collection at Stanford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/37753698-df22-445e-bc4f-389dc2570d5e/Listing_for_Thomas_Houseworth_and_Co_Langley%27s_SF_Directory_1876_p416.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two Houseworth Postscripts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/777b05ab-fe42-42e6-9435-96c60cff93be/Listing_for_Thomas_Houseworth_and_Co_Langley%27s_SF_Directory_1877_p443.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two Houseworth Postscripts - Make it stand out Listings for Thomas Houseworth & Co. in Langley’s San Francisco directories for 1876 (top) and 1877. Source: Internet Archive (here and here) https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/6/12/revealing-the-obscure-publishing-origin-of-an-early-engraving-of-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fdc26349-d83f-4551-93d8-6b84f59d9999/Illustration_by_Pascal_Loomis_from_cover_of_Puck_V1N7_1865.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Revealing the Obscure Publishing Origin of an Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Illustration included in book The Forgotten Characters of San Francisco (The Ward Ritchie Press, 1964), p. 17. Titled in the book as “The Promenade” and credited “Courtesy: Robert G. Cowan.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0f78e7e1-1607-4ebf-8ded-117bb8fcd213/Emperor_Norton_in_illustration_by_Pascal_Loomis_Puck_V1N7_May_1865.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Revealing the Obscure Publishing Origin of an Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Cover of Puck (San Francisco) magazine, vol. 1, no. 7, May 1865, with wood-engraved illustration featuring Emperor Norton. Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers (Object ID C024940). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c04b53e9-99a8-404d-9d87-91952d6a71ac/Ad_for_Pascal_Loomis_wood_engraver_Hand-Book_Alamanac_for_the_Pacific_States_1862_p190.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Revealing the Obscure Publishing Origin of an Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Ad for Pascal Loomis, “Artist and Engraver on Wood,” Hand-Book Almanac for the Pacific States, 1862, p. 190. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c4762fca-6238-4203-be52-015842169e23/Listing_for_Loomis_and_Swift_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1865_p281.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Revealing the Obscure Publishing Origin of an Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Listing for Loomis & Swift, Langley’s San Francisco Directory, 1865, p. 281. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fa6498fc-5492-4479-91ff-f574bbfb144a/The_owl_c1862_to_1874_by_Pascal_Loomis_1826_to_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Revealing the Obscure Publishing Origin of an Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out “The Owl,” c.1862–74, by Pascal Loomis (1826–1878). Drawing on paper, pencil, 14.2 x 22.9 cm; on mount 18.6 x 23.7 cm. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/dbbe8190-5c8b-46a4-ab70-b491ee5164cd/Napa_Creek_1868_A_Sketch_from_Nature_by_Pascal_Loomis_1826_to_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Revealing the Obscure Publishing Origin of an Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out “Napa Creek, 1868; A sketch from nature,” 1868, by Pascal Loomis (1826–1878). Drawing on paper, pencil, 22.2 × 14.3 cm; on mount 24.3 × 18.7 cm. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/126a36be-aa60-4c87-9469-fd6d274ca343/Emperor_Norton_in_illustration_by_Pascal_Loomis_Puck_V1N7_May_1865_Loomis_mark.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Revealing the Obscure Publishing Origin of an Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Detail of wood-engraved illustration on the cover of Puck (San Francisco) magazine, vol. 1, no. 7, May 1865 showing monogram of Pascal Loomis. Original image courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers (Object ID C024940). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e6b80ad2-5b96-4589-94b7-8a9932a256b1/The_Political_PR_lithograph_of_cartoon_by_Edward_Jump_published_with_Puck_1865.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Revealing the Obscure Publishing Origin of an Early Engraving of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out “The Political P.R. (Long Hair and Short Hair),” 1865. By Edward Jump (1832‒1883). Lithograph, 18.1 x 25.8 cm, on 22.6 x 30.1 cm sheet. “Published With ‘Puck the Pacific Pictorial.” Collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Source: FAMSF https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/5/14/emperor-norton-through-the-eyes-of-a-young-san-francisco-artist-in-1879 monthly 0.5 2025-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2f61c4ab-4105-4495-a892-a2f41dd83c18/Charles_Andrew_Gunnison_sketchbook_1879_title_page.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Through the Eyes of a Young San Francisco Artist in 1879 - Make it stand out Title page of 1879 travel sketchbook by Charles Andrew Gunnison (1861–1897). Sketchbook, 8¼” x 6⅞”. Manuscripts Collection of the Huntington Digital Library. Complete sketchbook accessible via the link. Source: The Huntington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/67cf9a70-d3ac-4ac4-b607-d9be0ed33129/Charles_Andrew_Gunnison_sketchbook_1879_Emperor_Norton_page.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Through the Eyes of a Young San Francisco Artist in 1879 - Make it stand out Page of 1879 travel sketchbook by Charles Andrew Gunnison (1861–1897) including a pencil rendering of Emperor Norton. Sketchbook, 8¼” x 6⅞”. Manuscripts Collection of the Huntington Digital Library. Complete sketchbook accessible via the link. Source: The Huntington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0c01f443-baaf-4800-8caa-188804be1232/Isaac_Smith_Kalloch.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Through the Eyes of a Young San Francisco Artist in 1879 - Make it stand out Isaac Smith Kalloch, c.1875–78, by Bradley & Rulofson studio. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f6eabc85-5ec6-45cd-9641-2c295c1e7cd6/Scrubbing_the_Scrubbs_cartoon_skewering_SF_Mayor_Isaac_Kalloch_SF_Illustrated_Wasp_V4N186_21_Feb_1880_pp488_489.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Through the Eyes of a Young San Francisco Artist in 1879 - Make it stand out “Scrubbing the City of Scrubbs: Kallock Method,” cartoon (unsigned but possibly by George Frederick Keller (1846–c.1927), San Francisco Illustrated Wasp, V4 N186, 21 February 1880, pp. 488–489. See original, from the collection of the California State Library, via the Internet Archive here. This image from the collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/011ee964-207e-4caa-8089-0c44f3571169/Charles_Andrew_Gunnison_sketchbook_1879_Chinese.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Through the Eyes of a Young San Francisco Artist in 1879 - Make it stand out Page of 1879 travel sketchbook by Charles Andrew Gunnison (1861–1897) including a pencil rendering of a Chinese laborer with the inscription “He must go.” Sketchbook, 8¼” x 6⅞”.Manuscripts Collection of the Huntington Digital Library. Complete sketchbook accessible via the link. Source: The Huntington https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/5/6/was-emperor-norton-channeling-george-washington monthly 0.5 2025-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/967af437-b1a8-4ca3-9b8b-868aec27c0fb/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_SF_Bulletin_12_Oct_1859_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was Emperor Norton Channeling George Washington? - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 12 Ocober 1859, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2a00dfc3-e768-40b3-9bf4-99fbb8f3dcd4/Emperor_Norton_address_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_4_Feb_1860_p3_highlighting_quote_from_Proclamation_of_12_Oct_1859.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was Emperor Norton Channeling George Washington? - Make it stand out “Emperor Norton — The Approaching Convention — The Imperial Address,” article publishing text of address Emperor Norton proposed to deliver at his "National Convention" planned for 8 February 1860, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 4 February 1860, p. 3. The Emperor’s self-quote from his Proclamation of 12 October 1859 is highlighted in orange. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/55921143-26e2-4518-b3a2-afb547818115/Frederick_Coombs_with_George_Washington_bust_c1865.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was Emperor Norton Channeling George Washington? - Make it stand out Frederick Coombs a.k.a. George Washington II with bust of George Washington, c.1865. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/eb02d51d-5588-40e6-aaf3-071919c8abb8/Item_claiming_Emperor_Norton_order_v_George_Washington_II_Daily_Alta_California_27_Aug_1862_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was Emperor Norton Channeling George Washington? - Make it stand out “Approaching a Crisis,” in “City Items,” Daily Alta California, 27 August 1862, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/4/24/save-the-california-digital-newspaper-collection monthly 0.5 2025-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9d6f64b1-d5d5-4549-8042-5631d933aad1/CDNC_screenshot_narrow_crop.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Save the California Digital Newspaper Collection! - Make it stand out Search result page from the California Digital Newspaper Collection. Source: CDNC https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/4/14/inside-sro-that-replaced-emperor-nortons monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3a434222-d867-4bb9-a71c-73244efda7e6/Commercial_and_Clay_Streets_btw_Montgomery_and_Kearny_satellite_view_2025_annotated.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Inside SRO Replacing the One That Housed Emperor Norton's Room, A Glimpse of How Cramped His Quarters Were - Make it stand out Satellite view of Commercial and Clay Streets, San Francisco, between Montgomery and Kearny Streets, with the 1910 building on the former site of Emperor Norton’s rooming house outlined in orange. Cropped and annotated by John Lumea. Image source: Google https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c5b0d10b-2aa7-48b8-88bd-818ffdf29abc/650_652_654_Commercial_St_SF_Google_Street_View_Jun_2018.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Inside SRO Replacing the One That Housed Emperor Norton's Room, A Glimpse of How Cramped His Quarters Were - Make it stand out Street view of 650–654 Commercial Street, San Francisco. Positioned and cropped by John Lumea. Image source: Google https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/81149720-1578-4a4f-88fd-e615ed1fa0a1/Clayton_Hotel_657_Clay_SF_Google_street_view_Nov_2024.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Inside SRO Replacing the One That Housed Emperor Norton's Room, A Glimpse of How Cramped His Quarters Were - Make it stand out Street view of 651–657 Clay Street, San Francisco. Positioned and cropped by John Lumea. Image source: Google https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/46364cdb-c114-422e-9ecb-0fb4ec7b86dc/Drawing_of_Clay_Street_lodging_house_SF_Chronicle_19_Nov_1910_p10.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Inside SRO Replacing the One That Housed Emperor Norton's Room, A Glimpse of How Cramped His Quarters Were - Make it stand out Drawing of lodging house under construction on Clay Street between Montgomery and Kearny Streets. Illustration for article, “Waiting for the Exposition Affects the City’s Real Estate Market,” San Francisco Chronicle, 19 November 1910, p.10. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/46f946ae-e067-4065-9411-b91cf71dfdab/Listing_for_Clay_House_657_Clay_in_SF_directory_1912_p2004.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Inside SRO Replacing the One That Housed Emperor Norton's Room, A Glimpse of How Cramped His Quarters Were - Make it stand out Listing for Clay House, 657 Clay Street, Crocker–Langley San Francisco Directory, 1912, p. 2004. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9910113c-650b-4c91-9a0a-1069063d0a18/Job_listing_by_resident_at_Clay_House_SF_Examiner_5_Nov_1912_p19.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Inside SRO Replacing the One That Housed Emperor Norton's Room, A Glimpse of How Cramped His Quarters Were - Make it stand out Help Wanted ad for “Woodchoppers,” San Francisco Examiner, 5 November 1912, p. 19. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b6b01018-6301-4119-be95-fec94fc23962/Listing_for_Clayton_Hotel_657_Clay_in_SF_House_and_Street_Directory_1940.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Inside SRO Replacing the One That Housed Emperor Norton's Room, A Glimpse of How Cramped His Quarters Were - Make it stand out Listing for Clayton Hotel, 657 Clay Street, San Francisco House and Street Directory, 1940. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fbb42979-2224-4696-a7ed-68a4ab87bb53/Clayon_Hotel_SF_post_rehab_launch_event_Chinatown_Community_Developoment_Center_1982.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Inside SRO Replacing the One That Housed Emperor Norton's Room, A Glimpse of How Cramped His Quarters Were - Make it stand out Launch event announcing the rehabilitation of the Clayton Hotel by the Chinatown Community Development Center, 1982. Source: CCDC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7f48544a-c0a4-4566-a859-488a8bc2720d/Emperor_Norton_room_size_SF_Chronicle_9_Jan_1880_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Inside SRO Replacing the One That Housed Emperor Norton's Room, A Glimpse of How Cramped His Quarters Were - Make it stand out Excerpt from “Imperial Ashes: Decease of Norton I, Emperor of the United States,” obituary of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 January 1880, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2245df6c-4be2-4694-b882-99bec45d3935/Emperor_Norton_room_size_Sacramento_Daily_Union_10_Jan_1880_p8.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Inside SRO Replacing the One That Housed Emperor Norton's Room, A Glimpse of How Cramped His Quarters Were - Make it stand out Excerpt from “Emperor Norton: His Sudden Death in San Francisco,” obituary of Emperor Norton, Sacramento Daily Record–Union, 10 January 1880, p. 8. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/aca6065a-27bc-41ce-93ad-5e7c1f5e5802/Clayton_Hotel_room_SF_Chronicle_22_Mar_2022.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Inside SRO Replacing the One That Housed Emperor Norton's Room, A Glimpse of How Cramped His Quarters Were - Make it stand out Photograph illustrating article, “A wave of SRO listings have [sic] set Chinatown on Edge,” San Francisco Chronicle, 22 March 2022. Original caption: “Hazel Chen gestures as she describes the limited space at a vacant single room occupancy unit at the Clayton Hotel in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco.” Photo: Stephen Lam/Chronicle. Source: San Francisco Chronicle https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/4/6/refreshing-the-name-of-the-emperor-norton-trusts-digital-arts-archive monthly 0.5 2025-04-08 https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/4/2/dating-the-reburial-of-norton-i monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8eaf09a2-e0bf-43e8-8521-6af8dbd87013/Emperor_Norton_grave_dedication_Woodlawn_Cemetery_Colma_30_Jun_1934_SF_Examiner_Bancroft_d.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Dating the Reburial of Norton I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c60f4164-87e1-4f02-9b17-196d9172034c/Emperor_Norton_grave_dedication_Woodlawn_Cemetery_Colma_30_Jun_1934_SF_Examiner_Bancroft_b.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Dating the Reburial of Norton I - Make it stand out Two scenes from the dedication of Emperor Norton’s new grave and headstone, Woodlawn cemetery, Colma, Calif., 30 June 1934. Top: Golden Gate Park superintendent John Mclaren lays a wreath. Bottom: Members of the U.S. Army Third Battalion of the 159th Infantry offering a three-volley salute. Photographs: George Elmer Sheldon. Fang family San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive Negative Files. © The Regents of the University of California, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/733321d5-641d-4c6b-927b-48b1084385da/Emperor_Norton_interment_card_Woodlawn_Memorial_Park_1990s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Dating the Reburial of Norton I - Make it stand out Interment record for Emperor Norton at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. This appears to be the card that was in file at Woodlawn in the 1990s. Source: Joel Gazis–Sax https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/dc7bc8b4-2029-4175-bead-ed8fc8c2daee/Emperor_Norton_interment_card_Woodlawn_Memorial_Park_2025.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Dating the Reburial of Norton I - Make it stand out Interment record for Emperor Norton at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. This is the card that was on file at Woodlawn in January 2025. Source: Woodlawn https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/3/12/post-quake-photograph-of-emperor-nortons-block-shows-that-building-where-he-had-lived-was-leveled monthly 0.5 2025-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/365bd258-e120-4119-bd46-f7ba44fda9ed/624_to_628_Commercial_St_SF_and_neighbors_early_1906_TE_Hecht_SFPL_18MB.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Post-Quake Photograph of Emperor Norton's Block Shows That Building Where He Had Lived Was Leveled - Make it stand out View of north side of the 600 block of Commercial Street (between Montgomery and Kearny Streets), San Francisco, early 1906. Photograph credited to Treu Ergeben (T.E.) Hecht (1875–1937). Photo #AAB–3457, San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, San Francisco Public Library. Source: SFPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0ce900e8-a6af-4184-98c4-68c19156dd40/600_block_of_Commercial_St_SF_looking_NW_from_Kohl_Bldg_1906_wnp3700069.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Post-Quake Photograph of Emperor Norton's Block Shows That Building Where He Had Lived Was Leveled - Make it stand out View northwest from the Kohl Building, San Francisco — northeast corner of Montgomery and California Streets — showing section of the north side of the 600 block of Commercial Street in the wake of the earthquake and fires of April 1906. Originally published by Bushnell Foto Co. Source: OpenSFHistory / wnp37.00069 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3b7c4cf1-d42c-4a79-ae89-e9107d5493c1/US_Sub_Treasury_608_Commercial_St_SF_ruin_looking_west_from_Montgomery_St_23_Apr_1906.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Post-Quake Photograph of Emperor Norton's Block Shows That Building Where He Had Lived Was Leveled - Make it stand out Ruin of 4-story U.S. Sub–Treasury at 608 Commercial Street, San Francisco, looking west from Montgomery Street. 23 April 1906. Collection of Stanford University (California Historical Society Collection). Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/686e9f98-9e5d-4f53-8d0c-cc240e6f6130/600_block_of_Commercial_St_SF_looking_NW_from_Kohl_Bldg_1906_wnp3700069_annotated_by_John_Lumea.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Post-Quake Photograph of Emperor Norton's Block Shows That Building Where He Had Lived Was Leveled - Make it stand out See photo caption above. Research and infographic by John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/939050fe-f0bb-41ed-9855-be8589e00db9/Detail_of_view_of_Commercial_Street_SF_looking_west_from_Montgomery_Street_1982_wnp32.2234.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Post-Quake Photograph of Emperor Norton's Block Shows That Building Where He Had Lived Was Leveled - Make it stand out Detail of view of Commercial Street, San Francisco, looking west from Montgomery Street, 1982. Photograph: Emiliano Echeverria. Source: OpenSFHistory / wnp32.2234 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/50380fd2-ae2e-40c6-b80a-bbc9c46b2307/608_Commercial_St_SF_entrance_to_San_Francisco_Historical_Society_annotated.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Post-Quake Photograph of Emperor Norton's Block Shows That Building Where He Had Lived Was Leveled - Make it stand out The orange outline shows where 612 Commercial Street was relative to its neighbors: the U.S. Sub–Treasury (on the right) and A. Lietz Co. (on the left). Google Street View crop and added graphic by John Lumea. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/3/4/emperor-norton-in-the-happy-valley-room monthly 0.5 2025-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/86e05fe9-10a4-4ca1-8169-29075e773e2c/Palace_Hotel_SF_Pied_Piper_Lounge_with_Sotomayor_murals.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out Detail of photograph of the “lounge” of the Pied Piper, in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Source: Pied Piper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7ff86d62-8cfb-42d4-9434-8e451dbec41b/Emperor_Norton_mural_Palace_Hotel_SF_by_Antonio_Sotomayor_1935.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out Emperor Norton mural in the “lounge” of the Pied Piper, in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Photo © 2014 The Loup Garou via Trip Advisor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c8f5f352-bc0f-4ad6-ae0e-b76aa9e4e5b0/Listing_for_Sotomayor_murals_Palace_Hotel_SF_Art_Commission_survey_1953_item_507.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out “Emperor Norton and Lotta Crabtree.” Listing for two murals, 1935, by Antonio Sotomayor, in Martin Snipper, A Survey of Art Work in the City and County of San Francisco, Art Commission, City and County of San Francisco, 1953. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4c9319f0-875a-4d91-9a77-0d0b6f3880cb/Emperor_Norton_in_review_of_SF_Palace_Hotel_murals_by_Sotomayor_in_Art_Digest_V9N20_1_Sep_1935_p11.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out “San Francisco’s Beloved Madman Is Pictured by Artist and Poet,” review of new Emperor Norton mural by Antonio Sotomayor together with new poem about the Emperor, The Art Digest, V9 N20, 1 September 1935, p. 12. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2a9690ab-99d0-4dcc-9ccf-d166b6c0e2f6/Palace_Hotel_SF_floor_plan_first_floor_1909_with_highlights.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out First-floor plan of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, 1909, highlighting the space currently occupied by the Pied Piper Bar & Lounge. Original plan from Yearbook of the Architectural League of New York and Catalog of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Exhibition, vol. 24, 1909, p. 90. Source: Hathi Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f0e3f75c-b547-468b-be36-b03566e268c0/Palace_Hotel_SF_first_floor_plan_1954_anotated.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out First-floor plan of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, 1954, highlighting the space currently occupied by the Pied Piper Bar & Lounge — together with the original locations of Antonio Sotomayor’s murals in the Happy Valley cocktail lounge. Original plan courtesy of Eddie Petruskevich. Annotations by John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f53945a6-fdbc-4615-a9a3-bf1a5d4e02e7/Happy_Valley_cocktail_menu_Palace_Hotel_SF_pages_2_and_3_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out Detail of the inside front cover and first page of the Happy Valley cocktail menu, c.1935. Source: eBay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/73d4f419-9f28-496e-abf4-29d1af38652a/Ad_for_the_Happy_Valley_in_Palace_Hotel_SF_EmanuEl_and_the_Jewish_Journal_29_Mar_1935_p5.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out Ad for the new Happy Valley cocktail lounge at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Emanu-El and the Jewish Journal, 29 March 1935, p. 5. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/39715720-07d0-446d-bb38-82321d1085df/Alma_Spreckels_at_the_Happy_Valley_SF_Chronicle_14_Oct_1937_p14.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out Item about Alma Spreckels at the Happy Valley, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 October 1937, p. 14. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ea4fc41d-10a5-45e3-ac8d-2cbe3bf304db/Article_announcing_opening_of_Happy_Valley_at_Palace_Hotel_SF_Chronicle_15_Feb_1935_p23.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out Headline and lede of article, “Chamber Opera Group to Gather at Happy Valley to Open Cocktail Room,” San Francisco Chronicle, 15 February 1935, p. 23. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a4f42fba-6520-4f11-a2cf-5ac30887b932/Antonio_Sotomayor_painting_the_Lotta_Crabtree_mural_for_the_Happy_Valley_lounge_in_the_Palace_Hotel_SF_Chronicle_20_Feb_1935_p12.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out Antonio Sotomayor painting the Lotta Crabtree mural for the new Happy Valley cocktail lounge in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 February 1935, p. 12. Source: Genealogy Bank (A clearer and much larger scan of this photograph, which appeared without the original caption in a 1978 San Francisco Examiner article about Sotomayor, is in our May 2020 article here.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ab1e0b6c-b430-4717-b386-d470adfaa85b/Emperor_Norton_mural_by_Antonio_Sotomayor_Palace_Hotel_SF_11_Apr_1935.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out Antonio Sotomayor’s Emperor Norton mural on the right flank of the bar of the Happy Valley cocktail lounge at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, 11 April 1935. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3e46a90a-b4b6-46ae-b965-3ea94a2b4f08/Happy_Valley_cocktail_lounge_Palace_Hotel_SF_with_Sotomayor_mural_of_Lotta_Crabtree_and_George_Washington_II.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out The bar of the Happy Valley cocktail lounge in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Flanking the bar on the left is Antonio Sotomayor’s mural featuring Lotta Crabtree and George Washington II. Just out of view on the bar’s right flank was Sotomayor’s mural featuring Emperor Norton. Source: Richard Harned, The Palace Hotel (Images of America series), Arcadia, 2009, p. 121. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/770b07d5-5511-4506-bc31-63bfc4515bb2/Happy_Valley_Room_Palace_Hotel_SF_with_mirror_reflection_of_Sotomayor_mural_featuring_Emperor_Norton_flanking_right_side_of_bar.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out View of the south wall of the Happy Valley — taken from the northwest corner of the room. Sotomayor’s mural of Emperor Norton on the north wall is reflected in the mirror. Source: Historic Hotels of the World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e14cf3bb-f17f-438c-9d5d-33d5324e04c9/Happy_Valley_Palace_Hotel_SF_menu_front_cover.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out Front (l) and back (r) covers of the Happy Valley cocktail menu, c. 1935. Source: eBay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3a472732-874a-4e2f-a87e-4538b950dd38/Happy_Valley_Palace_Hotel_SF_menu_back_cover.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d2e71b7f-db4e-4d97-93c2-be58690c4b9c/News_stand_at_Palace_Hotel_SF_1909.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out Newsstand of the 1909 Palace Hotel, San Francisco. From an undated souvenir booklet in the collection of the Society of California Pioneers. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1db342fd-ad8d-4171-a4a0-70cfc0bdf0a3/Postcard_of_Antonio_Sotomayor_mural_of_Emperor_Norton_1935_in_Happy_Valley_lounge_Palace_Hotel_SF_front.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5b669965-1b0d-42c8-bb25-9475c4395706/Postcard_of_Antonio_Sotomayor_mural_of_Emperor_Norton_1935_in_Happy_Valley_lounge_Palace_Hotel_SF_back.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9b345292-f8fc-40c8-87c7-14e88e2e5eff/Palace_Hotel_SF_Happy_Valley_matchbook_1930s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out Happy Valley matchbook cover produced by Ohio Match Co., 1930s. Collection of John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f17d19df-2895-41c5-99cb-d75f858a0d6b/Palace_Hotel_SF_first_floor_plan_1954_with_locations_of_Sotomayor_murals_1991_to_present.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room - Make it stand out First-floor plan of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, 1954, highlighting the space currently occupied by the Pied Piper Bar & Lounge — together with the current locations of Antonio Sotomayor’s murals in the “lounge” of the Pied Piper. Original plan courtesy of Eddie Petruskevich. Annotations by John Lumea. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/2/10/emperor-norton-in-the-san-francisco-wasp monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9bb034f3-22cd-4991-8cda-d4217fa31d25/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_26_Aug_1876_p26.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Excerpt from column, “The Man With His Office in His Hat,” The Wasp, 26 August 1876, p.26. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/df984240-a858-48d7-af28-94a84a8873bd/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_9_Sep_1876_p46.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Column, “Observing the Civil Rights Bill: The Lotta Fountain Patronage,” The Wasp, 9 September 1876, p. 46 (reformatted for presentation purposes). Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9920076f-1bc1-4f39-947e-4350fa4b04bd/Emperor_Norton_in_cartoon_by_GF_Keller_SF_Wasp_9_Sep_1876_p48_back_cover.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Cartoon, “The Patrons of ‘Lotta Fountain’ Observe the Civil Rights Bill Without Constraint,” by George Frederick Keller (1846–c.1927), The Wasp, 9 September 1876, p. 48 (back cover). Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5dfcc40b-ef22-4172-b44d-f68d4b6bb6d1/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_7_Apr_1877_p370.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Excerpt from column, “What Great Men and Women Eat and Drink,” The Wasp, 7 April 1877, p. 370. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/afaebdf1-86cb-431c-abd7-a98b24e3b6c6/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_10_Nov_1877_p229.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Item on the death of Oliver Perry Morton, The Wasp, 10 November 1877, p. 229. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/babb55c7-f542-4ba6-973c-1b59dfd95a5e/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_15_Dec_1877_p306.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Excerpt from column, “O! Let Us Be Joyful,” The Wasp, 15 December 1877, p. 306. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fd849a42-d700-4f83-8928-7169ba25048d/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_27_Apr_1878_p620.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Excerpt from performance review of Rice’s Combination (theater company) at the Grand Opera House, The Wasp, 27 April 1878, p. 620. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3ad3e458-2c2e-40b4-b646-a66e9471874e/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_4_May_1878_p626.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Excerpt from column, “California and the Paris Exposition,” The Wasp, 4 May 1878, p. 626. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0d49f491-0c97-4650-aaa5-47265bb71940/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_25_May_1878_p677.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Item on Emperor Norton, The Wasp, 25 May 1878, p. 677. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3a24407b-d4ee-46bb-baa5-2b6739071ce8/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_1_Jun_1878_p695.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Item on Emperor Norton, The Wasp, 1 June 1878, p. 695. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e21a1496-fcd1-4e11-bc74-ad409556a188/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_15_Jun_1878_p725.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Item with Emperor Norton, The Wasp, 15 June 1878, p. 725. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/56f9e9f5-ef4a-44ac-93e7-e15120ebd5b2/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_20_Jul_1878_p807.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Item invoking Emperor Norton, The Wasp, 20 July 1878, p. 807. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/704a1a44-939d-489c-b4fe-a01c8cf5b82b/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_27_Jul_1878_p821.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Item mentioning Emperor Norton, The Wasp, 27 July 1878, p. 821. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c2bfbb3c-7aff-47c5-9e1e-b098798d59df/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_27_Jul_1878_p823.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Item listing Emperor Norton, The Wasp, 27 July 1878, p. 823. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/89159621-7f05-4772-9b2a-a7c6b2fea58a/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_12_Oct_1878_p171.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Item mentioning Emperor Norton, The Wasp, 12 October 1878, p. 171. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8433ef91-17c8-487d-8893-7c7bf0ced391/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Wasp_22_Mar_1879_p530.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp - Make it stand out Excerpt from column, “Peculiar People: The Young Man from the Country,” The Wasp, 22 March 1879, p. 530. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/1/14/bummer-and-lazarus-turned-to-dust-a-little-later-than-believed monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c33f71fd-9a72-4b8f-af4f-3b9a69801afe/Excerpt_from_Malcolm_Barker_article_on_Bummer_and_Lazarus_SF_Chronicle_magazine_10_Aug_1986_p16.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bummer and Lazarus Turned to Dust a Little Later Than Believed - Make it stand out Excerpt from Malcolm Barker’s article, “Two Stray Dogs That Made the Headlines,” San Francisco Examiner magazine (This World), 10 August 1986, p. 16. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a52b25c2-7885-4824-abb6-6f117391ea6d/Bummer_and_Lazarus_to_Golden_Gate_Park_Museum_SF_Call_2_Feb_1906_p5.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bummer and Lazarus Turned to Dust a Little Later Than Believed - Make it stand out Article, “Bummer and Lazarus in the Park Museum,” San Francisco Call, 2 February 1906, p. 5. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4799df9a-d801-44f1-965f-f1f86776cb4a/Bummer_and_Lazarus_to_be_restuffed_SF_Chronicle_11_Apr_1910_p14.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bummer and Lazarus Turned to Dust a Little Later Than Believed - Make it stand out Excerpt from article, “Museum Visited By Many Pupils,” San Francisco Chronicle, 11 April 1910, p. 14. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7d2d2e41-926e-4100-a755-e6ce83d73848/Bummer_and_Lazarus_to_be_restuffed_SF_Examiner_11_Apr_1910_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bummer and Lazarus Turned to Dust a Little Later Than Believed - Make it stand out Excerpt from article, “Park Museum Honors Bummer and Lazarus,” San Francisco Examiner, 11 April 1910, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/07ad04fb-1e4d-47cb-bc5a-6a2ae248c4bf/Bummer_and_Lazarus_restuffed_SF_Chronicle_13_Nov_1910_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bummer and Lazarus Turned to Dust a Little Later Than Believed - Make it stand out Excerpt from article, “Pioneer Room: Memorial Museum Golden Gate Part,”San Francisco Chronicle, 13 November 1910, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bacc4292-9f2b-4634-ac09-5a310d943d14/Bummer_and_Lazarus_newly_taxidermied_SF_Chronicle_13_Nov_1910_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bummer and Lazarus Turned to Dust a Little Later Than Believed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/224c8649-59d1-4062-bd29-82710cca5aa0/Bummer_and_Lazarus_excerpt_SF_Chronicle_4_Jun_1917_p7.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bummer and Lazarus Turned to Dust a Little Later Than Believed - Make it stand out Excerpt from article, “26,989 Visit Park Museum in Last Month,” San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 1917, p. 7. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9c2fdeae-0dc2-4f17-8947-efddb809478a/Bummer_and_Lazarus_SF_Bulletin_21_Apr_1917_p15.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bummer and Lazarus Turned to Dust a Little Later Than Believed - Make it stand out Photograph of the taxidermied Bummer and Lazarus from article, “Two Familiar Boulevardiers of the Famed Ambrosial Path,” San Francisco Bulletin, 21 April 1917, p. 15. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d73589d6-062a-461a-8b89-cc501476184c/Catalog_entry_for_Bummer_and+Lazarus_5_Feb_1906_Golden_Gate_Park_Museum_left_side.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bummer and Lazarus Turned to Dust a Little Later Than Believed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/83e0265c-1313-401e-bfe0-4888c95d5960/Catalog_entry_for_Bummer_and+Lazarus_5_Feb_1906_Golden_Gate_Park_Museum_right_side.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bummer and Lazarus Turned to Dust a Little Later Than Believed - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/23ce47a3-ab7e-4c54-845c-3b2636e62c0f/Catalog_entry_for_Bummer_and+Lazarus_5_Feb_1906_Golden_Gate_Park_Museum.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bummer and Lazarus Turned to Dust a Little Later Than Believed - Make it stand out Above: Three images of the 5 February 1906 accession entry for the Bummer and Lazarus taxidermies (“Stuffed Dogs”) in the Catalogue of the Collections in the Golden Gate Park Museum, San Francisco. Cal. Courtesy of Lars Nylander. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2025/1/6/did-the-king-of-hawaii-recognize-emperor-norton-over-the-us-government monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e99912b2-ef5f-4dbd-9e3c-b5b17ca4ba45/Kamehameha_V_by_Charles_Leander_Weed_1865.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did the King of Hawaii Recognize Emperor Norton Over the United States Government? - Make it stand out Kamehameha V (1830–1872) in 1865, two years after becoming King of Hawaii. Photograph: Charles Leander Weed (1824–1903). Source: Lyman Museum and Mission House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b178fb10-ca62-4983-8482-3033b0b336b6/Excerpt_re_Kamehameha_V_and_Emperor_Norton_in_Alton_Pryor_Classic_Tales_in_California_History_1999_p17.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did the King of Hawaii Recognize Emperor Norton Over the United States Government? - Make it stand out Excerpt on Kamehameha V and Emperor Norton from Alton Pryor, Classic Tales in California History (Stagecoach Publishing, 1999), p. 17. Source: Google Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/efdbdb3a-7d14-40bc-a275-040cc31f6b23/Undated_Emperor_Norton_letter_to_Kamehameha_V_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did the King of Hawaii Recognize Emperor Norton Over the United States Government? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3b00c15d-532a-4fe7-aa59-19dadeab6bed/Undated_Emperor_Norton_letter_to_Kamehameha_V_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did the King of Hawaii Recognize Emperor Norton Over the United States Government? - Make it stand out Top and bottom: Undated letter from Emperor Norton to Kamehameha V. Source: Digital Archives of Hawai’i (pages 13 and 14 in document viewer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e46bce93-edfc-440d-851b-96469f8f0109/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Pacific_Appeal_8_Feb_1873_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did the King of Hawaii Recognize Emperor Norton Over the United States Government? - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 8 February 1873, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6e176d90-d692-456d-b696-bad7833306a7/Letter_from_Emperor_Norton_to_Kamehameha_V_as_transcribed_in_Emperor_Norton_and_Hawaii_by_David_W_Forbes_1988.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did the King of Hawaii Recognize Emperor Norton Over the United States Government? - Make it stand out Transcription of handwritten letter of Emperor Norton to Kamehameha V in David W. Forbes, Emperor Norton & Hawaii (Paul Markham Kahn, 1988). Collection of John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a06b8695-baa8-4c25-8ce6-e431cfa483c8/Excerpt_from_story_on_discovery_of_Emperor_Norton_letter_to_Kamehameha_V_Honolulu_Star_Advertiser_14_Nov_1906_p6.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did the King of Hawaii Recognize Emperor Norton Over the United States Government? - Make it stand out Excerpt from “Norton I to the King,” article on discovery of letter from Emperor Norton to Kamehameha V, Honolulu Star–Advertiser, 14 November 1906, p. 6. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/12/12/rarely-seen-photographs-of-emperor-norton-reburial-ceremony-in-1934 monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0b88215e-6ead-43c7-9199-0231d5e79562/Emperor_Norton_grave_dedication_Woodlawn_Cemetery_Colma_30_Jun_1934_SF_Examiner_Bancroft_a.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Four Previously Unpublished Photographs of the Emperor Norton Reburial Ceremony of 1934 - Make it stand out At the dedication of Emperor Norton’s new grave and headstone, Woodlawn cemetery, Colma, Calif., 30 June 1934 (l to r): Golden Gate Park superintendent John McLaren (representing San Francisco Mayor Angelo Rossi); William H. Crocker of the California Historical Society; and Charles A. Shurtleff, president of the Society of California Pioneers. Photograph: George Elmer Sheldon. Fang family San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive Negative Files. © The Regents of the University of California, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/40540fc7-ee39-4d76-825a-a18d435f1368/Emperor_Norton_grave_dedication_Woodlawn_Cemetery_Colma_30_Jun_1934_SF_Examiner_Bancroft_b.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Four Previously Unpublished Photographs of the Emperor Norton Reburial Ceremony of 1934 - Make it stand out Members of the Third Battalion of the 159th Infantry offering a three-volley salute at the dedication of Emperor Norton’s new grave and headstone, Woodlawn cemetery, Colma, Calif., 30 June 1934. Photograph: George Elmer Sheldon. Fang family San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive Negative Files. © The Regents of the University of California, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/11913d33-2e56-473c-8a22-1b57d83a2782/George_E_Sheldon_SF_Examiner_photographer.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Four Previously Unpublished Photographs of the Emperor Norton Reburial Ceremony of 1934 - Make it stand out George Elmer Sheldon (1895–1947), photographer for the San Francisco Examiner. Source: Philip Sheldon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/62764424-9bd2-45db-85f3-75ddf06f5b0a/Berkeley_Library_Digital_Collections_listing_for_Emperor_Norton_reburial_ceremony_photos_SF_Examiner_30_Jun_1934.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Four Previously Unpublished Photographs of the Emperor Norton Reburial Ceremony of 1934 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/06daf25c-426d-4544-816d-dd8512fb98fa/Emperor_Norton_grave_dedication_Woodlawn_Cemetery_Colma_30_Jun_1934_SF_Examiner_Bancroft_c.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Four Previously Unpublished Photographs of the Emperor Norton Reburial Ceremony of 1934 - Make it stand out Unveiling the headstone at the dedication of Emperor Norton’s new grave, Woodlawn cemetery, Colma, Calif., 30 June 1934. At far left is Golden Gate Park superintendent John McLaren. Emperor Norton Memorial Association president Ernest Abram Wiltsee is at the speaker’s platform. Photograph: George Elmer Sheldon. Fang family San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive Negative Files. © The Regents of the University of California, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d43fddd5-2181-438e-acc1-2444be6cfd6b/Emperor_Norton_grave_dedication_Woodlawn_Cemetery_Colma_30_Jun_1934_SF_Examiner_Bancroft_d.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Four Previously Unpublished Photographs of the Emperor Norton Reburial Ceremony of 1934 - Make it stand out Golden Gate Park superintendent John Mclaren lays a wreath at the dedication of Emperor Norton’s new grave and headstone, Woodlawn cemetery, Colma, Calif., 30 June 1934. Photograph: George Elmer Sheldon. Fang family San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive Negative Files. © The Regents of the University of California, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/055ffb77-c671-48ec-8a7c-dea210c0f15f/Emperor_Norton_grave_dedication_Woodlawn_Cemetery_Colma_30_Jun_1934_SF_Examiner_Bancroft_e.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Four Previously Unpublished Photographs of the Emperor Norton Reburial Ceremony of 1934 - Make it stand out William Henry Crocker lays a wreath at the dedication of Emperor Norton’s new grave and headstone, Woodlawn cemetery, Colma, Calif., 30 June 1934. Photograph: George Elmer Sheldon. Fang family San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive Negative Files. © The Regents of the University of California, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/061ab85b-b6ca-489c-af3a-851e53c798f0/Emperor_Norton_grave_dedication_Woodlawn_Cemetery_Colma_30_Jun_1934_SF_Examiner_Bancroft_f.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Four Previously Unpublished Photographs of the Emperor Norton Reburial Ceremony of 1934 - Make it stand out Some of those gathered for the dedication of Emperor Norton’s new grave and headstone, Woodlawn cemetery, Colma, Calif., 30 June 1934. Photograph: George Elmer Sheldon. Fang family San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive Negative Files. © The Regents of the University of California, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9de8f536-ed91-476c-95ea-fa208bc2ea12/Emperor_Norton_grave_dedication_Woodlawn_Cemetery_Colma_30_Jun_1934_SF_Examiner_Bancroft_g.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Four Previously Unpublished Photographs of the Emperor Norton Reburial Ceremony of 1934 - Make it stand out San Francisco Examiner file card for staff photographer George Elmer Sheldon’s photographs of the dedication of Emperor Norton’s new grave and headstone, Woodlawn cemetery, Colma, Calif., 30 June 1934. Fang family San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive Negative Files. © The Regents of the University of California, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e48b6ba1-bc28-4cb9-a37a-754bf43f5d27/Article_re_Emperor_Norton_reburial_ceremony_SF_Examiner_1_Jul_1934_p13.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Four Previously Unpublished Photographs of the Emperor Norton Reburial Ceremony of 1934 - Make it stand out Article, “City in Tribute at Reburial of Mad Monarch; Officials Lay Wreaths, Infantry Fire Salute Over Grave of Celebrated Emperor Norton,” San Francisco Examiner, 1 July 1934, p. 13. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/12/10/whither-the-emperor-norton-memorabilia-in-the-wells-fargo-collection monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/dc508a7c-8f50-4012-89af-4a6f6e2c2769/Wells_Fargo_History_Room_30_Montgomery_St_SF_1936.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Whither the Emperor Norton Memorabilia in the Wells Fargo Collection? - Make it stand out Wells Fargo History Room at the 30 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, branch in 1936. The room was established in 1927 and opened to the public in 1935. Photograph: Wells Fargo Corporate Archives. Source: Wells Fargo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2a82a303-907e-482a-b908-f16bb4061900/Wells_Fargo_Museum_420_Montgomery_St_SF.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Whither the Emperor Norton Memorabilia in the Wells Fargo Collection? - Make it stand out Wells Fargo Museum, 420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. The original Wells Fargo History Room moved to this location from 30 Montgomery Street in 1962. The current glass-fronted iteration of the Museum reflects a major expansion and redesign in 1986. Photograph: Todd Johnson. Source: San Francisco Business Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/133dc6b2-93c1-4af9-9f30-531983061219/Emperor_Norton_promissory_note_signed_12_Jun_1878_Wells_Fargo.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Whither the Emperor Norton Memorabilia in the Wells Fargo Collection? - Make it stand out Emperor Norton promissory note signed 12 June 1878. This is the note that has been on display in the Wells Fargo Museum in San Francisco for many years. Collection of the Wells Fargo Museum. Photograph: Wells Fargo Archives. Source: Wells Fargo (Facebook) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6aea121c-63ad-44d0-9373-6b50426bd77a/Emperor_Norton_figurine_1877_by_Herman_J_Brand_Wells_Fargo_collection.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Whither the Emperor Norton Memorabilia in the Wells Fargo Collection? - Make it stand out Emperor Norton statuette, 1877, by Herman J. Brand (1837–1914). Plaster, 22” x 7” x 7”. Collection of the Wells Fargo Museum. Photograph courtesy of Wells Fargo. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/12/4/seeing-1852-joshua-norton-in-a-1930-song-from-a-brecht-play monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5571912b-d586-411c-acc6-faf39d1bd017/Bertolt_Brecht_2nd_from_left_in_advertising_image_for_Octoberfest_scene_with_Karl_Valentin_and_Liesl_Karlstadt_c1920.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Seeing 1852 Joshua Norton in a 1930 Song from a Brecht Play - Make it stand out Advertising photograph, c.1920, depicting Octoberfest scene in show produced in Germany between 1920 and 1922 by the comic duo of Karl Valentin (with tuba) and Liesl Karlstadt (in top hat). Bertolt Brecht is second from left. 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Source: De Groene Amsterdammer https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/12/2/herb-caen-bought-the-myth-that-bummer-and-lazarus-were-emperor-nortons-dogs monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d7a8bf5b-9097-4ceb-b104-72bc5a4728d5/Three_Bummers_by_Edward_Jump_Feb_1863_Bancroft.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen Bought the Myth that Bummer and Lazarus Were Emperor Norton's Dogs - Make it stand out Cartoon of a free-lunch scene with Emperor Norton and the dogs Bummer and Lazarus, February 1863. By Edward Jump (1832–1883). Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/519a91fd-6e68-41d0-a5c2-23cb21dc503c/Herb_Caen_on_Bummer_and_Lazarus_in_The_San_Francisco_Book_1948_p98.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen Bought the Myth that Bummer and Lazarus Were Emperor Norton's Dogs - Make it stand out Excerpt from Herb Caen’s The San Francisco Book (Houghton Mifflin, 1948), p. 98. Collection of the Boston Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e74db049-0a68-4276-bb41-964e1ca07762/Herb_Caen_on_Bummer_and_Lazarus_SF_Examiner_31_Oct_1950_p21.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen Bought the Myth that Bummer and Lazarus Were Emperor Norton's Dogs - Make it stand out “La Traviata,” item from Herb Caen column, San Francisco Examiner, 31 October 1950, p. 21. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b3323235-a05a-4346-ad4e-376a837d58f6/Herb_Caen_on_Bummer_and_Lazarus_in_Don%27t_Call_It_Frisco_1953_p232.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen Bought the Myth that Bummer and Lazarus Were Emperor Norton's Dogs - Make it stand out Excerpt from Herb Caen’s book Don’t Call It Frisco (Doubleday, 1953), p. 232. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8fdee1ec-29fc-41ca-b2bc-da3dedae3fc9/Herb_Caen_on_Bummer_and_Lazarus_SF_Chronicle_26_Apr_1964_p33.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen Bought the Myth that Bummer and Lazarus Were Emperor Norton's Dogs - Make it stand out Herb Caen item, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 April 1964, p. 33. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ee638715-e281-4951-adf9-b4cff9385ed4/Emperor_Norton_misIDd_+as_King_Norbert_1974_Guinness_Book_of_World_Records_p76.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen Bought the Myth that Bummer and Lazarus Were Emperor Norton's Dogs - Make it stand out “Greatest Dog Funeral,” item in 1974 Guinness Book of World Records, p. 76. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cf368fcb-df23-44f6-a178-e2a3a312e21d/Herb_Caen_on_Bummer_and_Lazarus_SF_Chronicle_5_Nov_1973_p31.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen Bought the Myth that Bummer and Lazarus Were Emperor Norton's Dogs - Make it stand out Herb Caen item, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 November 1973, p. 33. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e050f6f6-46da-4cda-b083-e399121c6937/King_Norbert_corrected_to_Emperor_Norton_in_1975_Guinness_Book_of_World_Records_p77.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen Bought the Myth that Bummer and Lazarus Were Emperor Norton's Dogs - Make it stand out “Greatest Dog Funeral,” item in 1975 Guinness Book of World Records, p. 77. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7a69729a-aef3-4f31-b4a4-b835760d87ae/Bummer_and_Lazarus_by_Malcolm_Barker_2001_edition_back_cover.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen Bought the Myth that Bummer and Lazarus Were Emperor Norton's Dogs - Make it stand out Back cover of 2001 edition of Malcolm Barker’s book, Bummer & Lazarus: San Francisco’s Famous Dogs. Source: Google Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b53930f8-9e23-4fb8-ae6b-95df18ed203d/Promotional_detail_for_book_Bummer_and_Lazarus_1984_in_book_More_San_Francisco_Memoirs_1996_by_Malcolm_Barker.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen Bought the Myth that Bummer and Lazarus Were Emperor Norton's Dogs - Make it stand out Promotional information for original 1984 edition of Malcolm Barker’s book Bummer & Lazarus: San Francisco’s Famous Dogs on inside back page of Barker’s 1996 book More San Francisco Memoirs, 1852–1899. Source: Google Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1aa0230f-69f6-4b70-9e0c-7396521f1ae2/Herb_Caen_on_Bummer_and_Lazarus_SF_Chronicle_23_Apr_1985_p19.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen Bought the Myth that Bummer and Lazarus Were Emperor Norton's Dogs - Make it stand out Herb Caen item, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 April 1985, p. 19. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/11/14/charting-a-path-to-frisco-in-1849 monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/70d516f4-9f46-4b67-b7fd-85343a5faf7f/Oh_California_in_Boston_Daily_Bee_26_Dec_1848_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Charting a Path to "Frisco" in 1849 - Make it stand out Lyrics of “The California Emigrant,” Boston Daily Bee, 26 December 1848, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f6768882-90d3-4a7a-9d4a-2c0b2c3dd1f1/Excerpt_from_Oh_California_reprinted_from_Salem_Gazette_in_Alexandria_Gazette_6_Jan_1849_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Charting a Path to "Frisco" in 1849 - Make it stand out “From Salem for California” (reprinted from the Salem (Mass.) Gazette of 23 December 1848), Alexandria (Va.) Gazette, 6 January 1849, p. 1. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fb4a7370-0c2e-41dc-96b3-9e146f1df47c/Item_using_Frisco_in_Placer_Times_9_Mar_1850_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Charting a Path to "Frisco" in 1849 - Make it stand out Item using “Frisco,” Placer Times (Sacramento, Calif.), 9 March 1850, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/682f274e-5d0a-42f7-8ba8-5d4f73a6ff59/Bark_San_Francisco_in_Argonauts_of_49_by_Octavius_Thorndike_Howe_1923_p97_large.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Charting a Path to "Frisco" in 1849 - Make it stand out From painting of the bark San Francisco in the collection of Historic Beverly (Beverly Historical Society). Source: Using Essex History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f00faaa5-40a7-42b4-9723-14cb696545eb/Isaac_Wallace_Baker_self_portrait_ambrotype_c1853.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Charting a Path to "Frisco" in 1849 - Make it stand out Self-portrait of Isaac Wallis Baker (left) with friend, ambrotype, c.1853. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California. Source: Cameraville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e2cf739c-47bc-4728-b528-ad2b58901c67/Frisk-O_detail_Argonauts_of_49_by_Octavius_Thorndike_Howe_1923_p97.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Charting a Path to "Frisco" in 1849 - Make it stand out Excerpt from Captain Isaac Wallis Baker’s journal of the August 1849–January 1850 voyage of the bark San Francisco from Beverly, Mass., to San Francisco, in Octavius Thorndike Howe, Argonauts of ‘49, 1923, p. 97. Collection of the Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9b0f3081-8acc-4d71-ae59-00f905108c9f/Monterrey_Mexico_in_context.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Charting a Path to "Frisco" in 1849 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/282317d0-21f1-4d18-8bc9-6d76e018d72b/Friskoe_excerpt_from_The_New_Academy_by_Richard_Brome_1659.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Charting a Path to "Frisco" in 1849 - Make it stand out Excerpt from play, The New Academy, or, The New Exchange, originally published as part of Five New Playes, by Richard Brome, 1659. Source: Hathi Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9a54fef7-e13d-44a0-b9b8-b52869175d65/Eloesser_Heynemann_ad_for_Frisco_Jeens_Santa_Rosa_Press_Democrat_30_Aug_p9.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Charting a Path to "Frisco" in 1849 - Make it stand out Detail from Eloesser–Heynemann ad for Frisko Jeens, Santa Rosa (Calif.) Press Democrat, 30 August 1928. p. 9. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/10/18/when-emperor-norton-became-protector-of-mexico monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b9c8dac1-6eb3-4e85-ab2a-6f62f6a5abb3/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_18_Jan_1860_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Emperor Norton Became Protector of Mexico - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 18 January 1860, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/72ffa588-1fc7-4a5c-83f1-85e4e7b89651/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Sonoma_County_Journal_26_Jul_1861_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Emperor Norton Became Protector of Mexico - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Sonoma County Journal, 26 July 1861, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6a42f203-862b-4e38-be57-0f5ca83ac718/Item_re_Emperor_Norton%27s_birthday_Daily_Alta_4_Feb_1865_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Emperor Norton Became Protector of Mexico - Make it stand out Item noting Emperor Norton’s 47th birthday, Daily Alta California, 4 February 1865, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4bb13dcd-2eaa-4072-bd6c-6124c058ce24/Intro_of_article_referencing_Emperor_of_the_United_States_and_Mexico_Oakland_Daily_Evening_Tribune_27_May_1875_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Emperor Norton Became Protector of Mexico - Make it stand out Introduction to article, “Tripartite Disagreement: Charley Peters vs. Emperor Norton and Brother Anderson,” Oakland Daily Evening Tribune, 27 May 1875, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f20b110e-4f3f-4632-826b-183c7429854d/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Emperor_of_these_United_States_and_Mexico_Pacific_Appeal_25_Jul_1874_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Emperor Norton Became Protector of Mexico - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 25 July 1874, p. 1. Source: Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/acc59adc-c415-4dde-afe0-541060460746/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_as_Protector_of_Mexico_Daily_Alta_9_February_1866_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Emperor Norton Became Protector of Mexico - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Daily Alta California, 9 February 1866, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/66135266-9f6d-4e65-9c9b-74c7f9c67586/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Pacific_Appeal_18_Nov_1871_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Emperor Norton Became Protector of Mexico - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 18 November 1871, p. 4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d2cc9763-f205-46db-bb0e-09181691339f/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_reasserting_status_as_Protector_of_Mexico_Pacific_Appeal_15_May_1875_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Emperor Norton Became Protector of Mexico - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 15 May 1875, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0e827e14-2aed-4dd2-89c8-94df7c5a4579/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Oakland_Daily_Evening_Tribune_15_May_1876_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Emperor Norton Became Protector of Mexico - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Oakland Daily Evening Tribune, 15 May 1876, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2b318077-c49f-4eed-a061-cf7df1f067d4/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Protector_of_Mexico_SF_Examiner_28_Mar_1879_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Emperor Norton Became Protector of Mexico - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Examiner, 28 March 1879, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bcd27582-ec0f-4736-8d9e-69d8de91615e/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Protector_of_Mexico_Oakland_Daily_Times_28_May_1879_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Emperor Norton Became Protector of Mexico - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Oakland Daily Times, 28 May 1879, p. 1. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fc9ddf81-c4e6-4400-829b-57c133357b67/Emperor_Norton_headstone_July_2021_Jonathan_Robert_Pamplin.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Emperor Norton Became Protector of Mexico - Make it stand out Headstone of Emperor Norton’s grave, Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif., in 2021, following Woodlawn’s restoration of the gilding. Photograph: Jonathan Robert Pamplin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/dbef1cef-73eb-4806-85ec-2b15de5a024b/Unpublished_proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_signed_Protector_of_Mexico_10_Jun_1862.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Emperor Norton Became Protector of Mexico - Make it stand out Manuscript of Proclamation of Emperor Norton, signed and dated 10 June 1862 — but apparently unpublished. Photograph: David McCarthy https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/10/14/when-did-emperor-nortons-reign-begin monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cb97811f-7dfe-4872-b21d-5f3d85deaa4f/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_10th_year_of_our_reign_Petaluma_Journal_and_Argus_30_Jun_1864_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Did the Reign of Emperor Norton Really Begin? - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Petaluma (Calif.) Journal and Argus, 30 June 1864, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1d5a9a09-a90c-412a-8d09-efbe17e14bf5/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_eleventh_year_of_our_reign_Stockton_Independent_1_Jul_1865_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Did the Reign of Emperor Norton Really Begin? - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Stockton (Calif.) Independent, 1 July 1865, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1d833770-0bbf-41d0-9253-fac0bfa5bc97/Opinion_of_Emperor_Norton_referencing_16_years_of_our_reign_Daily_Alta_19_Dec_1868_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Did the Reign of Emperor Norton Really Begin? - Make it stand out Opinion of Emperor Norton "relative to the difficulties in Spain," Daily Alta California, 19 December 1868, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6565508e-7d60-4d93-94b1-04978bf50fab/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_16th_year_of_our_reign_Oakland_Daily_Transcript_8_Jan_1869_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Did the Reign of Emperor Norton Really Begin? - Make it stand out “Proclamation by Emperor Norton I,” Oakland Daily Transcript, 8 January 1869, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f5333298-0777-42cb-a3c6-b53f646b76a9/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_17th_year_of_our_reign_Stockton_Independent_21_Jul_1869_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Did the Reign of Emperor Norton Really Begin? - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Stockton (Calif.) Daily Independent, 21 July 1869, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1809e60d-8a37-41ca-a98e-ab79d7329444/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_17th_year_of_our_reign_Petaluma_Journal_and_Argus_18_August_1869_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When Did the Reign of Emperor Norton Really Begin? - Make it stand out Proclamations of Emperor Norton, Petaluma (Calif.) Journal and Argus, 18 August 1869, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/9/24/joshua-norton-on-the-sacramento-river monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7ff231b2-580a-45ef-ab72-f35f6478d4b6/Partnership_of_Joshua_Norton_and_Peter_Robertson_dissolved_Daily_Alta_2_Nov_1851_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton on the Sacramento River - Make it stand out Notice of dissolution of business partnership of Joshua Norton and Peter Robertson, Daily Alta California, 2 November 1851, p. 4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/02778980-f02b-4e7a-b413-4cb084c48e8c/Peter_Robertson_ad_for_new_warehouse_Daily_Alta_26_Jul_1852_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton on the Sacramento River - Make it stand out Peter Robertson’s ad for his new warehouse, Daily Alta California, 26 July 1852, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1bd443f7-c7f6-4780-953f-e4dfb38fd1d6/Notice_of_Joshua_Norton_away_for_a_few_days_Daily_Alta_9_May_1851_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton on the Sacramento River - Make it stand out Ad noting that Joshua Norton has "gone up the River for a few days," Daily Alta California, 9 May 1851, p. 4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ea92feef-4377-4c5d-8766-496348ebdb8c/Joshua_Norton_arrival_at_Sutter_Hotel_3_Jun_1851_Sacramento_Transcript_4_Jun_1851_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton on the Sacramento River - Make it stand out Joshua Norton among "Arrivals at Sutter Hotel, June 3" (fourth line), Sacramento Transcript, 4 June 1851, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/afe15629-3ae2-4b9b-9871-a23c069df6e4/Detail_from_View_of_Sacramento_City_during_flood_of_Jan_1850_lithograph_c1850_CSL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton on the Sacramento River - Make it stand out Detail from "View of Sacramento City as it appeared during the great inundation in January 1850," lithograph by George W. Casilear, Henry Bainbridge and Napoleon Sarony, c.1850. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ad212517-b95b-4722-8328-ff8b796ebae2/James_Blackwell_Starr_portrait_CSL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton on the Sacramento River - Make it stand out Drawing of James Blackwell Starr (1810–1862), undated and uncredited. Charcoal, 16" x 12⅞". Collection of the California State Library. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/78af58bd-2867-4e61-93a6-d122631b28bf/Ad_for_Joshua_Norton_and_JB_Starr_packet+_service_btw_Sac_and_SF_Sac_Daily_Union_25_Jun_1851_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton on the Sacramento River - Make it stand out Ad for Sacramento River packet service jointly run by J.B. Starr in Sacramento and Joshua Norton in San Francisco, The Daily Union (Sacramento, Calif.), 25 June 1851, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c2f0d6f9-39fe-4d2a-ae7f-24585cce6771/Item_re_sentence_in_Ruiz_v_Norton_Daily_Placer_Times_and_Transcript_11_May_1855_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton on the Sacramento River - Make it stand out Item reporting the final award in the case of Ruiz v. Norton, Daily Placer Times and Transcript, 11 May 1855, p. 2. (Note: The name of José Maria Ruiz is misspelled “Reivy.”) Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9e53209c-a7c6-4e6f-8a1f-72026d75a5cd/Joshua_Norton_at_Merchant%27s_Exchange_Daily_Placer_Times_and_Transcript_28_Jun_1855_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton on the Sacramento River - Make it stand out Ad (buying wool) by Joshua Norton at No. 5, Merchants’ Exchange, Daily Placer Times & Transcript, 26 May 1855. p. 2. Source; Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/444c60ae-7037-4e1f-bf3f-acab4e3407fd/Ad_for_E_Grisar_Daily_Placer_Times_and_Transcript_21_May_1855_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton on the Sacramento River - Make it stand out Ad (buying wool) by E. Grisar of Grisar, Byrne & Co. at No. 5, Merchants’ Exchange, Daily Placer Times & Transcript, 21 May 1855, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e384b738-c322-437d-b872-883da5704593/Ads_for_Joshua_Norton_and_for_Grisar_Byrne_and_Co_Daily_Placer_Times_and_Transcript_27_Jul_1855_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton on the Sacramento River - Make it stand out Ads (buying wool) for Grisar, Byrne & Co. and Joshua Norton at No. 5, Merchants’ Exchange, Daily Placer Times & Transcript, 27 July 1855, p. 4. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9d7fba5b-e8c2-4a5f-a7b8-371db6872e09/Ad_for_wool_Joshua_Norton_and_JB_Starr_Sacramento_Daily_Union_28_May_1855_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton on the Sacramento River - Make it stand out Ad from Joshua Norton and J.B. Starr seeking wool to buy, Sacramento Daily Union, 28 May 1855, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/9/10/music-had-charms-for-the-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/82a984f1-2e8d-45e6-9280-74eb358618c1/SF_Herald_item_on_SF_arrival_of_Bianchis_reprinted_in_Sacramento_Daily_Union_20_Oct_1858_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Music Had Charms for the Emperor Norton - Make it stand out “Operatic Arrival,” Sacramento Daily Union, 20 October 1858, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0059bc97-cdaa-48cb-8a07-6659f634e464/Maguire%27s_Opera_House_ad_for_Bianchi_concert_Daily_Alta_22_Oct_1858_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Music Had Charms for the Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Maguire’s Opera House ad for California debut of Eugenio Bianchi and Giovanna Bianchi, Daily Alta California, 22 October 1858, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/26f6c7e7-9e5d-4f53-ae65-a635400bba20/Eugenio_Bianchi_and_Giovanna_Bianchi_drawing_in_obit_SF_Morning_Call_23_Feb_1895_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Music Had Charms for the Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Eugenio Bianchi (left), undated photograph in Graeme Skinner (University of Sydney), "A biographical register of Australian colonial musical personnel–B (Bi-Boz)", Australharmony (an online resource toward the early history of music in colonial Australia), entry on Eugenio and Giovanna Bianchi. Source: Australharmony; Giovanna Bianchi, drawing in obituary, San Francisco Morning Call, 23 February 1895, p. 4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ef0adae3-6e0e-4cd1-ad37-5b1d091a5360/Operatic_Difficulty_item_in_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_27_Jun_1859_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Music Had Charms for the Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/11cfec7a-1d53-47e7-904e-4930cacf8470/Operatic_Difficulty_item_in_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_28_Jun_1859_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Music Had Charms for the Emperor Norton - Make it stand out "Operatic Difficulty" and "The Operatic Difficulty," items in the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin of 27 June 1859 (top) and 28 June 1859. Both items appeared on page 3 of their respective editions. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e515b77e-0f6e-4598-896a-abcf3b220d3d/Letter_on_The_Subscription_Series_of_Italian_Operas_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_24_Aug_1859_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Music Had Charms for the Emperor Norton - Make it stand out "The Subscription Series of Italian Operas," letter from "Amateur," San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 24 August 1859, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/020ad02c-6f35-4519-9d9d-584d67962606/Excerpt_on_Bianchis_in_The_Age_Melbourne_Australia_13_Feb_1861_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Music Had Charms for the Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Item on Eugenio and Giovanna Bianchi, The Age (Melbourne, Australia), 13 February 1861, p. 4. Source: Trove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/97afbeb0-6385-48dc-810d-2faaf05c85b2/Review_of_Il_Trovatore_at_Maguire%27s_Opera_House_SF_Daily_Alta_California_15_Apr_1872_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Music Had Charms for the Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Review of 13 April 1872 performance of Il Trovatore at Maguire's Opera House, Daily Alta California, 15 April 1872, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f81c83a1-7808-4dfd-bf54-1bb5a9ac143e/Preview_of_Bianchi_troupe_performance_of_Il_Trovatore_at_Academy_of_Music_Oakland_Daily_News_22_Mar_1872_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Music Had Charms for the Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Preview of performance of Il Trovatore by the Bianchi troupe at the Academy of Music, Oakland Daily News, 22 March 1872, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3ad5e1bc-df48-4806-9551-73f4aac5f803/Postponement_of_opera_performance_at_Academy_of_Music_Oakland_Daily_News_23_Mar_1872_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Music Had Charms for the Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Item on sudden cancellation of Bianchi troupe opera performance, Oakland Daily News, 23 March 1872, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d3fcb619-0ca3-443a-911a-b3743b1aea6d/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_re_Bianchi_opera_troupe_Pacific_Appeal_20_Apr_1872_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Music Had Charms for the Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 20 April 1872, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5640cd01-d67f-4aad-93fd-e9885ab89168/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_on_opera_Daily_Dramatic_Chronicle_21_Dec_1865_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Music Had Charms for the Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Daily Dramatic Chronicle, 21 December 1865, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ff881236-13f9-45ee-9679-3fcbdaff47e0/Operatic_Fizzle_item_Oakland_Daily_News_6_May_1872_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Music Had Charms for the Emperor Norton - Make it stand out "Operatic Fizzle," item in Oakland Daily News, 6 May 1872, p. 4. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/9/10/be-nortonian-on-empire-day-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6b1020da-564a-44ba-b5f8-724e59eca926/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_17_Sep_1859_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Be Nortonian" on Empire Day 2024 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/8/16/scenes-from-the-emperor-norton-devotion-of-melvin-belli monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/82561eef-7459-4d3a-812d-3a3bc14d7de8/Melvin_Belli_in_dark_glasses_at_dedication_of_Belli_Building_SF_with_Emperor_Norton_cosplayer_19_Jan_1960.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Scenes from the Emperor Norton Devotion of Melvin Belli - Make it stand out Dedication of the Belli Building at 722/728 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, 19 January 1960. The three figures in the center are Melvin Belli (center, with dark glasses); Donald A. Wells, Master of California Lodge No. 1, Free and Accepted Masons (left); and Emperor Norton cosplayer Earle Wright. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9faf3e66-b2d0-4343-93f7-a08002d0b152/Article_on_dedication_of_Belli_Building_SF_Chronicle_20_Jan_1960_p5.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Scenes from the Emperor Norton Devotion of Melvin Belli - Make it stand out "Belli Brings Back the Gold Rush," article, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 January 1960, p. 5. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ed95a52d-14de-4ed0-992c-a8852b5ed2cf/Belli_Buildings_722_728_Montgomery_Street_SF_Mar_1966.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Scenes from the Emperor Norton Devotion of Melvin Belli - Make it stand out Belli's Buildings in March 1966. The Belli Building, at 722 Montgomery, is on the right; 728, on the left, was known as "Caesar's Annex" — so named for Belli's grandfather. Photo: Renald Rosewood. Source: SF Memory (sfmemory.org / sfm008–00167) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b98195c5-24d7-4907-baca-4fd414069cdc/Melvin_Belli_as_Emperor_Norton_1987_for_feature_in_SF_Examiner_1_Mar_1987.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Scenes from the Emperor Norton Devotion of Melvin Belli - Make it stand out Melvin Belli as Emperor Norton, 1987. Source: Facebook profile of former Belli employee John Hagen–Brenner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/84f8408a-57ce-44be-9bf0-669a80bd2abb/Left_side_of_Sunday_magazine_feature_with_Melvin_Belli_as_Emperor_Norton_SF_Examiner_1_Mar_1987_mag_page_12.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Scenes from the Emperor Norton Devotion of Melvin Belli - Make it stand out Left side of 2-page feature spread, "The Way They Were," with Melvin Belli as Emperor Norton at top left, San Francisco Examiner, 1 March 1987, Sunday magazine, p. 12. 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Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/8/6/two-of-the-earliest-sightings-of-emperor-norton-in-regalia monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9285935f-77dd-41a6-b94c-1d8c0ef9bb26/Excerpt_from_article_Blue_Skies_in_Daily_Alta_California_26_May_1860_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two of the Earliest Sightings of Emperor Norton in Regalia - Make it stand out Excerpt from “Blue Skies Again,” in City Items, Daily Alta California, 26 May 1860, p. 1, col. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f6e5af9a-3326-4429-8e8b-4dc1cdcc5631/Emperor_Norton_in_full_naval_uniform_at_Maguire%27s_Opera_House_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_29_Mar_1860_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two of the Earliest Sightings of Emperor Norton in Regalia - Make it stand out Review of performance of Richard III at Maguire’s Opera House, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 29 March 1860, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e16e16a6-2961-4cfd-8738-0ed6b32ca8d5/Maguire%27s_Opera_House_SF_stereograph_by_Eadweard_Muybridge_1870_right_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two of the Earliest Sightings of Emperor Norton in Regalia - Make it stand out Detail of stereograph of Maguire’s Opera House, San Francisco, 1870. By Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904). Maguire’s, on the right, was located on Washington Street between Montgomery and Kearny. The view here is looking west towards Kearny. Source: Getty (stereocard) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a6345096-4bec-465d-8239-6c54d49bbd16/Reference_to_Emperor_Norton_in_review_of_Blonde_Burlesque_Troupe_at_Maguire%27s_Opera_House_SF_Daily_Alta_17_Jun_1870_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two of the Earliest Sightings of Emperor Norton in Regalia - Make it stand out Review of performance of the British Blonde Burlesque Troupe at Maguire’s Opera House, San Francisco, on 16 June 1870, Daily Alta California, 17 June 1870, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e48f3dba-55ba-42ad-bda3-404ebac58e85/SF_correspondent_letter_on_Joshua_Norton_Mountain_Democrat_12_May_1860_p3_first_half.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two of the Earliest Sightings of Emperor Norton in Regalia - Make it stand out “San Francisco Correspondence” by “William Credulous,” dated “May, 1860,” The Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.), 12 May 1860, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4fdd807b-27c5-491d-83c1-96ac7173fed0/SF_correspondent_letter_on_Joshua_Norton_Mountain_Democrat_12_May_1860_p3_second_half.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two of the Earliest Sightings of Emperor Norton in Regalia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/8/2/the-papers-outside-sf-that-published-emperor-nortons-original-proclamation monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5d68b3cb-6dae-4759-9a10-875bcd21180b/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_17_Sep_1859_p3_editorial_intro.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Papers Outside San Francisco That Published Emperor Norton's Original Proclamation - Make it stand out San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin’s editorial headline and introduction of Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Bulletin, 17 September 1859, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/af62d05c-92f7-40c8-8ddb-c201d91fa1bb/Reprint_of_17_Sep_1859_Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Sacramento_Bee_19_Sep_1859_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Papers Outside San Francisco That Published Emperor Norton's Original Proclamation - Make it stand out Reprint of Proclamation of Emperor Norton originally published in the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin on 17 September 1859, The Daily Bee (Sacramento, Calif.), 19 September 1859, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6b86a92c-5785-46c5-aef2-89a42beb0469/Reprint_of_17_Sep_1859_Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Daily_National_Democrat_Marysville_Calif_20_Sep_1859_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Papers Outside San Francisco That Published Emperor Norton's Original Proclamation - Make it stand out Reprint of Proclamation of Emperor Norton originally published in the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin on 17 September 1859, Daily National Democrat (Marysville, Calif.), 20 September 1859, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cc4f634c-e12c-4cec-a069-f738f38e4884/Reprint_of_17_Sep_1859_Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Red_Bluff_Beacon_28_Sep_1859_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Papers Outside San Francisco That Published Emperor Norton's Original Proclamation - Make it stand out Reprint of Proclamation of Emperor Norton originally published in the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin on 17 September 1859, Red Bluff (Calif.) Beacon, 28 September 1859, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ab2cdc17-e1fa-49b1-8b81-4df95d1a5e0a/Reprint_of_17_Sep_1859_Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_New_Orleans_Daily_Crescent_10_Oct_1859_p6.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Papers Outside San Francisco That Published Emperor Norton's Original Proclamation - Make it stand out Reprint of Proclamation of Emperor Norton originally published in the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin on 17 September 1859, New Orleans Daily Crescent, 10 October 1859, p. 5. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/feb1d2b5-f4ad-4607-8e34-2c6f6e493906/Reprint_of_17_Sep_1859_Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Weekly_Vicksburg_Whig_19_Oct_1859_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Papers Outside San Francisco That Published Emperor Norton's Original Proclamation - Make it stand out Reprint of Proclamation of Emperor Norton originally published in the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin on 17 September 1859, Weekly Vicksburg (Miss.) Whig, 19 October 1859, p. 1. 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Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/7/26/when-joshua-norton-broke-with-the-local-democratic-party-establishment monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6093c62e-cedd-4cb4-ae96-2a4a1ba527eb/Address_to_the_Democracy_of_San_Francisco_Daily_Alta_26_Feb_1856_p2_top_half.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton On His Way Out of the Democratic (Or Any Other) Party - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c46d8a1c-8e66-44b4-b04e-e6ae8e0f56e6/Address_to_the_Democracy_of_San_Francisco_Daily_Alta_26_Feb_1856_p2_bottom_half.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton On His Way Out of the Democratic (Or Any Other) Party - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/52236d30-9742-4962-8b4d-8d5deb502939/Address_to_the_Democracy_of_San_Francisco_Daily_Alta_26_Feb_1856_p2_Joshua_Norton_signature.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton On His Way Out of the Democratic (Or Any Other) Party - Make it stand out “Address to the Democracy of San Francisco,” open letter of protest and dissent from the leadership of the San Francisco Democratic Party, signed by Joshua Norton, Daily Alta California, 26 February 1856, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2f939727-917c-4cf1-b17f-9766daa75b95/Democratic_General_Committee_report_Daily_Alta_California_26_Feb_1856_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton On His Way Out of the Democratic (Or Any Other) Party - Make it stand out Report of the San Francisco Democratic General Committee, Daily Alta California, 26 February 1856, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/062380b0-5c1b-4866-846f-c8d191194135/Democratic_Central_Committee_meeting_report_Daily_Alta_1_Mar_1856_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton On His Way Out of the Democratic (Or Any Other) Party - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7c566145-500c-4b67-86ef-6801898452ec/Democratic_Central_Committee_meeting_notice_Daily_Alta_9_Mar_1856_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton On His Way Out of the Democratic (Or Any Other) Party - Make it stand out Notices of meetings of competing Democratic Central Committees associated with the San Francisco Democratic Party, Daily Alta California. Top: 1 March 1856, p. 3. Bottom: 9 March 1856, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection (here and here). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/626ddd08-0383-472e-bfc3-af2b51eb6fe2/Reform_Triumphant_at_Sacramento_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_4_May_1858_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton On His Way Out of the Democratic (Or Any Other) Party - Make it stand out “Reform Triumphant at Sacramento,” editorial, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4ac67d03-bc76-498b-8a2e-6a0f063e0b21/Joshua_Norton_ad_announcing_candidacy_for_US_Congress_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_21_Aug_1858_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton On His Way Out of the Democratic (Or Any Other) Party - Make it stand out Joshua Norton’s ad announcing candidacy for U.S. Congress, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 21 August 1858, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b2f8cda6-1ff5-4810-9d51-f5de135f1609/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_SF_Bulletin_12_Oct_1859_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton On His Way Out of the Democratic (Or Any Other) Party - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 12 October 1859, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3bd77565-4e63-4fcb-8d18-ee23714f76a8/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_Pacific_Appeal_20_June_1874.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton On His Way Out of the Democratic (Or Any Other) Party - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, The Pacific Appeal, 20 June 1874, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/6/16/emperor-norton-at-sorbiers monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ce93e37b-0243-459c-9727-617359a8258a/Banner_of_Japan_Weekly_Mail_14_Feb_1880.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Banner of the The Japan Weekly Mail of 14 February 1880. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1fab3515-93ab-4925-8e0d-d3183af5f11b/Excerpt_of_Emperor_Norton_obituary_Japan_Weekly_Mail_14_Feb_1880_p12.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Excerpt from obituary of Emperor Norton, The Japan Weekly Mail, 14 February 1880, “Notes of the Week” section, p. 12. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/564f5fff-de87-4cb6-a2c6-7d44fd0f3f6b/Banner_of_Mining_and_Scientific_Press_21_May_1910.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Banner of the Mining and Scientific Press of 21 May 1910. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9001b710-cbc1-440c-a94a-c11d54d90bab/Excerpt_on_Emperor_Norton_Mining_and_Scientific_Press_21_May_1910_p13.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Excerpt on Emperor Norton from A.D. Hodges, Jr., “Rambling Recollections of an Old Sixty-Niner,” Mining and Scientific Press, 21 May 1910, p13. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9ab3900f-7b6b-447e-92d8-60560cdd5a75/Jules_Sorbier_announces_new_restaurant_at_607_Sacramento_SF_Chronicle_8_Oct_1867_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Ad announcing opening of Sorbier's Restaurant at 607 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, Daily Alta California, 8 October 1867, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c2d63ccc-dfe6-4e46-a16d-828b810c6bc8/Sorbier%27s_ad_SF_Chronicle_24_Dec_1868_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Ad for Sorbier's Restaurant on Sacramento Street, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 December 1868, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/41588103-75ea-4c7c-b07b-f09c3a2e61f4/Jules_Sorbier_announces_restaurant_relocation_to_Commerial_Street_SF_Chronicle_31_Mar_1869_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Ad announcing relocation of Sorbier’s Restaurant to Commercial Street, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 March 1869, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com (Starting with this 1869 listing, San Francisco directories specified the address of this location as 540 Commercial.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2eb22e22-5b9e-4151-8726-38cd47cdf93d/Ad_for_Sorbier%27s_Restaurant_Daily_Alta_28_Apr_1869_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Ad for Sorbier’s Restaurant on Commercial Street, Daily Alta California, 28 April 1869, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e2a9451a-73cb-48cf-8ceb-f95a71369d35/Glimpse_of_Sorbier%27s_Restaurant_on_Commercial_east_of_Montgomery_c1868_SFPL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Northeast corner of Montgomery and Commercial Streets, c.1868. Photographer unknown. The Sather & Co. Bank building is on the corner. The two-story building next door to the east (“right”) of Sather & Co. was the location of Sorbier’s Restaurant starting in March 1869. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1b4a71f3-4408-4d99-8686-f4c12dd71b9b/Glimpse_of_Sorbier%27s_Restaurant_on_Commercial_east_of_Montgomery_c1868_SFPL_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fd0e3301-8ce3-4f00-b698-9d895418c5f9/Item_on_breakfast_at_Sorbier%27s_Restaurant_SF_Chronicle_16_Dec_1871_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Item on breakfast at Sorbier’s Restaurant on Commercial Street, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 December 1871, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9d671d6d-35d8-4f97-a347-d62fbda86a39/Quality_and_value_of_NY_restaurant_compared_with_Sorbier%27s_and_George%27s_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_15_Aug_1872_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Excerpt from “The East Through California Eyes,” traveling correspondence of San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin editor Samuel Williams, Evening Bulletin, 15 August 1872, p. 1. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b48e1562-047b-4569-8bd6-759a69524c2f/Excerpt_from_obituary_of_Emperor_Norton_SF_Examiner_9_Jan_1880_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Excerpt from obituary of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Examiner, 9 January 1880, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7304e98b-8899-43f2-9fbc-4750c5090a0a/Emperor_Norton_Muybridge_1869_bw_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Details from photographs of Emperor Norton in March 1869 (l) and sometime between spring 1871 and spring 1872. See our Photographs page for complete info. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fd3ae776-c6a7-4ad0-a0ee-b871e4081977/Emperor-Norton-1870s-a_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Sorbier's - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/6/6/emperor-norton-for-safer-railroads monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7b68c8a2-e3f4-4ed2-8151-36af9761f180/Item_about_Emperor_Norton_railroad_switch_invention_Brooklyn_Home_Journal_and_Alameda_County_Advertiser_13_Sep_1872_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton for Safer Railroads - Make it stand out Item on Emperor Norton’s invention of a railroad switch, Brooklyn Home Journal and Alameda County Advertiser, 13 September 1872, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/13a44d83-ab73-4e74-a7cb-1082e762fc9d/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_re_railroad_switch_Pacific_Appeal_14_Sep_1872_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton for Safer Railroads - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 14 September 1872, p. 1. 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Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5b6759f9-2a95-403d-9241-3d36961531ea/Proclamation_of_Emperor_on_dummy_and_screw_of_Clay_Street_Railroad_Pacific_Appeal_20_Sep_1873_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton for Safer Railroads - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 20 September 1873, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/74178ed3-a21d-4f8e-a344-259c2730b855/Item_on_railroad_accidents_SF_Chronicle_21_Nov_1869_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton for Safer Railroads - Make it stand out Editorial item, “Mismanagement Somewhere,” San Francisco Chronicle, 21 November 1869, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/baffee41-712a-48fc-a945-8857a62992ae/Editorial_on_railroad_accidents_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_22_Nov_1869_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton for Safer Railroads - Make it stand out Editorial, “More Railroad Accidents,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 22 November 1869, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fd7668f9-844e-418b-b0f9-321511478c1f/Excerpt_from_editorial_on_railroad_accidents_SF_Chronicle_25_Nov_1869_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton for Safer Railroads - Make it stand out Excerpt from editorial, “And Still They Come — What Is the Remedy?”, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 November 1869. p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/918229af-a967-4128-8b3d-7b56adf04d27/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_re_railroad_switch_tenders_Stockton_Daily_Independent_27_Nov_1869_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton for Safer Railroads - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Stockton Daily Independent, 27 November 1869, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/5/26/let-the-emperor-wear-what-he-wants monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3bf393ff-33a4-4d72-af24-8ba9b76b5950/Emperor_Norton_cabinet_card_c1875_by_Bradley_%26_Rulofson_a.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Let the Emperor Wear What He Wants - Make it stand out Emperor Norton, c. 1875, by Bradley & Rulofson studio. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California. Source: OMCA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e4deffaf-c729-45de-a0c7-01c17cf0f630/Emperor_Norton_in_editorial_on_peace_Oakland_Evening_Tribune_24_Aug_1874_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Let the Emperor Wear What He Wants - Make it stand out Editorial, “Let Us Have Peace,” Oakland Evening Tribune, 24 August 1874, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d53fa310-fc58-4a81-9893-34a494bfe2fe/Emperor_Norton_in_editorial_on_liberty_in_style_of_dress_SF_Chronicle_10_Aug_1866_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Let the Emperor Wear What He Wants - Make it stand out Editorial, “An Enlightened Decision,” Daily Dramatic Chronicle, 10 August 1866, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/14ea4e69-1769-4923-ab76-b7fa8448623c/Emperor_Norton_by_Bradley_and_Rulofson_probably_1867.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Let the Emperor Wear What He Wants - Make it stand out Emperor Norton, probably 1867, by Bradley & Rulofson studio. Collection of the Wells Fargo Museum. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/5/12/emperor-nortons-pipe-dreams monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a7ec69a8-1d95-4a8d-8c81-ccd7e7da290a/Emperor_Norton_by_Virgil_Williams_c1870s_possible_copy_by_Leola_Coggins.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Pipe Dreams - Make it stand out Portrait of Emperor Norton, c.1870s, by Virgil Williams (1830-1886). Possibly a copy by Leola Hall Coggins (1881–1930). Collection of the Bancroft Library at the University of California Berkeley. Source: Calisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b8909446-833d-4ff1-abeb-f8d8753cfab3/Emperor_Norton_detail_from_SF_Yesterday_and_Today_1983_84_by_Ruth_Asawa_Parc_55_SF.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Pipe Dreams - Make it stand out Detail from San Francisco Yesterday and Today (1984), by Ruth Asawa (1926–2013). Located in the porte-cochère (covered driveway) of the Parc 55 Hilton, San Francisco. Detail of photograph © 2015 by Joseph Amster. For more photos of the complete 7-paneled sculpture, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/922facbf-c45a-4936-93ad-52c041205581/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_re_Modoc_War_Pacific_Appeal_25_Jan_1873_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Pipe Dreams - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton on the Modoc War, The Pacific Appeal, 25 January 1873, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ef86aa8d-94ff-4181-aa4d-4fb335ade2d3/Editorial_sketch_of_Emperor_Norton_SF_Sunday_Mercury_24_May_1863_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Pipe Dreams - Make it stand out Excerpt from “Local ‘Characters,’” installment “Number Two” of a “City Sights and Sounds” column, San Francisco Sunday Mercury, 24 May 1863, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0c9aa6f7-dcff-424d-a2f0-4fd51a9b4ad7/100_Years_With_the_Sutliff_Tobacco_Company_1948_cover.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Pipe Dreams - Make it stand out Cover of commemorative booklet, 100 Years With the Sutliff Tobacco Company, 1948. Collection of John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f8db7915-0272-4735-920f-7ae01fe2d03b/100_Years_With_the_Sutliff_Tobacco_Company_1948_Emperor_Norton_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Pipe Dreams - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/57cbd064-c47d-4fb8-ae99-91c80fc8dd26/Listings_for_Joshua_Norton_cigar_businesses_Parker_SF_directory_1852_53_p81.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Pipe Dreams - Make it stand out Listings for Joshua Norton, including for his residence at the Rassette House, James M. Parker’s San Francisco Directory for 1852–53, published 1852, p. 81. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/4/24/the-emperor-norton-trees-of-mariposa-and-calaveras monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/49ed6678-3a10-487c-ba83-a3ad95993c6b/Emperor_Norton_tree_by_Edweard_Muybridge_stereocard_1868_18MB.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton" Trees of Mariposa and Calaveras - Make it stand out Stereocard of “Emperor Norton” tree, by Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904), 1868. Zelda Mackay Collection of Stereographic Views, ca. 1860-ca. 1900, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Dated by the Bancroft. Source: Bancroft Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a63880f9-4bb0-482e-abac-c2d91731a859/Emperor_Norton_tree_by_Eadweard_Muybridge_stereocard_1868_18MB_Helios_detail_left.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton" Trees of Mariposa and Calaveras - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/18c79222-ee25-4090-af15-d0b3f64abc12/Emperor_Norton_tree_by_Eadweard_Muybridge_stereocard_1868_18MB_Helios_detail_right.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton" Trees of Mariposa and Calaveras - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a620f0cb-7123-46ac-83e7-d12c817e66e3/Emperor_Norton_tree_in_book_Mariposa_Grove_of_Big_Trees_California_1910_by_BM_Leitch.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton" Trees of Mariposa and Calaveras - Make it stand out Excerpt from B.M. Leitch, Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, 1910, p. 12. Collection of the University of California Libraries. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/56dd6d48-c31e-4f18-9c7f-9aa663d6645a/Emperor_Norton_tree_in_Mariposa_Grove_excerpt_of_letter_San_Joaquin_Valley_Argus_1_Sep_1883_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton" Trees of Mariposa and Calaveras - Make it stand out Excerpt from “Letter from Aunt Debby Dent: A Description of Her Trip to Yosemite and Big Trees,” San Joaquin Valley Argus, 1 September 1883, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/aabd70ca-8fec-48ff-b0de-7f3989cca06e/Emperor_Norton_tree_in_Calaveras_Grove_excerpt_of_letter_Stockton_Daily_Evening_Herald_24_Jul_1867_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton" Trees of Mariposa and Calaveras - Make it stand out Excerpt from "Trip to the Big Trees” (“No. 8” in an “Editorial Correspondence” series), Stockton Daily Evening Herald, 24 July 1867, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ade87bc8-8561-4ae7-92fc-63286c5e97b2/Emperor_Norton_tree_by_Eadweard_Muybridge_stereocard_1868_18MB_sign_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton" Trees of Mariposa and Calaveras - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/96075631-295f-477f-a342-08a15ef1e7b2/Emperor_Norton_tree_in_Calaveras_Grove_Waltham_MA_Sentinel_13_May_1870_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton" Trees of Mariposa and Calaveras - Make it stand out Excerpt from article, “The Mammoth Grove of Calaveras,” Waltham (Mass.) Sentinel, 13 May 1870, p. 1. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/066aabcb-6128-4fd5-9bfd-b5b96736f9a2/Emperor_Norton_tree_in_Calaveras_Grove_excerpt_of_letter_from_Hagar_Daily_Alta_29_Jul_1867_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton" Trees of Mariposa and Calaveras - Make it stand out Excerpt from "In the Wilderness," letter of special correspondent "Hagar," Daily Alta California, 29 July 1867, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/4/18/emperor-norton-a-metaphor-in-his-own-time monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/caf763d9-18b6-4a87-b0c9-cddc3ac85495/D_Wemyss_Jobson_an_Epistolary_Emperor_Norton_Carson_Daily_Appeal_6_Jun_1867_.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, A Metaphor in His Own Time - Make it stand out Item on D. Wemyss Jobson, Carson (Carson City, Nev.) Daily Appeal, 6 June 1867, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5e753f44-ba4a-467f-adfd-dbf038f2a8fb/Excerpt_from_item_on_D_Wemyss_Jobson_SF_Chronicle_20_Jul_1867_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, A Metaphor in His Own Time - Make it stand out Excerpt from item, “Jobsoniana,” Daily Dramatic Chronicle, 20 July 1867, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.cpm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/05acbc5f-e71b-445e-9bbe-7c7fb995c410/Emperor_Norton_of_the_News_Oakland_Daily_Transcript_28_Aug_1869_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, A Metaphor in His Own Time - Make it stand out “The Regular Ticket,” editorial, Oakland Daily Transcript, 28 August 1869, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/82f85a26-d1d2-4603-adfa-11fc968a0e1f/William_Jefferson_Gatewood.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, A Metaphor in His Own Time - Make it stand out William Jefferson "Jeff" Gatewood, undated photograph in William E. Smythe, History of San Diego, 1908, p. 480. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/31d38971-041f-4cbe-b3ed-caea8278ad5f/Emperor_Norton_of_the_California_Press_editorial_Santa_Barbara_Weekly_Press_26_April_1873_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, A Metaphor in His Own Time - Make it stand out "The 'Emperor Norton' of the California Press," editorial, Santa Barbara Press, 22 April 1873, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection [original publication in daily edition is broken across two columns; image shown is the editorial as it appeared in the weekly edition] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7d217e13-546f-4deb-9840-f426685660d3/Happy_Jack_as_Healdsburg_Emperor_Norton_Russian_River_Flag_17_Jan_1878_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, A Metaphor in His Own Time - Make it stand out Item on “Healdsburg Emperor Norton, ‘Happy Jack,’” Russian River Flag, 17 January 1878, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/999264c8-a730-4344-bbda-1817a2c92fce/Happy_Jack_John_McKeag_on_hunting_expedition_SF_Examiner_27_Sep_1877_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, A Metaphor in His Own Time - Make it stand out Excerpt from “To Snow Mountain and Back,” account of a camping and hunting expedition undertaken in September 1877, San Francisco Examiner, 27 September 1877, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/dbfccbc0-1140-4e2d-8c74-6efe33e2c48d/Happy_Jack_William_Fields_Roseburg_Review_Oregon_16_Apr_1886_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, A Metaphor in His Own Time - Make it stand out Item on “Happy Jack” William Fields, Roseburg Review, 16 April 1886, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/3/28/the-emperor-norton-cartoon-that-got-the-jump-on-jump monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/33f2bcf5-8b53-4c1a-b9be-a02e7fbea467/Three_Bummers_by_Edward_Jump_Feb_1863_Bancroft.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Cartoon That Got the Jump on Jump - Make it stand out Cartoon of a free-lunch scene with Emperor Norton and the dogs Bummer and Lazarus, February 1863. By Edward Jump (1832–1883). Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1ec1a06a-9f3e-4302-914f-6022754ce92e/Stock_Brokers_And_Still_They_Are_Marching_On_by_Edward_Jump_c1861_63.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Cartoon That Got the Jump on Jump - Make it stand out Cartoon of Montgomery Street scene featuring Emperor Norton; Bummer and Lazarus; and George Washington II (later titled “Stock Brokers; And Still They Are Marching On”), 1863 (possibly between February and September 1863). By Edward Jump (1832–1883). Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Online Archive of California https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8c31534b-abcd-4061-b722-8329a0c9b7a7/Tompson_in_a_Quandary_by_RM_Evans_1861_62_18MB.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Cartoon That Got the Jump on Jump - Make it stand out “Tompson in a Quandary,” 1861 or 1862 (possibly between September 1861 and September 1862). By R.M. Evans. Lithograph by Benjamin Franklin Butler (1819–1865). As to the scale of the original: While the image above is reproduced from an unidentified print source, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco has an original lithograph of the work that is catalogued as being 48.4 cm x 30.2 cm. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ddf2fe80-b1f0-4975-a0d7-417113eea9f3/RM_Evans_passenger_on_John_L_Stephens_arriving_SF_16_Oct_1858_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_18_Oct_1858_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Cartoon That Got the Jump on Jump - Make it stand out Passenger list for Pacific Mail steamship John L. Stephens arriving in San Francisco on 16 October 1858. R.M. Evans is listed in the left column. San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 18 October 1858, p. 1. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d6a4abff-06b6-4bbb-91f8-637319e93d1d/Only_correct_and_reliable_map_of_the_Washoe_Mining_Region_by_RM_Evans_1860_title_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Cartoon That Got the Jump on Jump - Make it stand out Title detail from The only correct and reliable Map of the Washoe Mining Region, R.M. Evans, 1860. Lithographed and published by Britton & Co.* Collections: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University; Huntington Library. Source: Beinecke (full map); Huntington (cover of companion Evans’ Travellers’ Guide) * Joseph Britton is well known as the lead partner in Britton & Rey (1852–59) and Britton, Rey & Co. (1866–92). But, from 1859 to 1866, Britton headed the lithographic firm of J.W. Britton & Co. with partners Henry Steinegger and Xavier Van de Casteele. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0e3ad19b-5079-4797-9403-96451cf6d4aa/Item_mentioning_James_Tompson_Daily_Alta_25_Sep_1860_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Cartoon That Got the Jump on Jump - Make it stand out Item mentioning James Tompson as a “well known bill poster,” Daily Alta California, 25 September 1860, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/771330c6-e7b3-470b-a6f3-632e3ae19b72/James_Tompson_listing_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1861_p331.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Cartoon That Got the Jump on Jump - Make it stand out Listing for James Thompson, Langley’s San Francisco Directory, 1861, p. 331. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f5163e07-bd15-44e4-8ac5-e2eea20e3981/Tompson_in_a_Quandary_by_RM_Evans_1861_62_Emperor_Norton_and_dogs_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Cartoon That Got the Jump on Jump - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f0cf8878-706a-45b7-8c23-200883e7b84b/Funeral_of_Lazarus_by_Edward_Jump_1863.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Cartoon That Got the Jump on Jump - Make it stand out “Funeral of Lazarus,” October or November 1863. By Edward Jump (1832–1883). Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cbd41693-1669-4319-a1ac-df7a803e9805/Emperor_Norton_smashes_walking_stick_against_window_of_shop_displaying_sketch_of_him_Daily_Alta_14_Feb_1863_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Cartoon That Got the Jump on Jump - Make it stand out “Vive L’Empereur,” item on Emperor Norton’s reaction to artistic depiction of him displayed in a Montgomery Street shop window, Daily Alta California, 14 February 1863, p. 1. Possibly, this was Edward Jump’s cartoon showing the Emperor at a free-lunch table with the dogs Bummer and Lazarus. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c7e3094f-9a15-4974-a94e-52dc09c764b3/Listing_for_Rouse_and_Jump_in_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1863_p312.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Cartoon That Got the Jump on Jump - Make it stand out Listing for Rouse & Jump “lithographers and fancy signs,” Langley’s San Francisco Directory, 1863, p. 312. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/54281bf2-a796-4e99-acbc-449295ec7a92/Excerpt_from_Caricatures_of_the_Early_Days_column_by_Walter_J_Thompson_SF_Chronicle_4_Sep_1922_p16.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Cartoon That Got the Jump on Jump - Make it stand out Excerpt from “Caricatures of the Early Days,” by Walter J. Thompson, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 September 1922, p. 16. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/3/20/emperor-norton-status-report-midwest-edition monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cf22ec0c-77b5-4f55-a750-bca1fd23d844/Oscar_Lennox_Misch_to_spend_winter_in_Mexico_and_South_America_Chicago_Tribune_31_Oct_1875_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Status Report, Midwest Edition - Make it stand out Item on Oscar Lennox Misch leaving for Mexico and South America, Chicago Tribune, 31 October 1875, p. 4. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/48b38040-42fd-4888-a9df-5bbf746079c4/Intro_of_article_about_Oscar_Lennox_Misch_tour_of_Mexico_Central_and_South_America_Chicago_Tribune_23_Apr_1876_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Status Report, Midwest Edition - Make it stand out Introduction to “Mexico: Results of a Tour of Personal Observation in That Unquiet County,” article about Oscar Lennox Misch’s 6-month tour of Mexico, Central America, and South America, Chicago Tribune, 23 April 1876, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/84ca97b5-8494-4928-b655-ed509c57904a/Oscar_Lennox_Misch_returns_from_SF_Chicago_Tribune_25_Feb_1877.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Status Report, Midwest Edition - Make it stand out Item about Oscar Lennox Misch’s return from trip to California, Chicago Tribune, 25 February 1877, p. 8. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/31a8e34d-b97e-4d1d-8737-089244cc0fce/Headline_and_subheds_SF_correspondent_letter_Chicago_Tribune_26_Feb_1877_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Status Report, Midwest Edition - Make it stand out Headlines of Oscar Lennox Misch’s correspondent’s letter from San Francisco (“Frisco: A Breezy Letter from the Pacific Coast”), Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb 1877 p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8d0ff789-96c3-4065-8def-efe164a5db5e/Emperor_Norton_in_excerpt_from_SF_correspondent_letter_Chicago_Tribune_26_Feb_1877_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Status Report, Midwest Edition - Make it stand out Excerpt from Oscar Lennox Misch’s correspondent’s letter from San Francisco (“Frisco: A Breezy Letter from the Pacific Coast”), Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb 1877 p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/3/10/a-possibly-better-date-for-two-photographs-of-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/add298d7-b196-4eed-b1a1-9c2f8f89c47a/Emperor_Norton_1860s_by_Bradley_and_Rulofson.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Better Date for Two Photographs of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Source: Wells Fargo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/754c174c-1234-4751-9000-729d36a9ea64/Emperor_Norton_CDV_Bradley_and_Rulofson_c1864_front_Bonhams_Jun_2020.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Better Date for Two Photographs of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Source: Bonhams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bcf35442-43be-46a2-89f2-b6887ee4371f/Royalty_Photographed_Daily_Alta_California_13_Sep_1867_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Better Date for Two Photographs of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out “Royalty Photographed,” item on new photograph of Emperor Norton by the Bradley & Rulofson studio, Daily Alta California, 13 September 1867, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/3/6/daily-alta-eagerness-to-play-on-emperor-norton-well-known-at-the-time monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e135d011-8e1b-4e12-bfbe-29f48e143e3f/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Pacific_Appeal_7_Jan_1871_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Daily Alta's Emperor Norton Well - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton naming The Pacific Appeal his “imperial organ,” issued 23 December 1870, The Pacific Appeal, 7 January 1871, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bd4a41ae-4917-4cd6-8146-f25ae94279af/Albert_S_Evans_in_1865.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Daily Alta's Emperor Norton Well - Make it stand out Albert S. Evans, editor of the Daily Alta California, in c.1865. Carte de visite photograph by the studio of Hamilton, Tidball & Morse. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6233303f-bea0-4a03-b073-ad624a00b356/Emperor_Norton_and_Alta_in_Daily_Placer_Herald_23_Apr_1870_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Daily Alta's Emperor Norton Well - Make it stand out Excerpt from weekly San Francisco Letter by correspondent “Yerba Buena,” dated April 21, The Placer Herald, 23 April 1870, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/52cb013f-eb3d-49bf-a9ca-40f7b5a566dc/Item_on_Emperor_Norton_and_Fitz_Smythe_SF_Chronicle_8_Jun_1868_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Daily Alta's Emperor Norton Well - Make it stand out Humorous item on Daily Alta editor Albert Evans, pen name “Fitz Smythe,” and Emperor Norton, Daily Dramatic Chronicle, 8 June 1868, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c48cec0e-098a-4c00-b1ae-822880f60d93/Imperial_Cap_Daily_Alta_California_2_Nov_1864_1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Daily Alta's Emperor Norton Well - Make it stand out “Imperial Cap,” item on an addition to Emperor Norton’s wardrobe, Daily Alta California, 2 November 1864, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/2/24/emperor-norton-on-the-crest-of-the-farmers-market-wave monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4acee113-a2ed-4410-a211-d1bb70abce35/The_Vegetable_Market_Question_Daily_Alta_4_Nov_1873_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton on the Crest of the Farmers Market Wave - Make it stand out Editorial, “The Vegetable Market Question,” Daily Alta California, 4 November 1873, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/25ba4e06-c983-4fc4-a8bc-4d2b24d83999/The_Vegetable_Row_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_6_Nov_1873_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton on the Crest of the Farmers Market Wave - Make it stand out Article, “The Vegetable Row,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 6 November 1873, p. 1. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5b96b834-837a-46fe-9abf-d6722308ffd0/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_creating_new_produce_market_Pacific_Appeal_1_Nov_1873_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton on the Crest of the Farmers Market Wave - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton creating a new public square for a produce market, Pacific Appeal, 1 November 1873, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/907e478c-d0a3-4b2a-bcb1-d264dd318fd2/The_Vegetable_Market_Daily_Alta_4_Oct_1874_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton on the Crest of the Farmers Market Wave - Make it stand out Article, “The Vegetable Market,” Daily Alta California, 4 October 1874, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1a931976-a320-4d5d-96b8-bf620e5bffbd/Colombo_Market_Front_Street+_entrance_SF_1910s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton on the Crest of the Farmers Market Wave - Make it stand out Front Street entrance to the Colombo Market, 1910s, “Colombo Market Arch” (article), Found SF. Source: Found SF https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/2/18/1870s-forecasts-of-a-market-for-emperor-norton-photographs-amp-signatures monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c4dd4a31-5743-4404-b79a-00100254990d/Bonhams_2016_auction_sale_of_1870s_Emperor_Norton_cabinet_card.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - 1870s Forecasts of a Market for Emperor Norton Photographs & Signatures - Make it stand out Listing showing 2016 sale of cabinet card photograph of Emperor Norton by the studio of Thomas Houseworth & Co., c. 1874. Source: Bonhams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/899e468f-4777-49ef-a0c4-6f26a1fd9997/Item_speculating_on_a_market_for_photographs_of_Emperor_Norton_Oakland_Daily_Transcript_24_Jan_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - 1870s Forecasts of a Market for Emperor Norton Photographs & Signatures - Make it stand out Item speculating on the possibility of a market for photographs of Emperor Norton, Oakland Daily Transcript, 24 January 1872, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/75a1bd69-0ce6-4b0e-bd48-34059621b24b/Heritage_Auctions_2012_sale_of_1875_Emperor_Norton_promissory_note.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - 1870s Forecasts of a Market for Emperor Norton Photographs & Signatures - Make it stand out Listing showing 2012 sale of 1875 Emperor Norton promissory note. Source: Heritage Auctions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cdcddc56-3a87-4e42-bf14-3d648c78b52f/Heritage_Auctions_2022_sale_of_1872_Emperor_Norton_promissory_note.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - 1870s Forecasts of a Market for Emperor Norton Photographs & Signatures - Make it stand out Listing showing 2022 sale of 1872 Emperor Norton promissory note. Source: Heritage Auctions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ab7a3d17-60fb-46e5-98ba-8703ba170d09/Excerpt_from_article_The_Value_of_Autographs_in_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_8_Nov_1877_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - 1870s Forecasts of a Market for Emperor Norton Photographs & Signatures - Make it stand out Excerpt from editorial “The Value of Autographs,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 8 November 1877. p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/2/14/in-1867-a-newspaper-foreshadows-emperor-nortons-role-as-a-defender-of-the-chinese monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/742f3b76-f92d-41b7-86da-bf5dfb4da1e9/Ad_for_Mission_Woolen_Mills_in_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1867_p_xxxviii.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - From 60 Miles to the East, A Newspaper Foreshadows Emperor Norton's Role as Defender of the Chinese - Make it stand out Ad for Mission Woolen Mills, Langley’s San Francisco Directory for 1867, p. xxxviii. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/929521a4-b17d-40c9-8834-19172f69ae85/Henry_Perrin_Coon_SF_mayor_Jul_1863_to_Dec_1867.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - From 60 Miles to the East, A Newspaper Foreshadows Emperor Norton's Role as Defender of the Chinese - Make it stand out Henry Perrin Coon (1822–1884), undated. Coon was Mayor of San Francisco from July 1863 to December 1867. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6b687b45-96e7-44e2-a8a3-75df1db4fbf4/Excerpt_from_Letter_from_San_Francisco_in_Stockton_Daily_Evening_Herald_16_Feb_1867_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - From 60 Miles to the East, A Newspaper Foreshadows Emperor Norton's Role as Defender of the Chinese - Make it stand out Excerpt from “Mother Goose,” lead section of Letter from San Francisco by “Linn C. Doyle,” Stockton Daily Evening Herald, 16 February 1867, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/60ffd4f5-2450-42c8-b8e5-d1a691ccd816/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_the_Chinese_SF_Daily_Examiner_24_Feb_1868.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - From 60 Miles to the East, A Newspaper Foreshadows Emperor Norton's Role as Defender of the Chinese - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Daily Examiner, 24 February 1868. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/44c2d4a4-a242-4f3b-84be-1d3f6b45015d/Excerpt_of_Letter_from_SF_by_CEB_Howe_aka_Linn_C_Doyle_Stockton_Daily_Evening_Herald_24_Jan_1868.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - From 60 Miles to the East, A Newspaper Foreshadows Emperor Norton's Role as Defender of the Chinese - Make it stand out “White and Black,” from Letter from San Francisco by “Linn C. Doyle,” Stockton Daily Evening Herald, 24 January 1868, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/852c5adc-0f3e-4705-abcc-88db03b3575c/Dashaway_Hall_139_Post_btw_Kearny_and_Dupont_SF_1867_by_Muybridge.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - From 60 Miles to the East, A Newspaper Foreshadows Emperor Norton's Role as Defender of the Chinese - Make it stand out Dashaway Hall, 139 Post Street, San Francisco, 1867. Photograph by Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904). Collection of King Library, San Jose State University. Source: SJSU https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/156c667f-d576-4df6-a620-bf94cebf7842/Ad_for_lecture_by_CEB_Howe_at_Dashaway_Hall_Daily_Alta_23_Oct_1865_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - From 60 Miles to the East, A Newspaper Foreshadows Emperor Norton's Role as Defender of the Chinese - Make it stand out Ad for lecture by C.E.B. Howe, “The Commercial Importance of San Francisco,” at Dashaway Hall, San Francisco, on 26 October 1865, Daily Alta California, 23 October 1865, p. 4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/1/22/in-1871-stephen-massett-calls-emperor-norton-a-frisco-genius monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1b18628b-80ce-43ee-bcba-78191d1c269d/Stephen_Massett_aka_Jeems_Pipes_of_Pipesville_by_Bradley_and_Rulofson.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Celebrated Humorist in 1871: Emperor Norton Is Among “The Geniuses That Frisco Has Sent Broadcast to the World" - Make it stand out Cabinet card of Stephen Massett, undated. Photograph by the Bradley & Rulofson studio. The verso of the card shows the studio’s address as 429 Montgomery Street, where it was located between 1863 and 1878; so, the portrait will have been made sometime during this 15-year period. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/efa93e07-9948-4160-affe-e3eaf80b6933/Drawing_of_Stephen_Massett_aka_Jeems_Pipes_with_Pipesville_in_Drifting_About_1863.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Celebrated Humorist in 1871: Emperor Norton Is Among “The Geniuses That Frisco Has Sent Broadcast to the World" - Make it stand out Caricature of Stephen Massett as Jeems Pipes, of Pipesville. Frontispiece for Masset’s autobiography, Drifting About, or, What “Jeem Pipes of Pipesville” Saw-and-Did (1863). Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cba0899a-75c9-4c91-a1a0-76628140d322/Drawing_of_Pipesville_in_SF_Chronicle_18_Jun_1916_p28.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Celebrated Humorist in 1871: Emperor Norton Is Among “The Geniuses That Frisco Has Sent Broadcast to the World" - Make it stand out Crayon sketch of Pipesville, undated but produced during Stephen Massett’s lifetime. Illustration for article, “Jeems Pipes of Pipesville,” San Francisco Chronicle, 18 June 1916, p. 28. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f92ea608-5829-4aa5-93b3-b66d724815fa/Emperor_Norton_mention_in_column_Tale_of_Two_Cities_by_Stephen+Masset_Daily_Alta_24_Apr_1871_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Celebrated Humorist in 1871: Emperor Norton Is Among “The Geniuses That Frisco Has Sent Broadcast to the World" - Make it stand out Excerpt from “A Tale of Two Cities,” column by Stephen Massett writing under his pen name “Jeems Pipes, of Pipesville,” Daily Alta California, 24 April 1871, p. 4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/1/16/emperor-norton-an-sf-fixture-within-3-years-of-declaring-his-reign monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5dc30ac4-33c7-4fe9-9c9a-c22ceecc0d15/Item_re_T_Grob_sketch_depicting_Emperor_Norton_at_Oakland_military_exercises_Daily_Alta_28_Oct_1863_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was a San Francisco Fixture Within 3 Years of Declaring His Reign - Make it stand out Item on new sketch by T. Grob, featuring Emperor Norton, Daily Alta California, 28 October 1863, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fa429349-9327-42c0-8466-7d06aa65bbfd/Lithograph_of_painting_by_T_Grob_feat_Emperor_Norton_Oct_1863.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was a San Francisco Fixture Within 3 Years of Declaring His Reign - Make it stand out First Annual Encampment of the Second Bridge C.M.; Brigadier General Ellis, Commanding; Reviewed by His Excellency Gov. Stanford; Brigade Drill and Shamfight, Oct. 14th 1863 (1863), by T. Grob. Lithograph. Stanford University Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1997c783-7e2a-4066-984d-8407b5c2e4ce/Lithograph_of_painting_by_T_Grob_feat_Emperor_Norton_1863_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was a San Francisco Fixture Within 3 Years of Declaring His Reign - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4c9c7a50-9318-4919-b419-771cd4f65160/Excerpt_from_obituary_for_Lazarus_SF_Daily_Evening+Bulletin_3_Oct_1863_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was a San Francisco Fixture Within 3 Years of Declaring His Reign - Make it stand out Excerpt from obituary, “Lament for Lazarus,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 3 October 1863, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f6027659-2cd5-49f4-b8cb-b70f83f5d370/Stock_Brokers_And_Still_They_Are_Marching_On_by_Edward_Jump_c1861_63.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was a San Francisco Fixture Within 3 Years of Declaring His Reign - Make it stand out Stock Brokers; And Still They Are Marching On, c.1861–63, by Edward Jump (1832–1883). Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/47f411fb-695c-4400-a1c5-57df46629186/Emperor_as_familiar_potentate_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_1_May_1863_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was a San Francisco Fixture Within 3 Years of Declaring His Reign - Make it stand out Excerpt from letter to the editor, “Piratical Possibilities and Probabilities,” by “Look Out,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 1 May 1863, p. 1. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7c5efc64-7f30-4ea3-aecf-59247c5bf7ec/Familiar_to_the_town_as_Emperor_Norton_SF_Sunday_Mercury_5_Oct_1862_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was a San Francisco Fixture Within 3 Years of Declaring His Reign - Make it stand out Excerpt from story, “A Man’s Dress Is Only the Shell,” in “Humors of the Town” (column by “The Sidewalk Philosopher”), San Francisco Sunday Mercury, 5 October 1862, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2024/1/10/emperor-norton-was-more-interested-in-national-unity-than-in-states-rights monthly 0.5 2025-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/31a2c6bd-e49e-4859-a9f4-50284c75c438/Emperor_Norton_the_representative_of_Caesarism_Sacramento_Daily_Bee_11_Dec_1873_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was More Interested in National Unity Than in "State's Rights" - Make it stand out Notice of Emperor Norton’s arrival in Sacramento. Sacramento Daily Bee, 11 December 1873, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5bfb5260-63a5-483b-b39f-6c8a6b97b968/Editorial_on_Emperor_Norton_visit_Sacramento_Daily_Bee_11_Dec_1873_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was More Interested in National Unity Than in "State's Rights" - Make it stand out Editorial on Emperor Norton’s visit to Sacramento, Sacramento Daily Bee, 11 December 1873, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e448e021-6e64-4353-8ebf-cbef25f891a5/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_6_Jan_1864_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_9_Jan_1864.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Was More Interested in National Unity Than in "State's Rights" - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, 6 January 1864, published in “Letter from Sacramento,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 9 January 1864, p. 1. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/12/28/emperor-norton-does-art-criticism-with-a-borrowed-jackknife monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c4364921-bb33-4544-976f-cb4dcd37e944/Emperor_Norton_smashes_walking_stick_against_window_of_shop_displaying_sketch_of_him_Daily_Alta_14_Feb_1863_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Does Art Criticism With a Borrowed Jackknife — And the Crowd Loves It - Make it stand out “Vive L’Empereur,” item on Emperor Norton’s confrontation with a shop window where a sketch of him was being displayed, Daily Alta California, 14 February 1863, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/41999574-7210-4c7c-b422-01935e2316ec/Three_Bummers_by_Edward_Jump_Feb_1863_Bancroft.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Does Art Criticism With a Borrowed Jackknife — And the Crowd Loves It - Make it stand out "The Three Bummers," around February 1863, by Edward Jump (1832–1883). Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fcd16561-20aa-4912-8d86-793e1aff3263/Emperor_Norton_Muybridge_1869_sepia.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Does Art Criticism With a Borrowed Jackknife — And the Crowd Loves It - Make it stand out Emperor Norton, early March 1869. Photograph by Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904). Taken in front of the fourth Mechanics' Pavilion, at the northwest corner of Stockton and Geary Streets, San Francisco, during a “velocipedestrian training school” that was held at Pavilion starting in early February 1869. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bd1fef21-9b9a-4951-b632-c38dc32de58c/Item_re_Eadweard_Muybridge_photo_of_Emperor_Norton_Daily_Alta_8_Mar_1869_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Does Art Criticism With a Borrowed Jackknife — And the Crowd Loves It - Make it stand out Item on Eadweard Muybridge’s photograph of Emperor Norton on a boneshaker, Daily Alta California, 8 March 1869, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1dff61e9-7769-417f-ad3e-92fda7b1c6c7/Safe_Deposit_Building_SE_corner_Montgomery_and_California_by_Carleton_Watkins_1875_stereocard.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Does Art Criticism With a Borrowed Jackknife — And the Crowd Loves It - Make it stand out Stereocard of Safe Deposit Building, southeast corner of Montgomery and California Streets, San Francisco, 1875. Photography by Carleton Watkins (1829–1916). Collection of the California State Library. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0d4bef94-a12f-4a44-b602-7e3dd35950d5/Emperor_Norton_shred_offensive_caricature_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_3_Sep_1874_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Does Art Criticism With a Borrowed Jackknife — And the Crowd Loves It - Make it stand out Item on Emperor Norton cutting an “offensive caricature” of himself “into shreds,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 3 September 1874, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1651d081-0fd9-46f5-a5fe-74d3694a4d2a/Emperor_Norton_cuts_portrait_of_himself_displayed_at_Montgomery_and_California_SF_Chronicle_4_Sep_1874_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Does Art Criticism With a Borrowed Jackknife — And the Crowd Loves It - Make it stand out Item on Emperor Norton “cut[ting]…out” a “lifelike portrait” of himself from ”the advertisement of a Kearny-street storekeeper,” San Francisco Chronicle, 4 September 1874, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c46dcbc6-5fa1-4d5c-ac54-e2888f40ae98/Letter_to_the_editor_re_Emperor_Norton_cutting_portrait_of_himself_SF_Chronicle_Wed_7_Apr_1875_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Does Art Criticism With a Borrowed Jackknife — And the Crowd Loves It - Make it stand out Letter to the editor recounting Emperor Norton’s art-slicing protest of 3 September 1874, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 April 1875, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3d5d92df-10eb-442a-acc4-b44ff40342b7/The_Three_Prominent_Men_of_San_Francisco_Cal_by_George_Frederick_Keller_c1873_74.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Does Art Criticism With a Borrowed Jackknife — And the Crowd Loves It - Make it stand out "The Three Prominent Men of San Francisco Cal." (c.1873—74), by George Frederick Keller (1846–1927). Originally published in Thistleton's Jolly Giant. Source: Portrait Collection, California Historical Society, PC-PT_00191. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/12/20/the-emperor-norton-national-fame-accelerator-of-1875 monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a1dca1b4-402c-4ac7-918d-456697f43de2/Editorial_intro_to_reprint_of_Joshua_Norton%27s_proclamation_of_17_Sep_1859_Vicksburg_Weekly_Whig_19_Oct_1859_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton National Fame Accelerator of 1875 - Make it stand out Editorial introduction to reprint of Joshua Norton’s 17 September 1859 Proclamation declaring himself Emperor of the United States, Vicksburg (Miss.) Weekly Whig, 19 October 1859, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/43422529-0a3e-4083-b46d-23b09fb72777/Scribner%27s_Monthly_July_1875_cover.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton National Fame Accelerator of 1875 - Make it stand out Cover of Scribner’s Monthly, V10 N3, July 1875. (Note that the “Kearny” depicted here is U.S. Army officer Philip Kearny (1815–1862), not (a) Stephen W. Kearny (1794–1848), also a U.S. Army officer and the namesake of San Francisco’s Kearny Street, or (b) Denis Kearney (1847–1907) — with an extra “e” — the Irish-American anti-Chinese demagogue of San Francisco. Source: Hathi Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5ed1c175-3d64-4113-a3dc-afa82456094e/Scribner%27s_Monthly_July_1875_p275_including_Emperor_Norton_description.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton National Fame Accelerator of 1875 - Make it stand out Excerpt from Samuel Williams’ article, “The City of the Golden Gate,” Scribner’s Monthly, V10 N3, July 1875, p. 275 — including one-paragraph description of Emperor Norton starting at the top of the left column. Source: Hathi Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/73330c31-76b1-4461-84df-866dafdf6d86/New_Era_V5_N7_Jul_1875_cover.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton National Fame Accelerator of 1875 - Make it stand out Cover of The New Era, V5 N7, July 1875. Source: Hathi Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c2c044c7-ad94-4fc3-be25-d0037dab62fa/New_Era_V5_N7_Jul_1875_p_421_with_Emperor_Norton_excerpt_from_Scribner%27s_Monthly_V10_N3_Jul_1875_p275.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton National Fame Accelerator of 1875 - Make it stand out Page 421 of The New Era, V5 N7, July 1875 — including description of Emperor Norton excerpted and reprinted from Samuel Williams’ article, “The City of the Golden Gate,” Scribner’s Monthly, V10 N3, July 1875, p. 275. Source: Hathi Trust https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/11/28/joshua-norton-eternal-optimist monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4dd11783-7301-466d-8b65-8837441d92fa/Ruling_in_Ruiz_v_Norton_Daily_Alta_31_Aug_1853_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Eternal Optimist - Make it stand out Report of Fourth District Court decision (appeal) in Ruiz v. Norton, Daily Alta California, 31 August 1853, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a9d34ef4-ee48-4cb5-b818-897e852a8d8d/Joshua_Norton_presents_himself_as_Whig_candidate_for_State_Assembly_Daily_Alta_19_Aug_1853_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Eternal Optimist - Make it stand out Candidacy of Joshua Norton for California State Assembly in report of proceedings of Whig Convention, Daily Alta California, 19 August 1853, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0ef2993c-be77-4254-9e4a-377ab0df605f/Notice_of_Sheriff%27s_sale_of_property_owned_by_Joshua_Norton_and_William_Sim_Daily_Placer_Times_and_Transcript_15_Oct_1853_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Eternal Optimist - Make it stand out Notice of Sheriff’s sale of property previously co-owned by Joshua Norton, Daily Placer Times & Transcript, 15 October 1853, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5e99530c-74f2-496a-8dd1-bc80c983afc6/Joshua_Norton_seeks_a_loan_Daily_Alta_1_Nov_1853_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Eternal Optimist - Make it stand out Ad by Joshua Norton seeking loan of $7,500, Daily Alta California, 1 November 1853, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/11/21/a-tale-of-two-storeships monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ab75477f-2157-425c-ac89-fb20f1fd90a9/Arrival_of_ship_Genessee_Daily_Alta_11_Apr_1851_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cf981a4a-6001-4bb1-bce3-3e4da4a443d3/Cargo_on_ship_Genessee_Daily_Alta_11_Apr_1851_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/62410fc2-e2be-41e1-99d2-38109789b947/Passengers_on_ship_Genessee_Daily_Alta_11_Apr_1851_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Above: Three items about the arrival, cargo, and passengers on the ship Genessee from New York to San Francisco, Daily Alta California, 11 April 1851, p. 2, columns 5 and 6. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d0eed009-d9ea-4c0c-84dc-fb49ce90b844/Ship_Genessee_in_List_of_Vessels_Sold_Prices_Current_and_Shipping_List_31_Jan_1854_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Ship Genesee in “List of Vessels Sold by the U.S. Marshal,” Prices Current and Shipping List, 31 January 1854, p. 4. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c16e9d1a-647b-4d35-815b-5264b2794947/Ad_for_Ferdinand_Vassault_selling_lime_from_storeship_Genessee_Daily_Alta_24_Mar_1852_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f2543b4e-4e1d-466b-9e8e-7335ee64767a/Ad_for_Ferdinand_Vassault_selling_lime_from_storeship_Genessee_Daily_Alta_26_April_1852_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Above: Two ads for Ferdinand Vassault using the storeship Genessee, Daily Alta California, (a) 24 March 1852, p. 3, and (b) 26 April 1852, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection, (a) and (b) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0abe2ee8-9300-4595-ac1e-dbd3b3730c0a/Public_auction_of_goods_onboard_ship_Genessee_with_unpaid_storage_Daily_Placer_Times_and_Transcript_20_Jan_1854_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Ad for public auction of goods on the Genessee, Daily Placer Times & Transcript, 20 January 1854, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/af87dc2f-41ed-4dfc-84b0-525fe837e901/Language_of_contract_with_Ruiz_Hermanos_signed_by_Joshua_Norton_and_Co_22_Dec_1852_in_Reports_of_Cases_Argued_and_Determined_in_the_Supreme_Court_of_California_1854_p356.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Language of the rice purchasing contract that Joshua Norton and Co. signed with the firm of Ruiz, Hermanos on 22 December 1852, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, vol. 4, 1856, p. 356. Collection of Harvard University. Source: Google Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/158c250a-1535-4ce3-aba7-b30f8aa3ffee/Excerpt_from_description_of_case_Ruiz_v_Norton_in_Reports_of_Cases_Argued_and_Determined_in_the_Supreme_Court_of_California_1854_p356.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Excerpt from description of Ruiz, Hermanos v. Joshua Norton & Co., Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, vol. 4, 1856, p. 356. Collection of Harvard University. Source: Google Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9afd5824-69ed-46ab-93d0-2341d557d61b/Excerpt_from_description_of_case_Ruiz_v_Norton_in_Reports_of_Cases_Argued_and_Determined_in_the_Supreme_Court_of_California_1854_p359.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Excerpt from description of Ruiz, Hermanos v. Joshua Norton & Co., Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, vol. 4, 1856, p. 359. Collection of Harvard University. Source: Google Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b33223c5-cea2-43ca-9ea8-8877b93b21c2/List_of_California_Street_Wharf_storeships_from_article_The_Last_of_the_Storeships_Daily_Alta_5_Jun_1882_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out List of California Street Wharf storeships, “The Last of the Storeships,” Daily Alta California, 5 June 1882, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/962fa91e-2fec-4db3-acca-3fcc0802ef9d/Ad_for_Joshua_Norton_and_Co_renting_space_on_storeship_Orator_SF_Daily_Evening_Picayune_13_Aug_1850_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Ad for Joshua Norton & Co. renting space on the storeship Orator, San Francisco Daily Evening Picayune, 13 August 1850, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/636c0aa0-0f11-422f-af5e-d748232db4e4/Arrival_of_British_bark_Orator_Daily_Alta_1_Jun_1850_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Arrival notice for British bark Orator, Daily Alta California, 1 June 1850, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/955503d9-ab32-42ab-a364-cf29781fcabf/Ship_Orator_for_sale_Daily_Alta_16_July_1850_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Ad for public auction selling the British “barque” Orator, Daily Alta California, 16 June 1850, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1628a130-e760-4150-98f5-f185c1761178/Orator_condemned_and_converted_to_storeship_Sydney_Morning_Herald_8_Jan_1851_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Notice about the status of the Orator, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 January 1851, p. 2. Source: National Library of Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b98ee2bc-c7e0-4381-9898-7aac71885294/Storeship_Orator_for_sale_Daily_Alta_14_Nov_1853_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Tale of Two Storeships - Make it stand out Ad announcing storeship Orator for sale, Daily Alta California, 13 November 1853, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/11/13/the-genesis-of-the-second-joshua-norton-amp-co monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bbae5996-de78-4252-8ebe-b810c9f7ae19/Ad_for_Joshua_Norton_Daily_Pacific_News_6_May_1850_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Genesis of the Second "Joshua Norton & Co." of San Francisco - Make it stand out Joshua Norton’s ad giving notice that the Payne & Sherwood auction rooms would be his business whereabouts “for a few days,” Daily Pacific News, 6 May 1850, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/86c9af7e-2ca5-4934-bce0-25ebdb78740e/Ad_for_Joshua_Norton_and_Co_Daily_Pacific_News_29_May_1850_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Genesis of the Second "Joshua Norton & Co." of San Francisco - Make it stand out Ad for Joshua Norton & Co. at 242 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Daily Pacific News, 29 May 1850, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/962812ba-8c88-4315-ba43-778f2ad57d72/Ad_for_Joshua_Norton_at_Cross_Hobson_and_Co_SF_Daily_Evening_Picayune_7_October_1850_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Genesis of the Second "Joshua Norton & Co." of San Francisco - Make it stand out Ad for Joshua Norton at "Messrs. Cross, Hobson & Co.'s buildings," San Francisco Daily Evening Picayune, 7 October 1850, p. 1. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/719b7c53-c741-4ca0-8b48-ff06765114f4/Ad_for_Joshua_Norton_at_Cross_Hobson_and_Co_SF_Daily_Evening_Picayune_9_October_1850_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Genesis of the Second "Joshua Norton & Co." of San Francisco - Make it stand out Ad for Joshua Norton at "Cross, Hobson’s Buildings," San Francisco Daily Evening Picayune, 9 October 1850, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0ce128bf-68c2-4aad-9993-ea02abd065b6/Listing_for_Cross_Hobson_and_Co_Kimball%27s_SF_Directory_1850_p32.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Genesis of the Second "Joshua Norton & Co." of San Francisco - Make it stand out Listing for Cross, Hobson & Co., Kimball's San Francisco Directory, 1850, p. 32. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/91b226ef-2bf9-458a-8d72-504347de0d40/Partnership_of_Joshua_Norton_and_Peter_Robertson_dissolved_Daily_Alta_2_Nov_1851_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Genesis of the Second "Joshua Norton & Co." of San Francisco - Make it stand out Notice of dissolution of business partnership of Joshua Norton and Peter Robertson, Daily Alta California, 2 November 1851, p. 4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fe4da799-44e8-4c2e-92c5-f1c9eec7f17d/Listing_for_Peter_Robertson_at_Cross_Hobson_and_Co_Kimball%27s_SF_Directory_1850_p95.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Genesis of the Second "Joshua Norton & Co." of San Francisco - Make it stand out Listing for Joshua Norton's future business partner Peter Robertson as a clerk at Cross, Hobson & Co., Kimball's San Francisco Directory, 1850, p. 95. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/31e1f706-e6a7-4813-bd25-78680737b389/William_Sim_named_in_California_Supreme_Court_summary_of_Ruiz_Hermanos_v_Joshua_Norton_and_Co_1856.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Genesis of the Second "Joshua Norton & Co." of San Francisco - Make it stand out Full title of California Supreme Court case Ruiz v. Norton, decided October 1854, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, vol. 4, 1856, p. 355. Collection of Harvard University. Source: Google Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/406a6ef1-f114-49eb-9219-308edf92059d/Ad_for_Joshua_Norton_SF_Daily_Evening_Journal_22_July_1852_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Genesis of the Second "Joshua Norton & Co." of San Francisco - Make it stand out Ad for Joshua Norton, San Francisco Daily Evening Journal, 22 July 1852, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a7e2ba08-3dca-4786-87f9-9ca589718013/Ad_for_Joshua_Norton_and_Co_Daily_Alta_26_Jul_1852_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Genesis of the Second "Joshua Norton & Co." of San Francisco - Make it stand out Ad for Joshua Norton & Co., Daily Alta California, 26 July 1852, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/10/30/joshua-norton-earliest-sf-moves-may-support-his-claim-of-nov-1849-arrival monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cbd6cdf2-13f5-4b3d-b645-7da85a9d9adf/Ad_for_Joshua_Norton_and_Co_Daily_Pacific_News_29_May_1850_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton's First Public Moves in San Francisco Appear to Support His Claim of a November 1849 Arrival - Make it stand out Ad for Joshua Norton & Co. at 242 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Daily Pacific News, 29 May 1850, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/536b98ea-d103-407f-994f-ca5113a6179f/Ad_for_Joshua_Norton_Daily_Pacific_News_6_May_1850_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton's First Public Moves in San Francisco Appear to Support His Claim of a November 1849 Arrival - Make it stand out Joshua Norton’s ad giving notice that the Payne & Sherwood auction rooms would be his business whereabouts “for a few days,” Daily Pacific News, 6 May 1850, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a6aed135-47c5-4a8f-98ab-ea05927dce58/Ad_for_Payne_and_Sherwood_Daily_Alta_14_Dec_1849_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton's First Public Moves in San Francisco Appear to Support His Claim of a November 1849 Arrival - Make it stand out Ad for Payne & Sherwood auctioneers, Daily Alta California, 14 December 1849. p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cdaa0e86-00ea-4a4c-8caf-18b97842602e/Listing_for_Payne_and_Sherwood_Kimball%27s_SF_directory_1850_p87.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton's First Public Moves in San Francisco Appear to Support His Claim of a November 1849 Arrival - Make it stand out Listing for Payne & Sherwood auctioneers and commission merchants, Kimball’s San Francisco City Directory, 1850, p. 87. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3e410633-8c04-45db-a20e-47fc345d4928/Detail_of_Payne_and_Sherwood_ad_Daily_Pacific_News_30_Apr_1850_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton's First Public Moves in San Francisco Appear to Support His Claim of a November 1849 Arrival - Make it stand out Detail from ad for Payne & Sherwood, Daily Pacific News, 30 April 1850, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ed1322a7-8e7a-4323-ae57-b7bdf86af362/Joshua_Norton_ad_Daily_Alta_3_Jul_1850_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton's First Public Moves in San Francisco Appear to Support His Claim of a November 1849 Arrival - Make it stand out Ad for Joshua Norton & Co. misspelled as “Morton,” Daily Alta California, 3 July 1850, p. 2. Source: California Daily Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/01b47b82-47a2-4654-9470-3f77f99e00e4/Joshua_Morton_possibly_Norton_signs_letter_appealing_for_repair_of_Montgomery_St_Daily_Alta_14_Feb_1850_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton's First Public Moves in San Francisco Appear to Support His Claim of a November 1849 Arrival - Make it stand out Open letter “To the Common Council of the City of San Francisco,” signed by “Joshua Morton,” Daily Alta California, 14 February 1850, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/03f46a28-c08a-4978-8cf6-7e48dd6d723c/Listing_for_Joshua_Norton_in_Colville%27s_SF_directory_of_1856.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton's First Public Moves in San Francisco Appear to Support His Claim of a November 1849 Arrival - Make it stand out Listing for Joshua Norton, Colville’s San Francisco Directory, 1856, p. 162. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/9/26/joshua-norton-at-the-merchants-exchange monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b858739a-452f-4dad-8459-dbc5670d9ce9/The_New_Merchants%27_Exchange_Building_article_Daily_Alta_22_Jun_1854_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Merchants' Exchange - Make it stand out “The New Merchants’ Exchange Buildings,” Daily Alta California, 22 June 1854, p.2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4614de02-2682-49fe-b804-bb9da9869a90/Merchants%27_Exchange_Battery_Street_SF_GR_Fardon_1855.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Merchants' Exchange - Make it stand out Merchants’ Exchange (1855), San Francisco, looking north on Battery. Photograph, 1856, by George R. Fardon (1806–1886). Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/479718a6-1316-4b00-b5ae-b743966b8443/Detail_of_SF_panorama_by_GR_Fardon_1855_with_Merchants%27_Exchange_at_center.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Merchants' Exchange - Make it stand out Detail from photograph looking east from Stockton Street, San Francisco, 1855–1856. George R. Fardon (1806–1886) published and claimed credit for the original photograph in his San Francisco Album (1856). But, the photograph probably was taken by Carleton Watkins (1829–1916). Source: Getty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6b6105ee-dc69-4f3a-9707-039a19dcb6e4/Joshua_Norton_at_Merchant%27s_Exchange_Daily_Placer_Times_and_Transcript_28_Jun_1855_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Merchants' Exchange - Make it stand out Ad (buying wool) by Joshua Norton at No. 5, Merchants’ Exchange, Daily Placer Times & Transcript, 26 May 1855. p. 2. Source; Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2fe25b99-1f7a-4fb7-972a-0c75761f6163/Joshua_Norton%27s_proposal_for_North_Beach_waterfront_improvements_Daily_Placer_Times_and_Transcript_23_Oct_1854_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Merchants' Exchange - Make it stand out Editorial on conceptual plans for North Beach bulkhead and breakwater shown by Joshua Norton, Daily Placer Times & Transcript, 23 October 1854, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/da71267d-c4d5-4af8-9119-f32a7c89c622/Joshua_Norton_ad_for_meeting_about_North_Beach_waterfront_proposal_Daily_Placer_Times_and_Transcript_2_Nov_1854_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Merchants' Exchange - Make it stand out Joshua Norton notice of meeting at office of Charles Ordeman about North Beach bulkhead and breakwater, Daily Placer Times & Transcript, 2 November 1854, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/feefcc4d-e06b-4023-a1fe-d26913152292/Notice_of_survey_of_city_front_by_CC_Ordeman_SF_Daily_Evening_Plaindealer_26_Dec_1857_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Merchants' Exchange - Make it stand out Notice of Charles Ordeman’s survey of the San Francisco city front, including seawall concept, San Francisco Daily Evening Plaindealer, 26 December 1857, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d10d9acb-c6f4-48de-bcae-4371b8737127/Joshua_Norton_at_Merchant%27s_Exchange_Daily_Placer_Times_and_Transcript_26_Mar_1855_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Merchants' Exchange - Make it stand out Joshua Norton notice of meeting at No. 5, Merchants’ Exchange, about North Beach bulkhead and breakwater, Daily Placer Times & Transcript, 26 March 1855, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1b7b91bc-2613-4e89-8d5d-c2c5f3bc2d90/Ad_for_Grisar_Byrne_and_Co_Prices_Current_and_Shipping_List_28_Feb_1855_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Merchants' Exchange - Make it stand out Ad by Grisar, Byrne & Co. at No. 5, Merchants’ Exchange, Prices Current & Shipping List, 28 February 1855, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/066d1f87-c9cd-4d4f-b297-9fa982c731e2/Ad_for_E_Grisar_Daily_Placer_Times_and_Transcript_21_May_1855_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Merchants' Exchange - Make it stand out Ad (buying wool) by E. Grisar of Grisar, Byrne & Co. at No. 5, Merchants’ Exchange, Daily Placer Times & Transcript, 21 May 1855, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d22f79a6-1a7d-4810-bd12-79e11ecea08d/Ads_for_Joshua_Norton_and_for_Grisar_Byrne_and_Co_Daily_Placer_Times_and_Transcript_27_Jul_1855_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Merchants' Exchange - Make it stand out Ads (buying wool) for Grisar, Byrne & Co. and Joshua Norton at No. 5, Merchants’ Exchange, Daily Placer Times & Transcript, 27 July 1855, p. 4. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/9/5/empire-day-dedication-and-celebration-of-emperor-norton-place monthly 0.5 2023-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/20aa2c60-c9bb-43ba-b69d-addb426ae737/Triptych_Emperor_Norton_1871_72_Tuttle_and_Johnson_PLUS_Emperor_Norton_Place_sign_NW_corner_of_Montgomery_and_Commercial_Streets_SF_cropped_PLUS_624_to_628_Commercial_St_SF_early_1906_TE_Hecht_SFPL_10MB.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Empire Day Dedication & Celebration of Emperor Norton Place - Make it stand out Left to right: (1) Emperor Norton, between spring 1871 and spring 1872. From carte de visite by Tuttle & Johnson studio, 523 Kearny Street, "Heliographic Artists." Collection of the California Historical Society. (2) Emperor Norton Place street sign, at the northwest corner of Montgomery and Kearny Streets, San Francisco. (3) Eureka Lodgings building, 624/626/628 Commercial Street, San Francisco, early 1906. Detail of photograph credited to Treu Ergeben (T.E.) Hecht (1875–1937). Photo #AAB–3457, San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, San Francisco Public Library. Source: SFPL https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/8/8/joshua-norton-pioneer monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/52a352db-381a-4690-8f60-a5c45f4011ce/Pioneer_Hall_Montgomery_and_Gold_Streets_SF_built_1863_by_Carleton_Watkins_1867.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Pioneer - Make it stand out Pioneer Hall, built by the Society of California Pioneers and opened in January 1863 at the northeast corner of Montgomery and Gold Streets, San Francisco. Photograph, 1867, by Carleton Watkins (1829–1916); for the original stereocard, see here. Roy D. Graves Pictorial Collection, c.1850–c.1868, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a8d1f6b7-12c2-4ba9-95c5-69e4f21dddf9/Excerpt_from_1862_report_of_Society_of_California_Pioneers_building_committee_Overland_Monthly_V29_N172_Apr_1897_p367.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Pioneer - Make it stand out Excerpt from Spring 1862 report of the Society of California Pioneers building committee, in “The Society of California Pioneers—III,” Overland Monthly, vol. 29, no. 172, April 1897, p. 367. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e2c6b707-5111-4824-9ec5-aa025e3a4080/New_hall_of_Society_of_California_Pioneers_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_21_Apr_1856_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Pioneer - Make it stand out Society of California Pioneers ad for upcoming meeting at the Society’s “new Hall,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 21 April 1856, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8514bc3c-2ae9-4458-86d9-ee555c475c86/Notice_for_meeting_of_Society_of_California_Pioneers_Daily_Alta_21_Nov_1855_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Pioneer - Make it stand out Society of California Pioneers ad for upcoming meeting at 168 Montgomery Street,” Daily Alta California, 21 November 1855, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8ddf4f30-2b41-463a-accc-29259bd2232c/Looking_northeast_across_Portsmouth_Square_SF_G.R._Fardon_1856.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Pioneer - Make it stand out View to the northeast across Portsmouth Square, San Francisco, 1856. Photograph by George R. Fardon (1806–1886). Kearny Street runs along the right, while Washington Street runs along the front of the Bella Union. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/92c4c853-c5ef-46be-83e7-bd427e16db4b/Listing_for_Joshua_Norton_in_Colville%27s_SF_directory_of_1856.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Pioneer - Make it stand out Listing for Joshua Norton, Colville’s San Francisco Directory, 1856. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2aa70c20-8132-4f87-b810-e360e8b59c59/Excerpt_from_editor%27s_preface_Colville%27s_SF_directory_1856_p_iii.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Pioneer - Make it stand out Excerpt from Prefatory to Colville’s San Francisco Directory, 1856, p. iii. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a26ef4ac-4f9d-4527-b8cb-bae765de4b40/Excerpt_from_editor%27s_preface_Colville%27s_SF_directory_1856_p_iv.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Pioneer - Make it stand out Excerpt from Prefatory to Colville’s San Francisco Directory, 1856, p. iv. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/87c95584-4357-4ce8-8c63-4bd51c4a61b4/New_California_Pioneers_signage_on_Portsmouth_Square_building_Daily_Alta_California_31_May_1857_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Pioneer - Make it stand out “The Pioneers,” article on new signage at Pioneer Hall, on Portsmouth Square, San Francisco, Daily Alta, 31 May 1857, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ae33dee4-a1d4-43f6-afe9-da098f790cc5/View_from_Kearny_and_Sacramento_Streets_SF_showing_north_perimeter_of_Portsmouth_Square_with_Pioneer_Hall_on_Washington_Street_1861.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Pioneer - Make it stand out View from Kearny and Sacramento Streets, San Francisco, showing north perimeter of Portsmouth Square with Pioneer Hall on Washington Street, 1861. Photographer unknown. Park Archives of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Source: OpenSFHistory / wnp71.0367 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/04593afa-2f7b-4f36-9da3-949da91a0c2b/Pioneer_Hall_detail_of_view_from_Kearny_and_Sacramento_Streets_SF_showing_north_perimeter_of_Portsmouth_Square_1861.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Pioneer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e6f9eb31-d2d0-4351-adcd-a95af41e9f55/Looking_northeast_across_Portsmouth_Square_SF_Lawrence_and-Houseworth_1866.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Pioneer - Make it stand out View of Portsmouth Square to the northeast, 1866. Photographer by Lawrence & Houseworth. Collection of the Society of California Pioneers. Source: Calisphere https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/7/20/the-ferry-building-clock-tower-from-emperor-nortons-street monthly 0.5 2023-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b6ac830f-d8ca-4c24-b7e5-502f0628c3aa/SF_Ferry_Building_from_Commercial_near_Drumm_c1900.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ferry Building Clock Tower from Emperor Norton's Street - Make it stand out San Francisco Ferry Building clock tower from Commercial Street near Drumm Street, c.1900. Marilyn Blaisdell Collection. Source: OpenSFHistory/wnp37.02933 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/396d173e-93e5-4db3-96a2-3caa01bbd786/SF_Ferry_Building_from_Commercial_near_Grant_c1930s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ferry Building Clock Tower from Emperor Norton's Street - Make it stand out Clock tower of the San Francisco Ferry Building from Commercial Street near Grant Avenue, c.1930s. This is a block-and-a-half to the west on Commercial from where Emperor Norton lived. Marilyn Blaisdell Collection. Source: OpenSFHistory/wnp37.01756 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/93fd6a97-54bb-4c14-9e10-11c732f4d98d/SF_Ferry_Building_from_Commercial_near_Drumm_19_Nov_1935.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ferry Building Clock Tower from Emperor Norton's Street - Make it stand out San Francisco Ferry Building clock tower from Commercial Street near Drumm Street, 19 November 1935. Source: OpenSFHistory/wnp27.5544 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2052d663-f0d8-48c6-9a4f-63081dcdb7e1/SF_Ferry_Building_from_Commercial_near_Grant_1949.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ferry Building Clock Tower from Emperor Norton's Street - Make it stand out Clock tower of the San Francisco Ferry Building clock from Commercial Street near Grant Avenue, 15 August 1949. Source: OpenSFHistory/wnp27.0848 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2f8a9a7e-cc84-4aaf-98b2-7cfeed1ace87/SF_Ferry_Building_from_Commercial_near_Front_1959.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ferry Building Clock Tower from Emperor Norton's Street - Make it stand out San Francisco Ferry Building clock tower from Commercial Street between Battery and Front Street, 1959. Current site of 1 Embarcadero Center. Photograph by John Harder. Source: OpenSFHistory/wnp28.2475 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3b859af7-33eb-420a-b035-5d8be8d45553/SF_Ferry_Building_from_Commercial_at_Sansome_1959.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ferry Building Clock Tower from Emperor Norton's Street - Make it stand out Clock tower of the San Francisco Ferry Building from Commercial Street at Sansome Street, 1959. This is a block-and-a-half to the east on Commercial from where Emperor Norton lived. Source: OpenSFHistory/wnp14.2213 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2ed2dc7e-11b1-4610-a41e-e57fa95a539b/SF_Ferry_Building_from_Commercial_at_Grant_1960.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ferry Building Clock Tower from Emperor Norton's Street - Make it stand out San Francisco Ferry Building clock tower from Commercial Street at Grant Avenue, 21 July 1960. Source: OpenSFHistory/wnp 27.5183 https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/7/12/emperor-norton-vs-the-rev-mr-hammond monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/653f4a2e-e17f-494f-937e-d0bccddea6c7/Edward_Payson_Hammond_CDV_undated_by_Union_Picture_Gallery_Auburn_NY.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton vs. the Rev. Mr. Hammond - Make it stand out Edward Payson Hammond (1831–1910). Undated carte de visite by Union Picture Gallery of Auburn, N.Y. Source: iCollector https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/809726f9-5c11-4f0e-8b9f-29217b09da78/Headllines_for_article_on_EP_Hammond_revival_SF_Chronicle_27_Feb_1875_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton vs. the Rev. Mr. Hammond - Make it stand out Headlines of article, “Early Piety,” San Francisco Chronicle, 27 February 1875, p. 3. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2ca08a7c-cbcc-44fc-bb3d-3fed69946760/Excerpt_of_article_on_EP_Hammond_revival_SF_Chronicle_27_Feb_1875_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton vs. the Rev. Mr. Hammond - Make it stand out Excerpt of article, “Early Piety,” San Francisco Chronicle, 27 February 1875, p. 3. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/61668f66-a782-4e01-b1da-7febfea4c68d/Comment_on_EP_Hammond_SF_News_Letter_27_Feb_1875_p9.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton vs. the Rev. Mr. Hammond - Make it stand out Excerpt of “Droppings from the Sanctuary” (column), San Francisco News Letter, 27 February 1875, p. 12. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ccc8d6e9-f232-4c13-a71c-f4353c6e8c91/Editorial_on_EP_Hammond_child_conversion_technique_Watertown_Daily_Times_13_Mar_1875_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton vs. the Rev. Mr. Hammond - Make it stand out “Religionism Run Mad,” editorial, Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times, 13 March 1875, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/23add98f-37b5-4378-9524-42bb51ff4cba/Excerpt_of_column_re_EP_Hammond_revival_tactics_v_children_The_World_24_Mar_1875_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton vs. the Rev. Mr. Hammond - Make it stand out Excerpt of “The Revivalists,” editorial, New York World, 24 March 1875, p. 4. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/04ef7cc0-2f14-4745-9a49-de20402c820c/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_EP_Hammond_Oakland_Tribune_8_Mar_1875_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton vs. the Rev. Mr. Hammond - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton about E.P. Hammond, Oakland Daily Evening Tribune, 8 March 1875, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2944466d-3cd6-47db-875a-058b07404ac1/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_EP_Hammond_Pacific_Appeal_13_Mar_1875_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton vs. the Rev. Mr. Hammond - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton about E.P. Hammond, Pacific Appeal, 13 March 1875, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/402ce0a5-81d7-40b3-9559-6c004432da47/Editorial_re_EP_Hammond_Pacific_Appeal_13_Mar_1875_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton vs. the Rev. Mr. Hammond - Make it stand out “Rev. Dr. Hammond, the Revivalist, and the “Old Darkey,” editorial, Pacific Appeal, 13 March 1875, p. 2. Most likely written by the Appeal’s proprietor and editor, Peter Anderson. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b3b5c905-a4e4-4f57-9b2b-7600fce8180c/Excerpt_re_EP_Hammond_in_SF_correspondent_letter_Marin_Journal_15_Apr_1875_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton vs. the Rev. Mr. Hammond - Make it stand out Excerpt of San Francisco correspondent’s letter, Marin Journal, 15 April 1875, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1dbccc93-c0aa-4462-9f34-a290af75a9af/Op_ed_re_EP_Hammond_State_Rights_Democrat_Albany_Oregon_23_July_1875_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton vs. the Rev. Mr. Hammond - Make it stand out “Rev. E.P. Hammond Discussed,” op-ed by “W.L.,” State Rights Democrat (Albany, Ore.), 23 July 1875, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/6/6/is-frank-chu-really-the-modern-day-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2023-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/14b08af0-6de4-4b0f-b334-927f3c626803/Frank_Chu_2010_by_Justin_Ryan_Beck.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is Frank Chu Really "the Modern-Day Emperor Norton"? - Make it stand out Frank Chu in 2010. Photograph: Justin Ryan Beck. Source: Flickr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f8c6dd67-2a15-44b4-bb24-06f664f6b2a0/Frederick_Coombs_CDV_The_Union_matrimonial_promoter_1866_LOC.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is Frank Chu Really "the Modern-Day Emperor Norton"? - Make it stand out “The Union Matrimonial Promoter,” 1866. Frederick Coombs (c.1803–1874) as George Washington II. Carte de visite. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Source: Library of Congress https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/5/30/the-pantheonic-statuette-of-norton-i monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3a36adb7-ab3f-4eb6-b62e-82c967819009/Bradley_and_Rulofson_Celebrity_Catalog_1878_Odds_and_Ends.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out "Odds and Ends" section of Bradley & Rulofson's Celebrity Catalogue, 1878, p.46. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/03aeaac5-87db-447c-9590-668d9569cf38/Emperor_Norton_figurine_c1875_by_Herman_J_Brand_1837_1914_Society_of_California_Pioneers.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out Emperor Norton statuette, 1877, by Herman J. Brand (1837–1914). Plaster with metal walking stick, 22” x 7” x 7”. Collection of the Society of California Pioneers. The statuette was in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) collection for 91 years until FAMSF deaccessioned and transferred it to the Pioneers in late 2021. Photograph: FAMSF. Source: FAMSF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e31cd874-5bff-42ff-a664-9d945ec75482/Item_on_Herman_Brand_Sacramento_Daily_Union_11_Jul_1863_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out “Serious Accident,” item on Herman Brand as a jeweler in Virginia City, Nev., Sacramento Daily Union, 11 July 1863, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/dc951c33-1a59-4ec2-9ae2-d8f8664c5cb4/Listing_for_Ernest_Henrici_and_Herman_J_Brand_manufacturing_jewelers_Langley_SF_directory_1869_p303.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ef20bb60-5e21-4bde-bf4f-576dfe127b6b/Listing_for_Ernest_Henrici_and_Jonas_Brand_jewelry_manufacturers_Langley_SF_directory_1868_p275.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ac4eb340-7568-413d-806b-f8e7a9cc51fd/California_miner_token_1883_by_Herman_J_Brand_obverse.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out Left (obverse) and right (reverse): 1883 octagonal half-dollar-sized gold “California Miner” token, by Herman J. Brand (1837–1914). Source: Collectors Society (see page 2 of listing) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1e40d958-73bb-4c8e-a17a-57a3d88457df/California_miner_token_1883_by_Herman_J_Brand_reverse.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ecf8b7d0-80ed-40d3-b0b9-019499c330d3/Plaster_bust_of_William_McKinley_1902_by_Herman_J_Brand_SAAM.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out William McKinley, by Herman J. Brand (1837–1914). Plaster, 25¼ x 22⅜ x 11⅛ inches. Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Source: SAAM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0f2f0402-0240-4bae-b7ee-f0576ab6b133/Emperor_Norton_statuette_in_Santa_Rosa_Press_Democrat_24_Jan_1939_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out Excerpt of article, “Former S.R. Man Authors Book on ‘Emperor Norton,’” Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 24 January 1939, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b2ecf48f-2c1b-4005-8d9c-52eb7697169d/Emperor_Norton_statuette_by_Herman_J_Brand_1877_Santa_Rosa_Press_Democrat_copy_Drury_bio_photo_1986.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out Emperor Norton statuette, 1877, by Herman J. Brand (1837–1914). Plaster, 22” x 7” x 7”. Collection of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat by the 1930s until 1986, when this photograph — credited to the newspaper — was included in William Drury’s 1986 biography Norton I: Emperor of the United States (Dodd, Mead). Current location unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/73af18bb-e8a6-4305-9fd4-cba92f1542f0/Emperor_Norton_figurine_1877_by_Herman_J_Brand_Wells_Fargo_History_Museum_SF.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d5f452fe-1ea4-4f50-8dd0-836aee1a382d/Emperor_Norton_figurine_1877_by_Herman_J_Brand_Wells_Fargo_collection.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out Two photographs above: Emperor Norton statuette, 1877, by Herman J. Brand (1837–1914). Plaster, 22” x 7” x 7”. Collection of the Wells Fargo History Museum, San Francisco. Photo credits: Top: The Forgotten Characters of Old San Francisco (The Ward Ritchie Press, 1964). Bottom: Wells Fargo History Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7daad957-8623-4cfb-bfb8-41441eaf5fb2/Excerpt_from_Emperor_Norton_section_of_SF_correspendent_column_Kennebec_%28Maine%29_Journal_28_Aug_1878_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out Emperor Norton statuette reported as a staple of San Francisco saloon decor in excerpt of “Letter from California,” by Toby Candor, datelined San Francisco, 8 August 1878, Kennebec (Me.) Journal, 28 August 1878, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b0918297-1dd4-4c8d-ac92-fd6b067066b4/Statuette_reference_in_excerpt_of_Emperor_Norton_obit_SF_Chronicle_9_Jan_1880_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out “Little plaster cast” of Emperor Norton reported seen in his apartment, excerpt of “Imperial Ashes” (obituary), San Francisco Chronicle, 9 January 1880, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/936997b2-af43-4f89-9675-0bd88098d4c1/Joshua_A_Norton_property_listing_SF_Coroner%27s_Report_1880.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out Listing for Joshua A. Norton in Coroner’s Report (Property of Deceased Persons), in San Francisco Municipal Reports for the Fiscal Year 1879–1880, p. 381. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d3d31462-04e6-418c-9953-ef17b9eb7072/Statuettes_of_Emperor_Norton_in_Golden_Gate_Gossip_Tehama_Tocsin_24_Jan_1880_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out Report of “statues in terracotta” of Emperor Norton “sought for,” excerpt of letter from San Francisco correspondent “T.L.B.”, Tehama (Calif.) Tocsin, 24 January 1880, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b4768c17-8627-4dfa-8ff5-9cbb876630a9/Reconstruction_of_statuary_of_Pantheon_Rome_by_Heinrich_Nissen_1894.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out Conceptualization of the first-century C.E. Pantheon of Rome by Heinrich Nissen, 1894. Figure 2 in Edmund Thomas “The Cult Statues of the Pantheon,” The Journal of Roman Studies, vol. 107, November 2017, pp. 146–212. Source: Cambridge University Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d8a13045-5fa5-4d76-abc4-c6439960ddad/Pantheonic_OED.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pantheonic Statuette of Norton I - Make it stand out Definition and historical origins of “pantheonic,” The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, vol. II, Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 2067. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/5/22/emperor-norton-funeral-cortege-not-two-miles-long monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/eec36b98-048f-40a3-beb0-01fb75b4fcee/Emperor_Norton_obit_Seattle_Post_Intelligencer_15_Jan_1880_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Funeral Cortege "Two Miles Long"? Not Really. - Make it stand out Obituary of Emperor Norton, Seattle Daily Intelligencer, 15 January 1880, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0cadc727-cff0-4f0a-a823-9813d57f26fe/Two_mile_cortege_in_Norton_I_by_William_Drury_1986_p201.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Funeral Cortege "Two Miles Long"? Not Really. - Make it stand out Excerpt from William Drury, Norton I: Emperor of the United States (Dodd, Mead & Company), 1986, p. 201. Source: Internet Archive https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/4/28/emperor-norton-abolished-the-democratic-and-republican-parties-twice monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4caa9756-7b10-4e27-9ac2-22a09c86f779/Joshua_Norton_ad_announcing_candidacy_for_US_Congress_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_21_Aug_1858_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Abolished the Democratic and Republican Parties — Twice - Make it stand out Joshua Norton’s ad announcing candidacy for U.S. Congress, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 21 August 1858, p. 2. Source: GenealogyBank (To learn more, see our March 2022 article here.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/aac4d75d-745a-4a40-98ed-2f8f2806e082/SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_14_July_1875_p2_Politico_Heterogeneity.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Abolished the Democratic and Republican Parties — Twice - Make it stand out News article, “Politico-Heterogeneity,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 14 July 1875, p. 2. For image of full page, click here. Source: San Francisco Pubic Library (To learn more, see our April 2020 article here.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3f8bf2ab-9865-4294-8d6f-5fa9d93a6376/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_abolishing_political_parties_San_Francisco_Herald_13_Aug_1869.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Abolished the Democratic and Republican Parties — Twice - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton abolishing the Democratic and Republican parties (“allaying the dissensions of party strife”), San Francisco Herald, 13 August 1869. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Allen Stanley Lane, Emperor Norton: The Mad Monarch of America (The Caxton Printers, 1939), leaf between pages 168 and 169. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f2850464-5260-41b1-9448-b26ac76e1946/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_v_Democratic_and_Republican_parties_Oakland_Daily_News_5_Sep_1876_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Abolished the Democratic and Republican Parties — Twice - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton dissolving the Republican and Democratic parties (to improve the economic climate), Oakland Daily News, 5 September 1876, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/4/26/emperor-norton-as-an-artists-model monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5fb1473d-4456-4c4b-905d-5c370511686f/Emperor_Norton_by_Addie_Ballou_1877.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton as an Artist’s Model - Make it stand out Portrait of Emperor Norton, 1877, by Addie L. Ballou (1838–1916). Collection of the Society of California Pioneers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/64da9c39-0338-4b62-88d6-dc284f43c614/Emperor_Norton_photo_in_Fred_R_Marckhoff_article_Calcoin_News_v15n3_1961_p90.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton as an Artist’s Model - Make it stand out Emperor Norton, mid to late 1870s, by Bradley & Rulofson studio. Published in Fred R. Marckhoff, “Norton I of California,” Calcoin News, vol. 15, no. 3, summer 1961, p.90. (Click on the photo to open in a new window, and click again to enlarge.) Source: Newman Numismatic Portal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/79ffe21a-c397-43cd-92c0-bf7f99e24b97/Mechanics%27_Pavilion_8th_and_Market_Streets_SF_1876_to_1882_Thomas_Houseworth_and_Co.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton as an Artist’s Model - Make it stand out Stereograph of Fifth Mechanics’ Pavilion, at 8th, Market and Mission Streets, San Francisco, late 1870s, by Thomas Houseworth & Co. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/386209b3-65c5-440e-80b1-aa15d6d3d852/Emperor_Norton_by_Oscar_Kunath_1879_Society_of_California_Pioneers.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton as an Artist’s Model - Make it stand out Lithograph of Norton I, 1879, by Oscar Kunath (1830–1909). Collection of the Society of California Pioneers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/de442aee-9d40-4c52-ba04-ae1cfbd3e07b/Listing_for_Oscar_Kunath_portrait_of_Emperor_Norton_in_Report_on_14th_Industrial_Exhibition_Mechanics_Institute_1879_p45.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton as an Artist’s Model - Make it stand out Listing of Oscar Kunath’s 1879 portrait, Norton I, in Report of the Fourteenth Industrial Exhibition of the Mechanics’ Institute of the City of San Francisco, 1879, p. 45. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5535c47c-0596-4b6f-a985-03a2d6071096/Mention_of_Mechanics%27_Fair_exhibition_of_Oscar_Kunath_portrait_of_Emperor_Norton_Daily_Alta_13_Sep_1879_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton as an Artist’s Model - Make it stand out Mention of 1879 portrait, Norton I, by Oscar Kunath (1830–1909), in article, “The Mechanics’ Fair,” Daily Alta California, 13 September 1879, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/4/21/the-last-proclamation-of-norton-i monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6a028367-d659-42c5-ae84-01f8e929e260/Item_on_Emperor_Norton_proclamation_in_Pacific_Appeal_Portland_%28Maine%29_Daily_Press_24_Jan_1880_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Last Proclamation of Norton I? - Make it stand out Reprint of Proclamation of Emperor Norton published posthumously in the Pacific Appeal on 10 January 1880, Portland (Maine) Daily Press, 24 January 1880, p. 4. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/4/19/first-a-street-next-a-tower monthly 0.5 2023-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3dbf1294-83c6-4f35-828c-c0937d9e86ec/Grant_and_Commercial_Streets_SF_looking_east_David_Luigi_Gregory_Oct_2019.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - First a Street, Next a Tower - Make it stand out Looking east on Commercial Street from Grant Street, San Francisco, with the San Francisco Ferry Building clock tower in the vista. Photograph © 2019 by David Luigi Gregory https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/4/18/the-time-emperor-norton-was-a-pepper-too monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/def334be-33fd-47ac-b436-41b5f4e8e689/John_Henry_Pepper_carte_de_visite_by_Henry_Maull_c1870.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Was a "Pepper" Too - Make it stand out John Henry Pepper (1821–1900), c.1870. Carte de visite photograph by Henry Maull (1829–1914). Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/97f1c235-1876-45e1-a49a-1bf906832c83/Illustration_by_Bertrand_of_Pepper%27s_ghost_staging_Le_Mondre_Illustre_no_406_21_Jan_1865_p48.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Was a "Pepper" Too - Make it stand out Illustration, by Bertrand, of the staging of a Pepper’s ghost illusion, Le Mondre Illustré, number 406, 21 January 1865, p. 48 (original). Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/78c01afc-6fa7-4d13-b225-1243d0e68493/Ad_re_Emperor_Norton_feature_in_Pepper_Mystery_at_Metropolitan_Theater_Sacramento_Daily_Union_27_Dec_1879_p5.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Was a "Pepper" Too - Make it stand out Ad for “Pepper’s Mystery” performance featuring “the dissolving of Eureka into Emperor Norton,” Metropolitan Theater (Sacramento, Calif.), Sacramento Daily Record–Union, 27 December 1879, p. 5. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6fc57eff-6cea-4508-97cf-8863a13159ce/Item_re_Emperor_Norton_feature_in_Pepper_Mystery_at_Metropolitan_Theater_Sacramento_Daily_Union_26_Dec_1879_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Was a "Pepper" Too - Make it stand out Editorial on the performance of “Pepper Mystery” illusions at the Metropolitan Theater (Sacramento, Calif.), Sacramento Daily Record–Union, 26 December 1879, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/4/14/beinecke-library-and-emperor-norton-trust-partner-to-correct-description-of-carte-de-visite monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7ab512ef-0226-4052-b438-da21ebd3ae7e/Beinecke_Library_mark.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Beinecke Library and The Emperor Norton Trust Partner to Correct Description of Carte de Visite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/039f55e8-5de7-4022-a3aa-83751df979b3/Carte_de_visite_photo_by_Jacob_Shew_c_late_1860s_Beinecke_Library.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Beinecke Library and The Emperor Norton Trust Partner to Correct Description of Carte de Visite - Make it stand out Carte de visite showing an unidentified man or boy wearing a military uniform or costume, likely c.1867–1871. Photograph by Jacob Shew (1826–1879). Carl Mautz Collection of Cartes-de-visite Photographs Created by California Photographers. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Source: Yale University Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9a6d05a3-cb43-4f06-948a-8ae126696be1/Detail_from_online_Yale_Library_record_for_CDV_misID%27d_as_Emperor_Norton_8_Apr_2023.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Beinecke Library and The Emperor Norton Trust Partner to Correct Description of Carte de Visite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/13d4c5f2-74de-4fda-816b-ddcd557c1a07/Detail_from_online_Yale_Library_URL_for_CDV_previously_misID%27d_as_Emperor_Norton_14_Apr_2023.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Beinecke Library and The Emperor Norton Trust Partner to Correct Description of Carte de Visite - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2495e937-aea3-49af-b644-52343edd240e/Detail_of_Beinecke_correction_of_Wikipedia_Commons_page_for_carte_de_visite_prev_mis_IDd_as_Emperor_Norton_27_Apr_2023.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Beinecke Library and The Emperor Norton Trust Partner to Correct Description of Carte de Visite - Make it stand out Detail of Wikimedia Commons page for carte de visite previously misidentified as being possibly of Emperor Norton, as corrected by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University in April 2023. Source: Wikimedia Commons https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/4/7/how-to-make-the-emperor-norton-place-proposal-better monthly 0.5 2023-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0c9124e3-bfe5-423a-ae83-326b88a1be89/SFBoS_Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Month_4_Feb_2018.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - How to Make the "Emperor Norton Place" Street-Naming Proposal Better - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/84833940-26c3-4037-9e30-110f5dd285e1/Sign_for_Tony_Bennett_Way_Mason_Street_SF.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - How to Make the "Emperor Norton Place" Street-Naming Proposal Better - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/3/28/the-sporting-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3a7087cb-0c72-415e-8e11-c95db3e4e063/Emperor_Norton_Muybridge_1869_sepia.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Emperor Norton on a boneshaker, early March 1869. The photograph was taken by Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904) outside the Mechanics’ Pavilion, at Stockton and Geary Streets, San Francisco, where a “velocipedestrian training school” was being held. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley (part of the Lone Mountain College Collection of Stereographs by Eadweard Muybridge, 1867-1880). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4fcc2551-bfce-4b44-94fa-77d7dfaa3b1f/Item_re_Eadweard_Muybridge_photo_of_Emperor_Norton_Daily_Alta_8_Mar_1869_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Item on Eadweard Muybridge’s photograph of Emperor Norton on a boneshaker, Daily Alta California, 8 March 1869, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fb1f8274-057c-437f-b0ef-88fffd67d588/Item_announcing_roller_skating_at_Union_Hall_SF_Daily_Alta_23_Aug_1870_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Item announcing the introduction of roller skating at Union Hall, Daily Alta California, 23 August 1870, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9669e495-e760-465f-a9e8-a55fa9f12d25/Ad_for_roller_skating_at_Union_Hall_SF_Chronicle_28_Aug_1870_p.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Ad for roller skating at Union Hall, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 August 1870, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3fb9843b-bbd1-46a7-90e9-151fd2489478/Skating_rink_under_construction_at_Woodward%27s_Gardens_Daily_Alta_14_Jan_1871_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Item noting circular skating rink being built at Woodward’s Gardens, Daily Alta California, 14 January 1871, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1263a02c-c934-4e53-b016-502aa1b278cb/Woodward%27s_Gardens_SF_from_SE_c1880_by_Carleton_Watkins.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Boudoir card view of Woodward’s Gardens, San Francisco, from Mission Street looking northwest, c.1875–80. Photograph by Carleton Watkins (1829–1916). Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5dfcfdfe-020d-4916-9a1b-67d6c8e0c954/Detail_of_Woodward%27s_Gardens_SF_from_SE_c1880_by_Carleton_Watkins.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e3d185be-f29d-45cf-b6c4-899502de15ff/Description_of_Woodward%27s_Gardens_pavilion_and_skating_rink_Bancroft%27s_Tourist_Guide_1871_p137.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Descriptions of the “mammoth pavilion” and skating rink at Woodward’s Gardens, Bancroft’s Tourist Guide: Yosemite; San Francisco and Around the Bay (South), 1871, pp. 137–138. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6200b220-0a2e-4aa7-a5ca-1f3988e2fe99/Description_of_Woodward%27s_Gardens_pavilion_and_skating_rink_Bancroft%27s_Tourist_Guide_1871_p138.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a8b9e151-6b58-4f12-8a3f-2ce5b2e0c860/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_on_prerogative_to_skate_at_Woodward%27s_Gardens_Pacific_Appeal_16_Mar_1872_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton on his prerogative to skate at Woodward’s Gardens, Pacific Appeal, 16 March 1872, p.4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7034ae5c-b608-4ccb-8f4c-ba3173b4afb7/Skating_rink_included_in_admission_to_Woodward%27s_Gardens_Daily_Alta_5_May_1871_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Item on skating rink admissions policy at Woodward’s Gardens, Daily Alta California, 4 May 1871, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fb9d248b-61d7-4912-a495-7ac7643b69a9/Emperor_Norton_skating_in_Oakland_SF_Chronicle_3_Apr_1872_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Item about Emperor Norton roller-skating in Oakland, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 April 1872, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fc4bf5ae-f597-4233-93dd-780fdd41399f/Emperor_Norton_skating_at_Woodward%27s_Gardens_SF_Chronicle_19_May_1872_p8.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Emperor Norton skating at Sunday School festival at Woodward’s Gardens, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 May 1872, p. 8. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/35e89261-20df-4465-8541-e6928749b76a/Emperor_Norton_at_the_Caledonian_Club_picnic_Badger%27s_Grand_Central_Park_Oakland_Daily_Alta_15_Jun_1873_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Excerpt from article, “Scotch Games: Annual Picnic of the Caledonia Club,” Daily Alta California, 15 June 1873, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5d2f61d7-7c61-4648-84e9-eabe1a130d48/Bay_District_Fair_Ground_and_Racetrack_Richmond_district_SF_14_Nov_1874_by_Carleton_Watkins.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out View of the Bay District Fair Grounds race track, San Francisco, 14 November 1874. Photograph by Carleton Watkins (1829–1916). Collection of the California State Library. Source: CarletonWatkins.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/51cb95c8-e262-43d9-a1e3-f28cc18363a5/Emperor_Norton_seen_at_14_Nov_1874_horse_race_Bay_District_Fair_Grounds_SF_San_Francisco_Weekly_Stock_Report_and_Calif_Street_Journal_20_Nov_1874_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Excerpt from article, "Poor Old Thad," about 14 November 1874 horse race at the Bay District Fair Grounds, San Francisco Weekly Stock Report and California Street Journal, 20 November 1874, p.3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/067b4f94-282c-478e-9b5e-d043db4c51b2/Ad_for_endurance_walking_at_Platt%27s_Hall_SF_Oakland_Tribune_26_May_1879_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Ad for endurance walking at Platt’s Hall, San Francisco, Oakland Tribune, 26 May 1879, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8b46da84-3dc8-4d40-b24e-353f13ed8462/John_Amstrong_endurance_walker_at_Platt%27s_Hall_Daily_Alta_28_May_1879_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Excerpt from “Perservering Pedestriennes,” article on walking match at Platt’s Hall, San Francisco, Daily Alta California, 28 May 1879, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0571e407-38b4-4036-b1d1-208b5d1fa565/Emperor_Norton_greets_John_Armstrong_endurance_walker_at_Platt%27s_Hall_SF_Examiner_12_Jun_1879_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Report of Emperor Norton greeting endurance walker John Armstrong at Platt’s Hall, San Francisco Examiner, 12 June 1879, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/da579369-144a-4c26-bae4-19cffa2389ff/Detail_from_article_reporting_John_Walker%27s_endurance_walking_feat_SF_Examiner_27_Jun_1879_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Excerpt from article, “The Walkers,” on John Armstrong’s endurance walking feat, San Francisco Examiner, 27 June 1879, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/dbf67edd-74ac-46ce-a264-cd70b488cb54/Emperor_Norton_at_opening_of_three_days_wrestling_tournament_at_Platt%27s_Hall_SF_Chronicle_23_Dec_1879_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sporting Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Article, “Wiry Wrestlers,” reporting Emperor Norton’s attendance of the opening of a three-day wrestling tournament at Platt’s Hall, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 December 1879, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/3/26/did-the-social-drinker-emperor-norton-close-out-as-a-teetotaler monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/388108a5-133e-43f3-a9a0-f0df84f7048d/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_re_ardent_spirits_Pacific_Appeal_25_Jul_1874_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did the Social Drinker Emperor Norton Close Out as a Teetotaler? - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton on the manufacture, import and sale of “ardent spirits,” Pacific Appeal, 25 July 1874, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cb3fa4d3-587b-40e3-b897-9ac964777582/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_on_temperance_Oakland_Daily_News_3_Jun_1874_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did the Social Drinker Emperor Norton Close Out as a Teetotaler? - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton drawing a distinction between liquor versus wine and beer, Oakland Daily News, 3 June 1874, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/eaec9197-8345-4cd4-9e2f-ce09f7d4d604/Platt%27s_Music_Hall_SF_c1870s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did the Social Drinker Emperor Norton Close Out as a Teetotaler? - Make it stand out Platt’s Music Hall, northeast corner of Montgomery and Bush Streets, San Francisco, 1870s. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b27256a0-84d7-420d-a576-2ec12782d60d/Emperor_Norton_signs_a_temperance_pledge_at_Platt%27s_Hall_SF_Chronicle_10_Jan_1879_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did the Social Drinker Emperor Norton Close Out as a Teetotaler? - Make it stand out Excerpt from article, “The Temperance Crusade: Another Large Meeting at Platt’s Hall Last Night,” San Francisco Chronicle, 10 January 1879, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/3/20/the-eyes-of-the-emperor-in-1879 monthly 0.5 2026-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6e5082f7-59df-42b7-850f-7260d9338cbb/Denis_Kearney_full.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Eyes of the Emperor" in 1879 - Make it stand out Denis Kearney, undated. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Calisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/efde62f4-51cd-44c5-befc-e82e18befeec/Denis_Kearney_addresses_Emperor_Norton_at_sandlot_meeting_SF_Chronicle_13_Jan_1879_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Eyes of the Emperor" in 1879 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/094a8944-76cd-4687-9047-6fd8f0548bfd/Emperor_Norton_at_Denis_Kearney_sand_lot_rally_Oakland_Radiator_reprinted_in_Daily_People%27s_Cause_Red_Bluff_Calif_15_Jan_1879_+p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Eyes of the Emperor" in 1879 - Make it stand out Two accounts of Denis Kearney’s sand-lot speech of 12 January 1879 in which Kearney addresses Emperor Norton. Top: Excerpt of Kearney’s speech as reported, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 January 1879, p. 3. Bottom: Reprinted from Oakland Daily Radiator in Red Bluff (Calif.) Daily People’s Cause, 15 January 1879, p. 2. Source for both items: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fed682ab-1290-41bf-974e-c297592224c0/Hewes_Building_6th_and_Market_SF_c1870.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Eyes of the Emperor" in 1879 - Make it stand out Original David Hewes Building, 6th and Market Streets, San Francisco, c.1870. This appears to be an artist's or architect's rendering. It is an illustration for an autobiographical article by David Hewes (1822–1915) that is included in a book of family genealogy that Hewes commissioned and had printed in 1913. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5c92c3d6-568d-407d-9c4a-c62d1a08fa5b/Emperor_Norton_at_the_Theanthropic_Society_Grand_Central_Hall_6th_and_Market_SF_Chronicle_13_Jan_1879_p3.jpgg.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Eyes of the Emperor" in 1879 - Make it stand out "Finance and Chinese: Money as Related to Chinese Immigration," article on 12 January 1879 meeting of the Theanthropic Society, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 January 1879, p.3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1df18186-b66f-438c-9cca-9401e8932da8/Emperor_Norton_called_Protector_of_China_Sacramento_Daily_Bee_18_Sep_1879_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Eyes of the Emperor" in 1879 - Make it stand out Item criticizing Emperor Norton as “Protector of China,” Sacramento Daily Bee, 18 September 1879, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4a172970-13fe-42c1-bd74-a2aea29156ac/Intro_excerpt_from_anti_Chinese_editorial_Sacramento_Daily_Bee_29_Jan_1879_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Eyes of the Emperor" in 1879 - Make it stand out Introductory excerpt of “California in Congress,” editorial, Sacramento Daily Bee, 29 January 1879, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1ff18ef5-748a-4deb-a2bc-c3c1311d4238/James_McCue_undated_from_obituary_SF_Call_5_Jan_1910.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Eyes of the Emperor" in 1879 - Make it stand out James S. McCue, undated, from McCue’s obituary in the San Francisco Call, 5 January 1910, p.5. Source: CDNC https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/3/16/why-emperor-norton-bridge-crusaders-have-to-let-it-go monthly 0.5 2023-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/21757a0c-e2af-483b-be5a-03fd7918dc13/San_Francisco_Ferry_Building_Ryan_Fitzsimons_2020.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Why “Emperor Norton Bridge” Crusaders Have to Let It Go - Make it stand out San Francisco Ferry Building clock tower in 2020. Photograph © Ryan Fitzsimons https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/2/24/emperor-norton-at-swimleys monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4fb9c877-20ca-4b4c-97c3-5412fbbf5d53/Ad_for_Cincinnati_Restaurant_Sacramento_Daily_Union_12_Dec_1863_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Ad for the Cincinnati Restaurant, Sacramento Daily Union, 12 December 1863, p. 4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/64a25778-27eb-4eca-9df6-252f734a0fca/Item_on_Swimley%27s_Boarders_Sacramento_Daily_Union_29_Jun_1863_p5.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Item referencing “Swimley’s Boarders,” Sacramento Daily Union, 29 June 1863, p. 5. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/37feb5f9-6a14-41a8-a25c-bd9b2b69b79f/Item_re_Swimley%27s_boarders_Petaluma_Argus_4_Nov_1863_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Item referencing “Swimley’s Boarders,” Petaluma Argus, 4 November 1863, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/218b0e11-b6b8-496d-89f2-042fb92ff1f2/Emperor_Norton_at_Swimley%27s_Sacramento_Daily_Union_18_Dec_1863_p5.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Item reporting that Emperor Norton “took dinner at Swimley’s among the fat men,” Sacramento Daily Union, 18 December 1863, p. 5. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1c624090-2480-4bcd-8402-e4c93d2defbe/Item_re_Emperor_Norton_in_Sacramento_Daily_Alta_21_Dec_1863_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out “Minor Matters,” Daily Alta California, 21 December 1863, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2017f5bd-7bda-4a6b-886a-c6774acde805/Ad_for_Cincinnati_Restaurant_Sacramento_Daily_Bee_3_Feb_1857_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Ad for the Cincinnati Restaurant, Sacramento Daily Bee, 3 February 1857, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/557e594a-b11f-43a2-957b-172be0d3f3f1/Detail_of_Sacramento_map_with_1850s_to_1870s_locations.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Map detail of Sacramento, Calif., with key locations from the 1850s–70s period. Google base map with labels by John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5309564a-8f48-4e0a-9f05-20ae3fe87467/Sacramento_NW_corner_2nd_and_K_Eugene_Hepting_3_Apr_1940.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Northwest corner of Second and K Streets, Sacramento, California, 3 April 1940. Between c.1861 and 1871, the Cincinnati Restaurant was on the ground floor of the narrow, three-story brick building on the left. Photograph by Eugene Hepting (1896–1971). Source: Center for Sacramento History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ba65bc8b-cea4-492d-88bf-7297f932d820/Swimley_and_Lansing_renting_the_Union_Hotel_Sacramento_Daily_Bee_10_Aug_1864_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b972b62e-973d-493b-87fa-834d0d354493/Swimley_and_Lansing_renting_the_Union_Hotel_Sacramento_Daily_Union_11_Aug_1864_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Items on James Lansing and William Swimley as the new proprietors of the Union Hotel, Sacramento, Calif. Top: Sacramento Daily Bee, 10 August 1864, p. 3 (source: Newspapers.com). Bottom: Sacramento Daily Union, 11 August 1864, p.3 (source: California Digital Newspaper Collection). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bd7998b4-c520-4be1-8cbe-b58f979d7c13/Ad_for_Union_Hotel_and_Restaurant_Sacramento_Daily_Bee_5_Nov_1864_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Ad for “Union Hotel and Restaurant (Formerly Cincinnati Restaurant),” Sacramento Daily Bee, 5 November 1864, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cda02557-bcc7-4cb4-8dcb-0523dc492443/Ad_for_Union_Hotel_Sacramento_Daily_Bee_17_Feb_1865_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Ad for Union Hotel, with 25 K Street added as a second entrance, Sacramento Daily Bee, 17 February 1865, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6aa0a9ad-d755-44f2-a3ae-2321b3cef5fe/Swimley_leaves_Union_Hotel_partnership_but_continues_Cincinnati_Restaurant_Sacramento_Daily_Bee_4_Jan_1866_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Notice of dissolution of partnership of James Lansing and William Swimley as proprietors of the Union Hotel — and continuation of the Cincinnati Restaurant under Swimley. The parting appears to have been amicable. Sacramento Daily Bee, 4 January 1866, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/af3f86da-2fc7-4ef0-a12e-58d183dbe968/Ad_for_Cincinnati_Restaurant_Sacramento_Daily_Bee_5_Jun_1862_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Ad for Cincinnati Restaurant with tagline "Happy and content are Swimley's Boarders," Sacramento Daily Bee, 5 June 1862, p2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/db886491-a432-4aed-b422-de5630ae7730/Ad_for_Cincinnati_Restaurant_Sacramento_Daily_Bee_28_Aug_1866_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Ad for Cincinnati Restaurant, Sacramento Daily Bee, 28 August 1866, p.2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cbd00ad3-165e-4733-b39b-4a682b9365dc/Excerpt_re_Partial_collapse_of_25_K_Street_Sacramento_Daily_Bee_15_Apr_1867_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Article on partial collapse of Cincinnati Restaurant building at 25 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento Daily Bee, 15 April 1867, p.3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f24d58bb-3de9-42b6-8bda-2a6af3c084dd/Excerpt_re_Partial_collapse_of_25_K_Street_Sacramento_Daily_Union_16_Apr_1867_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Article on partial collapse of Cincinnati Restaurant building at 25 K Street, Sacramento, Sacramento Daily Union, 16 April 1867, p.3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3fbafb2e-86f0-43f1-a565-c223c277ed33/Ad_for_Webster_and_Co_Sacramento_Daily_Union_18_Oct_1853_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Ad for Webster & Co. shoe and boot shop at 25 K Street, Sacramento. Sacramento Daily Union, 17 October 1853, p.2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e8659122-8caa-4102-98c8-8357e4c2a61d/Verandah_Hotel_takes_upper_floors_of+building_near_2nd_and_K_possibly_25_K_Street_Sacramento_Daily_Union_24_Oct_1853_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Verandah Hotel ad on “enlarged accommodations” along K Street, Sacramento Daily Union, 24 October 1853, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b83f1208-3105-4581-b9f6-0526f359dc31/Item_on_Swimley%27s_closing_Sacramento_Daily_Union_4_Jan_1871_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out “Closed Out,” item on the Cincinnati Restaurant, Sacramento Daily Union, 4 January 1871, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/38818b69-6885-4616-8217-4d9b7d7ae3d1/William_Swimley_gravestone_in_Sacramento_City_Cemetery.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Headstone of William F. Swimley in Sacramento City Cemetery. Source: Find A Grave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f2d6f3ce-fc04-4fcc-a63f-8dc8076b21f7/Union_Hotel_annex_1960_Sacramento_Public_Library.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out “Ruin” of 25 K Street building, Sacramento, Calif., in 1960. When this photograph was taken, the last address for the building was 125 K Street. Collection of the Sacramento Public Library. Source: Sacramento Room / SacPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/03075154-c978-4a41-9c4e-f607e16e11db/Detail_from_photo_NW_corner_2nd_and_K_Streets_Sacramento_by_Skyshot_Feb_2019.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Detail of photograph of the northwest corner of Second and K Streets, Sacramento, Calif. At left is a 1980s historical reconstruction of the three-story 25 K Street building from 1853. Drone photo by Skyshot, February 2019. Source: Google https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/94723c64-dcc7-4c20-b825-7fd3fc68649c/25_K_Street_Sacramento_Google_street_view_Oct_2022.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Swimley's - Make it stand out Early 1980s historical reconstruction of the 1853 building that housed William Swimley’s Cincinnati Restaurant at 25 K Street, as seen in October 2022. Source: Google https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/2/6/lewis-wharf-bostons-gateway-to-joshua-nortons-new-world monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/07ed8ac8-05cb-4fde-9dd2-d374de692275/Item_on_Sunbeam_Boston_Semi_Weekly_Advertiser_14_Mar_1846_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Notice of freight unloading date for the packet ship Sunbeam, which arrived at Lewis Wharf, Boston, on 12 March 1846, Boston Semi-Weekly Advertiser, 14 March 1846, p.2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/dff6810d-afc3-4361-9867-d56e7befe8c3/Ad_for_Liverpool_salt_on_ship_Sunbeam_Boston_Semi_Weekly_Atlas_14_Mar_1846_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Ad for Liverpool salt from the freight of the packet ship Sunbeam, which arrived at Lewis Wharf, Boston, on 12 March 1846, Boston Semi-Weekly Atlas, 14 March 1846, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b6d8e526-607d-43f1-9582-ff2c19d614cc/New_and_complete_map+_of_the_City_of_Boston_1846_Leventhal_Map_Center_BPL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out A New & Complete Map of the City of Boston, with part of Charlestown, Cambridge & Roxbury, by George W, Boynton, 1846. Published by N. Dearborn. Collection of the Boston Public Library. Source: Leventhal Map & Education Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/421bbfb7-2146-4ff5-be06-86b75737cf0c/New_and_complete_map+_of_the_City_of_Boston_1846_Leventhal_Map_Center_BPL_Lewis_Wharf_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/090f1a2c-d5b4-40ad-a3dc-c39e126a402c/New_and_complete_map+_of_the_City_of_Boston_1846_Leventhal_Map_Center_BPL_Lewis_Wharf_detail_b.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5da4c73b-c781-4b37-9663-651c4d1a23c7/View_of_Boston_in_1848_from_East_Boston_engraving_by_Edwin_Whitefield_b1816_d1892_BPL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/acf885d6-b1e9-47e0-bda0-23a72596133a/View_of_Boston_in_1848_from_East_Boston_engraving_by_Edwin_Whitefield_b1816_d1892_BPL_Lewis_Wharf_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out View of Boston in 1848 from East Boston, engraving by Edwin Whitefield (1816–1892), with detail below. Image is of a print produced in 1899. Collection of the Boston Public Library. Source: Digital Commonwealth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7dff7fee-fe52-4409-885c-c2060b3adcb2/Boston_waterfront_from_East_Boston_panorama_c1877_BPL_Lewis_Wharf_panel.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out The Lewis Wharf market building, at left, is the large gabled structure visible between the Lewis Wharf pilot’s office and the ferryboat Stamford. Center panel of a 5-panel panorama of the Boston waterfront from East Boston, c.1877. For the full panorama, click here. Collection of the Boston Public Library. Source: Digital Commonwealth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b91b0f9d-2584-4f68-aecc-a5eba07cfa2e/Boston_waterfront_from_East_Boston_panorama_c1877_BPL_Lewis_Wharf_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2a3d16ac-0c51-4a5d-9fc2-01b319fa3f87/Kings_Head_Tavern_NE_corner_Lewis_and_North_Streets_Boston_c1868_two_years_before_demolition_BPL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out King’s Head Tavern, northeast corner of Lewis and Ann (now North) Streets, Boston, c.1868. Built 1660; rebuilt after fire, 1691; demolished 1870. Collection of the Boston Public Library. Source: Digital Commonwealth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/62bc0b45-64ac-4bcc-85ae-8e54a348a1d8/Lewis_Wharf_1884_Historic_New_England.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Lewis Wharf building (left) facing the harbor, Boston, 1884. Source: Historic New England https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0c0f1821-6533-405f-b52c-3fb560ea12bc/Lewis_Wharf_market_building_Atlantic_Ave_elevation_c1904_BPL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Lewis Wharf building fronting Atlantic Avenue, Boston, c.1904. Collection of the Boston Public Library. Source: North End Waterfront https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e41a20a5-8555-4385-9db1-e947b5d4e713/North_End_waterfront_Boston_c1918_to_1925_BPL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Aerial of Boston’s North End waterfront, c.1918–1925. Photograph by Leon H. Abdalian (1884–1967), Collection of the Boston Public Library. Source: Digital Commonwealth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5550b8e0-d280-48dd-9def-c5517e27cc7e/North_End_waterfront_Boston_c1918_to_1925_BPL_Lewis_Wharf_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9c563ba3-b42f-465a-b368-5a1cb5e05fc7/Lewis_Wharf_Boston_1950s_60s_Northeastern_University.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Aerial of Boston waterfront showing (left to right) Long Wharf, Commercial Wharf and Lewis Wharf, c. 1955–64. Source: Northeastern University Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9b9c1073-9314-47c5-a3ac-d5a6baea0c9a/Lewis_Wharf_market_building_2020s_MA_Historical_Commission_MACRIS.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out The Lewis Wharf building today. Source: Massachusetts Historical Commission / MACRIS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cd304675-c065-4938-bb8e-994c0d670eed/Lewis_Wharf_and_environs_Boston_Google_satellite_view_2022.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Google satellite view of Lewis Wharf, Boston, and environs, 2023. Source: Google https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1faf5483-7fb1-4618-ac84-6f693ae88cff/Plan_of_the_Town_of_Boston_1795_by_Osgood_Carleton_Lewis_Wharf_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Detail from plan for the Town of Boston, 1795, by Osgood Carleton (1742–1816). Collection of the Boston Public Library. Source: Leventhal Map & Education Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/eb01a8d2-dc1b-490f-bbdd-41b048090ea4/Plan_of_the_City_of_Boston_1835_published_by_Charles_Stimpson_BPL_Lewis_Wharf_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Detail from plan for the City of Boston engraved by Hazen Morse (1790–1874) in 1828 and published by Charles Stimpson, Jr. (1793–1869) from 1828 through 1837. Seen here is the monochrome iteration of the plan that Stimpson included in the 1835 edition of his annual Boston Directory. Collection of the Boston Public Library. Source: Leventhal Map & Education Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c4491cfb-e64c-43a5-a072-20fb9ec8d405/Map_of_Boston_1838_by_Morse_and_Tuttle_BPL_Lewis_Wharf_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Detail of map of Boston, 1838, by Morse & Tuttle. Hazen Morse (1790–1874) and Joseph Warren Tuttle (1814–1885) were in partnership 1837–1846. Seen here is the monochrome iteration of the plan that Charles Stimpson, Jr. (1793–1869) included in the 1838 edition of his annual Boston Directory. Collection of the Boston Public Library. Source: Leventhal Map & Education Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a9244f78-ddde-4971-85db-c2b5e571580d/Ad_referencing_Mr_John_Hancock%27s_Wharf_Massachusetts_Gazette_7_Dec_1772_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Ad for vessel “lying at Mr. John Hancock’s Wharf,” Massachusetts Gazette, 7 December 1772, p. 4. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6f82f6f1-c02c-44fd-bbdf-5ab1fc805c1a/Ad_referencing_both_Lewis_and_Hancock_wharves_Massachusetts_Centinel_21_Jan_1789_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lewis Wharf, Boston's Gateway to Joshua Norton's New World - Make it stand out Ad referencing schooner “lying at Mr. Lewis’ wharf, first south of Gov. Hancock’s wharf,” Massachusetts Centinel [spelling as published], 21 January 1789, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/1/17/emperor-nortons-1934-broadway-debut monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/af79df65-1ebd-49ec-9cf1-7985cfb43c18/Gold_Eagle_Guy_Playbill_Dec_1934_Jan_1935_1_of_3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Arrives on the Great White Way - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/558f031d-0bf6-483a-b746-374ea53b4ef1/Gold_Eagle_Guy_Playbill_Dec_1934_Jan_1935_2_of_3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Arrives on the Great White Way - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1f592968-9e0c-4922-b63b-f98bde37fc9d/Gold_Eagle_Guy_Playbill_Dec_1934_Jan_1935_3_of_3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Arrives on the Great White Way - Make it stand out Three images (above) from Belasco Theatre Playbill for Gold Eagle Guy, which played at the Belasco 25 December 1934 to 26 January 1935 after a 4-week run at the Morosco Theatre. Source: Playbill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b30787eb-7b51-444c-973c-134eb7588083/Saloon_scene_from_Broadway_production_of_Gold_Eagle_Guy_1934_NYPL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Arrives on the Great White Way - Make it stand out Saloon scene in Broadway stage production of Gold Eagle Guy, 1934. Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library, The New York Public Library Digital Collections. Source: NYPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/03990946-7404-49a6-bfa9-f0eb4969a4c3/Saloon_scene_from_Broadway_production_of_Gold_Eagle_Guy_1934_NYPL_Emperor_Norton_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Arrives on the Great White Way - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/704714e5-d2fd-4310-a298-50cb90dfd584/Gold_Eagle_Guy_by_Al_Hirschfeld_for_NY_Herald_Tribune_13_Dec_1934.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Arrives on the Great White Way - Make it stand out “Gold Eagle Guy,” 1934, by Al Hirschfeld (1903–2003). Published in the New York Herald, 13 December 1934. Source: Al Hirschfeld Foundation https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2023/1/4/the-pro-vaccination-emperor-of-1869 monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ffa32bd6-fa55-4736-97bb-9d05bd972a26/Item_re_Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_smallpox_Daily_Alta_8_Dec_1868_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pro-Vaccination Emperor of 1869 - Make it stand out “Norton I on the Small-Pox,” Daily Alta California, 8 December 1868, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/32efbf01-ca5d-4809-b16a-fc4779aef6b4/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_re_smallpox_Oakland_Daily_Transcript_8_Jan_1869_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Pro-Vaccination Emperor of 1869 - Make it stand out “Proclamation by Emperor Norton I,” Oakland Daily Transcript, 8 January 1869, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/12/14/joshua-norton-at-the-transamerica-pyramid monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9fccef28-8340-4806-ba9e-044a17779f0d/Empire_Day_2019_shrine_in_full_flower.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Pop-up shrine for Empire Day 2019, the 160th anniversary of Joshua Norton’s original Proclamation declaring himself Emperor of the United States. Photograph: John Lumea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9463ef57-6d9e-4f59-b6da-ddf24c739548/Excerpt_re_517_Clay_St_SF_in_William_Drury_bio_of_Emperor_Norton_1986_p56.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Excerpt from William Drury’s Norton I: Emperor of the United States (Dodd, Mead, 1986), p. 56. Collection of the Boston Public Library. Source: Internet Archive (available for online checkout) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f0c7a246-3279-487b-98ea-9cea8cbd1cb2/Listing_for_Alexander_Buswell_bookbindery_Langley%27s_SF_1860_p492.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1e9d7e84-3ce5-4e76-b4a5-8d0b0f268c69/Listing_for_Alexander_Buswell_bookbindery_Langley%27s_SF_1861_p568.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3daf496e-747a-41b7-b5ec-8cfa658b96a3/Listing_for_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_in_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1861_p133.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9e9e1834-5738-4885-822c-5540e2175242/Listing_for_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_in_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1859_p397.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9f806c92-d7fc-4d35-94bd-e0c2570caf85/Montgomery_Block_and_neighbors_1855_by_GR_Fardon_annotated.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Montgomery Block, Montgomery Street, San Francisco, c. 1856. Original photograph by George R. Fardon (1807–1886). Labeling: John Lumea. Photograph source: Getty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/904ea668-3864-4283-8c21-f5e6515323f5/Aerial_of_Montgomery_Block_and_neighbors_1938_by_Harrison_Ryker_collection_of_David_Rumsey_annotated.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Detail of aerial photograph of Montgomery Block, San Francisco, and neighborhood. Original photograph is one of 164 taken in 1937 and 1938 by Harrison Ryker (1898–1981) and published in 1938. Full composite image in the collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Digital copy in the collection of David Rumsey. Labeling of this image: John Lumea. Source of this image, with shading of the Montgomery Block: FoundSF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/517780fd-bc3f-4c33-bc7b-0fb1e9c4c4c2/Aerial_of_Transamerica_pyramid_under_construction_May_1972_Peter_Breinig_for_the_SF_Chronicle_annotated.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Aerial view of the Transamerica pyramid under construction, May 1972. Photograph by Peter Breinig for the San Francisco Chronicle. Labeling: John Lumea. Photograph source: Chron.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/70cedfd4-bb75-4d35-8f18-ec4d340e34fd/SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_22_May_1856.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Montgomery Block (left) and San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin office, with banner over Merchant Street mourning the death of Bulletin editor James King of William, 22 May 1856. Source: OpenSFHistory / wnp71.0041 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0c317093-9c2f-45b2-9f24-a48e291caf60/Excerpt_re_George_Fitch_in_William_Drury_bio_of_Emperor_Norton_1986_p56.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Excerpt from William Drury’s Norton I: Emperor of the United States (Dodd, Mead, 1986), p. 56. Collection of the Boston Public Library. Source: Internet Archive (available for online checkout) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6faa164e-ed2e-4e43-ac92-4ea21ad0611b/George_Kenyon_Fitch_late_1860s_CHS_Quarterly_V20N4_Dec_1941.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out George Kenyon Fitch (1826–1906), partner and later editor of the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, in the late 1860s. In “George Kenyon Fitch: Pioneer California Journalist,” California Historical Society Quarterly, V20 N4, December 1941. Source: University of California Press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/aebd3783-a55b-4dc8-8482-af858006d3db/Card_of_thanks_from_Thomas_S_King_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_15_May_1856_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out “A Card of Thanks” from Thomas S. King, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 15 May 1856, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1b30de95-52c6-4a88-a886-dffbb008126e/Masthead_of_SF_Bulletin_with_Thomas_King_as_new_editor_28_May_1856.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Colophon showing Thomas S. King as the new editor, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 28 May 1856, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f5745082-4be0-475e-ab78-2a0a1bfb44fd/James_William_Simonton.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out James William Simonton (1823–1882). Source: Ancestry.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/63deba5c-ed11-44c5-a15d-c18a765ac27b/First_appearance_of_James_Simonton_on_masthead_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_31_Mar_1859_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Masthead showing James W. Simonton as the new editor, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 31 March 1859, p. 1. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ce3c0e90-178d-4d05-8e72-a6c04d10bbe9/Notice_of_George_K_Fitch_copartnership_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_16_June_1859_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Notice of addition of George K. Fitch as a partner in the Evening Bulletin company, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 16 June March 1859, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4428acf5-4239-40a9-b64c-75c5d55e23dc/CO_Gerberding_departure_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_20_Jun_1859_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Item on Bulletin “senior partner” C.O. Gerberding’s taking a leave of absence, largely for health reasons, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 20 June 1859, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/27e2458b-7532-452c-a14a-f3cf9bde6ea1/James_W_Simonton_heads_east_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_1_Nov_1860_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Item on Bulletin editor James W. Simonton heading “East to spend the winter,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 1 November 1860, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/78d71bc6-46ae-4b61-94f5-d2977722bca4/SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_called_a_double_headed_paper_Marysville_Daily_Appeal_10_May_1866_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Item calling the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin “a double-headed paper,” Marysville Daily Appeal, 10 May 1866, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4512dda4-637e-4c5b-a590-874f0c49d03b/Masthead_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_17_Sep_1859_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/11d774a0-6a94-42bc-ba6f-9db4991b5434/Listing_for_George_K_Fitch_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1859_p44.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3a737f5f-00de-4fb2-b461-8805081eb6d3/Listing_for_James_W_Simonton_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1859_p251.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3a7df3a9-4515-42fb-8dda-2a48c5791cf0/Listing_for_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1859_p397.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Transamerica Pyramid - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/11/22/the-tenth-annual-tannenbaum-toast monthly 0.5 2022-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1571070411609-NGZ39RNUJSI28XJMPFCU/House_of_Shields_1950s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Tenth Annual Tannenbaum Toast The House of Shields, in San Francisco, is the traditional site of the Tannenbaum Toast. This is the bar c.1950s. We hope to return in 2023. Photograph courtesy of Heather David. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/11/15/sf-ferry-building-clock-tower-and-the-giralda-of-spain monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/39682ec6-032e-43c9-b0de-77dcfc666883/San_Francisco_Ferry_Building_Ryan_Fitzsimons_2020.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is the Clock Tower of the San Francisco Ferry Building Based on the Bell Tower of a Cathedral in Spain? - Make it stand out San Francisco Ferry Building clock tower in 2020. Photograph © Ryan Fitzsimons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0042f06f-715f-4b7f-8fb6-25be5b8ef758/Seville_Cathedral_with_Giralda_2014_by_Ingo_Mehling.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is the Clock Tower of the San Francisco Ferry Building Based on the Bell Tower of a Cathedral in Spain? - Make it stand out The Seville Cathedral in Spain, with La Giralda. Photograph © 2014 Ingo Mehling. CC BY–SA 4.0. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/aaa39bb3-d11e-4272-b92d-a2cbdebe6136/Giralda_Seville_top_view_Apr_2019_by_Joaquim_Alves_Gaspar.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is the Clock Tower of the San Francisco Ferry Building Based on the Bell Tower of a Cathedral in Spain? - Make it stand out Crown of La Giralda at Seville Cathedral, in Spain. Photograph © 2019 Joaquim Alves Gaspar. CC BY–SA 4.0. Source: Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/133d1c45-3647-41d8-9967-c58bbdf4b210/Scheffauer_compares_SF_Ferry_Building_tower_to_Giralda_in_Town_Talk_27_May_1907_p13.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is the Clock Tower of the San Francisco Ferry Building Based on the Bell Tower of a Cathedral in Spain? - Make it stand out Excerpt from Herman Scheffauer’s “Letter from Spain,” Town Talk, 27 May 1905, p. 13. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/dcfa307f-dab2-4c3c-8711-3151c3ca9b67/SF_Ferry_Building_tower_likened_to_Giralda_SF_Call_10_Jun_1906_p19.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is the Clock Tower of the San Francisco Ferry Building Based on the Bell Tower of a Cathedral in Spain? - Make it stand out Excerpt from item on Herman Scheffauer, San Francisco Call, 10 June 1906, p. 19. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/846b3a77-aea6-4479-8dda-ae16c9600d66/Arthur_Page_Brown_concept_drawing_of_SF_Ferry_Buildiing_design_SF_Chronicle_11_Jan_1895_p7.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is the Clock Tower of the San Francisco Ferry Building Based on the Bell Tower of a Cathedral in Spain? - Make it stand out Conceptual drawing of the San Francisco “Union Depot and Ferry House,” by A. Page Brown, in “New City Gateway,” San Francisco Chronicle, 11 January 1895, p. 7. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/aba5b41e-e901-44c2-aa2c-a088c2f4110e/The_Tower_and_Other_Notable_Parts_of_the_Madison_Square_Garden_FV_duMond_1891_NYPL.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is the Clock Tower of the San Francisco Ferry Building Based on the Bell Tower of a Cathedral in Spain? - Make it stand out The Tower and Other Notable Parts of the Madison Square Garden, by Frank Vincent DuMond (1865–1951). Print, 14¼” x 19¼”. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. Source: NYPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5709778d-0ec9-4928-9894-c252eda339cf/Rendering_of_1891_drawing_of_1890_Madison_Square_Garden_tower_SF_Call_12_Jan_1895_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is the Clock Tower of the San Francisco Ferry Building Based on the Bell Tower of a Cathedral in Spain? - Make it stand out Rendering of detail of 1891 drawing of Madison Square Garden by F.V. DuMond, in “All About a Tower,” San Francisco Morning Call, 12 January 1895, p.4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9379e3e1-e1bf-4e4e-b9ab-39cb9c9a868b/Arthur_Page_Brown_concept_drawing_of_SF_Ferry_Buildiing_design_SF_Call_20_Jan_1893_p8.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is the Clock Tower of the San Francisco Ferry Building Based on the Bell Tower of a Cathedral in Spain? - Make it stand out “Plan of the New Ferry Building,” conceptual drawing by A. Page Brown, illustrating “The Big Depot,” San Francisco Morning Call, 20 January 1893, p. 8. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bd168c0c-2384-4e7c-9097-1af475dd0e99/Madison_Square_Garden_1891_Architectural_Digest.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is the Clock Tower of the San Francisco Ferry Building Based on the Bell Tower of a Cathedral in Spain? - Make it stand out Madison Square Garden, northeast corner of Madison Avenue and 26th Street, New York City, 1891. Source: Architectural Digest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/75c2c372-bc10-46aa-a195-7688e9f3eaf1/Tower_of_Madison_Square_Garden_1891.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Is the Clock Tower of the San Francisco Ferry Building Based on the Bell Tower of a Cathedral in Spain? - Make it stand out Tower of Madison Square Garden, 1891. Source: NYC Urbanism https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/10/28/the-mixed-economy-of-the-eureka-lodgings-building monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d6425f6d-3b7e-410f-8f03-684d6a12de5f/624_to_628_Commercial_St_SF_early_1906_TE_Hecht_SFPL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out 624/626/628 Commercial Street between Montgomery and Kearny Streets, San Francisco, early 1906. Detail of photograph credited to Treu Ergeben (T.E.) Hecht (1875–1937). Photo #AAB–3457, San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, San Francisco Public Library. Source: SFPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cc0085c4-a2ef-4568-9bf9-3e59a0767fb2/Public_Balance_SF_printing_office_moving_to_Arcade_building_Daily_Alta_19_Jan_1851_p33.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out “Card” on relocation of Public Balance newspaper printing office to “the Arcade on Clay Street,” Daily Alta California, 19 January 1851, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/69e42e81-d022-4369-8bc5-2f66f409e926/Arcade_Saloon_new_owners_Daily_Alta_30_Apr_1851_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Notice of new owners of the Arcade Saloon, on Clay Street, Daily Alta California, 30 April 1851, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4432f9b8-ab4a-40b7-9fb5-32f38ddb7146/Item_noting_Arcade_Saloon_fronts_on_Clay_and_Commercial_Sts_SF_Daily_Alta_9_May_1852_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Item announcing a “Promenade Concert…a la Julien [sic]” at the Arcade Saloon, Daily Alta California, 9 May 1852, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/be08e2c0-ac87-43c9-8842-a2b7c4b3d21b/Notice_for_removal_of_Adams_and_Co_hatters_to_175_Clay_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_10_Mar_1856_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Notice of relocation of Adams & Co. hatters to the former home of the Arcade Saloon, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 10 March 1856, p. 4. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7d2a4424-3132-4b0a-942d-f4f4ecd4c004/New_building_under_construction_on_old_Arcade_site_Daily_Alta_21_Sep_1857_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out “Severe Accident,” item mentioning new building being constructed “on the site of the old Arcade Saloon,” Daily Alta California, 21 September 1857, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/19eb1191-4a7b-4a83-b27e-9cb909ca8c3a/Ad_for_Hotel_Richelieu_SF_Daily_Alta_2_Dec_1857_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Ad announcing the opening of the Hotel Richelieu, Daily Alta California, 2 December 1857, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/36446f14-cafc-4a4d-958b-e3c209ef7202/Hotel_Richelieu_SF_planning_meeting_for_Thomas_Paine_birthday_celebration_Daily_Alta_17_Jan_1858_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Notice for a meeting at the Hotel Richelieu to plan a celebration for Thomas Paine’s birthday, Daily Alta California, 17 January 1858, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b58010ab-60cf-4378-976b-4cbcf17931ab/Rue_Commercial_Daily_Alta_11_Jan_1852_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out “A New Line,” item remarking in the French-ness of Commercial Street, Daily Alta California, 11 January 1852, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cc983178-4ae3-4a70-a2fc-0f4f8353d280/Ad_for_Benton_House_Sansome_and_Pine_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_26_May_1858_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Ad for Benton House at Sansome and Pine Streets location, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 26 May 1858, p. 4. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ae98bf38-1385-4fef-af86-fa57c07d7828/Ad_for_Benton_House_next_to_Mint_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_15_Jan_1859_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Ad for Benton House at new Commercial Street location “Adjoining the U.S. Mint,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 15 January 1859, p. 4. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8b6cde67-ab6c-43af-9a6b-5c6b92378dc3/Ad_for_Benton_House_SF_Daily_Herald_5_Mar_1859_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Ad for Benton House at Mint-adjacent Commercial Street location,” San Francisco Daily Herald, 5 March 1859, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/086ddbc1-a586-44f9-8b36-7448ad5f0f07/Ad_for_Benton_House_SF_Daily_Herald_5_Mar_1859_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Ad for Benton House at Mint-adjacent Commercial Street location,” San Francisco Daily Herald, 5 March 1859, p. 4. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/92e9013f-42d3-44f6-b923-58ea3ee028f1/Ad_for_Benton_House_Laundry_Daily_Alta_2_Aug_1859_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Ad for Benton House Laundry, on “Commercial Street, a few doors above the U.S. Branch Mint,” Daily Alta California, 2 August 1859, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1ec96413-1f9b-4cf0-969c-b5289117e9ff/Ad_for_Benton_House_156_and_158_Commercial_St_SF_Daily_Herald_20_April_1860_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Ad for Benton House at 156 and 158 Commercial Street, San Francisco Daily Herald, 20 April 1860, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0deb31da-0772-4719-ad9d-89cbd1a97dc0/Listing_for_Felix_Hanlon_and_Benton_House_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1861_p165.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/17efa32f-9769-4a63-9788-2604a5a1b09a/Listing_for_Benton_House_in_Langley%27s_1864_SF_directory_p460.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e2422055-f44a-4f45-891f-07c2032cb415/Listing_for_Eureka_Lodgings_in_Langley%27s_1864_SF_directory_p466.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/09740b0f-42ae-4aac-8335-ce5f0094a349/Listing_for_Aaron_Babcock_and_Eureka_Lodgings_at_624_Commercial_Langley%27s_1865.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6cc593f5-c860-42a4-b1c0-80f1cb300f19/Listing_for_Aaron_Babcock_at_624_Commercial_under_Lodgings_in_Langley%27s_1865.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/724ea151-c1e9-4e0f-97b7-82ba4aa46ddd/Ad_for_John_W_Cherry_signs_626_Commercial_SF_Daily_Dramatic_Chronicle_31_Jul_1866_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Ad for John W. Cherry, sign maker, San Francisco Daily Dramatic Chronicle, 31 July 1866, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ffb3f633-25be-4870-ae49-324deb7263c3/Ad_for_John_W_Cherry_signs_626_Commercial_SF_Daily_Dramatic_Chronicle_29_Aug_1866_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Ad for John W. Cherry, sign maker, San Francisco Daily Dramatic Chronicle, 29 August 1866, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e96569fb-4294-4f52-81f4-933fb6d279b6/Ad_for_Meussdorffer_wholesale_shop_628_Commercial_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1867_p_lxvii.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Ad for Meussdorffer hatter’s wholesale shop, Langley’s San Francisco directory, 1867, advertising front section, p. lxvii. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/74ea552f-8661-4dda-a1a1-2f9aedd617ab/Ad_for_Meussdorffer_retail_shop_635_637_Commercial_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1867_ad_endpage_14.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Ad for Meussdorffer hatter’s manufactory and retail shop, Langley’s San Francisco directory, 1867, advertising back section, p. 14. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1c8d59d0-dcdb-484a-8888-2ba823ccdfa8/Ad_for_Lawrence_and_Houseworth_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1863_p+xx.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Ad for Lawrence & Houseworth opticians, Langley’s San Francisco directory, 1863, advertising front section, p. xx. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a558fbf8-2687-4238-aa96-4c7a1f8e106a/Flying_Horses_and_music_at_154_Commercial_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_13_Jan_1857_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Item on relocation of “Flying Horses” attraction to 154 Commercial Street, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 13 January 1857, p. 4. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b24ea872-df6c-4b6b-933f-686ab3f61889/Flying_Horses_at_the_Eureka_building_SF_Daily_Herald_15_Dec_1856_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out “Inquest on the Body of Miles O’Connor,” item identifying Commercial Street building as “the Eureka,” San Francisco Daily Herald, 15 December 1856, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/13021132-0e6e-434e-8367-7fec608ebb76/Early_mention_of_Eureka_Daily_Alta_1_Oct_1854.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out “Murder on Commercial Street,” item noting “the building known as the Eureka, on Commercial street [sic], next door to the Arcade.” Daily Alta California, 1 October 1854, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3be7c945-05fa-47a9-a213-107a76249e29/Reference_to_the_Eureka_Saloon_Daily_Alta_2_Oct_1854.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out “Inquest on the body of McMickle,” item referring to “a room over the Eureka Saloon, in Commercial street [sic].” Daily Alta California, 2 October 1854, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/efe762bf-d243-4de4-8f6a-7653340a27e5/Eureka_Saloon_becomes_Chas_Wagner_%26_Co_Daily_Alta_21_May_1857_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mixed Economy of the Eureka Lodgings Building of Commercial Street - Make it stand out Notice of change of ownership and name of establishment previously known as the Eureka Saloon, “on Commercial street, between Montgomery and Kearny,” Daily Alta California, 21 May 1857, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/9/26/new-analysis-id-and-location-of-emperor-norton-lodgings-624-commercial-st-sf monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/98c181a4-660c-40c5-8556-24db8a6d3c11/US_SubTreasury_Commercial_St_SF_construction_c1876_prob_Muybridge_HABS_CA1218.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out View of the U.S. Sub-Treasury at 608 Commercial Street (north side), San Francisco, under construction, c.1876. Photograph probably by Eadweard Muybridge. Historic American Buildings Survey CA-1218. Source: Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/482306cc-57e2-485b-89fa-4fa824252832/624_to_628_Commercial_St_SF_and_neighbors_early_1906_TE_Hecht_SFPL_18MB.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out View of north side of Commercial Street between Montgomery and Kearny Streets, San Francisco, early 1906. Photograph credited to Treu Ergeben (T.E.) Hecht (1875–1937). Photo #AAB–3457, San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, San Francisco Public Library. Source: SFPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/10d6cdc1-2517-47f3-828d-f185b49c7244/Sign_for_The_Hebrew_612_Commercial_St_SF_early_1906_TE_Hecht_SFPL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Sign for newspaper The Hebrew, 612 Commercial Street, San Francisco, early 1906. Detail of photograph credited to Treu Ergeben (T.E.) Hecht (1875–1937). Photo #AAB–3457, San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, San Francisco Public Library. Source: SFPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/437eea22-1e9f-436c-a552-bf5d5c78d238/Street_level_of_new_A_Lietz_Co_building_632_634_Commercial_St_SF_early_1906_TE_Hecht_SFPL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Street level of new A. Lietz Company building, 632/634 Commercial Street, San Francisco, early 1906. Detail of photograph credited to Treu Ergeben (T.E.) Hecht (1875–1937). Photo #AAB–3457, San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, San Francisco Public Library. Source: SFPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8fd9c9cf-c17e-4ff8-be97-df0352a6b179/Looking_east_on_Commercial_St_from_Kearny_St_SF_1892_to_1894_Allen_Hancock_Knight_wnp15.588.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Looking east on Commercial Street from the west side of Kearny Street, San Francisco, c. 1892–94. Photograph by Allen Hancock Knight, Sr. (1854–1918). Source: OpenSFHistory / wnp15.588 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d42c16d1-7c65-4169-b7b9-64da13fea821/John_Devine_sign_detail_in+photo_looking_east_on_Commercial_St_from_Kearny_St_SF_1892_to_1894_Allen_Hancock_Knight_wnp15.588.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Detail of “John Devine, Druggist” sign in photo looking east on Commercial Street from the west side of Kearny Street, San Francisco, c. 1892–94. Photograph by Allen Hancock Knight, Sr. (1854–1918). Source: OpenSFHistory / wnp15.588 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/638fae36-f75a-4676-9503-cb7c58f588bd/Empire_House_cluster_looking_east_on_Commercial_St_from_Kearny_St_SF_1892_to_1894_Allen_Hancock_Knight_wnp15.588.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Detail of photograph looking east on Commercial Street from the west side of Kearny Street, San Francisco, c. 1892–94. Photo by Allen Hancock Knight, Sr. (1854–1918). Source: OpenSFHistory / wnp15.588 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bb83a423-1883-4594-a720-64b36218ed43/Detail_of_624_to_628_Commercial_looking_east_on_Commercial_St_from_Kearny_St_SF_1892_to_1894_Allen_Hancock_Knight_wnp15.588.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Detail of 624/626/628 Commercial Street in photo looking east on Commercial Street from the west side of Kearny Street, San Francisco, c. 1892–94. Photograph by Allen Hancock Knight, Sr. (1854–1918). Source: OpenSFHistory / wnp15.588 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/eb3902f8-bab1-420a-b27f-50981aa5270a/Plate_5_of_Eadweard_Muybridge_SF_panorama_1877_Graham_Pilecki.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Plate 5 of 11-plate panorama of San Francisco by Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904), 1877. Collection of Graham Pilecki. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2b6e18c5-e72d-4487-ae91-e303b7627a55/Plate_5_of_Eadweard_Muybridge_SF_panorama_1877_Graham_Pilecki_Eureka_Commercial_St_row.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Detail from Plate 5 of 11-plate panorama of San Francisco by Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904), 1877. Orange rectangle superimposed for present research purposes. Collection of Graham Pilecki. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fec8a52b-d610-4c9f-826d-70dc23aeeba4/Detail_from_Plate_8_of_Muybridge_SF_pano_1878_Nick_Wright.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Detail from Plate 8 of 13-plate panorama of San Francisco by Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904), 1878. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. Digitization and high-resolution scan by Nick Wright. Source: NYPL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6e93527d-2505-41b2-bf79-1346b7f9ed61/Detail_from_Plate_8_of_Muybridge_SF_pano_1878_Nick_Wright_Eureka_crop_large.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2977b6b6-a431-4247-ba2d-688095eabc27/624_Commercial_Street_SF_in_detail_from_Plate_8_of_Muybridge_SF_pano_1878_Nick_Wright.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e4d46c9a-33b9-40d7-a75c-bee5a8499a22/A_Lietz_Co_632_648_Commercial_St_SF_1919_catalog.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out A. Lietz Company factory building at 632/634 Commercial Street, San Francisco (1907) with new Lietz annex building at 640/648 Commercial (1918). Shown in Lietz catalog for 1919. Collection of the California State Library. Souce: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/82ff8348-48c9-4059-a5ac-885a88b20a35/632_Commercial_Street_San_Francisco.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out 632 Commercial Street, San Francisco. Source: Inland Mortgage Capital https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1908cb2c-2dae-47f4-82ea-a3d51a2e67cd/Commercial_Street_detail_from_San_Francisco_Sanborn_map_1905.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Detail from Sanborn Insurance Map for San Francisco, Sanborn–Perris Map Company, vol. 1 , pp. 27–28, 1905. Source: David Rumsey Map Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2aab0a73-8dc3-41ce-9358-07e155b2abb1/Commercial_Street_SF_btw_Montgomery_and_Kearny_Sanborn_Fire_Insurance_Map_1913.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Detail from Sanborn Insurance Map for San Francisco, Sanborn Map Company, vol. 1 , p. 36, 1913. Source: Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4def6bac-d2a7-4861-ab2b-f773b3ca9fac/Commercial_Street_btw_Montgomery_and_Kearny_SF_Block_Map_1935_page_71.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Block 227 (including Commercial Street between Montgomery and Kearny), Block Maps, vol. 2 (blocks 160–315), San Francisco Dept. of City Planning, 1935, p. 71. Source: San Francisco Planning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/230989b2-2f68-41b2-a453-8e89d8deff61/624_to_628_Commercial_St_SF_early_1906_TE_Hecht_SFPL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1ef6922b-8f42-4fbf-993c-0d4cb0150da4/662_Commercial_Street_SF_Google_Street_View_Apr_2022.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Google street view of 662 Commercial Street, San Francisco. Positioned and cropped by John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e1cb08b0-8615-4315-ac6b-29f04e413748/650_652_Commercial_St_SF_Google_Street_View_Jun_2018.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Google street view of 650/652/654 Commercial Street, San Francisco. Positioned and cropped by John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a0be7c0a-989f-4dee-9829-fb733825cab5/Stencil_of_c1875_photo_of_Emperor_Norton_650_652_Commercial_St_SF_Niana_Liu_Mar_2022.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out “Emperor Norton,” 2021, from San Francisco Icon series, by Misstencil. Originally stencilled September 2021 using this c.1875 photograph by the Bradley & Rulofson studio. This spray painting at 650/652/654 Commercial Street, San Francisco, done March 2022. Source: Misstencil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/58ec1807-be75-46fd-b8d4-6cea8b8788c1/608_Commercial_St_SF_entrance_to_San_Francisco_Historical_Society.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Residence, the Eureka Lodgings, Was Not Located (Exactly) Where You Think It Was - Make it stand out Google street view of the gated entrance of the San Francisco Historical Society, at 608 Commercial Street, San Francisco. This space is within the former site of a building at 612 Commercial Street that housed offices of the San Francisco Morning Call, The Hebrew and the U.S. Mint — and the desks of Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Philo Jacoby and Ernest Jacoby. Positioned and cropped by John Lumea. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/9/10/be-nortonian-on-empire-day-2022 monthly 0.5 2024-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6b1020da-564a-44ba-b5f8-724e59eca926/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_17_Sep_1859_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Be Nortonian" on Empire Day 2022 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/8/12/emperor-norton-1861-proclamation-against-privateering monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/14b0ea70-f3e2-41a9-9b95-1971fa7e3464/Manuscript_Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_privateering_10_Jun_1861_in_California_Herald_V3N10_Jun_1956_p6.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Recovering Emperor Norton’s 1861 Proclamation Against Privateering - Make it stand out Photograph of manuscript of Proclamation of Emperor Norton signed and dated 10 June 1861. Featured in article, “The Proclamations of Emperor Norton,” published in California Herald, Vol. III, No. 10, June 1956, p. 6. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/32020169-e032-4318-8a1c-716615eae463/Jefferson_Martenet_b1826_d1906_undated.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Recovering Emperor Norton’s 1861 Proclamation Against Privateering - Make it stand out Jefferson Martenet (1826–1906). Source: Ancestry.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/146ecbad-1c28-4947-b9c9-ea80a74b510b/Listing_for_Martenet_and_Schley_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1862_p45.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Recovering Emperor Norton’s 1861 Proclamation Against Privateering - Make it stand out Listing for Martenet & Schley booksellers and stationers, Langley’s San Francisco directory, 1862, p.45. Directory in the collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/7/15/joshua-norton-and-the-mcallister-brothers monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/07677925-38ad-405f-9800-01669fee7d0d/Ward_McAllister_by_Aime_Dupont_after_1886_LOC.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton and the McAllister Brothers - Make it stand out Ward McAllister (1827–1895). Photograph by Aimé Dupont (1841–1900), taken sometime after the Belgian-born Dupont, originally a sculptor, emigrated to New York and pivoted to photography in 1886. Source: George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/72c908cd-653f-4c46-9656-bb6782a78862/Hall_McAllister_by_Bradley_and_Rulofson_studio.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton and the McAllister Brothers - Make it stand out Cabinet card of Hall McAllister (1826–1888), probably from 1887. The photograph is by Bradley & Rulofson studio. But, in 1887, the studio was “Bradley & Rulofson” in name only, Bradley having been ousted in 1877–78 and Rulofson having died in 1878. The studio moved to 14 Dupont Street in 1883, with the street name changing to Grant Avenue, as shown on the the card, in 1887 — the last year of the firm. (Information from Peter E. Palmquist and Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers of the Far West: A Biographical Dictionary, 1840-1865 (2000).) Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f118f407-32e2-4f87-bf63-f2244a8e3d14/Listing_of_McAllister_Williams_and_Rose_in_record_of_Ruiz_v_Norton_Oct_1854.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton and the McAllister Brothers - Make it stand out Excerpt from Ruiz v. Norton, October 1854, in Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California in the Year 1854, v4, 1856. Source: Google Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a6b4d68d-b2aa-43f8-8785-108e8fe2eebe/Dissolution_of_partnership_McAllister_Williams_and_Rose_Daily_Alta_SF_17_Mar_1854_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton and the McAllister Brothers - Make it stand out Notice of dissolution of partnership of Hall McAllister, Charles H.S. Williams and Julius K. Rose, Daily Alta California, 17 March 1854, p.2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bbdd3ffa-a1f6-4690-827f-d50144c73339/Hall_MacAllister_and_his_wife_Louise_Hermann_McAllister_1850s.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton and the McAllister Brothers - Make it stand out Daguerrotype of Hall McAllister with his wife, Louise, mid 1850s. Source: Cowan’s Auctions via Bidsquare https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e3349551-c38c-4c86-89f3-fecb6663d32d/Hall_McAllister_by_Robert_Ingersoll_Aitken_1904_SF_City_Hall.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton and the McAllister Brothers - Make it stand out Statue of Hall McAllister (1826–1888) at San Francisco City Hall. Statue, 1904, by Robert Ingersoll Aitken (1878–1949). Source: Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/119313c8-0ed0-4b5d-a9b2-dc831c35b741/Notice_for_Lippitt_McAllister_and_Turk_Daily_Alta_SF_23_Aug_1849_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton and the McAllister Brothers - Make it stand out Notice of partnership of Francis J. Lippitt, Hall McAllister and Frank Turk, Daily Alta, 23 August 1849, p. 2, Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/632f7ab2-eb67-41c2-b6d7-c8ad57264225/Julius_K_Rose_joins_Lippitt_McAllister_Turk_Daily_Alta_SF_26_Feb_1850_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton and the McAllister Brothers - Make it stand out Notice of Julius K. Rose joining the firm of Lippitt, McAllister & Turk, Daily Alta, 26 February 1850, p. 3, Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7f5215a5-1429-4d7f-8e29-aca10dfb2941/New_partnership_of_McAllisters_Daily_Alta_SF_25_May_1850_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton and the McAllister Brothers - Make it stand out Notice of new partnership of McAllisters, Daily Alta, 25 May 1850, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/593f8550-be4a-47ba-bb9d-e07772743516/Emperor_Norton_cabinet_card_Imperial_Gallery_SF_Jun_1879_CHS_front.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton and the McAllister Brothers - Make it stand out Front of souvenir card published between late May and mid June 1879 by Imperial Gallery, 724½ Market Street, San Francisco. Photographs of Emperor Norton possibly by gallery owner Hector William Vaughan (c.1827–c.1878). Signature and seal on the reverse: "Norton I. Emperor U.S. & Protector of Mexico. 19th Day of June 1879" [image]. Collection of the California Historical Society. Photo: John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7e14180f-8f79-42e8-94d8-323974363972/Funeral_of_Hall_McAllister_Daily_Alta_SF_4_Dec_1888_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton and the McAllister Brothers - Make it stand out Article of the funeral of Hall McAllister, Daily Alta California, 4 December 1888, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/7/10/bankrolling-the-baker-of-emperor-norton-sourdough-snacks monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7d9db98a-ac80-4c80-a168-d1bc4d9d5451/Colombo_Bakery_sign_May_2021.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bankrolling the Baker of the Emperor Norton Sourdough Snacks - Make it stand out Detail from screenshot of Google Street View of Colombo Baking Company sign along I-880 near 580 Julie Ann Way, in Oakland, Calif., May 2021. Source: Google Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bd858c2f-4a32-47ec-bdf9-b73b676a14d6/Colombo_Bakery_sign_Jan_2018.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bankrolling the Baker of the Emperor Norton Sourdough Snacks - Make it stand out Detail from screenshot of Google Street View of Colombo Baking Company sign along I-880 near 580 Julie Ann Way, in Oakland, Calif., January 2018. Source: Google Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/395ff2fa-236e-4ec5-a6d3-8d48992a5def/Emperor_Norton_Sourdough_Snacks.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bankrolling the Baker of the Emperor Norton Sourdough Snacks - Make it stand out Front of bag of Emperor Norton Original San Francisco Sourdough Snacks. Source: Kit Artig / Rockit Studios https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/6/20/emperor-nortons-friend-the-butcher monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f8d89a3a-af53-4605-b99d-1f9af0f02501/Letter_to_the_Editor_from_Josephine_Groeschel_daughter_of_Abraham_Yehl_SF_Chronicle_24_Jun_1953_p18.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Friend the Butcher - Make it stand out Josephine Yehl Groeschel, letter to the editor, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 June 1953, p. 18. Source: San Francisco Chronicle via Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/55df7b06-d40b-45c5-8dc0-55013b49a1fd/Headstone_for_Fanny_and_Abraham_Yehl_Home_of_Peace_Colma_Calif..jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Friend the Butcher - Make it stand out Headstone for Fanny and Abraham Yehl, Home of Peace cemetery, Colma, Calif. Source: Find a Grave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5dcfecc8-a21a-45be-b3ab-a914a89193c7/1910_US_Census_record_for_Abraham_Yehl_and_family.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Friend the Butcher - Make it stand out Abraham Yehl household detail from 1910 U.S. Census, California, San Francisco, Assembly District 40, Precinct 9. Source: National Archives & Records Administration via Ancestry.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e8a58d52-6231-40a2-942c-550e96acf337/Listing_for_Abraham_Yehl_in_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1862.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Friend the Butcher - Make it stand out Listing for Abraham Yehl in the 1862 Langley’s San Francisco directory, p. 412. Source: San Francisco Public Library via Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bd39e75d-b887-4b03-a5d5-a64b0677a0b3/Abraham_Yehl_business_card_c1875.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Friend the Butcher - Make it stand out Abraham Yehl’s business card with Gradwohl & Cohen butchers, San Francisco, c.1875. Source: University of Pennsylvania Libraries https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/6/14/a-closer-look-at-an-emperor-norton-treasure-hunt-medallion monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/88ec0b19-b613-48a6-9f20-15d587993ab7/Emperor_Norton_Treasure_Hunt_1959_Scott_Newhall_at_right.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Closer Look at an Emperor Norton Treasure Hunt Medallion - Make it stand out ‰‰San Francisco Chronicle editor Scott Newhall (right) presents the 1959 Emperor Norton Treasure Hunt booty to winners Laverne and Harry Foote. Harry was a San Francisco firefighter. Photograph: Barney Peterson / The Chronicle, 1959. © San Francisco Chronicle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0eff970b-5e31-4d57-a901-307a63a3a49f/Emperor_Norton_Treasure_Hunt_bronze_medallion_1953_front.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Closer Look at an Emperor Norton Treasure Hunt Medallion - Make it stand out Emperor Norton Treasure Hunt medallion, 1953, front (l) and back. Photographs: Dan Sullivan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f755d671-c108-40e2-a370-a9e65839e0e9/Emperor_Norton_Treasure_Hunt_bronze_medallion_1953_back.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Closer Look at an Emperor Norton Treasure Hunt Medallion - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/307a0a0b-26c8-4a4b-93f8-1890be258a07/Emperor_Norton_Treasure_Hunt_bronze_medallion_1953_front_large.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Closer Look at an Emperor Norton Treasure Hunt Medallion - Make it stand out Emperor Norton Treasure Hunt medallion, 1953, front. Photograph: Dan Sullivan https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/6/2/historians-of-sf-urge-former-sf-mayor-willie-brown-to-back-emperor-norton-bridge monthly 0.5 2022-07-24 https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/5/22/sf-rice-imports-in-early-1850s-give-context-to-joshua-norton-gambit monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ddc7d4ec-b8c9-4170-b04a-3b11171c9a47/Importations_column_Daily_Alta_SF_22_Dec_1852_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - San Francisco Rice Imports From Late 1852 to Early 1853 Point to Market Specifics of Joshua Norton’s Gambit - Make it stand out “Importations” column listing rice cargo of the Glide, which Joshua Norton & Co. contracted on 22 December 1852 to purchase, Daily Alta California, 22 December 1852, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/96c79f7c-1744-4eb1-b014-e1657f6b9c51/Joshua_Norton_ad_for_rice_from_Syren_28_Dec_1852_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - San Francisco Rice Imports From Late 1852 to Early 1853 Point to Market Specifics of Joshua Norton’s Gambit - Make it stand out Joshua Norton & Co. ad selling rice from the Syren, Daily Alta California, 28 December 1852, p. 2. Source: California Daily Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/5/18/did-san-francisco-city-government-really-buy-emperor-norton-a-new-suit monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/95ccf11f-99cd-4724-9040-46e7678ae65e/Herbert_Asbury_The_Barbary_Coast_1933_front_cover.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did San Francisco City Government Really Buy Emperor Norton a New Suit? - Make it stand out Original front cover of Herbert Asbury’s 1933 book, The Barbary Coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0aacbd06-289e-47fc-ab8e-b85e617acb28/Emperor_Norton_Life_and_Experiences_of_a_Notable_Character_in_SF_by_Albert_Dressler_1927_front_cover.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did San Francisco City Government Really Buy Emperor Norton a New Suit? - Make it stand out Front cover of Albert Dressler’s self-published 1927 booklet, Emperor Norton: Life and Experiences of a Notable Character in San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a213503a-0b58-410b-b2a1-c4e57d8f453d/New_uniform_and_poem_for_Emperor_Norton_SF_Sunday_Mercury_19_Jul_1863_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did San Francisco City Government Really Buy Emperor Norton a New Suit? - Make it stand out “A Local Character,” San Francisco Sunday Mercury, 19 July 1863, p.2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cb6077ae-022b-4b74-9df8-5fd967975238/Item_re_Emperor_Norton_petition_to_SF_Supervisors_in_SF_Daily_American_Flag_28_Mar_1865_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did San Francisco City Government Really Buy Emperor Norton a New Suit? - Make it stand out Item re Emperor Norton’s petition to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors about his clothing, San Francisco Daily American Flag, 28 March 1865, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/86033a2f-ad9f-4c5d-b4f8-d3b24c6d3b03/An_Imperial_Suppliant_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_7_May_1868_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did San Francisco City Government Really Buy Emperor Norton a New Suit? - Make it stand out “An Imperial Suppliant,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 7 May 1868, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/df38364c-3011-4ba3-92fa-2f18dccd00ad/Editorial_item_on_Emperor_Norton%27s_uniform_SF_Chronicle_1_Jan_1869_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did San Francisco City Government Really Buy Emperor Norton a New Suit? - Make it stand out Editorial item re Emperor Norton’s uniform, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 January 1869, p. 4. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/77817c2b-316b-4f6d-a9e1-0d590897ee14/Likely_hoax_decree_re_offer_of_suit_from_King_of_Pain_SF_Chronicle_30_Dec_1869_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did San Francisco City Government Really Buy Emperor Norton a New Suit? - Make it stand out Fake proclamation of Norton I, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 December 1869, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/211f6c54-d313-4bd7-97e2-aac52aef792a/Item_re_Emperor_Norton_note_to_SF_Mayor_Alvord_re_new_suit_SF_Chronicle_25_Jun_1872_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did San Francisco City Government Really Buy Emperor Norton a New Suit? - Make it stand out “A Royal Requisition,” San Francisco Chronicle, 25 June 1872, p. 1. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f693f31a-dd53-435d-bfc0-3e5c5fc4e340/Item_on_new_coat_for_Emperor_Norton_SF_Chronicle_2_Aug_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did San Francisco City Government Really Buy Emperor Norton a New Suit? - Make it stand out Possible joke item on “new blue coat” for Emperor Norton, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 August 1872, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/4/12/the-time-emperor-norton-lost-his-platform-but-kept-his-dignity monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b7bc65f6-a609-4457-97d7-a13b1a0c821f/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Pacific_Appeal_7_Jan_1871_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Lost His Platform But Kept His Dignity - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton issued 23 December 1870, The Pacific Appeal, 7 January 1871, p1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a00f6801-1d44-4f55-ab1d-4ce1b1427cc2/Unsigned_proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_Pacific_Appeal_8_May_1875_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Lost His Platform But Kept His Dignity - Make it stand out Unsigned Proclamation of Emperor Norton, The Pacific Appeal, 8 May 1875, p2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3c6db770-f8ba-4d6d-a215-7babbfc999aa/Ad_for_CR_Peters_excursion_to_Newark_Oakland_Daily_Transcript_19_Mar_1875_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Lost His Platform But Kept His Dignity - Make it stand out Charles Peters ad for chartered ferry trips to Newark, Oakland Daily Transcript, 19 March 1875, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2a53101c-2349-4131-812a-ce0814c86fb4/Neward_Land_Company_ad_SF_Bulletin_7_May_1875_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Lost His Platform But Kept His Dignity - Make it stand out Newark Land Company ad, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 7 May 1875, p.2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cd0eede3-2535-457e-b585-fab76df59a15/Charley_Peters_man_of_Napoleonic_ideals_Daily_Alta_22_May_1875_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Lost His Platform But Kept His Dignity - Make it stand out “Sale of Newark Lots,” Daily Alta California, 22 May 1875, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9370d162-0922-45a7-a7dc-eee64e66852e/Newark_land_sale_adjourned_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_22_May_1875_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Lost His Platform But Kept His Dignity - Make it stand out “The Newark Land Sale,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 22 May 1875, p. 3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/041f675f-fffe-40bb-8028-18464b73eb05/Centerville_Calif_man_calls_Newark_project_a_fraud_Oakland_Tribune_Nov_1875_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Lost His Platform But Kept His Dignity - Make it stand out “The Newark Fraud,” excerpt from “Oakland to San Jose,” report of San Jose correspondent, Oakland Daily Evening Tribune, 9 November 1875, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b8efaaef-6f41-4ec6-86e2-ec4499d036a0/Charles_Peters_card_Oakland_Daily_Transcript_28_May_1875_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Lost His Platform But Kept His Dignity - Make it stand out “Card” advertisement from Charles Peters, Oakland Daily Transcript, 28 May 1875, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/75a53e0a-3c6f-4911-b357-782e6d04d8c8/Editorial_re_card_from_Charles_Peters_Oakland_Tribune_28_May_1875_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Lost His Platform But Kept His Dignity - Make it stand out Editorial responding to “card” from Charles Peters, Oakland Daily Evening Tribune, 28 May 1875, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/69a73028-cf45-4d9b-843e-3eed4a4f4a60/Charles_Peters_threatens_libel_suit_v_Oakland_Tribune_in_Tribune_15_Jun_1875_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Lost His Platform But Kept His Dignity - Make it stand out “From Mosquitoburg,” Oakland Daily Evening Tribune, 15 June 1875, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7027808b-251c-4497-9471-24aa6cec920a/Charley_Peters_conscience_Oakland_Tribune_16_Jun_1875_3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Lost His Platform But Kept His Dignity - Make it stand out Item on the sheep-shearing Charles Peters, Oakland Daily Evening Tribune, 16 June 1875, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2a0c4551-22be-4c4e-b4f8-54c927704938/Newark_Land_Company_ad_Sacramento_Daily_Union_27_Oct_1875_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Lost His Platform But Kept His Dignity - Make it stand out “Farmers of Small Means,” probably a press release from the Newark Land Association, Sacramento Daily Record–Union, 27 October 1875, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/755ca7c9-ddac-4735-bc85-d9dc60282819/Letter_to_the_Editor_re_Newark_Land_Association_Evening_Post_SF_31_Jul_1876_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Lost His Platform But Kept His Dignity - Make it stand out “‘Newark Land Association’,” letter to the editor, San Francisco Daily Evening Post, 31 July 1876, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/db6c78b0-62dc-4ad0-bc9c-84b8a8f3fa8b/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_re_Charles_Peters_lawsuit_Oakland_Tribune_31_May_1875_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Time Emperor Norton Lost His Platform But Kept His Dignity - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Oakland Daily Evening Tribune, 31 May 1875, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/3/14/emperor-nortons-proclamations-on-the-chinese monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/be1d1abe-eeb5-4bd5-8b56-ebfd24429634/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_the_Chinese_SF_Daily_Examiner_24_Feb_1868.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Daily Examiner, 24 February 1868. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d7f1ea79-56d2-4174-87c4-06f5ff328681/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_the_Chinese_Pacific_Appeal_10_Sep_1870_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 10 September 1870, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1199152d-c9a4-4869-b136-8f2d7f3d96ea/Reference_to_earlier_Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_the_Chinese_Pacific_Appeal_27_May_1871_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Reference to earlier (lost) Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 27 May 1871, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d0939960-4c98-4d8c-b549-705069b2d2f5/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_on_24_Jan_1871_anti_Chinese_riot_and_lynching_in_Los_Angeles_SF_Examiner_27_Oct_1871_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Examiner, 27 October 1871, p.3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e278c843-d6d8-47ef-8794-cf23391a533c/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_Chinese_6_Jan_1872.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 6 January 1872, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/98617dbc-d2a6-42d2-9821-8fcf66d61b15/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_Chinese_10_Feb_1872.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 10 February 1872, p.2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection (Note: The CDNC’s title caption for this issue of the paper has the date as “10 January 1872.” This is a clerical error. The correct date, shown on the scan of the issue itself, is 10 February 1872.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2bad7562-9d56-437f-b9bd-beb67b30209f/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_Chinese_24_Aug_1872.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 24 August 1872, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/657213e4-2a03-4927-8b7b-9823961aea68/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_Chinese_1_Feb_1873_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 1 February 1873, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/64386074-39d5-4025-9db8-aba7c3fe693c/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_Chinese_29_Mar_1873_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 29 March 1873, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/868e9df3-59be-425b-9710-30a2cdc28df2/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_the_Chinese_Oakland_Daily_News_29_May_1873_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Oakland Daily News, 29 May 1873, p.3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d6d113c9-d3fd-438c-bdd2-cd7420f81a43/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_Chinese_31_May_1873_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 31 May 1873, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7540e907-a8e1-41bb-8ebd-4acfd57ff710/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_Chinese_10_Jan_1874_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 10 January 1874, p.2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/003798b1-957a-4272-b630-e9c89ad73b99/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_Chinese_26_Sep_1874_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 26 September 1874, p.2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c842f83a-27a0-450c-ae84-9b1aa61b0a15/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_Chinese_6_Feb_1875_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 6 February 1875, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/47e17386-70e9-4af1-8213-b51ecca8e172/Emperor_Norton_Proclamation_on_the_Chinese_Oakland_Tribune_27_March_1876_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Oakland Daily Tribune, 27 March 1876, p.3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/744c0a31-56b3-4f7f-bb8f-e06d33c80a89/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_on_the_Chinese_Oakland_Daily_Transcript_3_Apr_1876_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Oakland Daily Transcript, 3 April 1876, p.3. Source: Newspapers.cpm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e2b982c9-cdd7-402c-bb6f-c1b116b2e9eb/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_Chinese_Daily_Humboldt_Times_18_Apr_1876_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Daily Humboldt Times, 18 April 1876, p.4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/43c5e946-40b2-452b-921b-014f1d79e032/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_on_anti_Chinese_riot_in_Antioch_Calif_Oakland_Tribune_3_May_1876_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Oakland Tribune, 3 May 1876, p.3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2372409f-53ee-4aa2-a071-e2d56c146c1c/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_on_Chinese_Sacramento_Daily_Union_Record_10_Apr_1878_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Sacramento Daily Record–Union, 10 April 1878, p.4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8b785b85-d2aa-4954-9aa6-0de85f978b96/Emperor_Norton_2d_Proclamation_v_Kearney_sandlot_meetings_Oakland_Daily_Times_12_Dec_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Proclamations on the Chinese, 1868–1878 - Make it stand out Two Proclamations of Emperor Norton, Oakland Daily Times, 12 December 1878, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/3/8/a-pre-imperial-proclamation-from-joshua-norton-in-july-1859 monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6a2ad1fa-b248-4947-9beb-fed47d44e82e/Ad_for_Joshua_Norton_Daily_Alta_3_May_1857_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - “A New State of Things?” A Pre-Imperial Proclamation from Joshua Norton in July 1859 - Make it stand out Joshua Norton ad for linseed oil, Daily Alta California, 3 May 1857, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/310d5ef3-1db8-4c72-8c4e-65bbc7b5a86a/Joshua_Norton_residence_listing_Langley%27s_1858.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - “A New State of Things?” A Pre-Imperial Proclamation from Joshua Norton in July 1859 - Make it stand out Listing for Joshua Norton in Langley’s 1858 San Francisco directory, p. 216. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/49ecc02c-5102-4f53-9238-2657015da6bb/Jesse_Norton_residential_listing_Langley%27s_1859.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - “A New State of Things?” A Pre-Imperial Proclamation from Joshua Norton in July 1859 - Make it stand out Listing for “Jesse” Norton in Langley’s 1859 San Francisco directory, p. 214. Is this really Joshua? Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d2f1c8d1-f118-4f59-a7f0-3d4456ba5b6e/Joshua_Norton_appointed_to_jury_in_I_Ferris_Waldron_case_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_17_Sep_1857_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - “A New State of Things?” A Pre-Imperial Proclamation from Joshua Norton in July 1859 - Make it stand out Item announcing jury for the case of I. Ferris Waldron, with Joshua Norton listed as one of the jurors. San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 17 September 1857, p.3. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bc9a6ce1-600d-4b99-b93e-826e7adfc4df/I_Ferris_Waldron_jury_including_juror_Joshua_Norton_SF_Weekly_Bulletin_3_Oct_1857_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - “A New State of Things?” A Pre-Imperial Proclamation from Joshua Norton in July 1859 - Make it stand out Item announcing discharge of jury for the I. Ferris Waldron case, with Joshua Norton listed as one of the jurors. San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 28 September 1857, p.3. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/280ea55e-6b3f-4afe-bae8-67903c9ed8fd/Joshua_Norton_a_candidate_for_SF_tax_collector_SF_Daily_Herald_20_May_1855_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - “A New State of Things?” A Pre-Imperial Proclamation from Joshua Norton in July 1859 - Make it stand out Joshua Norton listed as a candidate for city and county tax collector at San Francisco Democratic Convention of May 1855, San Francisco Daily Herald, 20 May 1855, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b90e36a3-a01c-4b52-940e-c054bfed9b02/Joshua_Norton_ad_announcing_candidacy_for_US_Congress_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_21_Aug_1858_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - “A New State of Things?” A Pre-Imperial Proclamation from Joshua Norton in July 1859 - Make it stand out Joshua Norton’s ad announcing candidacy for U.S. Congress, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 21 August 1858, p. 2. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/01c13b9c-96aa-4c94-8df6-a4e8d327de95/Joshua_Norton_manifesto_SF_Daily_Evening+Bulletin_5_Jul_1859_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - “A New State of Things?” A Pre-Imperial Proclamation from Joshua Norton in July 1859 - Make it stand out Joshua Norton’s ad issuing a “Manifesto” to the “Citizens of the Union,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 5 July 1859, p. 2. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/10c79982-765a-4ba8-928a-4e405bad311b/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_17_Sep_1859_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - “A New State of Things?” A Pre-Imperial Proclamation from Joshua Norton in July 1859 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Joshua Norton declaring himself Emperor of the United States, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 17 September 1859, p. 3. Source: GenealogyBank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/3/4/the-secret-history-of-one-of-emperor-nortons-favorite-free-lunch-haunts monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4d0f0cf0-198f-4284-9e88-54e8464d7785/Martin_and_Horton_ad_SF_Daily_Globe_10_Aug_1857.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Ad announcing new business of Clark Martin and Tom Horton a.k.a. Martin & Horton, San Francisco Daily Globe, 18 July 1857, p. 2. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ca05e835-d2a5-4395-abae-b1ab4390dca2/SE_corner_Montgomery_and_Clay_SF_late_1862.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Photograph of building at the southeast corner of Montgomery and Clay Streets, San Francisco, in the wake of a fire on 16 November 1862. Historic American Buildings Survey, CAL, 38–SANFRA, 61–1. Source: Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1493a358-72cd-44d6-a9cc-f12e1113adb6/Item_re_Martin_and_Horton_Daily_Alta_19_Nov_1862_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Item on quick recovery of Martin & Horton’s saloon and the Faust Cellar following a a fire in their building at the southeast corner of Montgomery and Clay Streets, Daily Alta California, 19 November 1862, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/84d590d5-5b16-48ac-a22e-283d4ff14ac0/SE_corner_Montgomery_and_Clay_SF_late_1862_Faust_cellar_sign_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Detail from photograph of building at the southeast corner of Montgomery and Clay Streets, San Francisco, in the wake of a fire on 16 November 1862. The sign for the Faust Cellar saloon is visible at center right. Historic American Buildings Survey, CAL, 38–SANFRA, 61–1. 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Source: California Sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/135dd05b-6466-4966-8668-7169dc0c1b5a/Listing_for_Louis_Thiele_Harris_Bogardus_Labatt_SF_directory_1856_p106.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/97dd0f26-5ff4-406e-8514-da08ac8b634f/Listing_for_Louis_Thiele_Langley_SF_directory_1860_p301.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/25984c2d-6e0f-42be-9741-fd05e604eb4a/Listing_for_Joseph_Hug_Langleys_SF_directory_1861_p185.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bc71d7f5-cc97-4955-83c2-322c0c1e4be6/Listing_for_Louis_AKA_George_Thiele_Langleys_SF_directory_1861_p327.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/caee491a-e078-45c2-9dd0-6c4ea647d99e/Item_on_Joseph_Hug_and_George_Thiele_in+Daily_Alta_15_Nov_1862_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Item describing Louis Thiele as being “at the Faust Cellar” and noting that he was “better known as ‘George,’” Daily Alta California, 15 November 1862, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/088f8f87-f756-4d53-8aec-1574a1fb1230/Ad_for_Faust_Cellar_Daily_Alta_11_Aug_1865_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Ad announcing renovation and expansion of the Faust Cellar and identifying Louis Thiele as the proprietor, Daily Alta California, 11 August 1865, p.2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3557b43f-12c5-44ae-96b4-cd21f73b8100/Ad_for_Faust_Cellar_SF_Chronicle_5_Sep_1865_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Ad for the Faust Cellar, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 September 1865, p.1. 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Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4f5abe9f-4ac0-4f55-bd0d-bb6ca469c641/Thiele_has_new_partner_at_Faust_Cellar_SF_Chronicle_13_Aug_1869_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Ad for the Faust Cellar, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 August 1869, p.2. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9a8d1543-f9e2-4535-a429-f4bdd8e72340/Thiele_sells_interest_in_Faust_Cellar_opens_new_spot_Daily_Alta_4_Feb_1870.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Ad announcing that “George” Thiele had sold his interest in the Faust Cellar and was opening a new spot further south on Montgomery Street, to be called “George’s,” Daily Alta California, 4 February 1870, p.2. Source: California Daily Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fffc616c-2a68-4f69-96f3-b690468fc48f/Notice_for_demolition_of_Martin_and_Horton_building_SF_Chronicle_6_Mar_1873_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Item on demolition of Martin & Horton building and plans for a more sturdy replacement, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 March 1873, p.3. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/06f0507f-7570-48f8-aa5f-87710ccbd81b/Ad_for_auction_of_Martin_and_Horton_building_SF_Chronicle_9_Apr_1873_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Notice for auction of the Martin & Horton building, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 April 1873, p. 2. 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Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d5580714-c39e-4ce5-8fde-65a3ffa490a0/3_year_lease_for_cigar_story_SE_corner_Clay_Montgomery_SF_Examiner_16_Aug_1875_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Notice for lease on cigar store, southeast corner of Montgomery and Clay Streets, San Francisco Examiner, 16 August 1875, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/15dabc89-dfec-492f-8147-8db25ac9dcab/Listing_for_Martin_%26_Horton%27s_in_Langley%27s_1875_SF_directory_p484.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c308ebbb-b8d0-4f5c-a36e-838f40b3b552/Martin_%26_Horton%27s_mention_SF_Examiner_31_Aug_1884_p8.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Item mentioning Martin & Horton’s, San Francisco Examiner, 31 August 1884, p. 8. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/05217293-a349-4d08-b164-43b6b7d5c9f1/Auction_notice_for_Martin_%26_Horton_building_Daily_Alta_30_Mar_1885_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Notice for auction of Martin & Horton building, Daily Alta California, 30 March 1885, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/299b8a3b-a9f7-4f5a-8d7f-b3513030fc7a/Notice_of_Tom_Horton%27s_retirement_and+sale_of+his_interest_in_Martin_%26_Horton%27s_Daily_Alta_29_Jun_1887_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Secret History of One of Emperor Norton's Favorite Free-Lunch Haunts - Make it stand out Notice of Tom Horton’s retirement from Martin & Horton’s and sale of his half-interest in the firm, Daily Alta California, 29 June 1887, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/2/18/the-emperor-of-brooklyn-part-2 monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a4b7b977-a56f-456f-881c-e6dc73cfe4ef/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_re_underwater_rail_tunnel_Pacific_Appeal_15_Jun_1872.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor of Brooklyn, Part 2 - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton published in the Pacific Appeal newspaper on 15 June 1872. 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Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4b520411-0d8e-41a7-a05f-f55aee56d03f/Ad_for_Brooklyn_Hall_in_Oakland_Daily_Transcript_29_Apr_1871_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor of Brooklyn, Part 2 - Make it stand out Ad for Brooklyn Hall, Oakland Daily Transcript, 29 April 1871, p. 2. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/62f07b9d-d35f-4bf7-960b-fb0374f4d684/Map_of_Oakland_and_Brooklyn_EC_Sessions_c1869_Brooklyn_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor of Brooklyn, Part 2 - Make it stand out Detail from map of Oakland and Brooklyn, E.C. Sessions, Agent for the Purchase and Sale of Real Estate, c. 1869. Collection of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. Source: Oakland Wiki via Calisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/3f1307ee-e75d-4a36-a94c-a4f6cdde0c85/13th_Avenue_formerly_Walker_Street_Oakland_Calif_looking_south_to_Alameda_Estuary_1885_by_Henry_W_Domes.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor of Brooklyn, Part 2 - Make it stand out Oakland, Calif., looking south on 13th Avenue from East 12th Street, c.1885. Photograph by Henry W. Domes (1864–1919). Collection of the Oakland Public Library. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ad514811-3fd4-477d-99ea-e6a56f0d1203/Item_re_Emperor_Norton_visit_to_Brooklyn_in_Brooklyn_Home_Journal_9_Mar_1872_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor of Brooklyn, Part 2 - Make it stand out Item re Emperor Norton visit to Brooklyn, Calif., in Brooklyn Home Journal, 9 March 1872, p. 3. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/bab81e31-2e54-4140-91d8-6cde5729d20d/Item_on_Emperor_Norton_Brooklyn_Home_Journal_and_Alameda_County_Advertiser_18_Oct_1872_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor of Brooklyn, Part 2 - Make it stand out Reprint of editorial from the Masonic Mirror, in the Brooklyn Home Journal, 18 October 1872, p.3. Source: GenealogyBank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/1/28/emperor-nortons-204th-a-birthday-to-cheer-a-bridge-name-this-year-zoom monthly 0.5 2022-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c7c96543-2160-485e-81b2-0d06f02678cd/Decorating_cakes_at_Dressel%27s_in_Cicero_IL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's 204th: A Birthday to Cheer, A Bridge Name This Year (Zoom) - Make it stand out Decorating cakes at Dressel’s, in Cicero, Ill. Source: Chicago Tribune https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2022/1/14/did-emperor-norton-really-live-at-the-eureka-lodgings-on-commercial-street-for-17-years monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f2480306-37ef-4700-ace9-5b34d07d635a/ECV_plaque_Empire_Park_SF_Mar_2016.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Emperor Norton Really Live at the Eureka Lodgings on Commercial Street for 17 Years? - Make it stand out Plaque at Empire Park, San Francisco, dedicated by the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus on 25 March 2016. Photograph: John Lumea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/24d4e993-742e-4d51-a767-0f3b1dc5d02e/Listing_for_Felix_J_Hanlon_proprietor_of_Benton_House_SF_Langley_1859_directory.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Emperor Norton Really Live at the Eureka Lodgings on Commercial Street for 17 Years? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/cb5bb476-833b-41ba-8a29-9e38493c537a/Listing_for_Felix_J_Hanlon_proprietor_of_Benton_House_SF_Langley_1863_directory.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Emperor Norton Really Live at the Eureka Lodgings on Commercial Street for 17 Years? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a294aae4-98bd-4629-9a3b-6d531f84fcce/Listing_for_Benton_House_in_Langley%27s_1864_SF_directory_p460.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Emperor Norton Really Live at the Eureka Lodgings on Commercial Street for 17 Years? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/64359618-2769-4d5e-b0b6-8460736c19d6/Listing_for_Eureka_Lodgings_in_Langley%27s_1864_SF_directory_p466.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Emperor Norton Really Live at the Eureka Lodgings on Commercial Street for 17 Years? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/88af959f-01df-43c3-b0db-a5b29b6dc903/Listing_for_Aaron_B_Babcock_in_Langley%27s_1864_SF_directory.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Emperor Norton Really Live at the Eureka Lodgings on Commercial Street for 17 Years? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/faab8f46-5b28-447a-83e2-0554a1992545/Listing_for_Felix_Hanlon_in_Langley%27s_1865_SF_directory.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Emperor Norton Really Live at the Eureka Lodgings on Commercial Street for 17 Years? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4599d735-0bd9-4b01-a21f-146144bfbcc3/Listing_for_Joshua_Norton_in_Langley%27s_1865_SF_directory.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Emperor Norton Really Live at the Eureka Lodgings on Commercial Street for 17 Years? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/6ccfc905-1223-4f41-b441-9b7108e5f66c/Listing_for_David_Hutchinson_in_Langley%27s_1867_SF_directory.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Emperor Norton Really Live at the Eureka Lodgings on Commercial Street for 17 Years? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/12/21/the-emperor-was-not-amused monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d1d267ed-0cc0-4543-a40b-0a1685f51469/Ad_for_The_Naked_Truth_Daily_Dramatic_Chronicle_5_Jun_1867_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Was Not Amused - Make it stand out Olympic Theater ad for The Naked Truth, or, The Emperor’s Dream, Daily Dramatic Chronicle, 5 June 1867, p.1. 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Source: Yale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/e62215af-7dca-415f-858d-dfd1a9b3052e/Reconstruction_of_top_floor_of_California_Exchange_SF_Bulletin_23_Jun_1856_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Was Not Amused - Make it stand out Fireman’s Journal item on “re-constructing the upper portion of the…’California Exchange.’” Reprinted in the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 23 June 1856, p.1. Source: GenealogyBank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/2a9c61fa-71a3-47f1-a782-d46a3303c8d6/Ad_for_California_Menagerie_SF_Daily_Herald_12_Dec_1856_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Was Not Amused - Make it stand out “California Menagerie Removed to the California Exchange,” ad for John “Grizzly” Adams exhibition, San Francisco Daily Herald, 12 December 1856, p.2. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f05d0694-8adf-4bd0-9bc8-3a9efbef375e/Profile_of_California_Exchange_building_Steamer_Bulletin_21_Nov_1859_p7.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Was Not Amused - Make it stand out Historical profile on the California Exchange building, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 10 November 1859, p.3. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/36d886f2-f12d-4300-b93d-96a26426ac70/Ad_for_Gilbert%27s_New_Melodeon_SF_Daily_Herald_5_Dec_1859_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Was Not Amused - Make it stand out Ad for Gilbert’s Melodeon, San Francisco Daily Herald, 5 December 1859, p.2. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/232a6740-7d09-4ad1-84c4-fdf1f99a5117/Gilbert%27s_Melodeon_NE_corner_Kearny_and_Clay_SF_c1860.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Was Not Amused - Make it stand out Gilbert’s Melodeon, northeast corner of Kearny and Clay Streets, San Francisco, c.1860. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b7ffc5dd-3913-45ca-bf69-4652bb0060ed/Ad_for_Gilbert%27s_Melodeon_Sunday_Mercury_18_Oct_1863_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Was Not Amused - Make it stand out Ad for Gilbert’s Melodeon, San Francisco Sunday Mercury, 18 October 1863, p.3. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b5db4470-253a-4b72-9562-29113386c31a/Ad_for_Worrell%27s_Olympic_Daily_Dramatic_Chronicle_SF_16_Jan_1965_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Was Not Amused - Make it stand out Ad for Worrell’s Olympic, Daily Dramatic Chronicle, 16 January 1865, p.1. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d3055bdb-d3fc-46a3-ab20-123193afab7a/Gilbert_buys_Worrell_interest_in_Olympic_Theater_Daily_Dramatic_Chronicle_SF_8_May_1865_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Was Not Amused - Make it stand out Item on Ferdinand Gilbert’s buying out William Worrell’s interest in the Olympic Theater, Daily Dramatic Chronicle, 8 May 1865. p.3. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/733022c0-c388-4ce9-83e5-03c227f87411/Ferdinand_Gilbert_talkes_over_The_Willows_Daily_Dramatic_Chronicle_30_May_1865_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Was Not Amused - Make it stand out Item on Ferdinand Gilbert’s taking over the lease at The Willows, Daily Dramatic Chronicle, 30 May 1865, p.2. (The Golden Era followed up with its own notice on May 18th.) Source (both items): GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/aa91dfa6-387d-4846-809a-6f0720c238bb/Banner_for_Olympic_Theater_ad_Daily_Dramatic_Chronicle_9_Sep_1865_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Was Not Amused - Make it stand out Banner of ad for the Olympic Theater, Daily Dramatic Chronicle, 9 September 1865, p.1. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f4b48d0a-1cba-4caa-bce9-8a783031c7c7/Banner_of_ad_for_Olympic_Theater_Daily+Dramatic_Chronicle_11_Sep_1865_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Was Not Amused - Make it stand out Banner of ad for the Olympic Theater, Daily Dramatic Chronicle, 11 September 1865, p.1. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/0fbb2ca7-0dc8-48cd-9213-0feac7357eb6/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_vs_unapproved_theatrical_depictions_of+him_Daily_Dramatic_Chronicle_8_Jun_1867_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Was Not Amused - Make it stand out Proclamation of Norton I, Daily Dramatic Chronicle, 8 June 1867, p.3. Source: GenealogyBank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/12/5/the-ninth-annual-tannenbaum-toast monthly 0.5 2021-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1571070411609-NGZ39RNUJSI28XJMPFCU/House_of_Shields_1950s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Ninth Annual Tannenbaum Toast The House of Shields, in San Francisco, is the traditional site of the Tannenbaum Toast. This is the bar c.1950s. We hope to return in 2022. Photograph courtesy of Heather David. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/11/4/woodlawns-gift monthly 0.5 2021-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/65aac372-189e-4b68-a84b-d4ef3dec3c98/Emperor_Norton_reburial_ceremony_Woodlawn_Cemetery_Colma_Calif_30_June_1934.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Woodlawn's Gift - Make it stand out Dedication ceremony for reburial of Emperor Norton, with new headstone, in Woodlawn cemetery, Colma, Calif., 30 June 1934. Source: Jewish Museum of the American West. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/a11da9b0-b30b-45b8-b411-299dd20c91cd/Emperor_Norton_headstone_1989_or_1990_Loren+Rhoads.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Woodlawn's Gift - Make it stand out Emperor Norton’s headstone in 1989 or 1990. Photograph: Loren Rhoads. Source: Cemetery Travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/4a8f8b7a-72b5-41ae-bd87-949d7caaba85/Norton_headstone_top-down_03032016.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Woodlawn's Gift - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/c83976e8-55b2-4890-87a4-9abf283f7d49/Norton_headstone_Norton_I_from_left_03032016.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Woodlawn's Gift - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/085da700-4fcf-4820-bcb4-4fe79ae6b3cf/Norton_headstone_Emp_03032016.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Woodlawn's Gift - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b0cba795-5481-43f5-a3ad-f5847dd47ff2/Norton_headstone_Protector_03032016.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Woodlawn's Gift - Make it stand out Details of Emperor Norton’s headstone, March 2016. Photographs: John Lumea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f78acbbf-c7be-421f-b9a3-4f3062201214/Emperor_Norton_headstone_Jan_2019_Chuck_Revell.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Woodlawn's Gift - Make it stand out Emperor Norton’s headstone, January 2019. Photograph: Chuck Revell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ad897cd8-2add-45f7-ba82-1dec1041d0d6/Emperor_Norton_headstone_July_2021_Jonathan_Robert_Pamplin.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Woodlawn's Gift - Make it stand out Emperor Norton’s headstone, July 2021. Photograph: Jonathan Robert Pamplin https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/10/25/another-bay-bridge-naming-explainer monthly 0.5 2022-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/66b247e1-fa03-4abe-a3d3-79bbb74a17fa/Bay_Bridge_taxonomy_Emperor_Norton_Bridge.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A(nother) Bay Bridge Naming Explainer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1635193145352-JHFG6N4ZP0W9GTTVR8BO/Samoa_Bridge_Eureka_Calif_Google_satellite_screenshot.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A(nother) Bay Bridge Naming Explainer - Make it stand out This 3-bridge system in Eureka, Calif., is known as both the Humboldt Bay Bridge (unofficial) and the Samoa Bridge (legislated). In addition to the two names for the bridge as a whole, each of the three constituent bridges has its own legislated name; east to west, they are the Meyer Bistrin Memorial Bridge, the Carl L. Christenson, Jr., Memorial Bridge and the Richard F. Denbo Memorial Bridge. The California state legislature recognizes a total of five names for this bridge and its parts. Source: Google satellite view https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/9/14/1875-photo-captures-flavor-of-street-adjacent-to-emperor-nortons-publisher-and-printer monthly 0.5 2025-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1631300850817-A7QQ90N1JDX5N8P0YMQZ/Sansome_Street_looking_to_Market_Street_SF_by_JJ_Reilly_from_Robert_N_Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_NYPL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An 1875 Photo Captures the Flavor of the Street Adjacent to Emperor Norton's Publisher and Printer - Make it stand out “Sansome Street Looking to Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.,” stereoview, c.1875, by J.J. Reilly (1838–1994). Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views, New York Public Library. Source: Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1631301285616-YH59SOOJMJTNBKW8X01U/Sansome_Street_looking_to_Market_Street_SF_by_JJ_Reilly_from_Robert_N_Dennis_collection_of_stereoscopic_views_NYPL_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An 1875 Photo Captures the Flavor of the Street Adjacent to Emperor Norton's Publisher and Printer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1631303353743-X19L44XIGCLSH0S335M3/Niantic_Building_SF_possibly_1880s.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An 1875 Photo Captures the Flavor of the Street Adjacent to Emperor Norton's Publisher and Printer - Make it stand out The Niantic Building (1872), at the northwest corner of Sansome (in the foreground) and Clay Streets, San Francisco. The building adjacent and to north, on Sansome, is 511 Sansome, at the southwest corner of Sansome and Merchant. Depending on when this photo was taken, Cuddy & Hughes and/or the Pacific Appeal newspaper may no longer have been operating out of the building. Photograph in the collection of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/9/7/mid-century-advertising-origins-of-an-emperor-norton-artwork-still-finding-new-life-after-50-years monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1630892246204-EW93C1LVA72L8V1SP7DP/Emperor_Norton_Live_Like_Him_poster_1970_Greg_Hill.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mid-Century Advertising Origins of an Emperor Norton Illustration That Still Is Finding New Life After 50 Years - Make it stand out Emperor Norton “Live Like Him” flyer, 1970, by Greg Hill (1941–2000) a.k.a. Malaclypse the Younger. Source: Fédération internationale des centres d'études et de documentation libertaires (FICEDL); includes images of four differently colored versions of the flyer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1630960495780-93OF1JZ3AC5YW9TRGK3Q/Newspaper_clipping_of_Emperor_Norton_Lives_ad_Greg_Hill.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mid-Century Advertising Origins of an Emperor Norton Illustration That Still Is Finding New Life After 50 Years - Make it stand out Greg Hill’s physical “Emperor Norton Lives” clipping, probably from the San Francisco Chronicle. Concept and artwork by McCann Erickson. Source: Historia Discordia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1630967820064-31CL8QJ5G4OTWLGDNU5Z/Emperor_Norton_lives_ad_SF_Chronicle_19_Aug_1970_p17.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mid-Century Advertising Origins of an Emperor Norton Illustration That Still Is Finding New Life After 50 Years - Make it stand out “Emperor Norton lives” item in the San Francisco Chronicle, 19 August 1970, p. 17. Concept and artwork by McCann Erickson. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1631023849494-4G9E7SBZO8I40A92MRY4/Mark_Twain_lives_ad_Redding_Record_Searchlight_18_Aug_1970_p11.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mid-Century Advertising Origins of an Emperor Norton Illustration That Still Is Finding New Life After 50 Years - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1631023918221-G9PDCA8QV0V75A5NWKRH/Wyatt_Earp_lives_ad_SF_Chronicle_18_Aug_1970_p11.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mid-Century Advertising Origins of an Emperor Norton Illustration That Still Is Finding New Life After 50 Years - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1631024094799-FZ8X6C7E2CTGLZFHV1BP/Buffalo_Bill_lives_ad_Fremont_Argus_26_Aug_1970_p11.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mid-Century Advertising Origins of an Emperor Norton Illustration That Still Is Finding New Life After 50 Years - Make it stand out These items appeared (clockwise from top left) in the Redding (Calif.) Record–Searchlight, 18 August 1970, p.11; San Francisco Chronicle, 18 August 1970, p.11; Record–Searchlight, 18 August 1970, p.13; and Fremont (Calif.) Argus, 26 August 1970, p.11. Concept and artwork by McCann Erickson. Sources: Genealogy Bank and Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1631024165640-9XECOWJ3DJPHKMV20D9D/Black_Bart_lives_ad_Redding_Record_Searchlight_17_Aug_1970_p13.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mid-Century Advertising Origins of an Emperor Norton Illustration That Still Is Finding New Life After 50 Years - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1631026942836-QDLJP2ESMBA44Y2I8YS2/Item_on_Wells_Fargo_Wild_West_Lives_campaign_SF_Chronicle_24_Aug_1970_p53.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mid-Century Advertising Origins of an Emperor Norton Illustration That Still Is Finding New Life After 50 Years - Make it stand out Bob Barron, “Wild West Teaser Secret Is Out,” San Francisco Chronicle, 24 August 1970, p.53. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1631028299441-YAZARBIUELWYIG72K2BA/Wells_Fargo_Wild_West_lives_rollout_SF_Chronicle_1_Sep_1970_p11.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mid-Century Advertising Origins of an Emperor Norton Illustration That Still Is Finding New Life After 50 Years - Make it stand out Wells Fargo rollout for ad campaign promoting “Wild West lives” series of checkbooks and savings passbooks, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 September 1970, p.11. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1631029172793-B0I89XOHVCAOKZ8VQ548/Wells_Fargo_Wild_West_lives_rollout_SF_Chronicle_2_Sep_1970_p23.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mid-Century Advertising Origins of an Emperor Norton Illustration That Still Is Finding New Life After 50 Years - Make it stand out Wells Fargo ad for campaign promoting “Wild West lives” series of checkbooks and savings passbooks, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 September 1970, p.23. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1631033394318-G7VY2BPN8PHG0Z30XG32/Independent_Venue_Alliance_poster_Dec_2020_by_Lil_Tuffy.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Mid-Century Advertising Origins of an Emperor Norton Illustration That Still Is Finding New Life After 50 Years - Make it stand out Poster for the Independent Venue Alliance, 2020, by Terrance Ryan a.k.a. Lil Tuffy (b. 1972). Uses original Emperor Norton artwork from 1970 Wells Fargo ad created by the firm of McCann Erickson. Source: Independent Venue Alliance. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/9/1/norton-sibling-exodus monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1630599453540-6FVH7Z959H9MSB2NXKVX/Esther_Norton_marriage_record_8_Aug_1838.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Sibling Exodus, 1838–1851 - Make it stand out Marriage record for Esther Norton, 8 August 1843. Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801–2004. Source: FamilySearch.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1630423636103-4KTCEH0NVCB6O7HRBZG7/Philip_Norton_baptism_record_10_Nov_1838.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Sibling Exodus, 1838–1851 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1630423789205-NG4VFXW9PWYM4WV26X28/Philip_Norton_marriage_record_15_Nov_1838.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Sibling Exodus, 1838–1851 - Make it stand out Baptism (top) and marriage records for Philip Norton, November 1938. Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801–2004. Source: FamilySearch.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1630424431852-J3XR6DPJUSGFM0FF8ZRA/Louis_Norton_baptism_record_1842.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Sibling Exodus, 1838–1851 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1630424626209-HXAPRL6QDS74LX6G52AU/Louis_Norton_marriage_record_14_Dec_1842.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Sibling Exodus, 1838–1851 - Make it stand out Baptism (top) and marriage records for Louis Norton, Nov–Dec 1942. Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801–2004. Source: FamilySearch.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1630514641437-0XZ8KNPRCTSKOOW9AOCC/Original_now_demolished_1834_St_Georges_Cathedral_Cape_Town_South_Africa.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Sibling Exodus, 1838–1851 - Make it stand out View, c.1890, of the original St. George’s Cathedral, in Cape Town, South Africa, which opened in 1834. This building was demolished in the 1950s, The current Cathedral was constructed between 1904 and 1936. Source: HiltonT@Flickr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1630431566869-UTNHGU0P4Q917B2QVXX7/Selina_Jane_Norton_marriage_record_1_June_1843.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Sibling Exodus, 1838–1851 - Make it stand out Marriage record for Selina Jane Norton, 1 June 1843. This document is from South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840–1973. The marriage also is recorded in Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801–2004. Source: FamilySearch.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1630431169707-L3SZTGCDFLG5QBGE0YCW/Louisa_Norton_marriage_record_1_Jun_1843.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Sibling Exodus, 1838–1851 - Make it stand out Marriage record for Louisa Norton, 1 June 1843. This document is from South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840–1973. The marriage also is recorded in Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801–2004. Source: FamilySearch.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1630436598737-QBWI6EF1JZDGLGE6PP9F/Marianne_Norton_marriage_record_20_Sep_1851.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Sibling Exodus, 1838–1851 - Make it stand out Marriage record for Marianne Norton, 20 September 1851. England, Surrey Parish Registers, 1536–1992. Source: FamilySearch.org https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/8/26/emperor-nortons-sister-aficionado-of-anemones monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1629828458182-30BLCBJWQNO8WL3TR81V/Item_re_James_Hay_Mackenzie_endowment_for_Uni_of_Edinburgh_in_Scottish_American_Journal_22_Jan_1863_p6.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Sister, Aficionado of Anemones - Make it stand out Item on James Hay Mackenzie’s endowment of a scholarship for the study of classical literature at the University of Edinburgh, in the Scottish American Journal, 22 January 1863, p. 6 (reprinted from The Scotsman). Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1629839522061-2HGK1V0RH7645LXFTM0E/Once_A_Week_magazine_cover_22_Oct_1859.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Sister, Aficionado of Anemones - Make it stand out Front cover of Once A Week magazine for 22 October 1859. From Simon Cooke, “‘The Kindly Fruits of the Earth’: The Materiality of the Cornhill Magazine (1860),” Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens [online], 84 Automne, 2016 (online since 1 November 2016). Source: Open Edition Journals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1629847790659-DGYHYLJN3R6GHI2W1UKX/Once_A_Week_V5N106_6_Jul_1861_p46.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Sister, Aficionado of Anemones - Make it stand out First page of Selina Jane MacLeod, “Sagartia Anemones, or, My Drawing-Room Pets,” Once A Week, series 1, volume 5, 6 July 1861, pp. 46–50. Full article here (images and HTML text), here (HTML text) and here (images). Sources: Wikisource and Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1629916316953-G8O5NI0T9QOOTD61M8EO/Selina_Jane_Norton_Mackenzie_death_notice_1869.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Sister, Aficionado of Anemones - Make it stand out Death notice for Selina Jane Norton Mackenzie. Source: 1820Settlers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1629921006210-SBW6S1D6R7QWSBQZVGX5/Listing_for_Selina_Mackenzie_in_Edinburgh_directory_1867.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Sister, Aficionado of Anemones - Make it stand out Listing for Selina (“Mrs. J. Hay”) Mackenzie in New Edinburgh, Leith, and County Household Directory, 1867, p. 138. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1629921080102-LC3N8GPUIFYCO4N3IQWR/Listing_for_Selina_Mackenzie_in_Edinburgh_directory_1868_p145.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Sister, Aficionado of Anemones - Make it stand out Listing for Selina (“Mrs. J. Hay”) Mackenzie in New Edinburgh, Leith, and County Household Directory, 1868, p. 145. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1629922169835-48R06P9IZPESTHY0JYFH/Row_that_likely_included_77_North_St_St_Andrews_Scotland_in_1869.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Sister, Aficionado of Anemones - Make it stand out Most likely, it was in part of this large 3-story neoclassical building (adjacent to the turreted building) on North Street, St. Andrews, Scotland, that Selina Norton Mackenzie lived in 1868–69. Source: Google Street View https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1630006004853-EBIT3H22J26JENJOGM8N/1871_Scotland_census_Louisa_MacLeod_Lavinia_MacLeod_77_North_Street_St_Andrews.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Sister, Aficionado of Anemones - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1630006162600-TBY52XS6BPGRX4321PYZ/1871_Scotland_census_Frances_MacLeod_77_North_Street_St_Andrews.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Sister, Aficionado of Anemones - Make it stand out 1871 Scotland census listings for sisters Louisa MacLeod and Lavinia MacLeod (bottom of top sheet) and Frances MacLeod (top of bottom sheet) living at 77 North Street, St. Andrews. Source: National Records of Scotland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1629929358572-UWOEBFPU8C2UBRB5RBGO/Louisa_MacLeod_at_77_North_St_St_Andrews_Scotland_in_Worrall%27s_directory_1877.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Sister, Aficionado of Anemones - Make it stand out Listing for Louisa MacLeod at 77 North Street, St. Andrews, Scotland, Worrall’s Directory of the North-Eastern Counties of Scotland, 1877, p. 274. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1629991609200-1EOZGDWGZ3UWUOFJO09J/Selina_Jane_Norton_grave_marker_St_John%27s_Episcopal_Church_Edinburgh+.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Sister, Aficionado of Anemones - Make it stand out Grave marker for Selina Jane Norton (right) in the graveyard of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, Scotland. Source: Find a Grave https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/8/18/the-twainification-of-an-early-theatrical-depiction-of-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1629245836942-RGHKR6VGWGFC2C5GPHCW/Item_re_Tucker%27s_Academy_of_Music_SF_Bulletin_15_Feb_1860_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Latter-Day Twain-ification of an Early Theatrical Depiction of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Item on Tucker’s Academy of Music, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 15 February 1860, p. 3. Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1629294257714-0PH8TB90HZNOKXWM8LXZ/Item_re_Tucker%27s_Academy_of_Music_California_Farmer_9_Mar_1860_p36.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Latter-Day Twain-ification of an Early Theatrical Depiction of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Item on Tucker’s Academy of Music (probably reprinted from the San Francisco Morning Call), California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, 9 March 1860, p. 36. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1629295986869-EE5KCSFTN2EV7P0G9WMM/Listing_for_Armand_Barbier_Langley%27s_SF_directory_p59.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Latter-Day Twain-ification of an Early Theatrical Depiction of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Listing for Armand Barbier, Langley’s San Francisco directory, 1860, p. 59. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1629297605730-1KZBB3TPW3K57LL9WDV7/Notice_for_Norton_the_First_at_Tucker%27s_Hall_22_Sep_1861_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Latter-Day Twain-ification of an Early Theatrical Depiction of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Listing for Academy of Music (Tucker’s Hall), The Golden Era, 22 September 1861, p. 4, col. 6. Source: Google News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1629298241395-Y43VT5OUDBZ920MRLHZS/Notice_for_Norton_the_First_at_Tucker%27s_Hall_15_Sep_1861_p4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Latter-Day Twain-ification of an Early Theatrical Depiction of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Listing for Academy of Music (Tucker’s Hall), The Golden Era, 15 September 1861, p. 4, col. 6. Source: Google News https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/8/10/a-ring-to-kiss monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1628543468653-0NI94JFX7AE9CGV38XQU/Emperor_Norton_by_Bradley_and_Rulofson_c1878.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Ring to Kiss? - Make it stand out Emperor Norton, c. 1878, by Bradley & Rulofson studio. Collection of the California Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1628543609483-APGRXARZRJM06669G4UG/Emperor_Norton_by_Bradley_and_Rulofson_c1878_detail.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Ring to Kiss? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1628546381620-ULJGFUHNW9LYQ9NJZW7F/Emperor_Norton_cabinet_card_Imperial_Gallery_SF_Jun_1879_CHS_front.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Ring to Kiss? - Make it stand out Cabinet card with photographs of Emperor Norton, published between late May and mid June 1879 by Imperial Gallery, 724½ Market Street, San Francisco. Photographs possibly by gallery owner Hector William Vaughan (c.1827–c.1878). Collection of the California Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1628547330281-83YKBPZX6Y39GHCAHR8O/Emperor_Norton_cabinet_card_Imperial_Gallery_SF_Jun_1879_CHS_front_left_image_detail.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Ring to Kiss? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1628548265765-HXN26PBU2RK6TEDZAZG7/Emperor_Norton_cabinet_card_Imperial_Gallery_SF_Jun_1879_CHS_front_right_image_detail.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Ring to Kiss? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/8/3/joshua-nortons-losses-1854-to-1856 monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1628010539235-31FES6EWV9FP9798PKYZ/Joshua_Norton_property_North_Beach_Sheriff%27s_Sale_Daily_Alta_SF_30_Nov_1854_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton's Losses, 1854–1856 - Make it stand out Sheriff’s Sale notice for Joshua Norton’s interest in six lots in North Beach, San Francisco, Daily Alta, 30 November 1854, p. 4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1628012108740-2YJ9OV2TJW67IWA36QWW/Joshua_Norton_property_North_Beach_water_lots_Sheriff%27s_Sale_Daily_Alta_SF_4_Dec_1854_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton's Losses, 1854–1856 - Make it stand out Sheriff’s Sale notice for Joshua Norton’s interest in two water lots in North Beach, San Francisco, Daily Alta, 4 December 1854, p. 4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1628013529456-JM9Q2D1J64S56RN5SKST/Joshua_Norton_property_Pacific_Street_lot_Sheriff%27s_Sale_Daily_Alta_SF_28_Jan_1856_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton's Losses, 1854–1856 - Make it stand out Sheriff’s Sale notice for interest of “Joshua Norton and others” in a lot on Pacific Street, San Francisco, Daily Alta, 16 January 1856, p. 4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1628354142054-A290CYWL6376XRFLB3AD/Item_re_sentence_in_Ruiz_v_Norton_Daily_Placer_Times_and_Transcript_11_May_1855_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton's Losses, 1854–1856 - Make it stand out Item reporting the final award in the case of Ruiz v. Norton, Daily Placer Times and Transcript, 11 May 1855, p. 2. (Note: The name of José Maria Ruiz is misspelled “Reivy.”) Source: GenealogyBank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1628086179613-M0BC1MO94BO0NKJXVHQF/Joshua_Norton_in_Insolvency_Calendar_for_1856_Daily_Alta_SF_31_Dec_1856_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton's Losses, 1854–1856 - Make it stand out Detail from Insolvency Calendar for 1856 showing Joshua Norton’s liabilities and assets at the time of his insolvency, Daily Alta California, 31 December 1856, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/7/27/joshua-norton-in-the-census-of-1870 monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1603837291636-EMJ4RZRGS3IVFIJ7XNK2/US_Census_San_Francisco_3rd_Ward_1_Aug_1870_p81.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton in the Census of 1870 U.S. Census, San Francisco Ward 3, San Francisco, Calif., 1 August 1870, p. 81. Source: Ancestry.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1627324698942-RMMTCC4BOCJONT9Y5H8Z/Dwelling-house_definition_Instructions_to_Assistant_Marshals_1870_census_p8.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton in the Census of 1870 - Make it stand out Excerpt from Instructions to Assistant Marshals, Ninth Census, United States, 1870, p. 8. Published by Census Office, Department of the Interior, 1870 [pdf]. Source: U.S. Census Bureau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1627325021895-EW8B2H2H9ZSKP8405BBP/Family_definition_Instructions_to_Assistant_Marshals_1870_census_p8.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton in the Census of 1870 - Make it stand out Excerpt from Instructions to Assistant Marshals, Ninth Census, United States, 1870, p. 8. Published by Census Office, Department of the Interior, 1870 [pdf]. Source: U.S. Census Bureau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1627325261829-TEGQ6L3C3QGS6J0F5WBZ/One_party_gives_info_for_whole_family_Instructions_to_Assistant_Marshals_1870_census_p6.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton in the Census of 1870 - Make it stand out Excerpt from Instructions to Assistant Marshals, Ninth Census, United States, 1870, p. 6. Published by Census Office, Department of the Interior, 1870 [pdf]. Source: U.S. Census Bureau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1627325486317-5324Q3XF9JD7GWCKIDN1/Head_of_family_gives_info_for_whole_family_Instructions_to_Assistant_Marshals_1870_census_p7.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton in the Census of 1870 - Make it stand out Excerpt from Instructions to Assistant Marshals, Ninth Census, United States, 1870, p. 7. Published by Census Office, Department of the Interior, 1870 [pdf]. Source: U.S. Census Bureau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1627325719622-I9BHSCHX4XQGAZFTLX9S/Landlord_defined_as_head_of_the_family_Instructions_to_Assistant_Marshals_1870_p9.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton in the Census of 1870 - Make it stand out Excerpt from Instructions to Assistant Marshals, Ninth Census, United States, 1870, p. 9. Published by Census Office, Department of the Interior, 1870 [pdf]. Source: U.S. Census Bureau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1627327481940-OF15AUAL9J9MT7G26M0D/Insane_definition_Instructions_to_Assistant_Marshals_1870_census_p11.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton in the Census of 1870 - Make it stand out Excerpt from Instructions to Assistant Marshals, Ninth Census, United States, 1870, p. 11. Published by Census Office, Department of the Interior, 1870 [pdf]. Source: U.S. Census Bureau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1627330693529-ZV0JUFSGG6JM1N0OMTXD/Voting_rights_Instructions_to_Assistant_Marshals_1870_census_p12.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton in the Census of 1870 - Make it stand out Excerpt from Instructions to Assistant Marshals, Ninth Census, United States, 1870, p. 12. Published by Census Office, Department of the Interior, 1870 [pdf]. Source: U.S. Census Bureau https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/7/12/bill-drurys-emperor-norton-bridge-petition-of-1986 monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1626060541791-XP1HCBSRNSY8CHI9Y6BR/William_Drury_Emperor_Norton_Bridge_in_SF_Examiner_15_Jan_1986.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bill Drury's "Emperor Norton Bridge" Petition of 1986 - Make it stand out “The Norton Bridge,” San Francisco Examiner, 15 January 1986, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625975413651-XL2S3EP5QAE9OW7U35LQ/William_Drury_1986.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bill Drury's "Emperor Norton Bridge" Petition of 1986 - Make it stand out Norton biographer Bill Drury in 1986. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625951781591-E2SN68406LUE32O2H911/Phil_Frank_Farley_Emperor_Norton_Bridge_SF_Chron_14_Oct_1986_p14.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bill Drury's "Emperor Norton Bridge" Petition of 1986 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625951961510-KOK39849SPEKU7VXYK93/Phil_Frank_Farley_Emperor_Norton_Bridge_SF_Chron_15_Oct_1986_p14.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bill Drury's "Emperor Norton Bridge" Petition of 1986 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625952389264-63D3NDMAA3B6ZDHJXJMI/Phil_Frank_Farley_Emperor_Norton_Bridge_SF_Chron_20_Oct_1986_p14.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bill Drury's "Emperor Norton Bridge" Petition of 1986 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625952527293-7NMVTXWKX901R0D19VBU/Phil_Frank_Farley_Emperor_Norton_Bridge_SF_Chron_23_Oct_1986_p22.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bill Drury's "Emperor Norton Bridge" Petition of 1986 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625953121550-B9VSEIFRPLXXBF9MYYMM/Phil_Frank_Farley_Emperor_Norton_Bridge_SF_Chron_24_Oct_1986_p24.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bill Drury's "Emperor Norton Bridge" Petition of 1986 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625953285646-UCBYCI43SKS2PKEUHI8N/Phil_Frank_Farley_Emperor_Norton_Bridge_SF_Chron_27_Oct_1986_p14.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bill Drury's "Emperor Norton Bridge" Petition of 1986 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625958604084-O1Z2RWYCF5YA7TKQ3Y92/William_Drury_Emperor_Norton_Bridge_in_Santa_Clarita_Sunday_Signal_15_Jun_1986_p7.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Bill Drury's "Emperor Norton Bridge" Petition of 1986 - Make it stand out “Honors for Emperor Norton?” UPI story published in the Santa Clarita, Calif., Sunday Signal, 15 June 1986, p. 7, Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/7/7/early-1950s-push-to-find-a-home-for-storied-but-snubbed-emperor-norton-plaque monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625671334766-YKIRBDNJ8PTMQ0RVU6YT/UPI_item_re_Emperor_Norton_plaque_Santa_Rosa_Press_Democrat_29_Jun_1940_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Early 1950s Push to Find a Home for Storied But Snubbed Emperor Norton Plaque - Make it stand out “‘Emperor Norton’ Will Be Honored Today on Anniversary of Death,” Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 29 June 1940, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625673558226-D5895R7ZGTCOW61M2C71/ECV_effort_to_place_Norton_plaque_Oakland_Tribune_23_Jul_1950_p13_contd_on_15.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Early 1950s Push to Find a Home for Storied But Snubbed Emperor Norton Plaque - Make it stand out “E Clampus Vitus Brethren to Honor Emperor Norton,” Oakland Tribune, 23 July 1950, p. 13. See rest of the article here. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625674061508-1S5D9AWG65PDVZ6F5OH3/Downieville_wants_Norton_plaque_Oakland_Tribune_31_May_1953_pM1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Early 1950s Push to Find a Home for Storied But Snubbed Emperor Norton Plaque - Make it stand out “Place for Plaque,” Oakland Tribune, 31 May 1953, p. M1 (The Knave, p. 1). Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625617720601-7ERKUNUASWYXRJE4VFI3/Emperor_Norton_plaque_1939_by_William_Gordon_Huff_at_Molloys_Colma_photo_by_Harry_Stewart.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Early 1950s Push to Find a Home for Storied But Snubbed Emperor Norton Plaque - Make it stand out Emperor Norton “Pause, Traveler” plaque, bronze, 1939, by William Gordon Huff (1903–1993). At Molloy’s Tavern, Colma, Calif. Photograph: Harry Stewart. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/6/22/norton-biographer-allen-stanley-lanes-presentation-copy-twofer monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1624306766939-VAB19SCT982G7VTYK069/Profile_and_review_of_Allen_Stanley_Lane_and_Norton_bio_Sacramento_Bee_11_Feb_1939_p17.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Biographer Allen Stanley Lane’s Presentation Copy Twofer - Make it stand out “Sacramento Author Writes Delightful Biography of Norton, ‘Emperor of U.S.’,” review of Allen Stanley Lane’s Emperor Norton: Mad Monarch of America, Sacramento Bee, 11 February 1939, p.17. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1624552210207-B0JXP00GWKG9DKRT6V7P/Item_on_Allen_Lane_move_to_SF_Santa_Rosa_Republican_6_Sep_1911_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Biographer Allen Stanley Lane’s Presentation Copy Twofer - Make it stand out “Allen Lane Goes to the Metropolis,” Santa Rosa Republican, 6 September 1911, p.3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1624474005651-AIV0HH3UZJVPI70VUSZ4/Allen_Stanley_Lane_draft_registration_card_5_Jun_1917_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Biographer Allen Stanley Lane’s Presentation Copy Twofer - Make it stand out Draft registration card for Allen Lane, 5 June 1917. Source: Ancestry.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1624474198474-C3QMZED6T5UE4R9ZTL6W/Allen_Stanley_Lane_draft_registration_card_5_Jun_1917_p2.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Biographer Allen Stanley Lane’s Presentation Copy Twofer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1624474603292-MXX8ZXRD8XRM96HB9GT9/Allen_Lane_1920_Census_married_to_Edith.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Biographer Allen Stanley Lane’s Presentation Copy Twofer - Make it stand out Listings for Allen Lane and Edith Lane in U.S. Census of 1920. Source: Ancestry.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1624475718244-1V5A701PJZJICISVEOYY/Allen_Stanley_Lane_Edith_Lane_divorce_notice_Marysville_Appeal_Democrat_31_Oct_1928_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Biographer Allen Stanley Lane’s Presentation Copy Twofer - Make it stand out Divorce notice for Edith Lane and Allen S. Lane, Marysville Appeal–Democrat, 31 October 1938, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1624307669065-PZ7RWB9UNJUS0KI81TGR/Item_on_Allen_Stanley_Lane_new_position_as_organist_at_Hippodrome_Sacramento_1_Sep_1928_pA6.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Biographer Allen Stanley Lane’s Presentation Copy Twofer - Make it stand out “Allen Lane Becomes Hippodrome Organist,” Sacramento Bee, 1 September 1928, p. A6. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1624326538567-2NQ5GR60BGZWIAZN5CCN/Emperor_Norton_plaque_ECV_1939_restored_2018.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Biographer Allen Stanley Lane’s Presentation Copy Twofer - Make it stand out Emperor Norton “Pause, Traveler” plaque, 1939, by William Gordon Huff (1903–1993). Commissioned by E Clampus Vitus to honor Emperor Norton for setting out the original vision for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Photograph © 2018 Kai Wada Roath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1624393369193-ZI69MQAYBNRM0HPS3WM4/Allen_Stanley_Lane_inscription_presentation_copy_to_parents_25_Feb_1939.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Biographer Allen Stanley Lane’s Presentation Copy Twofer - Make it stand out Allen Stanley Lane’s inscription to his parents in his 25 February 1939 presentation copy of his book Emperor Norton: Mad Monarch of America. Book in private collection of John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1624394270737-MRUZ8QQA699TMAHU5LXL/Allen_Stanley_Lane_photo_presentation_copy_to_parents_25_Feb_1939.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Biographer Allen Stanley Lane’s Presentation Copy Twofer - Make it stand out Photograph of Allen Stanley Lane in Lane’s 25 February 1939 presentation copy, to his parents, of his book Emperor Norton: Mad Monarch of America. Book in private collection of John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1624394793077-X9KQEYUFJHV8E7SF6ZXW/Allen_Stanley_Lane_presentation_copy_cover_25_Feb_1939.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Biographer Allen Stanley Lane’s Presentation Copy Twofer - Make it stand out Cover of Allen Stanley Lane’s 25 February 1939 presentation copy, to his parents, of his book Emperor Norton: Mad Monarch of America. Book in private collection of John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1624395580921-LFHRTA4YWNCOQL62CCTS/Allen_Stanley_Lane_presentation_copy_Holmes_Book_Co_Oakland_label_25_Feb_1939.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Norton Biographer Allen Stanley Lane’s Presentation Copy Twofer - Make it stand out Label from Oakland, Calif., shop of The Holmes Book Company on back endpaper of Allen Stanley Lane’s 25 February 1939 presentation copy, to his parents, of his book Emperor Norton: Mad Monarch of America. Book in private collection of John Lumea. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/6/8/joshua-norton-in-occidental-lodge-no-22-of-free-and-accepted-masons monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1623089215581-SAAR3120LBNUNTKRQ2J3/Occidental_Lodge_22_FAM_charter_members_May_1852.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton in Occidental Lodge No. 22 of Free and Accepted Masons - Make it stand out List of charter members of Occidental Lodge No. 22, Proceedings of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California at the Third Annual Communication, 1852, p. 66. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1623090861426-RYQ70EYVPCRXQJDQSWXV/First_listing_of_Joshua_Norton_as_member_of_Occidental_22_FAM_1855.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton in Occidental Lodge No. 22 of Free and Accepted Masons - Make it stand out First listing for Joshua Norton as a member of Occidental Lodge No. 22 (fourth column), Proceedings of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California at the Sixth Annual Communication, 1855, p. 185. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1623093457590-HD0X1IKYNM726GB3CQ64/Detail_from_original_program_for_Emperor_Norton_reburial_ceremony_30_June_1934.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton in Occidental Lodge No. 22 of Free and Accepted Masons - Make it stand out Detail from original program for the 30 June 1934 reburial ceremony dedicating Emperor Norton’s grave and headstone at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. Archives of the Western States Jewish History journal. Source: Jewish Museum of the American West https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1623095993423-0CCGQAVK17NF5G9UY2Z5/Record_of_Joshua_Norton_suspension_from_Occidental_FAM_1859.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton in Occidental Lodge No. 22 of Free and Accepted Masons - Make it stand out Listing of Joshua Norton as “Suspended for Non-Payment of Dues” from Occidental Lodge No. 22, Proceedings of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California at the Tenth Annual Communication, 1859, p. 195. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1623105439427-C9F3V4O4S0QM8UJKH40S/Joseph_G_Eastland_dropped_from_the_role_of_California_1_FAM_1861.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton in Occidental Lodge No. 22 of Free and Accepted Masons - Make it stand out Listing of Joseph Eastland as “Dropped from the Roll” of California Lodge No. 1, Proceedings of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of California at the Twelfth Annual Communication, 1861, p. 125. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1623159341350-AYJRR6OKI0S2YVB1YTZS/Excerpt_of_Mark_Twain_piece_Daily_Alta_8_Jan_1868_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton in Occidental Lodge No. 22 of Free and Accepted Masons - Make it stand out Excerpt from “Letter from ‘Mark Twain’,” Daily Alta, 8 January 1868, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/6/2/emperor-nortons-unfinal-resting-place monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1622671285772-KTIFI1NC6KVS4F3ISSDM/Emperor_Norton_disinterment_Petaluma_Argus_Courier_18_Oct_1932_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Un-Final Resting Place - Make it stand out From “Ghouls Make Carnival in City of Dead,” in San Francisco Examiner, 18 October 1932, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1622672369691-YPWRF60N1W2K6GXC7UK4/Pacific_Union_Club_agrees_to_fund_removal_of_Emperor_Norton_remains_to_San_Mateo_County_SF_Examiner_19_Dec_1932_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Un-Final Resting Place - Make it stand out From “Spirit of Emperor Norton Again Parades Through City in Splendor,” in San Francisco Examiner, 19 December 1932, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1622673483471-7G36AQ9YDSI1MZCHPVHX/Emperor_Norton_brought_from_grave_in_San_Mateo_Oakland_Tribune_16_Jun_1934_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Un-Final Resting Place - Make it stand out From “‘Emperor’ Will Be Given Honor,” in Oakland Tribune, 16 June 1934, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1622673858804-0CKP9LPPJBFB0GZES15L/Emperor_Norton_remains_moved_San_Mateo_County_in_1933_SF_Examiner_30_Jun_1934_p5.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Un-Final Resting Place - Make it stand out From “Drums to Sound Muffled Note As S.F. Buries Emperor Norton,” in San Francisco Examiner, 30 June 1934, p. 5. Source Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1622674425560-B42X0WYELB0D3S3ZH1AK/Emperor_Norton_remains_moved_to_San_Mateo_County_in_1933_Times_San_Mateo_30_Jun_1934_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Un-Final Resting Place - Make it stand out From “Emperor Norton Finds Final Resting Place in San Mateo,” in San Mateo Times, 30 June 1934, p.3 (article beginning on page 1). Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/5/25/joshua-norton-first-arrived-in-the-us-in-boston-1846-not-san-francisco-1849 monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621722604262-VI9MDQDA6D9046Z7Z3TR/Arriving_passengers_list_Sunbeam_from_Liverpool_to_Boston_12_Mar_1846.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton First Set Foot in the United States in 1846 — in Boston - Make it stand out Detail from Copy of Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Ship Sunbeam bound from the Port of Liverpool for Boston, March 1846. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Series: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820-1891; Record Group: Records of the U.S. Customs Service; Record Group Number: 36; Series Number: M277; NARA Roll Number: 020. Source: Ancestry.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621727294945-OHZ2YMMRF89DH2EAHR8Y/Arriving_passengers_list_Sunbeam_from_Liverpool_to_Boston_12_Mar_1846_Norton_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton First Set Foot in the United States in 1846 — in Boston - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621786673943-T18X7VS4F2WIA0W3INNF/Joshua_Norton_disembarkation_ticket_Sunbeam_Boston_12_Mar_1846.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton First Set Foot in the United States in 1846 — in Boston - Make it stand out Disembarkation ticket for Joshua Norton, Ship Sunbeam, Boston, 12 March 1846. From United States Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports, 1820-1874, database with images, NARA microfilm publication M334 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration). Source: FamilySearch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621800244969-53MDCXNW2O6PTAQKX928/Passenger_arrivals_notice_Boston_Courier_13_Mar_1846.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton First Set Foot in the United States in 1846 — in Boston - Make it stand out Passengers arrival notice, Boston Courier, 13 March 1846, p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621800970383-EZXW1P1X4OIV52LLFRCE/Passenger_arrivals_notice_Boston_Semi-Weekly_Atlas_14_Mar_1846.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton First Set Foot in the United States in 1846 — in Boston - Make it stand out Passengers arrival notice, Boston Semi-Weekly Atlas, 14 March 1846, p. 4. Source: Genealogy Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1622137325520-P9N5SZF59E861MU487ET/Item_re_ship_Sunbeam_Boston_Pilot_14_Mar_1846_p7.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton First Set Foot in the United States in 1846 — in Boston - Make it stand out “Two Days Later from Europe,” item with details about the crossing of the ship Sunbeam carrying Joshua Norton from Liverpool to Boston, Boston Pilot, 14 March, 1846, p.7. Source: Boston College Libraries https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621810905717-MARGCP69CFTNJZTAQSA4/Listing_for_ship_Sunbeam_in_Historical_Register_of_Medford_Historical_Society_Dec_1929.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton First Set Foot in the United States in 1846 — in Boston - Make it stand out Listing for the Sunbeam in Hall Gleason, “Old Ships and Ship-Building Days of Medford” (serial feature), Medford Historical Register, vol. XXXII, no. 4, December 1929, p. 70. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1622056963616-QGJFKZE4WYO3RNS1OZ1Y/Ship_Sunbeam_1845_oil_painting.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton First Set Foot in the United States in 1846 — in Boston - Make it stand out Oil painting of the ship Sunbeam of Boston, uncredited and undated. This black-and-white photograph of the painting was published in Hall Gleason’s 1936 book, Old Ships and Ship-Building Days of Medford, 1630–1873. It is the first plate following page 52, here. Source: Medford Historical Society https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/5/24/joshua-norton-auctioneer monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621874503205-MOJQDUVLY2LOS9HNYT5U/Cape_of_Good_Hope_and_the_Eastern_Province_of_Algoa_Bay_by_John_Centlivres_Chase_1843_title_page.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Auctioneer - Make it stand out Title page for The Cape of Good Hope and the Eastern Province of Algoa Bay (1843), by John Centlivres Chase. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621877680073-LOKHLMU78IY2GCPQ8VDG/Detail_from_Grahamstown_directory_in_Cape_of_Good_Hope_and_the_Eastern_Province_of_Algoa_Bay_by_John_Centlivres_Chase_1843.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Auctioneer - Make it stand out Detail from “Directory of Graham’s Town” in John Centlivres Chase, The Cape of Good Hope and the Eastern Province of Algoa Bay (1843), appendix, p. 291. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621879899326-LX49NLPRZXVRCE0TUU9R/Listing_for_Joshua_Norton_as_Port_Elizabeth_auctioneer_in_Cape_of_Good_Hope_and_the_Eastern_Province_of_Algoa_Bay_by_John_Centlivres_Chase_1843_p303.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton, Auctioneer - Make it stand out Detail from section on “Elizabeth Town” in John Centlivres Chase, The Cape of Good Hope and the Eastern Province of Algoa Bay (1843), appendix, p. 303. Source: Internet Archive https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/5/17/joshua-norton-of-jackson-street monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1620949130781-DC49N1WYD70NIDZR518N/Detail_from_map_of_the_burnt_district_of_San_Francisco_from_the_fire_of_May_1851.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Detail from Map of the Burnt District of San Francisco, Showing the Extent of the Fire, c. 1851. California Lettersheet Collection, Kemble Spec Col 09, courtesy, California Historical Society, Kemble Spec Col 09_B143 . Source: California Historical Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1620931603194-CKOL20F0T9KANS3FRAHE/Joshua_Norton_listing_AW_Morgan%27s_SF_directory_1852.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Business listing for Joshua Norton in A.W. Morgan & Co’s San Francisco City Directory, 1852, p. 45. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1620932845312-FA2E6F9OTMIUHNNT1F2P/Joshua_Norton_listings_James_M_Parker%27s_SF_directory_1852_53.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Business and residential listings for Joshua Norton in James M. Parker’s San Francisco Directory, 1852, p. 81. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1620959117728-N764HHGL8O7SP73A7C5N/Excerpt_from_Emperor_Norton_funeral_coverage_SF_Chronicle_11_Jan_1880_p8.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Excerpt from article on Emperor Norton’s funeral, “Le Roi Est Mort,” San Francisco Chronicle, 11 January 1880, p. 8. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621012887777-SC6KOCUX3Z69ITX4ANRP/Joshua_Norton_ad_Daily_Alta_28_to_30_Dec_1852.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Ad for Joshua Norton & Co., Daily Alta California, 28 December 1852, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621013849255-0R6STF5CC65R41PX89OD/Joshua_Norton_ad_Daily_Alta_16_to_18_Jan_1853.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Ad for Joshua Norton & Co., Daily Alta California, 16 January 1853, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621015757751-HWATJ8IKGGZW8HWWYB9E/Joshua_Norton_ad_Daily_Alta_3_to_8_Feb_1853.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Ad for Joshua Norton & Co., Daily Alta California, 4 February 1853, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621125595903-O9XRQJFJU5GQ31DRW1WN/Ad_for_auction_of_Joshua_Norton_goods_Daily_Alta_19_Feb_1853.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Ad for auction of Joshua Norton goods and equipment, by Rising, Caselli & Co., Daily Alta California, 19 February 1853, p.3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621022041108-BYXDJSOUWK5LTGHLLVRK/Listings_for_Samuel_Hort_at_92_Jackson_in_Parker_SF_directory_1852_53.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Listing for “Hort’s building” in James M. Parker’s San Francisco Directory, 1852, p. 64. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621024418693-F4FHDXIGG2S8OXCZVPPQ/Listing_for_Joshua_Norton_in_LeCount_and_Strong_SF_directory_1854.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Business listing for Joshua Norton, LeCount and Strong’s San Francisco City Directory, 1854, p. 102. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621026055188-CUFDJR4P91OJ7KZFSK7F/Listing_for_Joshua_Norton_in_Colville%27s_SF_directory_1856.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Business listing for Joshua Norton in Colville’s San Francisco Directory, 1856, p. 162. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621031093707-9GEBSBLUNQ4O8A8C2OT9/Reference_to_Norton_rice_mill_Marysville_Daily_Appeal_19_Dec_1862.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Editorial item in Marysville Daily Appeal, 19 December 1862, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621032649628-9LU9AKU7FXPAB80BPR4B/Excerpt_from_Emperor_Norton_obit_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_9_Jan_1880.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Excerpt from obituary of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 9 January 1880. Source: San Francisco Public Library (microfiche). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621047234961-WAI5LJKVVMRNI3BK5R2B/Ad_for_SF_Steam_Rice_Mill_George_A_Dunn_Daily_Alta_9_Oct_1853.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Notice for the San Francisco Steam Rice Mill, Daily Alta California, 9 October 1853, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621096286465-5ERTAJJT6VA5ZVORCGKM/Mention_of_Joshua_Norton_rice_mill_in_Hubert_Howe_Bancroft_History_of_California_v7_1890.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Excerpt from Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of California, vol. 7 (1860–1890), 1890, p. 84. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1621199046881-JFZHP3171KOOJDPUOMMD/Detail_from_Emperor_Norton_Map_of_the_World_Jackson_Street.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8d1745c3-c8f7-4a43-8b7c-901b2b3504a3/Joshua_Norton_want_ad_for_help_building_rice_stampers_SF_Evening_Journal_20_Dec_1852_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton of Jackson Street - Make it stand out Help wanted ad from Joshua Norton & Co., San Francisco Evening Journal, 20 December 1852, p.3. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/5/10/better-version-of-familiar-photo-reveals-clearer-picture-of-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1620669199146-GS0JZH62CE4T2SQH1VJP/Emperor_Norton_mid_to_late_1870s_Bradley_and_Rulofson_at_Bancroft.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rarely Seen Version of Familiar Photo Reveals Clearer Picture of Emperor Norton Emperor Norton, late 1870s, by Bradley & Rulofson studio. Collection of the Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1620736726613-D20QM7ROSBW363N79PTI/Emperor_Norton_photo_in_Fred_R_Marckhoff_article_Calcoin_News_v15n3_1961_p90.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rarely Seen Version of Familiar Photo Reveals Clearer Picture of Emperor Norton Emperor Norton, late 1870s, by Bradley & Rulofson studio. This version of the photograph appears in Fred R. Marckhoff, “Norton I of California,” Calcoin News, vol. 15, no. 3, summer 1961, p.90. (Click on the photo to open in a new window, and click again to enlarge.) Source: Newman Numismatic Portal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1620748245908-WAS7Z7OEWZRAZGUDU9L4/Calcoin_News_v15n3_Summer_1961_cover.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rarely Seen Version of Familiar Photo Reveals Clearer Picture of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Cover of Calcoin News, vol. 15, no. 3, Summer 1961, showing the lead story, “Norton I of California.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1620674243206-MGVSNEYM0988LDKGLMGM/Emperor_Norton_by_Addie_Ballou_1879.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rarely Seen Version of Familiar Photo Reveals Clearer Picture of Emperor Norton Painting, 1879, by Addie Ballou (1838–1916). This is the only portrait for which Emperor Norton is known to have sat personally. Source: Society of California Pioneers https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/4/25/did-two-emperors-norton-i-and-pedro-ii-really-meet-in-1876 monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1619386269199-3AK0WH9T6VZUM7Y6IF42/Dom_Pedro_II_by_Bergamasco_1888.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Two Emperors, Norton I and Pedro II, Really Meet in 1876? Pedro II (1825–91), Emperor of Brazil, in 1888. Photograph by Charles Bergamasco (1830–96). Source: The Royal Collection Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1619384072697-WBAX9L93HMHLIWLU65DL/Emperor_Norton_sends_Dom_Pedro_a_card_SF_Chronicle_27_Apr_1876.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Two Emperors, Norton I and Pedro II, Really Meet in 1876? Excerpt from “Dom Pedro’s Visit,” news article in the San Francisco Chronicle, 27 April 1876, p. 3. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/4/7/the-other-side-of-bagley-place monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1617812406012-4XA1HRUGDDNABNU6P4W0/Savings_Union_Bank_SF_in_1912_Bancroft.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Other Side of Bagley Place Savings Union Bank building (1910), San Francisco, in 1912. Northwest corner of Grant and O’Farrell. The building recently housed an Emporio Armani store and now is home to the Museum of Ice Cream. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1617812798655-VIDN23KZ90RPXPQO6KDQ/Kohler_and_Chase_west_of_Savings_Union_SF_1921.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Other Side of Bagley Place O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, looking west from Market Street, in 1921. Savings Union Bank building (1910), in the center, with Kohler & Chase building immediately to the west. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1617813555139-UHP1SWR7YW4OU7QBBNP6/Kohler_and_Chase_Building_26_O%27Farrell_SF_1909.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Other Side of Bagley Place Kohler and Chase (music company) building (1909). Northwest corner of Bagley Place (now Security Pacific) and O'Farrell, San Francisco. Source: Colliers International. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1617813827791-V3SMQHE3HX18WGHCZ4UK/Bagley_Place_inscription_on_Kohler_and_Chase_building_SF.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Other Side of Bagley Place Bagley Place inscription on Kohler & Chase building (1909), at northwest corner of Bagley Place (now Security Pacific) and O'Farrell, San Francisco. Source: Screenshot of 2019 Google Street View. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1617815685432-GX46HU3LX19PLIHTC7C2/O%27Farrell_Street_numbering_east_to_west_Langley_SF_directory_1879.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Other Side of Bagley Place Detail from O'Farrell Street listing in street directory section of Langley's San Francisco directory, 1879, p. 55. Source: San Francisco Public Library via Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1617817495929-A0KUVGYFZWNJPVUIK0F7/Bagley_and_O%27Farrell_SF_Sanborn_fire_map_1887.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Other Side of Bagley Place Detail from Sanborn Fire Insurance Map for San Francisco, 1887, showing intersection of Bagley Place and O’Farrell Street. Source: Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1617817880782-8G675F6TTBW0NT05QDI4/Lockhart+%26+Porter+pin+Emperor+Norton+Map+of+the+World+detail.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Other Side of Bagley Place Detail from Emperor Norton Map of the World. For live, interactive map, click here, then click on pin for details. Source: The Emperor Norton Trust. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/3/26/caveat-emptor monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/2/16/the-emperor-norton-disappeared-from-the-ghirardelli-menu-a-decade-earlier-than-believed monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1617986121643-JOQ1KDERXC9HCAJWR968/Excerpt_re_Emperor_Norton_Sundae_SF_Examiner_22_Sep_22_2000_p78.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton" Disappeared from the Ghirardelli Menu a Decade Earlier Than Believed Excerpt from Rachel Gordon, "Best eating ensconced in neighborhoods," San Francisco Examiner, 22 September 2000, p. 78. Source: Newspapers dot com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1617987053848-EH7M47PWTGQ0PM2P516C/Ghirardelli_menu_Sep_1996_front_page_Johnson_and_Wales.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton" Disappeared from the Ghirardelli Menu a Decade Earlier Than Believed Ghirardelli menu, September 1996. Source: Marilyn B. Feingold Menu Collection, Johnson & Wales University (page 1 in the pdf available for download here). © Ghirardelli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/927e1fc2-e7ea-401a-ae12-55b66a52de86/Ghirardelli_menu_with_Domingo_Sundae_Oct_2014.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton" Disappeared from the Ghirardelli Menu a Decade Earlier Than Believed - Make it stand out Ghirardelli menu, October 2014. Source: Andrew Wee Flickr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/7a56add4-3321-48fa-b322-6d9ab87651c6/Ghirardelli_menu_no_Domingo_Sundae_Mar_2015.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton" Disappeared from the Ghirardelli Menu a Decade Earlier Than Believed - Make it stand out Ghirardelli menu, March 2015, in “Review: Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop at Downtown Disney,” 9 August 2015. Source: RhodenDisneyAddicts.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2021/1/17/emperor-nortons-203rd-birthday-toast monthly 0.5 2021-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1610928224744-PL7HKAVLC344GVAV3M4H/Eleanor_Roosevelt_cutting_FDR_birthday_cake_1938.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's 203rd: An Historical Birthday Toast & Convivium (Zoom) Eleanor Roosevelt cutting FDR’s birthday cake at the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., on 29 January 1938. Among the many notables who stayed at the Willard — or frequented its bar — in Emperor Norton's day were Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Julia Ward Howe, who wrote the lyrics to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" while staying at the hotel. Photo: Library of Congress. For more on the Willard Hotel, click here. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/11/28/the-eighth-annual-tannenbaum-toast monthly 0.5 2021-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1571070411609-NGZ39RNUJSI28XJMPFCU/House_of_Shields_1950s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Eighth Annual Tannenbaum Toast The House of Shields, in San Francisco, is the traditional site of the Tannenbaum Toast. This is the bar c.1950s. We hope to return in 2021. Photograph courtesy of Heather David. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/10/21/rarely-seen-1876-photo-offers-a-tiny-glimpse-of-emperor-nortons-residence monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1603395284809-9BZ34I8SVFUMCTEPRELL/Commercial_Street_SF_from_Kearny_c1888.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rarely Seen 1876 Photo Offers a Tiny First Glimpse of Emperor Norton's Residence Looking west from Kearny Street along the 600 block of Commercial (north side), San Francisco, c.1888. Photo by Allen Hancock Knight, Sr. (1854–1918). Source: California Views: The Pat Hathaway Photo Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1603459097110-XGCMH69GPMHF7DORISJN/Union_Shrimp_Co_626_628_Commercial_St_SF_c_1900.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rarely Seen 1876 Photo Offers a Tiny First Glimpse of Emperor Norton's Residence 626–628 Commercial Street, San Francisco (Union Shrimp Co.), c.1900–1905. Photograph by Treu Ergeben “T.E.” Hecht (1875–1937). Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1603149337829-BX3FYBDOMFV6MRFZC05N/608_to_642_Commercial_Street_SF_Google_street_view.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rarely Seen 1876 Photo Offers a Tiny First Glimpse of Emperor Norton's Residence Google street view of section of north side of Commercial Street, San Francisco. Left to right: 642 (Empire Park), 632 (commercial building) and 608 (San Francisco Historical Society). Positioned and cropped by John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1603136969285-DIBND6MUYYJKHHY3E0CH/632_Commercial_Street_San_Francisco.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rarely Seen 1876 Photo Offers a Tiny First Glimpse of Emperor Norton's Residence 632 Commercial Street, San Francisco. Source: Inland Mortgage Capital https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1603141872515-DANNAH1T74WNZ8NRIXG6/SF_Historical_Society_608_Commercial_St_SF_with_facade_of_1877_US_SubTreasury.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rarely Seen 1876 Photo Offers a Tiny First Glimpse of Emperor Norton's Residence Surviving brick-and-stone façade of the 1877 U.S. Sub-Treasury at 608 Commercial Street, San Francisco. Today, this is the front of the San Francisco Historical Society. Source: NoeHill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1603152920915-HCXH37GWVPRLQ81F8L91/US_SubTreasury_Commercial_St_SF_construction_c1876_poss_Muybridge_HABS_CA1218.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rarely Seen 1876 Photo Offers a Tiny First Glimpse of Emperor Norton's Residence View of the U.S. Sub-Treasury at 608 Commercial Street (north side), San Francisco, under construction, c.1876. Photograph probably by Eadweard Muybridge. Historic American Buildings Survey CA-1218. Source: Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1603164789266-BO3LW1K225TKUNY0OQLK/US_SubTreasury_Commercial_St_SF_construction_c1876_poss_Muybridge_HABS_CA1218_detail_poss_Eureka_Lodgings.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rarely Seen 1876 Photo Offers a Tiny First Glimpse of Emperor Norton's Residence Possible view of the Eureka Lodgings at 624 Commercial Street, San Francisco, c.1876. Detail from larger view of the U.S. Sub-Treasury at 608 Commercial Street, under construction. Photograph probably by Eadweard Muybridge. Historic American Buildings Survey CA-1218. Source: Library of Congress. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/10/8/dating-the-earliest-extant-photograph-of-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1602095976049-GBA21EWYNSM15PUSJI2S/Emperor_Norton_seated_Bradley_and_Rulofson_1864.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Dating the Earliest Extant Photograph of Emperor Norton Collection of the California State Library. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1602096169073-7VC1A7RS9DJPBWQXX55T/Emperor_Norton_standing_Bradley_and_Rulofson_1864.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Dating the Earliest Extant Photograph of Emperor Norton Carte de visite, 4” x 2½”. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1602099213352-0U1AZQ705NW1359VWUV5/Emperor_Norton_1859_or_1860_Bancroft_Library.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Dating the Earliest Extant Photograph of Emperor Norton Emperor Norton, c. 1859–60. Photographer unknown. Probably taken between late September 1859 and late May 1860. Collection of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1602102353695-E85PA2VSYMVEZGZ6XYII/Lithograph+of+painting_by_T_Grob_feat_Emperor_Norton_1863_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Dating the Earliest Extant Photograph of Emperor Norton Detail from lithograph of First Annual Encampment of the Second Bridge C.M.; Brigadier General Ellis, Commanding; Reviewed by His Excellency Gov. Stanford; Brigade Drill and Shamfight Oct. 14th 1863 (1863), by T. Grob. View full lithograph here, with Emperor Norton at the bottom left. Collection of the Stanford University Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/5124a96a-7f7b-4a38-86f1-29b92e427253/Three_Bummers_by_Edward_Jump_Feb_1863_Bancroft.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Dating the Earliest Extant Photograph of Emperor Norton "The Three Bummers," around February 1863, by Edward Jump (1832–1883). Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1602105063046-A2684V9LDKM08AD63DTS/Ambling_Down_Montgomery_Street_by_Edward_Jump_c1861-63.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Dating the Earliest Extant Photograph of Emperor Norton "Stock Brokers: And Still They Are Marching On," c. 1861–63, by Edward Jump (1832–1883). Collection of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1602113224294-CW4M81VSO3Q62VHTWHQK/Excerpt_from_article_Blue_Skies_in_Daily_Alta_California_26_May_1860_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Dating the Earliest Extant Photograph of Emperor Norton Excerpt from “Blue Skies Again,” in City Items, Daily Alta California, 26 May 1860, p. 1, col. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/10/4/gary-kamiya-cites-emperor-norton-trust-in-correction-on-frisco monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1601842254382-XSMO8YW1UMEFZ7M8U9MH/Gary_Kamiya.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Author & Journalist Gary Kamiya Cites Emperor Norton Trust in Correction on "Frisco" Gary Kamiya. Source: The Kitchen Sisters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1601825509211-JHSF55USKK3Z96M02KB2/Gary_Kamiya_Trivia_Time_SF_Chronicle_19_Sep_2020_pB1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Author & Journalist Gary Kamiya Cites Emperor Norton Trust in Correction on "Frisco" Gary Kamiya’s Trivia Time, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 September 2020, p. B1. Published with Kamiya’s Portals of the Past column, “How sand dunes became S.F.’s Golden Gate Park, thanks to a clumsy horse.” Image from the e-edition of the Chronicle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1601825877665-759MNXRVEI71DZMEMMDA/Gary_Kamiya_Trivia_Time_SF_Chronicle_3_Oct_2020_pB4.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Author & Journalist Gary Kamiya Cites Emperor Norton Trust in Correction on "Frisco" Gary Kamiya’s Trivia Time, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 October 2020, p. B4. Published with Kamiya’s Portals of the Past column, “Getting to S.F. the hard way: Gold Rush trip through Panama could be fatal.” Image from the e-edition of the Chronicle. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/9/29/what-did-andrew-smith-hallidie-know-about-joshua-nortons-original-funding monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1601057414144-8F7L5H3AGO3V0DBWEC0N/Andrew_Smith_Hallidie_1876.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - What Did Andrew Smith Hallidie Know About Joshua Norton's Original Funding? Andrew Smith Hallidie in 1876. Collection of the California State Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1601063218790-ELN8QWPWMA6LSYTO6J9C/AS_Hallidie_Manufacturing_in_San_Francico_Overland_Monthly_Jun_1888_p637.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - What Did Andrew Smith Hallidie Know About Joshua Norton's Original Funding? Passage from Andrew Smith Hallidie, “Manufacturing in San Francisco,” The Overland Monthly, June 1888, p. 637. Source: Hathi Trust. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/9/15/obits-and-notices-of-emperor-nortons-death-jan-1880 monthly 0.5 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1600036965517-AFSHSZ6DHX2XNPPHOWRQ/Le_Roi_Est_Mort_SF_Chron_11_Jan_1880_headlines.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Obituaries, Death Notices and Memories of Emperor Norton, January 1880: A Partial Listing Detail from headline of article reporting on the 10 January 1880 funeral of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 January 1880, p. 8. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/9/9/zoom-talk-emperor-norton-in-black-san-francisco monthly 0.5 2021-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1599673564908-7ZCEZZC7B6AZ5FVEJF7P/Pacific_Appeal_banner.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - ZOOM TALK #1 | Emperor Norton in Black San Francisco: Empire Day Notes on SF's Monarch of the Marginalized Banner of the black-owned and -operated Pacific Appeal newspaper, an abolitionist weekly in San Francisco. Between late 1870 and mid 1875, the Appeal published some 250 Proclamations of Emperor Norton. The issue of 7 March 1874, whose banner is shown here, featured a Proclamation in which the Emperor insisted that black children be admitted to public schools. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/9/2/emperor-norton-the-phoenix-and-the-branding-of-san-francisco monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598556604055-9N6MQ325LXZHQ6OV64WX/Emperor_Norton_by_Oscar_Kunath_1879.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco Emperor Norton, oil, 1879, by Oscar Kunath (1830–1909). The Emperor did not sit for this painting. Lithograph in the collection of the the Society of California Pioneers. Source: The Forgotten Characters of Old San Francisco (The Ward Richie Press, 1964). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598561500919-BVJXVMXHRFQP9GLF8R7E/Emperor_Norton_by_Oscar_Kunath_1879_Society_of_California_Pioneers.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco Emperor Norton, oil, 1879, by Oscar Kunath (1830–1909). Lithograph in the collection of the the Society of California Pioneers. Source: Society of California Pioneers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598560370898-VRLXF5LCGC9NZSR2KTR8/Emperor_Norton_by_Michael_D_Morgan_2010.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco "Emperor Norton I" (2010), by Michael D. Morgan. Originally exhibited at the 2010 Artcrank SF group show of bicycle-themed poster art. Limited edition print on view at Emperor Norton's Boozeland, San Francisco. © 2010 Michael D. Morgan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598560503478-NK61NF6DSHREC40L1675/Norton%27s_Tattoos_by_Jeremy_Fish_2015.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco "Norton's Tattoos" (2015), by Jeremy Fish (b. 1974). Created for the show O Glorious City, on view at San Francisco City Hall from 4 November 2015 to 25 March 2016. © 2015 Jeremy Fish. Source: Jeremy Fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598560842323-NXL06S3MYWVFR69NXJ4F/Painting_by_Sam_Flores_2016_at_Cockscomb_restaurant_SF.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco Painting, 2016, by Sam Flores (b. 1975). This piece hangs in the restaurant Cockscomb, in San Francisco, which commissioned the work. © 2016 Sam Flores. Photograph: Peter Kazanjy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598561689649-QUW2LJCD17RFPH6VDUKI/Seal_of_the_City_of_San_Francisco_1852_from_Annals_of_San_Francisco_1855.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco Seal of the City of San Francisco, adopted 4 November 1852. Published in The Annals of San Francisco (1855), p. 816. Source: Making of America Books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598562196837-6MASJ8KQ8GA5UIHCC8NJ/02_SF_Seal_1859_from_1860_Municipal_Reports.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco Seal of the City and County of San Francisco, adopted March 1, 1859. Published in San Francisco Municipal Reports: 1859–60, title page. Source: Hathi Trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598569295540-8QH27U8MTEZH9GQ9SLRF/Emperor-Norton-1870s-f.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco Detail of cabinet card photograph of Emperor Norton, mid 1870s. By Thomas Houseworth & Co. studio, 12 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Collection of the California Historical Society. (Click on image for full photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598569645106-48LEYNCMB4OV8FVWCQ8H/Emperor_Norton_cabinet_card_c1875_by_Bradley_%252526_Rulofson_b.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco Detail of cabinet card photograph of Emperor Norton, c. 1875. By Bradley & Rulofson studio, San Francisco. Collection of the Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley. (Click on image for full photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598569046117-LGR3C5RC9P73ORM7YBXD/Emperor_Norton_undated.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco Detail of photograph of Emperor Norton, early 1870s. Published in Misha Berson’s book, The San Francisco Stage: From Golden Spike to Great Earthquake, 1869-1906 (San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum, 1992). The book credits the photo as being in the collection of the Museum, which now is called the Museum of Performing Arts & Design. (Click on image for full photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598565100036-BY8CFL7QS2AIU3NPBS72/Emperor_Norton_Muybridge_1869_bw_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco Detail of photograph of Emperor Norton, early March 1869. By Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904). Part of the Eadweard Muybridge photograph collection, 1868-1929, Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries. (Click on image for full photo.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598568681323-RLK2414PWTMBHJIRDUOP/The_Three_Prominent_Men_of_San_Francisco_Cal_by_George_Frederick_Keller_Norton_detail_square.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco Detail of "The Three Prominent Men of San Francisco, Cal.", c.1874. By George Frederick Keller (1846–1927). Originally published in Thistleton’s Jolly Giant. Source: Portrait Collection, California Historical Society, PC-PT_00191. (Click on image for full illustration.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598910904568-QB5BHAKDP4M13EWC8AJZ/U.S._Army_hat_plate_1820s_to_1860s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco 1835 example of U.S. Army hat plate used between the 1820s and the 1860s. Learn more from: J. Duncan Campbell and Edgar M. Howell, American Military Insignia, 1800–1851, Smithsonian Institution, 1963 (Project Gutenberg link) and Edgar M. Howell, Unites States Army Headgear 1855–1902, Smithsonian Institution, 1975, pp. 22–28 (pdf). Image source: Pinterest via eBay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1599059235697-5NZBT6ZGGC1VIXXU7KGG/US_Army_Bell_Crown_Cap_c1830.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco U.S. Army bell crown cap, c.1830. Source: Morphy Auctions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598912321069-NCWOF63LGZU4M7QT30GQ/US_Army_light_artillery_cap_1864_color.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco U.S. Army light artillery cap, 1864. Source: National Museum of American History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598921067149-IPCU23AVDN5U37XI9WON/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco Great Seal of the United States. Source: National Museum of American Diplomacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598982426899-0HM0361DVQNFP45MWM9U/Button_from_George_Washington%27s_Continental_Army_uniform_1775.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco Button worn by George Washington on his Continental Army uniform in 1775. Some historians see this as the earliest artisan rendering of what became the Great Seal of United States in 1782. Source: Robert J. Silverstein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598983434944-Z4TAR1KG2UOV30MCOCXH/George_Washington_inaugural_button_1789.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco Commemorative button made for George Washington’s inauguration, 1789. Source: Robert J. Silverstein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598987973319-A4AF6RIQZW4A3OR3O74Z/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_original_die_1782_large.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, the Phoenix and the Branding of San Francisco First die for the Great Seal of the United States, 1782. Believed to have been engraved by Robert Scot. Collection of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Source: Wikimedia https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/8/24/charles-a-murdock-second-and-last-printer-to-norton-i-a-photo-gallery monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598295106128-HX43LULB01CJLQING6OM/Emperor_Norton_scrip_20_Nov_1879_Charles_A._Murdock.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Charles A. Murdock, Second and Last Printer to Norton I: A Photo Gallery Bond of The Imperial Government of Norton I, made by Charles A. Murdock & Co. and signed by Emperor Norton on 20 November 1879. Collection of the Wells Fargo History Museum / San Francisco. Source: Groove Central LA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598295770316-KSGCJRGQ3KLYGB5VJGWT/Charles_A_Murdock_in_his_printing_office_undated_Bancroft_Library_UC_Berkeley.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Charles A. Murdock, Second and Last Printer to Norton I: A Photo Gallery Charles A. Murdock, undated. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598296120814-5ABP760VC8XMGPPLG0CU/Charles_A_Murdock_c1913_SFPL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Charles A. Murdock, Second and Last Printer to Norton I: A Photo Gallery Charles A. Murdock, c.1913. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Steven Short/KALW. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598296333395-OJSE4EVUD0L2ECF56L1Z/Charles_A_Murdock_r_with_George_Gallagher_l_and_Joseph_J_Phillips_c1915_CSL.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Charles A. Murdock, Second and Last Printer to Norton I: A Photo Gallery Charles A. Murdock (right) with George Gallagher (left) and Joseph J. Phillips., c.1915. In one of two scrapbook albums, titled “Album of San Francisco,” by Hamilton Henry Dobbin (1856–1930). Collection of the California State Library. Source: Calisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1598296485971-25B0AQZSPP5TFHI4GJFW/Charles_A_Murdoch_frontispiece_to_A_Backward_Glance_at_Eighty_1921.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Charles A. Murdock, Second and Last Printer to Norton I: A Photo Gallery Charles A. Murdock, 1921. Frontispiece of A Backward Glance at Eighty (Paul Elder & Company, 1921). Source: Project Gutenberg. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/7/29/stereographic-photos-of-emperor-norton-on-a-chinatown-street-hi-res-edition monthly 0.5 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1596043331748-4IXY9KPJYHJ7BA8XFQFT/Emperor_Norton_on_a_Chinatown_SF_street_stereoview_18M.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Stereographic Photos of Emperor Norton on a Chinatown Street (Hi-Res Edition) Stereocard of Emperor Norton on Chinatown Street, 1870s. Possibly taken by the studio of Thomas Houseworth & Co. Image courtesy of Wolfgang Sell of the National Stereoscopic Association. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1596044415416-IV9A6A08V3KMDNSX2E75/Emperor_Norton_on_a_Chinatown_SF_street_1870s_stereoview_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Stereographic Photos of Emperor Norton on a Chinatown Street (Hi-Res Edition) Detail from stereocard of Emperor Norton on Chinatown Street, 1870s (left photograph). Possibly taken by the studio of Thomas Houseworth & Co. Original image courtesy of Wolfgang Sell of the National Stereoscopic Association. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/7/8/life-and-death-of-an-emperor-norton-mural-bottle-caps-edition monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1594148436674-MKTFEZT7BBXV10AONN70/Emperor_Norton_mural_Scott_Bowers_site_Jul_2009.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Life and Death of an Emperor Norton Mural (Bottle Caps Edition) Google Street View of 2785 Bryant Street, San Francisco, June 2009 (screenshot). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1594148603850-4812KY3IV1FV8L35EQN6/Emperor_Norton_mural_Scott_Bowers_site_May_2011.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Life and Death of an Emperor Norton Mural (Bottle Caps Edition) Google Street View of 2785 Bryant Street, San Francisco, May 2011 (screenshot). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1594150029018-YG7U084L58RXVKWPITCG/Emperor_Norton_1871_72_Bradley_and_Rulofson.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Life and Death of an Emperor Norton Mural (Bottle Caps Edition) Emperor Norton, between spring 1871 and spring 1872. From carte de visite by Tuttle & Johnson studio, 523 Kearny Street, "Heliographic Artists." Collection of the California Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1594229436413-3U3XR3LSJDCDWBJXR1LR/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Life and Death of an Emperor Norton Mural (Bottle Caps Edition) Emperor Norton mural made out of bottle caps, 2011, by Scott Bowers. Photograph: Carol M. Highsmith, 2012. Credit: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1594151835293-YB30GTY7829UHY5A5O4Y/Emperor_Norton_mural_Scott_Bowers_Nov_2013.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Life and Death of an Emperor Norton Mural (Bottle Caps Edition) Google Street View of 2785 Bryant Street, San Francisco, November 2013 (screenshot). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1594152590358-U5FDPSI15TN3S3C9RZFZ/Emperor_Norton_mural_Scott_Bowers_Jul_2015.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Life and Death of an Emperor Norton Mural (Bottle Caps Edition) Google Street View of 2785 Bryant Street, San Francisco, July 2015 (screenshot). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1594154938979-S83Z2VE68TC0JXE33NER/Emperor_Norton_mural_Scott_Bowers_Jan_2019_photo_Dwayne_Ratleff.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Life and Death of an Emperor Norton Mural (Bottle Caps Edition) Emperor Norton mural, 2011, by Scott Bowers. Photograph © 2019 Dwayne Ratleff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1594157067514-6CPNJD3AQJJJNOG6QXEJ/Emperor_Norton_mural_Scott_Bowers_site_12_May_2020_by_Dave_Schweisguth.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Life and Death of an Emperor Norton Mural (Bottle Caps Edition) View of 2785 Bryant Street, San Francisco, May 2020. Photograph © 2020 Dave Schweisguth https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/6/29/extremely-rare-signed-emperor-norton-carte-de-visite-at-auction-now-through-july-8th monthly 0.5 2020-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1593463870279-OPPKD6PU1JB7XH559Z5Q/Emperor_Norton_CDV_Bradley_and_Rulofson_c1864_front_Bonhams_Jun_2020.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Extremely Rare Signed Emperor Norton Carte de Visite at Auction Now Through July 8th Carte de visite of Emperor Norton by Bradley and Rulofson studio, c.1864, front. Image © 2020 Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers Corp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1593464019588-FLW3W59XM8WR1HTO0ZA7/Emperor_Norton_CDV_Bradley_and_Rulofson_c1864_verso_Bonhams_Jun_2020.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Extremely Rare Signed Emperor Norton Carte de Visite at Auction Now Through July 8th Carte de visite of Emperor Norton by Bradley and Rulofson studio, c.1864, verso. Image © 2020 Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers Corp. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/5/6/emperor-norton-in-the-artistic-taxonomy-of-antonio-sotomayor monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1588634126518-1G517ELQ09JW0DEPLQ3O/Emperor_Norton_in_mural_by_Antonio_Sotomayor_Palace_Hotel_SF_1935.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Artistic Taxonomy of Antonio Sotomayor Detail of Emperor Norton mural, 1935, by Antonio Sotomayor (1904–1985), in The Pied Piper, at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Photo © 2011 Scott Cox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1588701762758-BZSCWRCD8GAI529HJUZ4/Pied_Piper_grill_room_Palace_Hotel_SF.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Artistic Taxonomy of Antonio Sotomayor The “grille room” of The Pied Piper, at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, in 2009. Source: Five Star Alliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1588703537252-VVAEWI95HLIJ49RZ9NPL/Emperor_Norton_mural_by_Antonio_Sotomayor_in_Happy_Valley_Room_Palace_Hotel_SF_1935.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Artistic Taxonomy of Antonio Sotomayor Scene in the Happy Valley Room of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, 11 April 1935. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1588624510502-UK2CTB6H1CUQM4UO6UVI/Listing_for_Sotomayor_murals_Palace_Hotel_SF_Art_Commission_survey_1953_item_507.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Artistic Taxonomy of Antonio Sotomayor “Emperor Norton and Lotta Crabtree.” Listing for two murals, 1935, by Antonio Sotomayor, in Martin Snipper, A Survey of Art Work in the City and County of San Francisco, Art Commission, City and County of San Francisco, 1953. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1588721163218-9GHL0QT6ATHKCBPBTCIK/Emperor_Norton_mural_Palace_Hotel_SF_by_Antonio_Sotomayor_1935.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Artistic Taxonomy of Antonio Sotomayor “Literary” mural (l) and “Theatrical” mural (r) in The Pied Piper, at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. Photos © 2014 The Loup Garou via Trip Advisor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1588731830109-OMFUL3FD2SM4RUVN138T/Lotta_Crabtree_mural_Palace_Hotel_SF_by_Antonio_Sotomayor_1935_crop.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Artistic Taxonomy of Antonio Sotomayor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1588708094242-HSRL9NLSF8P8CIEVJ701/1935_photo_of_Antonio_Sotomayor_painting_Happy_Valley_Room_mural_for_Palace_Hotel_SF_Examiner_15_Oct_1978_Sunday_magazine_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in the Artistic Taxonomy of Antonio Sotomayor Photograph captioned “Antonio Sotomayer [sic], young Bolivian artist, is painting the murals for the Palace Hotel’s new ‘Happy Valley’ cocktail lounge which will be opened March 4. The lounge will be done in old California style, with pictures of Lotta Crabtree and Lola Montez adorning the walls, ‘Happy Valley’ was the name of the area in which the Palace now stands,” San Francisco Chronicle, 20 February 1935. Source: Genealogy Bank. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/4/24/emperor-norton-political-independent-gives-a-speech-in-1875 monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1587677621545-18SV43WPMW8SHMJDZNPO/SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_17_May_1875_p2_The_Tendency_to_Independence_in_Politics_excerpt.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, Political Independent, Gives a Speech in 1875 Opening paragraph of editorial, “The Tendency to Independence in Politics,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 17 May 1875, p. 2. For image of full page, with complete editorial, click here. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1587682099634-20S6OUZT86U554I5UUIT/Mercantile_Library_SF_Carleton_Watkins_1870s_California_State_Library_large.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, Political Independent, Gives a Speech in 1875 Mercantile Library, San Francisco (center), 1870s. Detail from stereoview card here. Photograph by Carleton Watkins (1829–1916). Source: California State Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1587677758838-HAZ59G02Q032AUFBX6PG/SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_14_July_1875_p2_Politico_Heterogeneity.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, Political Independent, Gives a Speech in 1875 News article, “Politico-Heterogeneity,” San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 14 July 1875, p. 2. For image of full page, click here. Source: San Francisco Pubic Library. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/4/17/of-medals-and-medallions-four-artifacts-of-mid-20th-century-norton-culture monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1586886729131-BPCTI5D39I5H6SQWGJM7/Grand_Order_of_the_West_gold_medallion_SF_Chronicle_1953_front.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” Medallion, 14K gold, 1953, created for the the San Francisco Chronicle — possibly in connection with the Chronicle’s Emperor Norton Treasure Hunt. Front and reverse views. Medallion struck by Shreve and Co. jewelers. Photographs © John Kraljevich. Source: Numismatic Bibliomania Society (here and here). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1586886856182-A8SA75FHJQOM5T92LB8N/Grand_Order_of_the_West_gold_medallion_SF_Chronicle_1953_back.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1586900788840-69ZO33JVY3D5AN3CGTYL/Detail_from_ad_for_Emperor_Norton_Treasure_Hunt_SF_Chronicle_17_May_1953_p1.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” Detail from ad for Emperor Norton Treasure Hunt, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 May 1953, p.1. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1586907838249-7YEPTJFHN44O25M1NO8R/Medallion_Emperor_Norton_Treasure_Hunt_SF_Chronicle_1957.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” ‰‰Medallion buried for the San Francisco Chronicle’s Emperor Norton Treasure Hunt of 1957. Image © San Francisco Chronicle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1586917240615-OSJVB318TE1ZC9OT9D10/Emperor_Norton_Treasure_Hunt_Aquatic_Park_1955_Addlemans.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” ‰‰Photograph: Barney Peterson / The Chronicle, 1955. © San Francisco Chronicle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1586917537011-YJK2U3Z5EGZALSLKDVQF/Emperor_Norton_Treasure_Hunt_Aquatic_Park_1955_Addlemans_b.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” ‰‰‰‰Photograph: Barney Peterson / The Chronicle, 1955. © San Francisco Chronicle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1586917768928-FKJX12UH6OFN4Q87BNCM/Emperor_Norton_Treasure_Hunt_1957_Edward_Buoc.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” ‰‰‰‰Photograph: Ken McLaughlin / The Chronicle, 1957. © San Francisco Chronicle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1586918008556-QX6KOIVKKX9KFW30XJK3/Emperor_Norton_Treasure_Hunt_1959_Scot_Newhall_at_right.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” ‰‰Photograph: Barney Peterson / The Chronicle, 1959. © San Francisco Chronicle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1586918168196-W99DG8ZJXTQ66BL58IUQ/Emperor_Norton_Treasure_Hunt_1962_Sanchez.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” ‰‰Photograph: Joe Rosenthal / The Chronicle, 1962. © San Francisco Chronicle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1586918292605-YWLTBRJQPAHOSX90JVOV/Emperor_Norton_Treasure_Hunt_1962_Sanchez_Scot_Newhall_at_left.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” ‰‰Photograph: Joe Rosenthal / The Chronicle, 1962. © San Francisco Chronicle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1586973217863-KTG8NTKOVD5IAAOIYY00/Emperor_Norton_dinner_SF_Chronicle_1959.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” ‰‰Photograph: The Chronicle, 1959. © San Francisco Chronicle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1587051706806-Y1A3YS1AN9DH3GAKBJM8/Emperor_Norton_medal_Grand_Order_of_the_West_Knight_Companion_1930s.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1587051877919-75UL4NUDSFCGM5T94V25/Emperor_Norton_medal_Grand_Order_of_the_West_Knight_Companion_1930s_medal_detail.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” Grand Order of the West ribbon medal with “Knight Companion” and “Grand Bingelmeister” designations. Etched aluminum, 7½” l x 3¾” w. Source: eBay listing, December 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1587052046252-HYZHHUAEDKYLQU9P4TT1/Emperor_Norton_medal_Grand_Order_of_the_West_Knight_Companion_1930s_Norton_detail.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1587076884084-YU6RV4CX3F833VJ08EXJ/One_Gold_Crown_note_Royal_Treasury_of_Norton_I_promotional_souvenir_SF_Chronicle_1953_front.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1587077105768-F2V1ZK5DMBY87KUIGG8U/One_Gold_Crown_note_Royal_Treasury_of_Norton_I_promotional_souvenir_SF_Chronicle_1953_back.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” One Gold Crown note, Royal Treasury of Norton I. Promotional souvenir, San Francisco Chronicle, 1953. Source: Heritage Auctions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1587082952242-5P9AOPC9Y04TCODNMJR4/Emperor_Norton_Grand_Marshal_SF_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade_1953.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” “Emperor Norton” as the Grand Marshal of the San Francisco Chronicle’s Thanksgiving Day Balloon Parade, 1953. Photograph: Bill Young / The Chronicle. “San Francisco’s Forgotten Thanksgiving Day Balloon Parade,” SFGate, 27 November 2019. Source: San Francisco Chronicle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1587131505356-BLUB7KXQEZC0O94ILG1I/Emperor_Norton_medal_Grand_Order_of_the_West_Knight_Companion_1930s_medal_detail_artwork.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1587131653845-LTTDMIVKUPKWSDLGBSUH/One_Gold_Crown_note_Royal_Treasury_of_Norton_I_promotional_souvenir_SF_Chronicle_1953_front_artwork.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Of Medals and Medallions: Four Artifacts of Mid-20th-Century “Norton Culture” https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/3/20/wax-museum-emperor-norton-kept-watch-over-sf-two-years-after-his-death monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1576605473623-9Q2FA5ENDKF3RN4ZMCIR/Ad_for_Thanksgiving_Day_festivities_at_SF_Recreation_Grounds_owned_by_RW_Kohler_SF_Chronicle_25_Nov_1868_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Ad in the San Francisco Chronicle, 25 November 1868, p.2. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1574484749400-AK3CJYMYIFIW7AEVNXD5/Richard_Wildblood_Kohler_with_accordion_c1866.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Richard Wildblood Kohler (right), probably with Horace Bent, New Zealand, c.1866. Source: Australharmony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1576605722512-VP4DN6GLA47IVYF6SUTH/Item_re_RW_Kohler_leaving_SF_for_East_Coast_Marysville_Daily_Appeal_27_Jul_1869_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Item in Marysville Daily Appeal, 27 July 1869, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1576605881132-X48DRD6ST7L3DOP2NM2W/Ad_for_SF_Minstrels_with_RW_Kohler_playing_in_SF_Daily_Alta_California_11_Jan_1870.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Ad in Daily Alta California, 11 January 1870, p.4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1576606050255-B3EHZZK05MUDIQURE9NK/Item_re_RW_Kohler_sending_35_birds_from_Australia_to_Bohemian_Club_Daily_Alta_California_13_Oct_1878_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Item in Daily Alta California, 13 October 1878, p.2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1574484545783-4M3EKB7JSFW62A1WSYF0/Item_re_Kohler_brothers_SF_Examiner_22_Oct_1882.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Item announcing the arrival in San Francisco of Dick and Jack Kohler, brothers, with wax figures. San Francisco Examiner, 22 October 1882, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1574485038311-NPJMTBG0PX6O9MMWM889/Item_re_Kohler%27s_Wax_Works_opening_at_Charter_Oak_Hall_SF_Examiner_5_Nov_1882.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Item reviewing the opening of Kohler’s wax works at Charter Oak Hall, San Francisco. San Francisco Examiner, 5 November 1882, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1574485174016-QSE580VDMSP55D1SSV6C/Ad_for_Kohhler%27s_Waxworks_at_Charter_Oak_Hall_SF_Examiner_10_Nov_1882.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Ad for Dick Kohler’s wax works and concerts at Charter Oak Hall, San Francisco. San Francisco Examiner, 10 November 1882, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1574495137059-EMBREW4Y9Q034XJUNKGT/Item_re_Kohler%27s_Emperor_Norton_in_wax_SF_Examiner_11_Dec_1882.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Item announcing a new wax figure of Emperor Norton at Kohler’s Museum, San Francisco. San Francisco Examiner, 11 December 1882, p. 3. Source: Newspapers.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1574494498340-Y9D1C5VY6V0FT7I7NTM1/Ad_for_Emperor_Norton_at_Kohler%27s_Wax_Works_Daily_Alta_16_Dec_1882.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Ad announcing new Emperor Norton figure at Kohler’s Australian Wax Works, San Francisco. Daily Alta California, 16 December 1882, p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1574494641358-1326GDLLDSIX56GO34YI/Listing_for_Oak_Hall_in_Langley%27s_SF_Directory_1873_p654.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Listing for Charter Oak Hall in Langley’s San Francisco Directory, 1873, p. 654 (under Halls). Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1574494723613-R2OUCMSFZVKCXB9Y1FTZ/Item_re_rebuke_of+Denis_Kearney_at_Charter_Oak_Hall_SF_Daily_Alta_29_Apr_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Item on California Workingmen’s Party rebuke of Denis Kearney at Charter Oak Hall, San Francisco, on 28 April 1878. Daily Alta California, 29 April 1878, p. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1574494812408-UIX5EIUAV226LCTCC7TJ/Item_on_wax_Emperor_Norton_figure_Napa_Register_Weekly_27_Apr_1883.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Item on Kohler’s wax Emperor Norton figure. Napa Register Weekly, 27 April 1883, p. 1. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1584471946572-2OTNFK9W92OVA9KCUQZQ/Item_on_RW_Kohler_Lorgnette_10_Nov_1884_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Item in The Lorgnette, 10 November 1884, p.4. Source: Trove/National Library of Australia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1584478815149-DI7A1CVGF4SGKSBQCWNS/Obit_for_JW_Kohler_SF_Examiner_10_Dec_1885_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Obituary for John Wildblood “Jack” Kohler, San Francisco Examiner, 10 December 1885, p.3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1584482105691-4ROVGHIZTSA3ON0L8801/Obit_for_JW_Kohler_Oakland_Tribune_10_Dec_1885_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Obituary for John Wildblood “Jack” Kohler, Oakland Tribune, 10 December 1885, p.3. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1584635497415-XFS4E2OUS5HOP5Z2Q4YI/Ad_for_Eureka_Hotel_Oakland_in_Oakland_directory_1869_p216.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Even in Death and Wax, the Eyes of the Emperor Were on the Former HQ of Denis Kearney’s Anti-Chinese Crusade Ad for Eureka Hotel in Directory for City of Oakland, B.F. Stillwell, 1869, p. 216. Source: Internet Archive https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/3/5/library-of-congress-emperor-norton-trust-update-emperor-nortons-birth-year monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1583435793692-66RKI13QYPEVWGWJPP0W/Library_of_Congress_logo_2018.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Library of Congress & Emperor Norton Trust Update Emperor Norton's Birth Year from 1819 to 1818 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1583342473020-8EGSAXX395JKC61ZUAL2/Library_of_Congress_Name_Authority_Recoed_for_Joshua_Abraham_Norton_4_Mar_2020.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Library of Congress & Emperor Norton Trust Update Emperor Norton's Birth Year from 1819 to 1818 Library of Congress name authority record for Joshua Abraham Norton, updated 3 March 2020. Permalink to plain-text version here. Sources: Library of Congress Authorities (click the first research result: “Authorized Heading”) and Library of Congress Name Authority File. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1583344573080-H6VVVNLQSLSSTXJKCI5E/Library_of_Congress_catalog_listing_for_Joshua_Abraham_Norton_4_Mar_2020.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Library of Congress & Emperor Norton Trust Update Emperor Norton's Birth Year from 1819 to 1818 Library of Congress subject listings for “Norton, Joshua Abraham (1818–1880). Source: Library of Congress Catalog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1583344031293-HZX6XPVSWYU8PA8WGNP8/Library_of_Congress_catalog_record_detail_for_Norton_I_by_William_Drury.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Library of Congress & Emperor Norton Trust Update Emperor Norton's Birth Year from 1819 to 1818 Detail from Library of Congress Catalog listing for William Drury’s biography, Norton I: Emperor of the United States (Dodd, Mead, 1986). Source: Library of Congress Catalog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1583429403320-K5HTB3BDTHBOPKB4NCZ7/Emperor_Norton_gravestone.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Library of Congress & Emperor Norton Trust Update Emperor Norton's Birth Year from 1819 to 1818 Headstone at Emperor Norton’s grave in Woodlawn cemetery, Colma, Calif. Photo © 2015 John Lumea. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/2/4/the-emperor-norton-trust-relocates-from-sf-to-boston monthly 0.5 2020-05-13 https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2020/1/10/emperor-nortons-202nd-birthday-toast monthly 0.5 2021-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1610927992965-C7I57PL4LBTS48BFILMP/Napolean_eating_napolean.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's 202nd Birthday Toast https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/12/10/the-emperors-bridge-campaign-takes-a-new-name-the-emperor-norton-trust monthly 0.5 2020-02-05 https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/10/14/the-seventh-annual-tannenbaum-toast monthly 0.5 2020-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1571070411609-NGZ39RNUJSI28XJMPFCU/House_of_Shields_1950s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Seventh Annual Tannenbaum Toast The House of Shields, in San Francisco, is the site of the Tannenbaum Toast. This is the bar c.1950s. Photograph courtesy of Heather David. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/10/7/on-the-road-to-the-emperor-norton-bridge monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1569960923427-7B9YWDRW2084E200DHY0/Perspective_view_5_transbay_bridge_concepts_from_The_Traffic_Ring_Boulevard_1926.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - On the Road to the Emperor Norton Bridge, 1926–1932 Perspective view of San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland showing five of the proposed bridges. Figure 12 from The Traffic Ring Boulevard: A factor in solving the traffic problem in Oakland, Regional Plan Association, Inc. (for the San Francisco Bay Counties), 1926. The original study that includes this drawing is here. Image source: Erica Fischer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1569957580342-93MTOFY1HIYA5W1R5SI8/Board_of_Engineers_SF_Dept_Public_Works_Recommended_Locations_for_Transbay_Bridge_April_1927.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - On the Road to the Emperor Norton Bridge, 1926–1932 Map of San Francisco Bay Showing Recommended Location for Transbay Bridge with Two Alternate Locations, April 1927. Report of the Bureau of Engineering of the Department of Public Works, City and County of San Francisco (Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1927), insert between pages 18 and 19. Map source: Internet Archive. Image source: Found SF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1569958253928-IW4M7C7I57SZK2XQFR47/Hoover_Young_SF_Bay_Bridge_Commission_Report_Aug_1930_recommended_locations.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - On the Road to the Emperor Norton Bridge, 1926–1932 San Francisco Bay Area Showing…Five Suggested Bridge Locations (map), 12 December 1929. Report of the Hoover-Young San Francisco Bay Bridge Commission, August 1930, Plate No. 27, p. 207. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1570228231369-XVIWHLC8DDA41HHEFI80/CA_DPW_report_Aug_1932_Bay_Bridge_map.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - On the Road to the Emperor Norton Bridge, 1926–1932 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Bridge Location (map). San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: Report to the California Toll Bridge Authority, State of California Department of Public Works, August 1932, p. 111. Source: Internet Archive. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/9/27/lockhart-porter-undertakers-and-casket-makers-to-the-emperor-in-1880 monthly 0.5 2026-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1569540814108-ANPN2AQTMJJMYUDGKAQ2/Emperor_Norton_funeral_notice_Lockhart_and_Porter_Daily_Alta_10_Jan_1880.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lockhart & Porter, Undertakers and Casket Makers to the Emperor in 1880 Death and funeral notices, Daily Alta California, 10 January 1880. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1569559834636-SVVVRD6EPLNMO0FYLTOP/Lockhart_and_Porter_listing_SF_directory_1872.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lockhart & Porter, Undertakers and Casket Makers to the Emperor in 1880 Listing for Lockhart & Porter, San Francisco Directory, Henry G. Langley, 1872, p. 405. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1569568400696-QYVDA594UP3FA654Q7PI/Lockhart_Porter_and_Lockhart_ODay_listings_SF_directory_1874.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lockhart & Porter, Undertakers and Casket Makers to the Emperor in 1880 Listings for Lockhart, O’Day & Co and Lockhart, Porter & Co., San Francisco Directory, Henry G. Langley, 1874, p. 410. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1569607607940-VV4F1J9MLJNX4MNYUG0K/Lockhart_and_Porter_listing_SF_directory_1876.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Lockhart & Porter, Undertakers and Casket Makers to the Emperor in 1880 Listing for Lockhart & Porter, San Francisco Directory, Henry G. Langley, 1876, p. 505. Source: Internet Archive. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/9/3/empire-day-160th-anniversary-of-emperor-norton-public-reign monthly 0.5 2020-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1567532002487-3JX5LXPDXWEQDLX9MB99/Emperor_Norton_profile_Bradley_Rulofson_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Empire Day Celebration to Mark the 160th Anniversary of Emperor Norton’s Public Reign Cabinet card of Emperor Norton, c. 1878, by Bradley & Rulofson studio, 429 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Collection of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/8/30/oofty-goofty-wore-a-leather-pad-in-his-pants monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1566178414665-FJXJAXZVLJ3R4OUTDY5H/Frederick_Coombs_with_George_Washington_bust_c1865.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Oofty Goofty Wore a Leather Pad in His Pants Photograph of Frederick Coombs a.k.a. George Washington II with bust of George Washington, c.1865. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1566178820122-5U1ASQFHNB8VKM3HEDTV/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Oofty Goofty Wore a Leather Pad in His Pants Detail from engraving of Friedrich Wilhelm Frohm a.k.a. The Great Unknown in “The Great Unknown: His Exhibition at Pacific Hall, Etc.,” San Francisco Chronicle, 19 July 1971, p. 3. For a zoomable image of the original full page, click here. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1566182649311-I6H3DPUOXHFWJ63C9010/Engraving_of_JJ_McBride_in_ad_for_King_of_Pain_in_Press_and_Daily_Dakotaian_Sat_11_Nov_1876_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Oofty Goofty Wore a Leather Pad in His Pants Engraving of J.J. McBride a.k.a. The King of Pain from advertisement in the Press and Daily Dakotaian, 11 November 1876, p. 2. Image of ad here. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1566185146372-9SMYHV2CQIGTRRDGID9Q/Oofty_Goofty_in_Houston_Daily_Post_10_Aug_1900.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Oofty Goofty Wore a Leather Pad in His Pants Sometime in the 1890s, Leonard Borchardt a.k.a. Oofty Goofty took up a side hustle selling rhinestones and fake diamonds, which provided a source of income and became a sartorial trademark. Drawing is from a profile of Oofty, “Odd Characters in Houston. (No. 4.),” Houston Daily Post, 10 August 1900, p.8. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1566187708578-WPBD2HJ41NZ08UPA3E22/Article_on_Oofty_Goofty_SF_Examiner_Sat_13_Jun_1885_p3_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Oofty Goofty Wore a Leather Pad in His Pants Excerpt from “Oofty Goofty. The Hairy Man Again Appears in Police Court. Etc.,” San Francisco Examiner, 13 June 1885, p. 3. Image of complete article here. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/8/21/emperor-norton-denis-kearney-in-wasp-cartoon-1879 monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1566083558505-NBWTVQ8B345ASO96EHB5/Emperor_Norton_and_Denis_Kearny_by_GF_Keller_SF_Wasp_6_Dec_1879.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton & Denis Kearney, Together in 1879 — On the Back Cover of The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp “Chronic Cronies — Harmlessly Armed,” cartoon by George Frederick Keller (1846–1927). The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp, vol. 4, no. 175, 6 December 1879, p.320. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1566424530358-INEDKGIEVFLDSNMCPDNM/Chineemushgo_by_GF_Keller_SF_Illustrated_Wasp_26_Jul_1879.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton & Denis Kearney, Together in 1879 — On the Back Cover of The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp “Chineemushgo,” cartoon by George Frederick Keller (1846–1927). The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp , 26 July 1879. Source: Virtual Museum of Early and Native California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1566424877767-LOOTEUVU6M6YPXX30WL4/The_Chinese_Must_Go_by_GF_Keller_SF_Illustrated_Wasp_11_May_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton & Denis Kearney, Together in 1879 — On the Back Cover of The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp “The Chinese Must Go! But, Who Keeps Them?” Cartoon by George Frederick Keller (1846–1927). The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp , 11 May 1878. Source: Erratic Phenomena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1566426501152-TVKTRY2YXJRWPRX8ZL79/Emperor_Norton_and_Denis_Kearny_by_GF_Keller_SF_Wasp_6_Dec_1879_Kearney_badge_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton & Denis Kearney, Together in 1879 — On the Back Cover of The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1566428084490-Z4K74RFHAIJN7DOCY09F/Siesta_by_GF_Keller_The_Wasp_v8n285_13_Jan_1882_pp_24_and_25.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton & Denis Kearney, Together in 1879 — On the Back Cover of The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp “Siesta,” cartoon by George Frederick Keller (1846–1927). The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp , 13 January 1882. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/7/16/emperor-norton-days-1989 monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1563238891944-889IOGPHUT0R1KUMRTVH/Poster_or_flyer_Emperor_Norton_Days_1989.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Days, 1989 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1563240414471-9PWN6CSBWFPN8DQJUFE3/Article_re_Emperor_Norton_Days_Santa_Rosa_Press_Democrat_6_Jul_1989.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Days, 1989 “The Emperor’s new carnival,” Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 6 July 1989. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1563241054767-7ZSIWB6PT62MCVEZP6J1/Ad_re_Emperor_Norton_Days_SF_Chron_published_as_SF_Examiner_2_Jul_1989.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Days, 1989 Ad for Emperor Norton Days, San Francisco Chronicle (published as the San Francisco Examiner), 2 July 1989. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1563309598760-8BFAZO7WJDNX7B3ZFI3P/Photo_of_Emperor_Norton_Days_SF_Chronicle_22_July_1989_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Days, 1989 Photograph of Emperor Norton Days on 21 July 1989. The carnival had been relocated across from Civic Center Plaza for an extended second weekend. San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 1989, p.2. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/7/12/chief-crowley-releases-a-sword monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1562907590230-Z872U9TFR2CNKXN7BO9V/Joshua_A_Norton_property_listing_SF_Coroner%27s_Report_1880.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Chief Crowley Releases a Sword Listing for Joshua A. Norton in Coroner’s Report (Property of Deceased Persons), in San Francisco Municipal Reports for the Fiscal Year 1879–1880, p. 381. See original here. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1562733923396-XXPKIKQ5JI55XCVVG3N0/Patrick_Crowley_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Chief Crowley Releases a Sword San Francisco police chief Patrick Crowley, c.1866-73. Detail of photograph in the collection of the San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1562732790304-ZAD9PXQKM4XMQJ6MJ8UP/Emperor_Norton%27s_Sword_SF_Examiner_27_Feb_1880_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Chief Crowley Releases a Sword “Emperor Norton’s Sword,” San Francisco Examiner, 27 February 1880, p.3. View the entire page here. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/7/10/emperor-norton-scrip-in-1867 monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1562737119688-XC1GD5TUI7VM7S31V617/Imperial_Scrip_item_Daily_Alta_18_Sep_1867_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Scrip in 1867? “Imperial Scrip,” item in Daily Alta California, 18 September 1967, p. 1, col. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/fe207fc4-c237-4554-b408-2eba8905a02e/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_with_reference_to_scrip_SF_Bulletin_19_May_1860_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Scrip in 1867? - Make it stand out Proclamation of Emperor Norton, San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, 19 April 1860, p. 3, col. 4. Source: Genealogy Bank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/7/1/a-real-gone-bridge-judy-garlands-1959-remake-of-san-francisco-turns-60 monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1562026442986-1FXITWKJ10DVA2TWVS2X/Ad_Judy_Garland_War_Memorial_Opera_House_SF_Chronicle_4_Jul_1959_p11.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A REAL GONE BRIDGE: Judy Garland's 1959 Remake of "San Francisco" Turns 60 Ad for Judy Garland at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 July 1959, p.11. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1562024263827-9VAMUYEYBH4FIJFCDTJI/Judy_Garland_War_Memorial_Opera_House_SF_July_1959_program_cover.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A REAL GONE BRIDGE: Judy Garland's 1959 Remake of "San Francisco" Turns 60 The title page (right) credits Roger Edens for “Special Music and Lyrics.“ The producer, Sid Luft: Garland’s husband, who she had married in 1952, during her San Francisco residency at the Curran Theater. Source for both images: eBay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1562024317877-1AG7S2B2TJM4YZ41VLYD/Judy_Garland_War_Memorial_Opera_House_SF_July_1959_program_title_page.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A REAL GONE BRIDGE: Judy Garland's 1959 Remake of "San Francisco" Turns 60 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1562024738539-YRAFHBPKL86OA3Y04NQX/Roger_Edens_at_piano_with_Judy_Garland.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A REAL GONE BRIDGE: Judy Garland's 1959 Remake of "San Francisco" Turns 60 Roger Edens with Judy Garland in the 1940s. Source: Judy Garland Experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1562025057959-KH30I7TR82QJ1UA8R09H/Roger_Edens_with_Judy_Garland_and_Gloria_deHaven.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A REAL GONE BRIDGE: Judy Garland's 1959 Remake of "San Francisco" Turns 60 Roger Edens with Judy Garland and Gloria DeHaven in the 1940s. Source: Judy Garland Experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1562025351288-RXD4ZAX4333XRYNXEVG2/Roger_Edens_with_Judy_Garland_and_Van_Jones_c1952.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A REAL GONE BRIDGE: Judy Garland's 1959 Remake of "San Francisco" Turns 60 Roger Edens (center) with Judy Garland and Van Johnson, c.1952. Source: fansofjoots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1562025514247-SWUWNGMONTIS9Z6RPH0S/Roger_Edens_with_Judy_Garland_and_Norman_Tuarog_Little_Nellie_Kelly_set_1938.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A REAL GONE BRIDGE: Judy Garland's 1959 Remake of "San Francisco" Turns 60 Roger Edens (center) with Judy Garland and director Norman Taurog on the set of Little Nellie Kelly, 1938. Source: fansofjoots. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/6/20/an-early-pro-immigrant-proclamation-from-the-immigrant-emperor monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1561087724343-CRPGA5412FYZZ351OAB8/Proclamation_SF_Examiner_8_Nov_1867.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An Early Pro-Immigrant Proclamation from the Immigrant Emperor Proclamation of Norton I, San Francisco Examiner, 8 November 1867, p.3. For the full page, click here. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/5/16/veteran-rockers-great-great-grandparents-hosted-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1558322217534-067INKLCKN3W686KT3YU/Emperor_Norton_Slept_Here_Oakland_Tribune_20_Feb_1955_p59.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When a Veteran Rocker’s Great Great Grandparents Hosted Emperor Norton at Their Sonoma Valley Ranch “Emperor Norton Slept Here,” Oakland Tribune, 20 February 1955, p.59, col. 5. (For a view of the entire original page, click here.) Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1558066647256-WWBK87TFXW3ILQYZSVVE/Charles_Chaffee_Champlin_Sr.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When a Veteran Rocker’s Great Great Grandparents Hosted Emperor Norton at Their Sonoma Valley Ranch Charles Chaffee Champlin (1812-1892) Undated. Source: ChamplinRanch.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1558069452213-6G3FF9XCGQPVB3N0BASH/Champlin_Ranch_4653_Stage_Gulch_Road_Sonoma_County_CA.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When a Veteran Rocker’s Great Great Grandparents Hosted Emperor Norton at Their Sonoma Valley Ranch Screenshot of Google Maps satellite view showing location of the Champlin Ranch at 4653 Stage Gulch Road, in Sonoma County, Calif. Source: Google Maps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1558066769661-A3GHDCCHZD8B7BSGD0F2/Charles_Chaffee_Champlin_house_1856_in_1920s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When a Veteran Rocker’s Great Great Grandparents Hosted Emperor Norton at Their Sonoma Valley Ranch Champlin Ranch house (1856), in the 1920s. Source: ChamplinRanch.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1558066825059-FZDLLEU7MZ6VQO0R20EY/Charles_Chaffee_Champlin_house_1856_in_the_late_1890s+.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When a Veteran Rocker’s Great Great Grandparents Hosted Emperor Norton at Their Sonoma Valley Ranch Champlin Ranch house (1856), in the late 1890s. Source: ChamplinRanch.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1558066894450-6B3YWYB3RN84NUKPZMXL/Charles_Chaffee_Champlin_second_from_right_at_his_1856_house_c_1890_92.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - When a Veteran Rocker’s Great Great Grandparents Hosted Emperor Norton at Their Sonoma Valley Ranch At the Champlin Ranch house (1856), in 1891 or 1892. Left to right: Charles C. Champlin (1876-1965); his father, Asahel Warner Champlin (1846-1926); his grandfather, Charles Chaffee Champlin (1812-1892); and his grandmother, Sara Bartlett Champlin (1820-1898). Source: ChamplinRanch.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/5/15/emperor-norton-amp-the-great-unknown-a-rare-illustration-from-1871 monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1557868870195-S5OZA45H3NE1IKTMN14J/The_Great_Unknown_illustration_in_SF_Chronicle_19_Jul_1871.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton & The Great Unknown: Two Eccentrics Meet in a Rare Illustration from 1871 Illustration of The Great Unknown, in “The Great Unknown: His Exhibition at Pacific Hall, Etc.,” San Francisco Chronicle, 19 July 1971, p. 3. Source: San Francisco Public Library. (For a zoomable image of the original full page, click here.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1557772770991-H77POSPI172BDDA3IHEO/The_German_Punch_item_in_SF_Chronicle_18_Jun_1871_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton & The Great Unknown: Two Eccentrics Meet in a Rare Illustration from 1871 “The German ‘Punch,’” item in the San Francisco Chronicle, 18 June 1871, p. 3. Source: San Francisco Public Library. (For an image of the original full page, click here.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1557772892909-V55QQW03P27B53T0KVGG/The_Humorist_SF_17_Jun_1871_cover_page.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton & The Great Unknown: Two Eccentrics Meet in a Rare Illustration from 1871 Cover of the debut issue of the San Francisco Humorist, 17 June 1871. From a photostat copy in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS). Source: AAS. (For a PDF of the full issue, click here.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1557773282815-4VFWEG50FFOBXK68HI6G/The_Humorist_SF_17_Jun_1871_p5.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton & The Great Unknown: Two Eccentrics Meet in a Rare Illustration from 1871 Page 5 of the debut issue of the San Francisco Humorist, 17 June 1871. From a photostat copy in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS). Source: AAS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1557773005959-AOZVZM4VDKAAB2S3FK8F/The_Humorist_SF_17_Jun_1871_Emperor_Norton_illustration_p5.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton & The Great Unknown: Two Eccentrics Meet in a Rare Illustration from 1871 Cartoon illustration of Emperor Norton (right) and the Great Unknown, from the debut issue of the San Francisco Humorist, 17 June 1871, p. 5. From a photostat copy in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society (AAS). Source: AAS. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/4/17/emperor-nortons-hunch-lu-watters-original-or-variation-on-an-earlier-theme monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555212645058-GWOJSF5KNY3DUM978E7D/Lu_Watters_and_Turk_Murphy_at_Hambone_Kelly%27s_1947.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Hunch: "Lu Watters Original" or Variation on an Earlier Theme? Lu Watters plays as Turk Murphy looks on at Hambone Kelly’s, 1947. San Francisco Traditional Jazz Foundation Collection. Source: Stanford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555279318025-KMD1T5GV7R9WMI9UICT0/Lu_Watters_and_His_Yerba_Buena_Jazz_Band_Live_from_the_Dawn_Club_Fairmont_Records_1973_back_cover.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Hunch: "Lu Watters Original" or Variation on an Earlier Theme? Back cover of Lu Watters and his Yerba Buena Jazz Band, Live from the Dawn Club (Fairmont 101), Fairmont Records, 1973. Front cover here. Source: Discogs.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555279562140-458O6663MKYOHTHLTIR1/Lu_Watters_and_His_Yerba_Buena_Jass_Band_Down_Home_Records_1956_back_cover.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Hunch: "Lu Watters Original" or Variation on an Earlier Theme? Back cover of Lu Watters and his Yerba Buena Jass Band (MG D-5), Down Home Records, 1956. Detail. Front cover here. Source: eBay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555280098990-B7EXZ83P93PFUZU4CQKQ/Lu_Watters_Yerba_Buena_Jazz_Band_West_Coast_Records_WCR107_1946_47_Emperor_Norton%27s_Hunch_center_label.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Hunch: "Lu Watters Original" or Variation on an Earlier Theme? Center label of Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band (WCR-107), “Emperor Norton’s Hunch” / “Harlem Rag,” West Coast Recordings, 1946 or 1947. Source: Discogs.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555280609854-3VGGPFQJYS12E0J32KUP/Emperor_Norton%27s_Hunch_Lu_Watters_Mercury_Records_11050_1950_center_label.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Hunch: "Lu Watters Original" or Variation on an Earlier Theme? Center label of Lu Watters and His Yerba Buena Jazz Band, side 1, “Emperor Norton’s Hunch” (Mercury 11050), from the triple-78-single box-set “album” Lu Watters Jazz (Mercury C-103), Mercury Records, 1950. Source: Smithsonian / National Museum of American History. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555284788660-P7LECMUC77LJ7RIRDNIY/Item_re_wedding_with_Wilbur_W_Campbell_at_the_piano_LA_Times_3_May_3_1914_p42_excerpt.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Hunch: "Lu Watters Original" or Variation on an Earlier Theme? Excerpt from notice for Steere-Woodhead wedding, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 1914, p.42 (pdf of full page here). Source: Newspapers.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555285220416-B79CURGEYE0J68BG4I5X/Excerpt_of_article_re_Shakespeare_play_with_Wilbur_W_Campbell_on_production_team_LA_Times_14_May_1916_p28.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Hunch: "Lu Watters Original" or Variation on an Earlier Theme? Excerpt from article, “Five Thousand Actors in Great Outdoor Play,” Los Angeles Times, p. 28 (pdf of full page here). Source: Newspapers.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555343788543-THB4KQCL86MJS24ZMV8Q/Listing_for_Emperor_Norton%27s_Hunch_Lucius_Carl_Watters_Catalog_of_Copyright_Entries_Unpublished_Musical_Compositions_1946.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Hunch: "Lu Watters Original" or Variation on an Earlier Theme? “Watters, Lucius Carl. Emperor Norton’s hunch.”, Catalog of Copyright Entries (Unpublished Musical Compositions), Copyright Office, Library of Congress, p.1328, column 2, 1946 (title page here). Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555291090917-LVZ7EPCL6LD4QFG4B7L3/Listing_for_Emperor_Norton_A_Light_Comedy_Opera_music_by_Wilbur_Watkins_Campbell_in_Catalog_of_Copyright_Entries_1947.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Hunch: "Lu Watters Original" or Variation on an Earlier Theme? “Campbell, Wilbur Watkins, 1889–, Emperor Norton; a light comedy opera,” Catalog of Copyright Entries (Published Music), January–June 1947, Copyright Office, Library of Congress, p. 20, column 3, 1947. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555348182158-JY8IOYU1SH3M48DFX4M7/Lu_Watters_and_His_Yerba_Buena_Jazz_Band_Lu_Watters_Jazz_Mercury_Records_C103_1950_inside_cover_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Hunch: "Lu Watters Original" or Variation on an Earlier Theme? Detail from descriptive feature on the inside cover of the triple-78-single box-set “album” Lu Watters Jazz (Mercury C-103), Mercury Records, 1950. Full inside cover here. Front cover here. Source: Smithsonian / National Museum of American History. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/4/15/emperor-nortons-tour-of-1864 monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555098521807-PR37MKJ7VCYVEI2X5D0U/Item_re_Emperor_Norton_in_Sacramento_Daily_Alta_21_Dec_1863_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Tour of 1864 Excerpt from “Our Sacramento Correspondence” of 19 December 1863, Daily Alta California, 21 December 1863, p1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555040442715-KLEQN22MV1X4QM39U8OR/Western_House_Maryville_CA_1850s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Tour of 1864 Western Hotel, Marysville, Calif., c.1850s. Collection of the Yuba County Library. Source: Online Archive of California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555108203954-OQXS4LYUA24VH351TZ8C/Item_re_Emperor_Norton_in_Oroville_Marysville_Daily_Appeal_17_Feb_1864_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Tour of 1864 “Norton II,” Marysville Daily Appeal, 17 February 1864, p.3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555105532719-XTV7Y2PFWHILBQ3TLJ11/Item_re_Emperor_Norton_in_Oroville_Calif_Daily_Alta_9_Mar_1864_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Tour of 1864 “Court Record” in City Items, Daily Alta California, 9 March 1864, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555113709953-XG11P65WCC47V5DJ094I/Item_re_Emperor_Norton_in_Petaluma_Calif_Daily_Alta_23_Mar_1864_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Tour of 1864 “Court Record” in City Items, Daily Alta California, 23 March 1864, p.1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555117511722-GI4LYQO8U8DMH5P3LU9N/Item_re_Emperor_Norton_in_Petaluma_Weekly_Argus_Thu_19_Aug_1869_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Tour of 1864 “Noted Visitor,” Petaluma Journal & Argus, 16 August 1869, p.3. View pdf of full page here. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555055764365-QN23KISOTBX1X2X7EYJA/American_Hotel_Petaluma_Calif_1862_72.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Tour of 1864 American Hotel, Petaluma, Calif., c.1863–73. Source: Bill Hammerman, "The American Hotel," Our River Town (blog), 4 December 2013. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/4/5/emperor-norton-at-madame-piques monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1554083388649-JTP11VO8FOXKZ6G2W75R/Madame_Pique%27s_ad_Daily_Alta_5_Sep_1854.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Madame Pique's Ad for Grand Soirée hosted by Madame Pique and Mr. Galavotti, Daily Alta California, 5 September 1854, p.2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1554092803170-6GPYUBJ6GXZ7D2T9UZLI/Edward_Pique_obit_SF_Call_4_Aug_1893_p10.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Madame Pique's “Edward Pique: Death of a Pioneer Musician of This City,” San Francisco Morning Call, 4 August 1893, p.10. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1554083505210-640ZCE6QSZ9UMJUMZLHJ/Article_on_construction_of_Madame_Pique%27s_Assembly_Hall_Daily_Alta_26_Mar_1855.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Madame Pique's “New Dancing Hall,” Daily Alta California, 26 March 1855, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1554083585683-N6HO9SJ7IDS2HQ5ZOK90/Ad_for_Grand_Opening_of_Madame_Pique%27s_Assembly_Hall_SF_Daily_Herald_8_Apr_1855_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Madame Pique's Ad for Grand Opening Ball at Madame Pique’s New Assembly Hall, San Francisco Daily Herald, 8 April 1855, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection [Note: Although the CDNC page indicates that this item is from the Daily Alta, the banner and masthead of the paper itself confirm that the paper is the Daily Herald.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1554083672055-0RJZ9LUPJWJYHWEASNDY/Events_rental_ad_for_Madame_Pique%27s_Assembly_Hall_Daily_Alta_29_Apr_1855.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Madame Pique's Ad for events rental at Madame Pique’s New Assembly Hall, Daily Alta California, 29 April 1855, p.3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1554083756445-MUHC9U0J1VIJYLZ0RNPF/Excerpt_from_Daily_Alta_dispatch_in_Sacramento_Daily_Union_23_June_1856.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Madame Pique's Excerpt from “Events of Yesterday,” Daily Alta California, 22 June 1856, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection [Note: The image here, selected because of its superior legibility, is from the reprint of the Alta story in the Sacramento Daily Union of 23 June 1856, under the headline “The San Francisco Revolution.”] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1554489744222-XCNHUH4HOAWJ2YSEKRQ1/Events_rental_ad_for_The_Assembly_Hall_Daily_Alta_12_Sep_1857_p4.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Madame Pique's Ad for event space rental at “The Assembly Hall,” Daily Alta California, 12 September 1857, p.4. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1554084036480-C2PCQ0ZP39AU5JAH9W4E/Item_re_soiree_at_Assembly_Hall_Daily_Alta_1_Jan_1858.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Madame Pique's Amusements item re grand soiree at “Assembly Hall,” Daily Alta California, 1 January 1858, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1554084158309-C45WX0TMI6GT0IG34VC5/Item_re_Thanksgiving_Soiree_at_Assembly_Hall_Daily_Alta_20_Nov_1858_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Madame Pique's Ad for Thanksgiving Soiree at “Assembly Hall,” Daily Alta California, 20 November 1858, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1554084233276-HLPOK74LON7HNACY21W0/Item_re_school_festival_at_Madame_Piques_Assembly_Hall_Daily_Alta_3_May_1859_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Madame Pique's Item noting school festival at “Madame Pique’s Assembly Hall,” Daily Alta California, 3 May 1859, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1554084312721-1I5L8KUNE26GB8UFNB6A/Ad_for_Assembly_Hall_Daily_Alta_10_Mar_1860_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Madame Pique's Ad for “Assembly Hall,” under new management, Daily Alta California, 10 May 1860, p. 2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1554338093705-13A9P13CWAYH0SHTPUAK/Assembly_Hall_listing_in_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1869_p658.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Madame Pique's Listing of Halls in Langley’s San Francisco Directory, 1869, p.658. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1554084387130-L597MQ4XK5BPVF3G58G1/Ad_for_dancing_academy_of_Monsieur_and_Madame_Pique_Daily+Elevator_14_Aug_1868_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Madame Pique's Ad for “Dancing Academy…Taught by Mons. & Madame Pique,” The Elevator, 14 August 1868, p. 3. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/3/29/campaign-receives-major-pledge-for-emperor-songs-album-project monthly 0.5 2020-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1553749834534-577WJQK5GRAK1AQQVEF8/Steven_Short.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Campaign Receives Major Pledge to Help Fund Limited-Edition Compilation Album of "Emperor Songs" Steven Short. Photo: Peter Belanger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1553880994569-D0NQQ5DAH3SUSP8E3AUW/Emperor_Songs_splash_page_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Campaign Receives Major Pledge to Help Fund Limited-Edition Compilation Album of "Emperor Songs" https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/3/18/literary-and-artistic-tribute-to-emperor-norton-in-illinois-march-1880 monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1552265971016-J8RBXYID8XSTUMD0JY5P/Item_re_article_and_woodcut_of_Emperor_Norton_in_Petaluma_Weekly_Argus_16_Apr_1880_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - In the Wake of the Emperor’s Death, A Literary Tribute and a Woodcut Illustration Appears in Illinois “Emperor Norton,” item in the Petaluma Weekly Argus, 16 April 1880, p.2. For an image of the full page, click here. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1552266439387-NE5E664U3YM9EVAWDJH5/The_Illini_Mar_1880_cover.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - In the Wake of the Emperor’s Death, A Literary Tribute and a Woodcut Illustration Appears in Illinois Cover page of The Illini, volume 9, number 6, March 1880. Source: Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1552862112656-JRZEO1JEXH7I826IGNMD/Emperor_Norton_woodcut_in_The_Illini_v9n6_Mar_1880_p174.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - In the Wake of the Emperor’s Death, A Literary Tribute and a Woodcut Illustration Appears in Illinois “Emperor Norton I,” woodcut illustration for article, “Emperor Norton I” (Sketches of California series), in The Illini, volume 9, number 6, March 1880, p. 174. Source: Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/3/13/emperor-norton-friend-of-immigrants monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1552013582467-MRVYLQWGDJHCUF9SJFIT/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_Emigrant_Aid_Society_Pacific_Appeal_8_May_1875.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, Friend of Immigrants Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 8 May 1875, p.1 (first of three). Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1552014103715-0KVG95M481Q17RDYZ61U/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_Pacific_Appeal_24_Apr_1875.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, Friend of Immigrants Proclamation of Emperor Norton, Pacific Appeal, 24 April 1875, p.2. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/3/11/to-dream-of-the-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1552012084162-QK9TTWTAFQFUXIH6QNLA/Gazlays_Pacific_Monthly_V1N4_Apr_1865_cover.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "To Dream of the Emperor Norton" Cover of Gazlay’s Pacific Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4 , April 1865. The Steven Lomazow Collection of American Periodicals. Source: The Great American Magazine. Note: Gazlay’s Pacific Monthly was published monthly from January 1865 to July 1865, before closing. It appears that all seven issues featured the same cover, modified to reflect the volume, number and date information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1552012623751-56B7Z96N6EM1SZJ812IB/Gazlay%27s_Pacific_Monthly_V1N1_Jan_1865_banner.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "To Dream of the Emperor Norton" Banner of Gazlay’s Pacific Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1. January 1865. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1552262207499-QBG3240UL3NUAJSVJX4X/Emperor_Norton_and_David_Gazlay_in_article_on_20_Feb_1861_mtg_to_plan_pro_Union_rally_Daily_Alta_21_Feb_1861_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "To Dream of the Emperor Norton" Excerpt from front-page article in the Daily Alta California newspaper of 21 February 1861 about a 20 February meeting to plan a pro-Union rally in San Francisco. The passage shows that both Emperor Norton and David M. Gazlay were at the meeting. To view the full article, click here. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1552260497031-YOH7DS6UPOXDPJMIGNXO/Union_rally_Montgomery_and_Market_SF_22_Feb_1861.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "To Dream of the Emperor Norton" Pro-Union rally at Montgomery, Market and Post Streets, San Francisco, 22 February 1861. Photographer unknown. Roy D. Graves Pictorial Collection at the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Online Archive of California. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/2/24/emperor-norton-at-a-pro-civil-rights-lecture-march-1868 monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1551038929790-A1D9J8MVJOLVSH5B400B/Ad_for_Freedom%27s_Defenders_lecture_Platt%27s_Hall_SF_Chron_24_Mar_1868.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at a Pro-Civil Rights Lecture, March 1868 Ad for Order of Freedom’s Defenders lecture held at Platt’s Music Hall, San Francisco, on 24 March 1868. San Francisco Chronicle, 24 March 1868, Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1550895406955-OVJ7MNC05J709GH21EFW/Platt%27s_Music_Hall_SF_c1870s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at a Pro-Civil Rights Lecture, March 1868 Platt’s Music Hall, northeast corner of Montgomery and Bush Streets, San Francisco, 1870s. Photograph by T.E. Hecht. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Online Archive of California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1550895450748-S6XJYG71UMMOJK9D21YN/Gen_Oscar_Hugh_La_Grange_1863.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at a Pro-Civil Rights Lecture, March 1868 Gen. Oscar Hugh La Grange, c.1863. Source: National Women’s Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1550896225177-DWRSNQNGO6D57K60LM4J/Freedom%27s_Defenders_item_SF_Examiner_25_Mar_1868_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at a Pro-Civil Rights Lecture, March 1868 Editorial item on Order of Freedom’s Defenders lecture held at Platt’s Music Hall, San Francisco, on 24 March 1868. San Francisco Examiner, 25 March 1868, p. 3. For PDF of full page, click here. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/2/12/the-emperor-norton-rooms-of-1961 monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1549845272299-BEAL4T92HSX2PWRSGR8L/Hotel_Stewart_SF_1930s_40s_postcard.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Rooms of 1961 Postcard for the Hotel Stewart, San Francisco, 1930s–40s. Source: Tattered and Lost Ephemera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1549845461078-VNHACBH4CB19WRDMF03G/Emperor_Norton_Room_at_In_Between_ad_SF_Examiner_27_March_1961.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Rooms of 1961 Ad for the Emperor Norton Room at the In Between, on 51 Maiden Lane, San Francisco. San Francisco Examiner, 27 March 1961, p. 16. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1549848455406-NJT28GV4X6K6BTYPNNOG/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Rooms of 1961 Photograph of painting of Emperor Norton by William H. Weber. San Francisco Chronicle, 22 May 1961, p.4. Full page here. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1549938786043-1K7ZPM4N3DLXOGKKF1UJ/Norton_Room_Is_Booming_SF_Chronicle_12_Aug_1961_p11_article.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Rooms of 1961 “The Norton Room Is Booming,” San Francisco Chronicle, 12 August 1961, p.11. Full page here. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1549940590794-CG8FHVF18ULKTV26PZ3Y/Emperor_Norton_Room_Geary_St_ad_SF_Chron_12_Aug_1961_p11.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Rooms of 1961 Ad for the Emperor Norton Room at the Hotel Stewart, 351 Geary Street, San Francisco. San Francisco Chronicle, 15 July 1961, p.9. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/770ef7ef-60e1-42f1-806c-81a1c61e6547/Emperor_Norton_by_William_H_Weber_1961_photo_by_Ken+McLaughlin_SF_Chronicle.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Rooms of 1961 - Make it stand out Painting of Emperor Norton, 1961, by William H.M. Weber (1920–1996). Photograph: Ken McLaughlin (1911–1966); date of photograph unknown. Source: San Francisco Chronicle Photo Archive https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/2/8/emperor-norton-peter-anderson-and-the-15th-amendment monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1548455830018-UIAI9OCHQ3EDPMQ5TU2K/Emperor_Norton_at_Peter_Anerson_lecture_SF_Examiner_16_Nov_1869.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton on the Front Row of the Fight for Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment Removing Race as a Barrier to Voting Introduction to “A Colored Man on the Fifteenth Amendment,” article in the San Francisco Examiner, 16 November 1869, p 3. Full article here. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1549572562549-H775SRKOJD6WBVGG82QY/Cartoon_re_15th_Amendment_Harper%27s_Weekly_12_Mar_1870.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton on the Front Row of the Fight for Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment Removing Race as a Barrier to Voting “XVth Amendment. — ‘Shoo Fly, don’t Bodder me!’” Comic in Harper’s Weekly, 12 March 1870. Source: New York Times. In its historical note on the comic — here — the Times notes that California “rejected the amendment for fear it would lead to an ‘invasion’ of Chinese. There was intense prejudice and discrimination in California against Chinese immigrants, who outnumbered blacks in the state by a ten-to-one ratio.” https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/1/21/emperor-nortons-early-engagement-with-an-african-american-editor monthly 0.5 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1547868894469-XDL11E9K6VJM36NLYMNA/Philip_A_Bell.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Early Engagement With an African-American Editor Reveals the Essence of the Emperor’s Mission — And Foreshadows a Key Relationship Philip Alexander Bell. Collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Source: African American Lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1547846777863-C5MO85GFU94B3J5KU0XC/Philip_A_Bell_A_Word_for_the_Emperor_SF_Mirror_18_Aug_1860.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Early Engagement With an African-American Editor Reveals the Essence of the Emperor’s Mission — And Foreshadows a Key Relationship “A Word for the Emperor,” editorial column by Cosmopolite (Philip A. Bell), San Francisco Mirror of the Times, 20 August 1860, p. 8. column 1. Courtesy of Robert Chandler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1547846849699-I74DH0MD4YKE0VPBH8NV/Emperor_Norton_A_Pacific_Proclamation_SF_Mirror_21_Aug_1860.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Early Engagement With an African-American Editor Reveals the Essence of the Emperor’s Mission — And Foreshadows a Key Relationship “A Pacific Proclamation,” by Norton I, San Francisco Mirror of the Times, 21 August 1860, p. 4. column 1. Courtesy of Robert Chandler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1547939893453-O9841BU3VHYKTQUS8I27/The_Editorial_Clown_item_SF_Elevator_20_Mar_1868.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton’s Early Engagement With an African-American Editor Reveals the Essence of the Emperor’s Mission — And Foreshadows a Key Relationship “The Editorial Clown,” editorial item, San Francisco Elevator, 20 March 1868, p. 2, col. 1. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/1/15/an-early-emperors-bridge-campaigner monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1547501282427-NAJ6RQ8MC9J00J2QCR4I/Ad_for_Telephone_Time_in_NY_Daily_News_19_Aug_1956.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - “The Old Boy Doped It Out Pretty Damn Well” — Notes on an Early "Emperor's Bridge" Campaigner Ad for Telephone Time episode, “Emperor Norton’s Bridge,” in the New York Daily News, 19 August 1956. The Illustration is of the Emperor as portrayed by the actor Edgar Stehli. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1547502382805-E1DQDMBX6HKN4ZF1CZYO/John_Nesbitt_on_Telephone_Time.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - “The Old Boy Doped It Out Pretty Damn Well” — Notes on an Early "Emperor's Bridge" Campaigner John Nesbitt on the set of Telephone Time. Source: Still from film clip at Shutterstock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1547501428465-S303UEU2FZ0LVVDBR77X/Excerpt_from_interview_with_John_Nesbitt_SF_Examiner_10_Apr_1956.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - “The Old Boy Doped It Out Pretty Damn Well” — Notes on an Early "Emperor's Bridge" Campaigner Excerpt of Dwight Newton’s interview with John Nesbitt, published 10 April 1956 in the San Francisco Examiner, p. 23. Full interview here. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/1/9/emperor-nortons-actual-factual-201st-birthday-party monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1544656414067-ZSQZKPFUGRZ0THQT6HIK/Cake_for_Queen_Charlotte%27s_Birthday_Ball_c1930.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Actual Factual 201st Birthday Party! Piping the cake for Queen Charlotte's Birthday Ball, a charity event, c.1930, in support of Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, in Hammersmith, London. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/1/4/campaign-discovers-newspaper-record-of-emperor-nortons-famous-stand-off-with-an-anti-chinese-crowd monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1546453857741-LJWU4MCP8FKT50Q3CPP7/Norton_v_Kearny_incident_SF_Examiner_30_Apr_1878_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Unearthed: Newspaper Record of Emperor Norton’s Famous Stand-Off with an Anti-Chinese Crowd Introduction to article, “The Hare Still to be Caught,” San Francisco Examiner, 30 April 1878, p.3. For a pdf of the full article, click here. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1546565318686-5P3OSYUAQDEUCP0LSPIJ/Emperor-Norton-1870s-c.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Unearthed: Newspaper Record of Emperor Norton’s Famous Stand-Off with an Anti-Chinese Crowd Emperor Norton, c.1878. Photo: Bradley & Rulofson. Collection of the California Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1546565922282-HA1DVUMW1GT739JN62G1/Denis_Kearney.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Unearthed: Newspaper Record of Emperor Norton’s Famous Stand-Off with an Anti-Chinese Crowd Denis Kearney, undated. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Calisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1546658827816-PDQXBGBZ4SYBESQCOMVK/Norton_v_Kearney_incident_Daily_Alta_29_Apr_1878_p1.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Unearthed: Newspaper Record of Emperor Norton’s Famous Stand-Off with an Anti-Chinese Crowd Excerpt from article, “Kearney Catching It,” Daily Alta California, 29 April 1878, p.1. See full article in the California Daily Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1546716562557-MJ0XIOOQEPITNILYPZVH/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_v_sandlot_meetings_Sacramento_Daily_Union_10_Apr_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Unearthed: Newspaper Record of Emperor Norton’s Famous Stand-Off with an Anti-Chinese Crowd Proclamation of Emperor Norton, 9 April 1878. Published in the Sacramento Daily Union, 10 April 1878. Source: California Daily Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1562727228708-YX1YLEUG9EOJH63AP5R1/Norton_v_Kearney_incident_SF_Chronicle_29_Apr_1878_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Unearthed: Newspaper Record of Emperor Norton’s Famous Stand-Off with an Anti-Chinese Crowd Excerpt from article, “The Entering Wedge: A Prospect of Office Dividing the Workingmen,” San Francisco Chronicle, 29 April 1878, p.3. For an image of the full page and article, click here. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2018/12/18/was-the-christmas-tree-in-union-square-sf-really-emperor-nortons-idea monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1545166370620-7JTG335QV9XQ2E1H7IDB/Christmas_tree_Madison_Square_Park_NYC_Christmas_Eve_1912.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was the Christmas Tree in Union Square, San Francisco, Really Emperor Norton’s Idea? The Christmas tree in Madison Square Park, New York City, on Christmas Eve 1912. This was one of the first outdoor civic Christmas trees in the United States. The other two — in Boston and in Hartford, Conn. — were lit that same evening. Photograph: Collection of the Library of Congress. Source: 6sqft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1546459009648-Z0WQAJY1ACOUELX022SH/Christmas_tree_Golden_Gate_Park_Stadium_SF_1912.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was the Christmas Tree in Union Square, San Francisco, Really Emperor Norton’s Idea? Christmas tree celebration in Golden Gate Park Stadium, Christmas Day 1912 — the first outdoor municipal tree in San Francisco. Possibly a detail from a larger photograph. Marilyn Blaisdell Collection. Source: OpenSFHistory/wnp37.04263.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1546207051122-ZX1FEGQO4VRD2YMRBNHP/Christmas_tree_Court_of_the_Universe_PPIE_SF_1914_Glenn_Koch_Collection.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was the Christmas Tree in Union Square, San Francisco, Really Emperor Norton’s Idea? The municipal Christmas tree in the Court of the Universe at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, Christmas Day 1914. The PPIE grounds are still under construction. Click for a wonderful much-larger view. Photo postcard in the private collection of Glenn Koch. Source: Glenn Koch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1546205446262-LAY59Z4BUNBCN9UU8368/Christmas_tree_Civic_Center_SF_1919_Bancroft_Library.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was the Christmas Tree in Union Square, San Francisco, Really Emperor Norton’s Idea? Gathering at the foot of the municipal Christmas tree in Civic Center, San Francisco, 1919. Sixth from right is San Francisco Mayor James Rolph. Photograph in the Jesse Brown Cook Scrapbooks Documenting San Francisco History, c.1895–1936, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1545178456138-B3303ZS4Z6JEP9MI42LR/SF_Chronicle_7_Nov_1929_front_page_headline.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was the Christmas Tree in Union Square, San Francisco, Really Emperor Norton’s Idea? PDF of full original article here. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1545179660464-7MRL8Y2P7R8CC8CVR6Z5/SF_Chronicle_Christmas_parade_story_1_Dec_1929_headline.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was the Christmas Tree in Union Square, San Francisco, Really Emperor Norton’s Idea? PDF of full original article here. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1545180437361-VZ357TLT97R5XWG4S9FS/Dedication_of_Christmas_tree_in_Union_Square_SF_Chron_8_Dec_1929_headline.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was the Christmas Tree in Union Square, San Francisco, Really Emperor Norton’s Idea? PDF of full original article here. Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1545168468510-G5TP9EPCI193M4CGQJKL/Christmas_tree_Union_Square_SF_1929.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was the Christmas Tree in Union Square, San Francisco, Really Emperor Norton’s Idea? Christmas tree in Union Square, San Francisco, December 1929.* Collection of the Oakland Public Library History Room. Source: Bennett Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1545168633984-H45XPZ1W89WLF15GUX1F/Christmas_tree_Union_Square_SF_1929_night.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was the Christmas Tree in Union Square, San Francisco, Really Emperor Norton’s Idea? Christmas tree in Union Square, San Francisco, December 1929.* Marilyn Blaisdell Collection. Source: OpenSFHistory/wnp37.01765.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1545167414425-A1SRXECHOHDUVM07SXIS/Christmas_tree_Union_Square_SF_1930.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was the Christmas Tree in Union Square, San Francisco, Really Emperor Norton’s Idea? Christmas tree in Union Square, San Francisco, December 1930.* Photograph taken by Francis Joseph Sperisen (1901–1986) from his lapidary shop in the Whittell Building, at 166 Geary Street. (Photograph of the Dewey Monument and the Whittell Building, courtesy of Sperisen’s niece, Ramona Walker.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1545166643542-ZESAARRALV4GG39UQE1W/Christmas_tree_City_of_Paris_SF_Chron_23_Nov_1959.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was the Christmas Tree in Union Square, San Francisco, Really Emperor Norton’s Idea? Christmas tree at City of Paris department store, 23 November 1959. Photograph © San Francisco Chronicle (Gordon Peters). Source: San Francisco Chronicle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1545169842785-SEXO53C8LQ0MS8E0ESDY/Christmas_tree_Union_Square_SF_Chron_26_Nov_1983.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was the Christmas Tree in Union Square, San Francisco, Really Emperor Norton’s Idea? Christmas tree in Union Square, 25 November 1983. Photograph © San Francisco Chronicle (Frederick Larson). Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1613410540307-N1OKFZYBK2VDJB2LFMDP/Christmas_in_Union_Square_SF_1990s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Was the Christmas Tree in Union Square, San Francisco, Really Emperor Norton’s Idea? Christmas tree in Union Square, San Francisco, 1996 or 1997. Photograph © Ray Morse https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2018/11/24/the-sixth-annual-tannenbaum-toast monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1478485914612-I5JPI08C2ZPF39UMUSJY/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Sixth Annual Tannenbaum Toast View from the mezzanine as guests arrive for the First Annual Tannenbaum Toast at The House of Shields, San Francisco, in December 2013. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2018/11/9/emperor-norton-plaque-restored-new-site-eyed monthly 0.5 2020-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1541627144783-SM7T304K88ZY6T3AK9J9/Photo_of_dedication_of+ECV_Emperor_Norton_plaque_SF_Chronicle_26_Feb_1939.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Plaque Restored Dedication on 25 February 1939 of the Emperor Norton plaque (“Pause, Traveler”) commissioned by the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus. Photo from “Bridge Father Honored by E. Clampusites,” San Francisco Chronicle, 26 February 1939, p.8. © San Francisco Chronicle. For full article, click here. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1541628178569-6AWL9U5WTAUMGWMXDLLR/Emperor_Norton_plaque_re_Bay_Bridge_1939.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Plaque Restored Emperor Norton “Pause Traveler” plaque (1939), commissioned by E Clampus Vitus to honor the Emperor for setting out the original vision for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Photograph © 2010 John Nagle. Source: Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1541628312750-ZRDOV09CIFD6O5SGRILI/Emperor_Norton_plaque_ECV_1939_restored_2018.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Plaque Restored Emperor Norton “Pause, Traveler” plaque (1939), as restored in 2018. Photograph © 2018 Kai Wada Roath. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2018/10/24/emperor-norton-addressed-the-european-trade-crisis-of-1870-with-an-offer-of-imperial-bonds monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1540401751827-80PFUD0DXJQR4FXU6V4F/Theodor_Kirchhoff_c1880.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Addressed the European Trade Crisis of 1870 With an Offer of Imperial Bonds Theodor Kirchhoff (1828–1899), c.1880. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1540402512787-TNB84F42ZHUNP97VK2KS/Ernst_Keil_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Addressed the European Trade Crisis of 1870 With an Offer of Imperial Bonds Ernst Keil (1816–1878). This engraving by Adolf Neumann, from a photograph by W. Höffert, appeared in Die Gartenlaube, No. 35, 1878. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1540400703995-WZEW2LMN56D9P38U6VVQ/Die_Gartenlaube_N47_1870_p791.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Addressed the European Trade Crisis of 1870 With an Offer of Imperial Bonds “Kaiser Norton,” by Theodor Kirchhoff, in the German-language weekly magazine Die Gartenlaube, No. 47, 1870, p.791. The item begins below the engraving of the Emperor. Source: Wikisource. For an enlargeable scan, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1540405221694-YCAJ1QU3LYYC5AMMUULW/Emperor-Norton-1860s-a.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Addressed the European Trade Crisis of 1870 With an Offer of Imperial Bonds Emperor Norton, probably 1867. By the Bradley & Rulofson studio. Collection of the Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1540405574265-Z7OTZQ5NQG6VYMLE2PBU/Norton_+der_Erste_in_Die_Gartenlaube_N47_Nov_1870.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Addressed the European Trade Crisis of 1870 With an Offer of Imperial Bonds “Norton der Erste, Kaiser der Vereinigten Staaten und Protector von Mexico.” Illustration by Johann Carl Wilhelm Aarland (1822–1906). Originally published in Die Gartenlaube, No. 47, November 1870, p.791. Image source: Wikimedia Commons. Original publication: Wikisource. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2018/9/19/the-emperors-bridge-campaigns-5th-anniversary-absinthe-gin-cake-party monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1537400133088-DHS61QWS5Y4TMQT41K6H/Emperor_Norton_Bridge_poster_by_Tami_Twarog_28_Sep_2013_crop.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor's Bridge Campaign's 5th Anniversary Absinthe, Gin & Cake Party Poster by Tami Twarog, at the Inaugural Tweet-Up of The Emperor’s Bridge Campaign, held at Emperor Norton’s Boozeland, San Francisco, 28 September 2013. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2018/9/4/the-longest-proclamation-emperor-norton-at-the-lyceum-for-self-culture monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1535680717715-4OMV5GUNYFOGFYYO57PB/Dashaway_Hall_139_Post_btw_Kearny_and_Dupont_SF_1867_by_Muybridge.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - THE LONGEST PROCLAMATION? Emperor Norton at the Lyceum for Self-Culture Dashaway Hall, at 139 Post Street, San Francisco, in 1867. Here, the Emperor Norton attended weekly meetings of the Lyceum for Self-Culture. Photograph by Eadweard Muybridge. Source: San Jose State University. (This building and site has been added to The Emperor Norton Trust’s interactive Emperor Norton Map of the World, here.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1535853578565-PRBQX36THSTA5W8315X7/Common_Sense_v1n3_30_May_1874_title.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - THE LONGEST PROCLAMATION? Emperor Norton at the Lyceum for Self-Culture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1535853654752-1CTBLOPVU95K4QU7TC9J/Common_Sense_v1n29_28_Nov_1874_title.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - THE LONGEST PROCLAMATION? Emperor Norton at the Lyceum for Self-Culture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1535853892102-41AYGBDUVFPMP51V2TP2/Proclamation_by_Emperor_Norton_Common_Sense_v1n12_1_Aug_1874_p12.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - THE LONGEST PROCLAMATION? Emperor Norton at the Lyceum for Self-Culture "Proclamation," Norton I, in Common Sense, vol. 1, no. 12., 1 August 1874, p.146. Source: Google Books. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2018/8/14/new-transbay-transit-center-is-in-nortons-old-neighborhood monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1534209920463-O0LQSWMC3Y314LM5ACD4/Transbay_Transit_Center.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - New Transbay Transit Center Is in Norton's Old Neighborhood Transbay Transit Center and Park. Drone view on 8 August 2018. © 2018 Jane Tyska / Bay Area News Group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1534358236458-QPXVU8H0W5AEI488VC5M/Emperor_Norton_plaque_re_Bay_Bridge_1939.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - New Transbay Transit Center Is in Norton's Old Neighborhood Plaque, commissioned by E Clampus Vitus, honoring Emperor Norton for setting out the vision for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Photograph: John Nagle. Source: Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1534279588490-19EE0290QLH4BJO3SWUK/Salesforce_Transit_Center_SF_Google_Maps_satellite.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - New Transbay Transit Center Is in Norton's Old Neighborhood Transbay (Salesforce) Transit Center. Screen cap of Google Maps satellite view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1534282847726-KEQUFRSMYAM5G4AEWL86/Norton_properties_relative_to_Transbay_Transit_Center.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - New Transbay Transit Center Is in Norton's Old Neighborhood The former sites of Joshua Norton's receiving and warehousing operation (blue pins) relative to the new Transbay Transit Center (red pin). For a full interactive map of 47 sites that are historically associated with Emperor Norton and 14 sites of Emperor-inspired public art, see our dynamically updated Emperor Norton Map of the World. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2018/6/15/campaign-seeks-new-board-members monthly 0.5 2019-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1529086340519-L9IJR8P27GLYBEZDKTAT/Emperor-Norton-1870s-a.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Campaign Seeks New Board Members Emperor Norton, between spring 1871 and spring 1872. From carte de visite by Tuttle & Johnson studio, 523 Kearny Street, "Heliographic Artists." Collection of the California Historical Society. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2018/6/2/emperor-norton-makes-the-news-at-the-german-ladies-fair-of-1878 monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1527894667715-XLDW4UW85GZ2GX0JBPKM/Front_page_of_Daily_Fair_Report_v1n5_2_Mar_1878_German_Ladies_Fair_SF.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Makes the News at the German "Ladies Fair" of 1878 Front page of The Daily Fair Report, vol. 1, no. 5, Saturday, March 2, 1878. The Report was a souvenir paper produced during the German Ladies Fair held in San Francisco from 26 February to 5 March 1878, to help raise money for the building of a new German Hospital in San Francisco after the previous German Hospital was destroyed in a fire. Image courtesy of Scott Brown of Eureka Books, in Eureka, Calif. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1527896099139-G7ONWZRQT5XA0KIBAVP0/Item_on_Autograph_Album_in_Daily_Fair_Report_2_Mar_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Makes the News at the German "Ladies Fair" of 1878 "An autographical album," article in The Daily Fair Report, vol. 1, no. 5, Saturday, March 2, 1878. Image courtesy of Scott Brown of Eureka Books, in Eureka, Calif. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2018/5/14/time-traveling-with-one-of-the-earliest-comic-illustrations-of-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1526077272623-ML8FICC9H4Q5WWKWLJ7Q/Emperor_Norton_SF_Bulletin_20_Dec_1913.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Time-Traveling With One of the Earliest Comic Illustrations of Emperor Norton Detail of illustration of Emperor Norton accompanying a biographical article on the Emperor that appeared in the 20 December 1913 edition of the San Francisco Bulletin newspaper. Source: SFGenealogy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1526078938239-3340ULOVR4XY6V7JFOFM/The_Three_Prominent_Men_of_San_Francisco_Cal_by_George_Frederick_Keller.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Time-Traveling With One of the Earliest Comic Illustrations of Emperor Norton "The Three Prominent Men of San Francisco Cal." (c.1873—74), by George Frederick Keller (1846–1927). Originally published in Thistleton's Jolly Giant. Source: Portrait Collection, California Historical Society, PC-PT_00191. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1526182547348-U5XHPZ51QR8AZXH5QE00/Emperor_Norton_detail_from_Three_Prominent_Men_of_SF_by_GF_Keller_1870s_CA_Review_Oct_1904_p288.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Time-Traveling With One of the Earliest Comic Illustrations of Emperor Norton Detail from "Three Prominent Men of San Francisco, Cal." (c.1873–74), triptych by George Frederick Keller (1846–1927). (See triptych above.) Triptych originally published in Thistleton's Jolly Giant. This reproduction appeared in California Review: An Illustrated Magazine of California, V3 N4, October 1904, p.288. Source: HathiTrust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1526241538589-JUFX17J3N99G6OKW7S01/Modified_version_of_1870s_illustration_of_Emperor_Norton_by_GF_Keller_in_Norton_bio_by_James_Wilkins_SF_Bulletin_20_Dec_1913.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Time-Traveling With One of the Earliest Comic Illustrations of Emperor Norton Modified version of detail from "Three Prominent Men of San Francisco, Cal." (c.1873–74), triptych by George Frederick Keller (1846–1927). (See triptych above.) Triptych originally published in Thistleton's Jolly Giant. This reproduction appeared in the San Francisco Bulletin newspaper on 20 December 1913. The Bulletin added the halo, which was not in Keller's original. This was used as an illustration for a biographical article on Emperor Norton by James H. Wilkins, the paper's editor (pdf of the full page here). Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1628962726631-K69BDNV80P4FAX1T71U4/Ad_for_Thistleton%27s_Jolly_Giant_Irish_Nationalist_21_Jun_1873_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Time-Traveling With One of the Earliest Comic Illustrations of Emperor Norton - Make it stand out Ad for Thistleton’s Jolly Giant newspaper that ran in The Nationalist between May and August 1873. Source: GenealogyBank https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2018/3/15/emperor-nortons-note-to-the-ladies-of-the-german-benevolent-society monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1521059355215-0IJ1NB7KUGMPLSLIRQ3B/German_Benevolent_Society_ad_German_Hospital_cornerstone_laying_and_festival_25_Aug_1857.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Note to the Ladies of the German Benevolent Society Ad for German Benevolent Society events surrounding the laying of the cornerstone of the German Hospital, Daily Alta California, 25 August 1857. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1521062280177-N7VI2HM381YYFBPXGXCG/German_Hospital_by_George_F_Keller_c1858.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Note to the Ladies of the German Benevolent Society "Hospital of the German Benevolent Society, San Francisco," c.1858, by George F. Keller (1846–1927). Collection of the California State Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1521067999446-ON72L7UEP6PLYYXEB6JQ/Ad_Ladies_Fair_of_the_German_Benevolent_Society_27_Feb_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Note to the Ladies of the German Benevolent Society Ad for Ladies Fair of the German Benevolent Society, Daily Alta California, 27 February 1878. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1521068529751-YDUBDZBZDRJZ186XLO0I/Emperor_Norton_letter_to_Ladies%27_Fair_of_the_German_Benevolent_Association_c1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Note to the Ladies of the German Benevolent Society Letter written and signed by Emperor Norton to the Ladies' Fair of the German Benevolent Society, c.1878. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions. (Note: Heritage Auctions has this letter as "n.d." — by which the house means "No Date.") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1521073645646-X46ZBCB6QVC4I7A3IQEI/Item_re_German_Benevolent_Society_picnic_Daily_Alta_California_11_May_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Note to the Ladies of the German Benevolent Society Item re annual picnic of the German Benevolent Society, Daily Alta California, 11 May 1878. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2018/2/28/my-dear-lotta-emperor-nortons-telegram-to-lotta-crabtree monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1519848365406-ESZP85EX9VSMA73HOJ2V/Emperor_Norton_telegram_to_Lotta_Crabtree_18_Oct_1875_front.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "My Dear Lotta": Emperor Norton's Telegram to Lotta Crabtree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1519848512253-2QLEIPFOHX66EYEY4PXH/Emperor_Norton_telegram_to_Lotta_Crabtree_18_Oct_1875_back.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "My Dear Lotta": Emperor Norton's Telegram to Lotta Crabtree Telegraph to Lotta Crabtree, 18 October 18[75], Emperor Norton telegrams and promissory notes, 1872–1879, undated, MS Vault 73, California Historical Society, MS-Vault-73_001a (front) and MS-Vault-73_001b (back). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1519850961059-U9W5ZLP1NOY85MTMCTVJ/Lotta%27s_Fountain_c1880.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "My Dear Lotta": Emperor Norton's Telegram to Lotta Crabtree Lotta's Fountain, at Market, Kearny and Geary Streets, San Francisco, c.1880. Source: OpenSFHistory/wnp24.oo33a.jpg https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2018/2/21/the-itemized-bill-for-emperor-nortons-1934-reburial-and-who-paid-it monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1519231224427-SZYOUXYYBZQ9ZI65X0WG/Emperor_Norton_Memorial_Association_statement_of_receipts_and_disbursements_undated_CHS.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Itemized Bill for Emperor Norton's 1934 Reburial — And Who Paid It Statement of receipts and disbursements for account of Emperor Norton Fund of the Emperor Norton Memorial Association. California Biography Collection, Norton, Joshua A. (Emperor), California Historical Society, BIO-COLL_0001. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1519240155684-0OUDJMP4TZ21O9U0D7HG/Emperor_Norton_reburial_ceremony_Woodlawn_Cemetery_Colma_Calif_30_June_1934.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Itemized Bill for Emperor Norton's 1934 Reburial — And Who Paid It Dedication ceremony for reburial of Emperor Norton, with new headstone, in Woodlawn cemetery, Colma, Calif., 30 June 1934. Source: Jewish Museum of the American West. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/12/15/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-famous-emperor-norton-obits monthly 0.5 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1513307775354-X03NIHBGD7FJIWB6FMFV/Le_Roi_Est_Mort_SF_Chron_11_Jan_1880_headlines.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Setting the Record Straight on the Famous Emperor Norton Obit(s) Headlines of article covering Emperor Norton funeral in San Francisco Chronicle, 11 January 1880, p.8. Click image for a PDF of the original full page. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/468bf6c2-52dc-4652-9dea-4c6d41f328c0/Except_from_obituary_of_Emperor_Norton_SF_Morning_Call_9_Jan_1880_p3.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Setting the Record Straight on the Famous Emperor Norton Obit(s) Excerpt of Emperor Norton obituary in the San Francisco Morning Call, 9 January 1880, p. 3. Click image for PDF of original full page. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/12/6/emperors-bridge-campaign-marks-bicentennial-with-emperor-norton-at-200-series monthly 0.5 2022-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1512621002484-PUOW137SEWF7ILO4BZV2/Emperor_Norton_at_200_page.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor's Bridge Campaign Marks Bicentennial With "Emperor Norton at 200" Series https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/11/1/herb-caens-norton-bridge-campaign-of-1947 monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1509507874990-QN7KDMTZLES9A2RPXK7I/Butterfly-Wing_Bridge_concept_Frank_Lloyd_Wright_1949_model.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen's "Norton Bridge" Campaign of 1947 (And the 1960 Letter from Berkeley That Watered the Seed) Model of the Butterfly-Wing Bridge, proposed Southern Crossing of San Francisco Bay, Frank Lloyd Wright, 1949. Part of the exhibition Sixty Years of Living Architecture, Los Angeles, 1954. Photograph © Loch Crane. Source: The Wright Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1509561151768-8KFVVPYZ2NC8T6PTGTHI/Herb_Caen_clip_SF_Chronicle_2_Jan_1947_p9.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen's "Norton Bridge" Campaign of 1947 (And the 1960 Letter from Berkeley That Watered the Seed) Clip from Herb Caen's column, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 January 1947, p.9. Click image for PDF of the full page. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1509561898813-BXV12AA5DP5SMKUT3K0K/Herb_Caen_clip_SF_Chronicle_5_Mar_1947_p13.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen's "Norton Bridge" Campaign of 1947 (And the 1960 Letter from Berkeley That Watered the Seed) Clip from Herb Caen's column, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 March 1947, p.13. Click image for PDF of the full page. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1509562358841-RJQDD1FWF8DFPD2AOI0Q/Herb_Caen_clip_SF_Chronicle_29_Apr_1947_p13.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen's "Norton Bridge" Campaign of 1947 (And the 1960 Letter from Berkeley That Watered the Seed) Clip from Herb Caen's column, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 April 1947, p.13. Click image for PDF of the full page. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1509564476463-K8WGUEZQTW76WTVRGHHK/Emperor_Norton_Bridge_letter_SF_Chronicle_12_Jul_1960_p26.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen's "Norton Bridge" Campaign of 1947 (And the 1960 Letter from Berkeley That Watered the Seed) Letter to the Editor from D.J. Stevens-Allen, of Berkeley, Calif., San Francisco Chronicle, 12 July 1960, p.26. Click image for PDF of the full page. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/10/30/write-a-letter-today-to-make-it-the-emperor-norton-bridge-in-2018 monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1509233180645-38NKZH1NHPIFYKIWJ7EY/Emperor_Norton_Bridge_sign_11_Feb_2014.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Write a Letter Today to Make It the Emperor Norton Bridge in 2018 Alas, The Emperor's Bridge Campaign can't claim credit for this excellent sign that went up next to the Bay Bridge's Fifth Street, San Francisco, onramp in February 2014. But we absolutely endorse the sentiment. Photo © 2014 by Aaron Muszalski. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/10/17/the-fifth-annual-tannenbaum-toast monthly 0.5 2019-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1478485914612-I5JPI08C2ZPF39UMUSJY/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Fifth Annual Tannenbaum Toast View from the mezzanine as guests arrive for the First Annual Tannenbaum Toast at The House of Shields, San Francisco, in December 2013. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/8/30/the-most-respectful-directory monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1504132515150-81KHRXMT6M1RJ7VRWLJH/Emperor_listing_in_SF_directory_1862.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Most Respectful Directory? Listing for Joshua Norton in the San Francisco Directory, 1862, compiled by Henry G. Langley, p.298. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1504131268463-OCOB2HYG0FTVLWKOCYQZ/Joshua_Norton_listing_in_Bishop%27s_SF_directory_1875.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Most Respectful Directory? Listing for Joshua Norton in the New City Annual Directory of San Francisco, 1875, compiled and published by D.M. Bishop & Co., p. 772. Source: Internet Archive. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/7/26/an-empire-day-ferry-trip-to-oakland-emperor-nortons-summer-capital monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1501107825837-QMGB3FRJT8O30RXZQVJO/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An Empire Day Ferry Trip to Oakland — Emperor Norton's "Summer Capital" Steam ferry The Oakland, c.1875. Emperor Norton may have ridden on this ship, which operated as part of a partnership between Oakland's first — by then, past — mayor, Horace Carpentier (1824–1918), and the Central Pacific Rail Road. Collection of the Oakland History Room / Oakland Public Library. Source: Bennett Hall. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/6/27/emperor-norton-c1871-72 monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1498585130325-HYZBQO2KQ9I3D12UGBU9/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, c.1871–72 Emperor Norton, c.1871–72. Photograph by Tuttle & Johnson, Heliographic Artists, 523 Kearny Street, San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1498586494760-XU4Z0YDC4NETFYVK9634/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, c.1871–72 Emperor Norton, 1869. Photograph by Eadweard Muybridge. Collection of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1498587205861-O9HAA24WT1LJEL7U47PD/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, c.1871–72 Emperor Norton, mid 1870s. Detail from photograph by Thomas Houseworth & Co. Collection of the California Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1498597640452-OMC5SAGXYCD4A2VV6RZB/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, c.1871–72 Listings for William N. Tuttle, Tuttle & Johnson and the Cosmopolitan Art Gallery in Langley's San Francisco Directory of 1872, p. 648. Source: Internet Archive. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/5/25/his-majestys-voice-reaches-the-south monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1495746283300-Z4QRW19HFK17PMV76CKT/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - His Majesty's Voice Reaches the South Joshua Norton's proclamation of 17 September 1859 as it appeared in the 19 October 1859 issue of the Weekly Vicksburg [Miss.] Whig. To see the full front page of the issue, including the proclamation as it originally appeared, click here. Source: Newspapers.com https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/5/22/emperor-norton-schizophrenic-or-not monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/11afad35-dcb9-4371-b325-5f2ee9caa755/Emperor_Norton_c1878_by_Bradley_and_Rulofson_California_Historical_Society_Collection_at_Stanford.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton, Schizophrenic. Or Not. Emperor Norton, c.1878. Photograph by Bradley & Rulofson studio, 429 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Cabinet card. California Historical Society Collection at Stanford. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/5/15/open-question-no-3-what-happened-to-joshua-norton-in-the-three-years-between-declaring-bankruptcy-and-declaring-empire monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1494537183803-TUQB99EN1OKO1OAXEKIB/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Joshua Norton Really Leave San Francisco Between Declaring Himself Bankrupt in 1856 and Emperor in 1859? Business ad for Joshua Norton. Daily Alta California, 9 December 1856. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1494560173814-KV5VTJ1DTTP0J5CHGK1Q/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Joshua Norton Really Leave San Francisco Between Declaring Himself Bankrupt in 1856 and Emperor in 1859? Snippet of the Langley's 1858 directory for San Francisco with listing for Joshua Norton living at a boarding house at 255 Kearny Street. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1494624438557-9MND5KANX0IZ4JU84DWX/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Joshua Norton Really Leave San Francisco Between Declaring Himself Bankrupt in 1856 and Emperor in 1859? Snippet of the Langley's 1859 directory for San Francisco with listing for a Jesse Norton living at the same address where Joshua Norton was listed in the previous year's directory. Source: Internet Archive. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/5/9/field-talk-3-his-majestys-ink monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1494293842256-IRMPFNKZ9ZKXVH6XARPN/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - FIELD TALK #3 | His Majesty's Ink: The Boutique Printers of Emperor Norton's Bonds & Decrees, 1870–1880 The second Niantic Hotel, at the northwest corner of Sansome and Clay Streets, San Francisco; possibly dated 1865. Both the printing firm of Cuddy & Hughes and the Pacific Appeal newspaper operated out of the building visible at the far right. Photograph from the collection of James R. Smith. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/5/2/notes-on-his-majestys-printers monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1493340836114-ODHBF84CTONMGVGVAWX2/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Notes on His Majesty's Printers The second Niantic Hotel, at the northwest corner of Sansome and Clay Streets, San Francisco; possibly dated 1865. Both the printing firm of Cuddy & Hughes and the Pacific Appeal newspaper operated out of the building visible at the far right: 511 Sansome, at the southwest corner of Sansome and Merchant. Photograph from the collection of James R. Smith. Scan provided courtesy of the owner. (A large detail from this photo appears in Smith's 2005 book, San Francisco's Lost Landmarks.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1493403287780-61JOMFG6UK8JVB7B885U/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Notes on His Majesty's Printers The Niantic Building (1872), at the northwest corner of Sansome (in the foreground) and Clay Streets, San Francisco. The building adjacent and to north, on Sansome, is 511 Sansome, at the southwest corner of Sansome and Merchant. Depending on when this photo was taken, Cuddy & Hughes and/or the Pacific Appeal newspaper may no longer have been operating out of the building. Photograph in the collection of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1493405758498-DMTNXNEEO7IZYB4OJWAQ/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Notes on His Majesty's Printers Stereograph of the Niantic Building (1872), San Francisco, by Carleton Watkins (1829–1916); possibly dated 1874. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1574281610173-M5KRB4CQGKWHSVB9MB6C/Emperor_Norton_note_Cuddy_and_Hughes_22_Jul_1875.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Notes on His Majesty's Printers Bond of The Imperial Government of Norton I, made by Cuddy & Hughes and signed by Emperor Norton on 22 July 1875. Source: Heritage Auctions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/153d6157-b3d0-4193-89a3-ba6aa6d11918/Listing_for_CA_Murdock_and_Co_Langley%27s_SF_directory_1878_p627.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Notes on His Majesty's Printers - Make it stand out Listing for C.A. Murdock & Co. in Langley’s San Francisco Directory, 1878, p. 627. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library, Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1493420009830-5KD46CYRN0BT9M03237U/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Notes on His Majesty's Printers Bond of The Imperial Government of Norton I, made by Charles A. Murdock & Co. and signed by Emperor Norton on 20 November 1879. Collection of the California Historical Society. Source: Groove Central LA https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/4/30/the-eastern-approach-to-the-imperial-palace monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1493585829717-5S8TQDXC8PGRFLKLRHZH/Commercial_Street_at_Montgomery_SF_1865.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Eastern Approach to the Imperial Palace Northwest corner of Commercial and Montgomery Streets, San Francisco, 1865. Montgomery runs north-south in the foreground. Emperor Norton's palace, at the Eureka Lodgings, was a half-block west along Commercial. Photograph uncredited. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1493585920386-MKLQJRJU3EBR6CNNH5IM/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Eastern Approach to the Imperial Palace Northwest corner of Commercial and Montgomery Streets, San Francisco, 1866. Montgomery runs north-south in the foreground. Emperor Norton's palace, at the Eureka Lodgings, was a half-block west along Commercial. Photograph uncredited. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/4/18/the-emperors-bridge-campaign-contributes-four-rare-emperor-norton-films-to-the-internet-archive monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1492553068361-XAR3OIZIH258P2XOJAM5/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor's Bridge Campaign Contributes Four Rare Emperor Norton Films to the Internet Archive https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/4/12/open-question-no-2-did-joshua-norton-really-arrive-in-san-francisco-with-a-40000-inheritance-that-he-parlayed-into-six-times-that monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1491967913932-U050P7ZVP67N562RL4VU/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Did Joshua Norton Really Arrive in San Francisco With a $40,000 Inheritance That He Built Into a Quarter-Million-Dollar Fortune in 3 Years? Notice in the Sacramento Daily Union, 1 September 1856. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/3/26/david-belasco-an-early-emperor-norton-of-the-san-francisco-stage monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1490572000959-Q89OZDU9AUX0IRH5XD56/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - David Belasco: An Early "Emperor Norton" of the San Francisco Stage David Belasco in 1873. Source: Seattle Opera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1490576509801-22P295JEZXCO3UWCIFN0/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - David Belasco: An Early "Emperor Norton" of the San Francisco Stage The Metropolitan Theater, at Jackson and Montgomery Streets, San Francisco, in 1865. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/2/24/i-would-like-to-send-that-scalp-of-yours-to-them monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1487980750452-5SC0ZFSQONOJH5GGHY6J/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "I Would Like to Send That Scalp of Yours to Them." Diary of Alfred Alexander Benitz (1859–1937); entry of Wednesday 21 May 1873. Source: The Benitz Bull. Biographical note on Alfred Benitz here. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/2/18/new-life-for-an-1879-drawing-of-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1487478501405-UO574TA5XL48EPDEQYMM/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - New Life for an 1879 Drawing of Emperor Norton Illustration in article, "Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico; His Majesty's Manner of Life; The Humble Home and Magnificent Pretensions of a Well-Known San Francisco Character," San Francisco Chronicle, 9 November 1879. Collection of the California State Library. © San Francisco Chronicle. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/1/31/open-question-no-1-how-and-when-did-joshua-norton-get-to-san-francisco monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1496941914132-WGB4AVDXD8Q3CM963JDC/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - How and When Did Joshua Norton Get to San Francisco? Listing for Joshua Norton in Colville's San Francisco Directory, 1856, p. 162. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1499644019862-Z0DVLBSUVPZHLAX8ZGI6/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - How and When Did Joshua Norton Get to San Francisco? Theodor Kirchhoff (1828–1899), c.1880. Kirchhoff published essays on Emperor Norton in 1869 and 1886. Source: Wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1486678946495-R7PC3297BTVH6F1NTZ7F/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - How and When Did Joshua Norton Get to San Francisco? Detail of List of Vessels in the Port of San Francisco, etc., published in the Weekly Alta California newspaper on 1 December 1849. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1513976544986-BM6LDWNAIWYSU4KQFWSC/Le_Roi_Est_Mort_SF_Chron_11_Jan_1880_article_excerpt.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - How and When Did Joshua Norton Get to San Francisco? Excerpt from article, "Le Roi Est Mort," San Francisco Chronicle, 11 January 1880. Source: San Francisco Public Library. For a PDF of the full article as it originally appeared, click here. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/2/8/lights-camera-norton-a-campaign-fundraiser monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1486576331058-TN17CM5S03H3VS3O5ZTU/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - LIGHTS! CAMERA! NORTON! A Campaign Fundraiser From The Story of Norton I: Emperor of the United States (Columbia Pictures, 1936, b/w). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1486533061815-LUWH4TSCZQYCOAIUOWF0/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - LIGHTS! CAMERA! NORTON! A Campaign Fundraiser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1486541091750-5OZX31EZMPPWN064B7V7/Emperor_Norton_Story_of_Norton_%281936%29_landscape.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - LIGHTS! CAMERA! NORTON! A Campaign Fundraiser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1486541265613-N7OATH696ETPDHZU5IR5/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - LIGHTS! CAMERA! NORTON! A Campaign Fundraiser https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/2/4/happy-199th-birthday-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2020-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1486236136764-MQUMQA21FQ9N1DLFYPUD/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Happy 199th Birthday, Emperor Norton! Source: Groove Food https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/1/16/mark-twain-ate-here-did-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1484466406255-Q8YSGL2ULDS5C0C7VHI9/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Mark Twain Ate Here. Did Emperor Norton? Menu from the Miners' Restaurant, San Francisco, 1875. From the Henry Voigt Collection of American Menus. Source: Love Menu Art. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/1/10/party-like-its-199-emperor-nortons-199th-birthday-party monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1484082902411-O9FLAN8KQQWKF8552AA3/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - PARTY LIKE IT'S 199! Emperor Norton's 199th Birthday Party In 1817 — the year before Emperor Norton was born — Joseph Bell, a confectioner in York, England, published, in his Treatise of Confectionery, this illustration of a cake honoring the Prince of Wales. Source: Food History Jottings. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/1/8/the-diogenes-of-san-francisco monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1483908685730-EERXXNPIJ1M9EHLYFFR8/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Diogenes of San Francisco Portrait of Emperor Norton by George Frederick Keller (1846-1927). Published on the cover of the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp, V4 N181, 17 January 1880. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive (click here to see the full cover and enlarge with the greatest clarity). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1483910514912-6B60RNEJWJPMM7FM7PNU/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Diogenes of San Francisco The cropped "cameo" version of Keller's portrait of Emperor Norton that appeared in the California Historical Society Quarterly, V2 N3 (October 1923), p. 245. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/1/6/in-1878-a-prominent-artist-numbers-the-emperors-days monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1483757835312-V8UHP1ZYJ0PVZ3XPP4CZ/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - In 1878, A Prominent Artist Numbers the Emperor's Days There Was a Reaper, and His Name Was Death, by George Frederick Keller. Cover illustration for the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp, V2 N81, 16 February 1878. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive (click here for the full cover and to enlarge with greatest clarity). https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2017/1/1/happy-new-year-emperor monthly 0.5 2026-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1483301059131-9VLI2LFCY9ZL5ZDVIVF3/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Happy New Year, Emperor!" John Kander (r) and Fred Ebb. Source: Fred Ebb Foundation https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/12/28/baby-face-norton-is-baby-faced-but-not-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1482985668985-T83J0JFFCXF2VYCPENOC/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Baby Face Norton" Is Baby-Faced — But Not Norton [Photograph of Emperor Norton [?]]. Carte de visite, c.1860, by Jacob Shew (1826-1879). Part of the Carl Mautz Collection at the Beinecke Library, Yale University. Full catalog entry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1482992678273-X63JYCU91V3QOTGUGIZF/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Baby Face Norton" Is Baby-Faced — But Not Norton [Photograph of a boy in a uniform]. Carte de visite, c.1855-1895, by Bradley & Rulofson studio. Part of the Carl Mautz Collection at the Beinecke Library, Yale University. Full catalog entry. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/12/18/emperor-norton-bridge-dot-org monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1482118219770-QNSTSZ2PTWEJNPETHJQK/Emperor_Norton_Bridge_cover_page.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - EmperorNortonBridge.org New cover page for The Emperor's Bridge Campaign's project to name the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge for Emperor Norton. Click above to go to the page. Background photograph © 2015 Jeru Banez. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/11/25/hail-not-heil monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1480115165449-DO6SVB4O59H347PQKSBF/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Hail. Not Heil. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/11/6/the-fourth-annual-tannenbaum-toast monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1478485914612-I5JPI08C2ZPF39UMUSJY/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Fourth Annual Tannenbaum Toast View from the mezzanine as guests arrive for the First Annual Tannenbaum Toast at The House of Shields, San Francisco, in December 2013. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/10/26/rosebuds-for-the-emperor-1913 monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1477551352571-XZFAVAMIGG41IJ4J16JD/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rosebuds for the Emperor, 1913 Author and anthologist Ella Sterling Cummins Mighels (1853-1934), the Gatherer of Literary California: Poetry, Prose & Portraits (Harr Wagner Publishing, 1918). Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1477609490947-VCT04PAPU5VIX5GTP4MJ/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rosebuds for the Emperor, 1913 Masonic Cemetery monument at Woodlawn Memorial Park, in Colma, Calif. When he died in 1880, Emperor Norton was buried at the Masonic Cemetery in San Francisco, where he rested until his remains were moved to Woodlawn in 1934. As part of the great San Francisco cemetery eviction of the 1920s and 30s, most of the "residents" of the Masonic Cemetery found their way to Woodlawn, which originated as the new Masonic burial ground. Photograph © 2013 Bess Lovejoy. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/10/16/an-80th-birthday-party-for-the-emperor-norton-bridge monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1476645967935-WUSC9G01GR2GWWE4Y4XB/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An 80th Birthday Party & Naming Rally for the Emperor Norton Bridge The Emperor Norton Bridge a.k.a. the Bay Bridge, in San Francisco, as seen from Rincon Park. In the foreground: Cupid's Span (2002), by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. Photograph © 2007 Σταύρος. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1476646998630-I64AT64SIRYDXWVSFRQV/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An 80th Birthday Party & Naming Rally for the Emperor Norton Bridge Red's Java House, San Francisco, against the backdrop of the Emperor's bridge. Photograph © 2016 Gereon Recht. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/9/28/naming-of-meadow-in-golden-gate-park-would-set-a-helpful-precedent-for-emperor-norton-bridge-effort monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1475103476069-64UY03J87CEUV8LD7Y1N/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Naming of Meadow in Golden Gate Park Would Set a Helpful Precedent for Emperor Norton Bridge Effort Sharon Art Studio in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Photograph © 2011 Skip Moore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1475104907424-J5Y1Z64GYY801QKRX4G0/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Naming of Meadow in Golden Gate Park Would Set a Helpful Precedent for Emperor Norton Bridge Effort View of Sharon Meadow and the Sharon Art Studio (top center right) from Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Photograph © 2010 J. Fred Decker. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/9/7/what-ever-happened-to-the-plaque-of-59 monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1473127395097-7NUVOSUAXLFSUHUK4348/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - What Ever Happened to the Plaque of '59? Detail from official minutes of the 1 June 1959 meeting of the Art Commission of the City and County of San Francisco. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1473215850924-YE6A1AWE7HYXAAU7YGMN/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - What Ever Happened to the Plaque of '59? 564-574 Grant Avenue in San Francisco, on the southeast corner of California Street and Grant Avenue (formerly Dupont Street) — as seen from the northwest corner of the intersection. The narrow, California-facing side of this 1909 building stands immediately adjacent to the place on the sidewalk where Emperor Norton collapsed and died on the evening of 8 January 1880. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/9/2/admiral-santa-norton-claus monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1472767426617-KNE3FRT6PZ6VLQ8DHG8C/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Admiral Santa Norton Claus Undated illustration of Emperor Norton as imagined by Charles William Saalburg (1865-1950). Source: Charles W. Saalburg, "San Francisco of the '80s Abounded in Notables," The New York Times, 3 January 1926 (pdf). https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/8/19/a-true-san-franciscan-or-what-tony-bennett-and-emperor-norton-have-in-common monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f4e11eb1-0ad3-4918-8ee2-34bc6e47ae77/Tony_Bennett_statue_Fairmont_Hotel_SF_mid_view_by_Eric_Gregory_Sep_2019_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A True San Franciscan, or, What Tony Bennett and Emperor Norton Have in Common - Make it stand out Detail from photograph of Tony Bennett statue at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco. Source: Eric Gregory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1471651752172-TDDXJVHX8H7UUJRPO0MB/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A True San Franciscan, or, What Tony Bennett and Emperor Norton Have in Common https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/8/16/an-evening-of-artists-in-conversation-about-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1471380569057-I4985V5QLHRMVLNO7198/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An Evening of Artists in Conversation About Emperor Norton Maquette of Emperor Norton, bronze, 21" (1936), by Peter Macchiarini (1909-2001). In 2010, Piero Mussi of Artworks Foundry, Berkeley, Calif., cast a 4-foot version of this sculpture that presides over the main bar at Comstock Saloon, in San Francisco. Photo: Mike Leon. Source: SF Weekly. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/8/1/an-empire-day-double-bill-field-talk-celebration monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1470094191367-B7OFK0E7N7OYG82RCCZG/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - AN EMPIRE DAY "DOUBLE BILL": Field Talk + Celebration Emperor Norton, c.1878, by Bradley & Rulofson studio. Collection of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/7/10/reckoning-with-both-the-man-and-the-myth monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1468194806725-XJ50N6P07SIW2FCRLB19/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Reckoning With Both the Man and the Myth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1468196346673-BJ517JYS34ULWJKM0MEY/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Reckoning With Both the Man and the Myth Suiting up. Campaign president John Lumea was joined at the San Francisco History Association Dinner by Campaign board members Joseph Amster and Kristian Akseth. Board member Aaron Almanza was present in the form of this Emperor Norton pin that he made recently. The pin was on Lumea's lapel throughout the evening. (Almanza's Nortoning miniature is featured in the Sculptures & Fabrications gallery of the Campaign's ARENA: Archive of Emperor Norton in Art, Music & Film.) https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/7/7/introducing-arena-archive-of-emperor-norton-in-art-music-film monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467915675101-E54NOG75KBWHBWVFCDI9/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Introducing ARENA: Archive of Emperor Norton in Art, Music & Film Comic, 1871, by John Steinberg. The comic appeared in a late 1871 issue of Frederick Marriott's California Mail Bag magazine, as part of a group of Steinberg's "Humorous Sketches of the War in Amador." Source: Internet Archive. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/6/22/the-emperors-bridge-campaign-to-receive-2016-founders-award-from-san-francisco-history-association monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466635627043-ZL6T1VYINFZOZTZGIDDQ/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor's Bridge Campaign to Receive 2016 Founder's Award from San Francisco History Association https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/5/22/the-emperor-norton-sundae-vintage-ghirardelli-menus-edition monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1463975795699-4WQIJ5MI020W0TCN968A/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Sundae: Vintage Ghirardelli Menus Edition From Ghirardelli menu, early 1960s. Source: Dieter Zander Collection, New York Public Library. © Ghirardelli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1463973344282-9BJ1NHX0QCCCPDFWRZX4/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Sundae: Vintage Ghirardelli Menus Edition From Ghirardelli menu, mid 1970s. Source: Rusty Thomas Menu Collection, University of Hawaii. © Ghirardelli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1463975438012-CH1SWU0TF77PUGQMM0QS/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Sundae: Vintage Ghirardelli Menus Edition From Ghirardelli menu, August 1984. Source: Marilyn B. Feingold Menu Collection, Johnson & Wales University (page 4 in the pdf available for download here). © Ghirardelli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1464037430102-Z9UK4FR4K2ES4R1C2RGL/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Sundae: Vintage Ghirardelli Menus Edition Ghirardelli order blank, mid 1970s. Source: Rusty Thomas Menu Collection, University of Hawaii. © Ghirardelli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1613523554549-8J14P3NUPDAEYXCSSIKG/Excerpt_re_Emperor_Norton_Sundae_SF_Examiner_22_Sep_22_2000_p78.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Sundae: Vintage Ghirardelli Menus Edition Excerpt from Rachel Gordon, "Best eating ensconced in neighborhoods," San Francisco Examiner, 22 September 2000, p. 78. Source: Newspapers dot com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1613570144972-X6Q9SX0Z8ARCWOBI4LNG/Ghirardelli_menu_Sep_1996_front_page_Johnson_and_Wales.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Sundae: Vintage Ghirardelli Menus Edition From Ghirardelli menu, September 1996. Source: Marilyn B. Feingold Menu Collection, Johnson & Wales University (page 1 in the pdf available for download here). © Ghirardelli https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/5/21/emperor-nortons-neighborhood monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1463867218365-9OZGWC7HB5O80LVUWD6T/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Neighborhood: Walking Tour to Benefit The Emperor's Bridge Campaign Joseph Amster as Emperor Norton. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/5/20/rev-fitzgeralds-recollections monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1463697916850-M9N15YV6LJYK991NMS6N/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rev. Fitzgerald's Recollections Detail of undated photograph of O.P. Fitzgerald. Source: Caswell County (N.C.) Photograph Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1463698616467-AUOBS7DTN987XYXJ4V0M/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Rev. Fitzgerald's Recollections Undated photograph of O.P. Fitzgerald. Source: Caswell County (N.C.) Photograph Collection https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/5/14/a-comic-with-emperor-norton-a-little-kid-and-a-serious-message monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1463279015848-GSG6U7VQ697K35E67OX7/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Comic With Emperor Norton, a Little Kid and a Serious Message © 2012 by Rachel Ordway. Source: Crackpot Comics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1463279110717-MSJO391PYC86TK9MLSZ1/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Comic With Emperor Norton, a Little Kid and a Serious Message © 2012 by Rachel Ordway. Source: Crackpot Comics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1463279176834-2K1IJOCJIGK3N8GEFILK/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Comic With Emperor Norton, a Little Kid and a Serious Message © 2012 by Rachel Ordway. (Top left of image marginally cropped from original.) Source: Crackpot Comics https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/5/12/the-emperor-norton-bridge-in-2022 monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1463110326854-8V8BB25XSBLM8ZIS708F/image-asset.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton Bridge" By 2022 The Emperor's Bridge a.k.a. the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Photo © 2016 by Jon Rendell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1501195124994-WV1KPT35COLROBNJHFZD/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton Bridge" By 2022 A possible framework for the namings of the system and "spans" of "the bridge across the Bay." Even with the addition of the name "Emperor Norton Bridge," the existing names would remain in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1463110535153-IVMNTOOCFIUAUSC71NZL/image-asset.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The "Emperor Norton Bridge" By 2022 Alas, The Emperor's Bridge Campaign can't claim credit for this excellent sign that went up next to the Bay Bridge's Fifth Street, San Francisco, onramp in February 2014. But we absolutely endorse the sentiment. Photo © 2014 by Aaron Muszalski. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/5/5/palmer-coxs-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1462425727681-82LDF6HNT05JUHGPTUMX/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Palmer Cox's "Emperor Norton" Palmer Cox (1840-1924). Photograph: Nahl Brothers, Artists, San Francisco, c.1865-71. Source: James Dalton Collection of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia & Yukon (Masons). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1462430191393-6SLBLOEKTIKIXWQW1JN2/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Palmer Cox's "Emperor Norton" Partial list of illustrations from Palmer Cox, Squibs of California, or, Every-Day Life Illustrated (Mutual Publishing Company and A. Roman & Co., 1874), p. xiii. Source: Internet Archive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1462465165840-G0M3JITXRU7OHXJSBOSZ/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Palmer Cox's "Emperor Norton" https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/4/26/i-will-hold-that-flag monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1461701156248-HABBJC5UHPDUJ2FM0YSI/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "I Will Hold That Flag" Detail from article, "Preliminary Union Meeting," Daily Alta California, 21 February 1861, front page. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1461703057986-NKVLGWPJ1D77AFD5OW3W/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "I Will Hold That Flag" Pro-Union rally on 22 February 1861, at the intersection of Montgomery, Post and Market Streets, San Francisco. Source: San Francisco Public Library. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/4/22/the-emperors-ride-sunday-1-may monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1461436451378-JXO2EICH971C35V7BJ4T/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - THE EMPEROR'S RIDE: Sunday 1 May Fourth Mechanics' Pavilion. Photo: Eadweard Muybridge. Source: Mechanics' Institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1461436873629-M0AUKCJOBXNCM20LX7B4/image-asset.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - THE EMPEROR'S RIDE: Sunday 1 May Emperor Norton, 1869. Photo: Eadweard Muybridge. Source: Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/4/22/the-emperor-championed-an-airship-inventor-who-published-this-map-of-san-francisco-in-1875 monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1461366882700-C6Y8Y409CI08CWSHUCZY/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Championed an Airship Inventor Who Published This Map of San Francisco in 1875 Frederick Marriott (1805-1884) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1461367110046-HKQE2B4LBNYCKMARUE9L/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Championed an Airship Inventor Who Published This Map of San Francisco in 1875 Frederick Marriott's steam-powered airship, the Avitor Hermes, Jr., in July 1869. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1461372175263-NSHJV1F9XVJZBBODA5TY/SF_map_published_by_Frederick_Marriott_1875.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Championed an Airship Inventor Who Published This Map of San Francisco in 1875 Graphic Chart of the City and County of San Francisco, revised and drawn by L.R. Townsend, E. Wyneken and J. Mendenhall, April 1875. Published by the San Francisco News Letter (Frederick Marriott, publisher). Source: Library of Congress https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/3/21/sleuthing-the-origins-of-an-early-film-portrayal-of-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1458520257918-27D2AD3YLFB62UCN59I1/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Sleuthing the Origins of an Early Film Portrayal of Emperor Norton Strange As It Seems cartoon by John Hix. Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sunday 22 April 1934. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1458525306450-T2OPHI6ZTVRHX5D55U3M/image-asset.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Sleuthing the Origins of an Early Film Portrayal of Emperor Norton "Review" of The Story of Norton I in The Film Daily, Wednesday 13 January 1937 (right column). Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1458677753596-U2MSDR9YBS4T6Y9A6OQ7/image-asset.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Sleuthing the Origins of an Early Film Portrayal of Emperor Norton Academic Film Company ad for its reissues of the Strange As It Seems shorts originally made by Columbia Pictures in 1936 and 1937, in See & Hear: International Journal of Audio-Visual Education, February 1947, p.8. Source: Internet Archive. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/3/17/the-emperors-ride monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1458191747703-C1MCPMMOOWC3215J1S23/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor's Ride: A (Bike!) Ride, Picnic & Lecture Emperor Norton and his "ride," 1869. Photograph by Eadweard Muybridge. Collection of the Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1458239525088-H70OP7UH5F91R8G7SJRP/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor's Ride: A (Bike!) Ride, Picnic & Lecture Eadweard Muybridge, c.1870, as he looked when he took his photograph of the Emperor. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston via) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1458239627864-FHH4CIPU76P6MLF5MBIQ/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor's Ride: A (Bike!) Ride, Picnic & Lecture The familiar Muybridge c.1890-93. via https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/3/8/two-traces-of-allen-stanley-lane monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1457422121091-9H46AUI044V9QT47PYQG/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two Traces of Allen Stanley Lane The front cover of Allen Stanley Lane's 1939 biography of Emperor Norton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1457477146020-E3FHFSVF0Y17MBQM81HY/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two Traces of Allen Stanley Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1457477231311-DXGSBJYW8585AOZNOX70/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two Traces of Allen Stanley Lane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1457479197880-6B7CN41ASR3VHBG5F3UC/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Two Traces of Allen Stanley Lane Specially bound and inscribed copy of David Warren Ryder's booklet, Storied San Francisco, given to Ryder by Allen Stanley Lane as a memento of their friendship. Collection of the California State Library (David Warren Ryder Archive). https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/3/4/chamber-talk-3-the-good-emperor-the-best-proclamations-youve-never-heard-of-1 monthly 0.5 2021-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1457145637676-WRAC1O7TWQIZSITX2I08/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - CHAMBER TALK #3 | The Good Emperor: The Best Proclamations You've Never Heard Of Proclamation of Emperor Norton, The Pacific Appeal, 21 November 1874. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/2/12/on-the-trail-of-the-elusive-frisco-proclamation monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1455327563485-5YH72FF686R5XJJYNRR3/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - On the Trail of the Elusive "Frisco" Proclamation Front cover of David Warren Ryder's book, San Francisco's Emperor Norton (1939). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1455328201267-J9T35869UCLZ4L4U81KF/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - On the Trail of the Elusive "Frisco" Proclamation David Warren Ryder via https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1615484803972-5CAV0PGGUFEB5CZAUJR4/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_v_sandlot_meetings_Sacramento_Daily_Union_10_Apr_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - On the Trail of the Elusive "Frisco" Proclamation Proclamation of Emperor Norton, 9 April 1878. Published in the Sacramento Daily Union, 10 April 1878. Source: California Daily Newspaper Collection. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/1/31/mother-jones-link-checks-campaign-in-history-of-frisco monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1454295439580-TGHEGLJ6SHSQOQXK5GR8/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Mother Jones "Link-Checks" Campaign in History of "Frisco" https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2016/1/10/the-emperors-198th-a-birthday-party-in-salute-of-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1451940434299-JTWM951O8ASCYBKRCZLH/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor's 198th: A Birthday Party in Salute of Emperor Norton This 9-layer cake was created in 1916 to celebrate the 35th birthday of a large women's-goods store in Columbus, Ohio. The cake weighed nearly one ton. Source: Popular Science Monthly https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/12/30/2015-in-review-reaching-into-our-mission-presidents-letter monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1451536566388-YVF84Z1TJ4532AEIRMES/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - 2015 IN REVIEW: Reaching Into Our Mission (President's Letter) At The Emperor's 197th Birthday, a special Emperor's Bridge Campaign event at 518 Valencia in February, Campaign president John Lumea discusses the Campaign's research pointing to a birth date of 4 February 1818 for Joshua Norton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1451539057642-JZKEYNGEZ6EZ5JQ67W1J/Emperor_Norton_plaque_Home_of_Peace_Colma_CA_3_May_2015.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - 2015 IN REVIEW: Reaching Into Our Mission (President's Letter) The Emperor's Bridge Campaign helped to sponsor this new plaque, dedicated in May at Home of Peace in Colma, Calif., the cemetery of Congregation Emanu-El, in San Francisco, where Emperor Norton attended synagogue. The plaque was an independent project of Judi Leff, who is an Advisor to the Campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1451539374975-EAY1UCB8WIPFH5KDISK8/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - 2015 IN REVIEW: Reaching Into Our Mission (President's Letter) The Emperor Norton Bridge. Photograph © Jeru Banez. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/12/30/2015-in-research-findings-ferretings-fotographs-fantastic monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1451530450536-WYELPXZVNXIL3X6TERT9/Mechanics_Institute_1866_second_floor_Library_Room_detail.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - 2015 IN RESEARCH: Findings, Ferretings & [F]otographs — Fantastic! Detail of photograph of the second-floor Library Room of the 1866 building of the Mechanics' Institute, San Francisco. The Institute was a regular afternoon haunt of Emperor Norton. He wrote many of his Proclamations there and would have been very familiar with this room. Source: Mechanics' Institute. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/12/30/a-case-for-frisco monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1451512904715-9VH5JL5YAPWLK5LU2FUM/Emperor_Norton_Call_Frisco_Frisco_pin_1960s.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Case for "Frisco" Many Nortonophiles would find the message of this pin from the 1960s an heretical affront. But history might not be on their side. Via https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/12/22/no-2234 monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1450837517071-CRIEOONDFZ23LRQ8DK3V/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - No. 2234 Title page of Bradley & Rulofson's Celebrity Catalogue, 1878. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1450845657937-7GRUIIAMDQA9249L629M/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - No. 2234 "Odds and Ends" section of Bradley & Rulofson's Celebrity Catalogue, 1878, p.46. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/12/1/the-third-annual-tannenbaum-toast monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1448994321025-S437P26IAQXBDR721PV9/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - 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. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/11/27/emperor-norton-welcomes-the-stranger monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1448661745939-7WCVSF7DRLOMQ6NPUQ3B/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton Welcomes the Stranger Proclamation of Emperor Norton, The Pacific Appeal, 24 April 1875. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/11/15/let-the-emperor-have-skates-or-close-up-the-rinks monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1447642732124-GRAEKOOLGKMF2QDIDYLU/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Let the Emperor Have Skates — Or Close Up the Rinks!" What Cheer House, 1866. Photograph by Lawrence & Houseworth. Source: Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1447643184275-BFT71RWBOMD2HAC2TCVY/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Let the Emperor Have Skates — Or Close Up the Rinks!" Entrance to Woodward's Gardens. Collection of the San Francisco Museum & Historical Society. Source. Found SF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1447643371284-AVJ24XXFUX55CFRPWDSI/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Let the Emperor Have Skates — Or Close Up the Rinks!" Woodward's Gardens, 1875. Photo by T.E. Hecht. Collection of the San Francisco Public Library. Source: Found SF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1447639668972-JNDO9FW7PWXKROR3QA2M/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - "Let the Emperor Have Skates — Or Close Up the Rinks!" Proclamation of Emperor Norton, The Pacific Appeal, 16 March 1872. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/11/6/a-proclamation-of-thanks-to-the-campaigns-original-kickstarters-of-art-fashion monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1446849298084-N7QA61V7DXGFT7R1P9JC/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Proclamation of Thanks to the Campaign's Original Kickstarters of Art & Fashion SPSA No. 1: Illustration by Lois Hanscom. Design and layout by Mark Hogan. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/10/9/campaign-welcomes-john-law-as-advisor monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1444347716836-949YJSI5QT7DMT63X1T6/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Campaign Welcomes John Law as Advisor John Law. Photo: Scott Beale / Laughing Squid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1444346625015-JLJNG15VD7EFXVQY2QZY/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Campaign Welcomes John Law as Advisor Illustration from the book Tales from the San Francisco Cacophony Society (Last Gasp, 2013). Cacophony Factoid artwork by Kevin Evans © 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1444348579719-X6K0L3LGV4F9RIWK8JMF/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Campaign Welcomes John Law as Advisor Courtesy of John Law, these Doggie Diner heads (in the process of being restored) stand sentinel on the afternoon of 3 February 2015 in front of the Eric Quezada Center for Culture & Politics at 518 Valencia Street in San Francisco. The occasion was The Emperor's 197th Birthday, the Campaign's "party and presentation of recent findings" that evening about Emperor Norton's birth date. Photo: Kristian Akseth. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/10/4/a-mysterious-signature monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1443921108500-5HOBIE6MYU3FRP3CQDTB/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Mysterious Signature This unsourced and uncredited photomontage illustrates "Norton I, Emperor of the United States," an essay included in Blumenstand, a collection of "nonscientific essays" self-published by Frank Luger in 2007. Source: Google Books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1443921613523-UDP5G1H874QKYBD9XDUD/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Mysterious Signature Image of scrip of Norton I. Source: Political Forum.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1443928404191-120GLLI1B3YNUNDXZC8J/Imperial_Gallery_card_June_1879_CHS_front.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Mysterious Signature Souvenir card of Emperor Norton (front), Imperial Gallery, San Francisco. Collection of the California Historical Society. Photo: John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1443928597619-5UYQ12L7OFKRATMGCOZS/Imperial_Gallery_card_June_1879_CHS_rear.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Mysterious Signature Souvenir card of Emperor Norton (back), Imperial Gallery, San Francisco. Collection of the California Historical Society. Photo: John Lumea. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/9/21/campaign-is-awarded-grant-to-publish-book-of-norton-proclamations monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1442736418516-591XJN8GB738DWR88LQW/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Campaign Awarded Grant to Publish Book of Norton Proclamations Typical header of a Proclamation of Emperor Norton published in the Pacific Appeal, the black-owned abolitionist weekly that was the Emperor's "imperial gazette" from 1870 to 1876. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/9/18/an-empire-of-the-heart monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1442606522530-I0KBCHUH32YPJY9ELHW3/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An Empire of the Heart Frog Pond (1996) in Redwood Park, San Francisco. Fountain designed by Anthony Guzzardo. Sculptures by Richard Clopton. Photo © 2012 by Joanna Olivieri via https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/9/17/peremptory monthly 0.5 2022-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/d5bc2d02-22d8-4d9f-800c-13f42a09f4ba/Proclamation_of_Emperor_Norton_SF_Daily_Evening_Bulletin_17_Sep_1859_p3.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Peremptory - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/9/13/the-original-public-advocate monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1442192971369-J45K9DA687PYGBTLTTJH/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Original Public Advocate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1442189819668-D68OENQ4DLRKCLVGX1MI/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Original Public Advocate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1442187903776-6RLVWZ8M0Q1HPIR0BK87/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Original Public Advocate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1442188584532-SEZKX5G0I58NK2SQHYGN/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Original Public Advocate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1442189093254-O1HK2X9GYDZBMD2I3MCZ/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Original Public Advocate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1442190297223-UZ3C3HISBDASZI037DX8/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Original Public Advocate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1442190921499-XVNUOUL37799RZE4MIS2/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Original Public Advocate https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/9/10/the-emperor-in-the-east-bay-chamber-talk-2 monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1441911955002-X2ROOFVL7ZT3WRC7ZF1D/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - THE EMPEROR IN THE EAST BAY | Chamber Talk #2 Map of Oakland and Brooklyn, E.C. Sessions, Agent for the Purchase and Sale of Real Estate, c. 1869. Collection of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. Source: Oakland Wiki via Calisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1441913893436-AIYPAH0NLEYPA1NBJDYQ/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - THE EMPEROR IN THE EAST BAY | Chamber Talk #2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1441914023118-F905E6W4RZV3ORMDE7IS/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - THE EMPEROR IN THE EAST BAY | Chamber Talk #2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1441914178240-1QKQ92W4NB2GWHGF9GYE/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - THE EMPEROR IN THE EAST BAY | Chamber Talk #2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1441914378428-JP4O9N6E8TO98ELX1ZKF/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - THE EMPEROR IN THE EAST BAY | Chamber Talk #2 https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/8/28/the-houseworth-photographs monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1440807650743-9JDDWDHD33I7K9M9EAZM/Emperor_Norton_Houseworth_a.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Houseworth Photographs Emperor Norton in the 1870s. Photograph by the studio of Thomas Houseworth & Co. Source: California Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1440811001562-6VSIWLTQ63Z3EUKDAPA2/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Houseworth Photographs The storefront of Thomas Houseworth & Co., at 12 Montgomery Street in San Francisco, c.1873-74. Source: Society of California Pioneers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1440815867849-1QY1QOR4WQ4UCM0DSA17/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Houseworth Photographs Via. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1440830962254-9YT8JDXUNDDTMCDASYZV/image-asset.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Houseworth Photographs Reverse side of cabinet card of Emperor Norton in the 1870s. Photograph by the studio of Thomas Houseworth & Co. Source: California Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1440872154025-O216AHJ27NFLF63TQNKS/image-asset.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Houseworth Photographs Cabinet card of Emperor Norton in the 1870s. Photograph by the studio of Thomas Houseworth & Co. Source: California Historical Society. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/8/19/join-us-in-a-new-tradition-empire-day monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1439862352724-HOMPX3V316PI5G8C0PA9/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Join Us in a New Tradition: Empire Day Cabinet card of Emperor Norton, c.1878, by Bradley & Rulofson. Collection of The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1439862833062-SQOCNMR5GWCK3QN4Y8ZM/image-asset.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Join Us in a New Tradition: Empire Day https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/8/13/wall-street-journal-campaign-has-boldest-efforts-to-honor-the-emperor monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1439505767693-AC74SSA83XS99EZFRYC3/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Wall Street Journal: Campaign Has "Boldest Efforts to Honor the Emperor" Copyright © 2015 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1439506406095-42EHJO6WASEJCQVZFFEK/image-asset.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Wall Street Journal: Campaign Has "Boldest Efforts to Honor the Emperor" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1439506591370-WZUVRHFFLGIF79KDGSWP/image-asset.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Wall Street Journal: Campaign Has "Boldest Efforts to Honor the Emperor" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1439507040540-EXJZCBIFGEE1PGX45O2M/image-asset.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Wall Street Journal: Campaign Has "Boldest Efforts to Honor the Emperor" Two images above: Alejandro Lazo and Daniel Huang, "In San Francisco, Subjects Still Long for Ersatz Emperor of Yore," Wall Street Journal, 13 August 2015, pp. A1 and A8. Copyright © 2015 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/7/20/emperor-nortons-fantastic-san-francisco-campaign-benefit monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1437407534423-4SYE2D62P84ZVUIBKF26/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton's Fantastic San Francisco Campaign Benefit https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/7/8/emperor-norton-at-ease monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1436314957013-0N2XOK49383S73G93BLQ/image-asset.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Ease Portrait of Emperor Norton, c.1870s, by Virgil Williams (1830-1886). Possibly a copy by Leola Hall Coggins (1881–1930). Collection of the Bancroft Library at the University of California Berkeley. Source: Calisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1436399274060-IUOME88AKWR8EN464HRB/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Ease Photograph of Virgil Williams, 1886. Collection of the Bancroft Library at the University of California Berkeley. Source: Calisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1436387651012-006LRGZGFHMJVAO0F01F/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Ease Listing for Bolton & Strong's in Langley's Directory of San Francisco, 1892, p. 266. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1436388410978-668X1DS7APRKZFQ2FAY5/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Ease Advertisement for Bolton & Strong's in Western Journal of Education, volume 2, number 1, June 1896. Source: Google Books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1436391049875-4NOLFML196LFW4OHBOWQ/image-asset.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at Ease Photo engraving, by Bolton & Strong, of original portrait of Emperor Norton by Virgil Williams (1830-1886). Illustration in Francis E. Sheldon, "Street Characters of San Francisco," The Overland Monthly, May 1892, pp. 449-459. Source: Google Books. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/6/30/herb-caen-emperor-norton-frisco monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1435699212399-1B6AQR8DV565B32AZNE8/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Herb Caen, Emperor Norton & "Frisco" Herb Caen in the 1940s. Source: San Francisco Chronicle. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/6/22/emperor-norton-in-profile-c1878 monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/8e5d948c-4f3f-41ae-8e0d-dd75894e81ee/Emperor_Norton_profile_Bradley_Rulofson_1878.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in Profile, c.1878 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1435010594942-SFC6LTUG9SGJSOGICS93/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton in Profile, c.1878 https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/6/3/the-emperor-of-brooklyn monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1433295034052-KFYUSQOJ120I0FYAH3Y7/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor of Brooklyn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1433356778811-YSSYB9WOTRX5C9WSFKDB/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor of Brooklyn 1857 United States Coast Survey Map of San Antonio Creek. Source: Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1433357345893-AT0TY6ULC4G8OY7WER92/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor of Brooklyn Map of Oakland and Brooklyn, E.C. Sessions, Agent for the Purchase and Sale of Real Estate, c. 1869. Collection of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. Source: Oakland Wiki via Calisphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1433363632023-S4KLDY6B3BV3E3TF3V57/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor of Brooklyn Map of Oakland and Alameda, Woodward and Taggart, Agents for the Purchase, Sale, Appraisal and Care of Real Estate, 1877. Collection of the Oakland Public Library History Room. Source: Calisphere (large view). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1433369125821-3KWZKVWM4IXMGVHPKKNS/Emperor_Norton_Proclamation_13_July_1872.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor of Brooklyn Proclamation of Emperor Norton published in the Pacific Appeal newspaper on 13 July 1872. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1433370371796-3Y1BX5N5HS0LMNPPTLTF/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor of Brooklyn Proclamation of Emperor Norton published in the Pacific Appeal newspaper on 15 June 1872. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/5/26/in-the-emperors-study monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1432680994967-SZFJHUJDIFZ02X5EENS6/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - In the Emperor's Study Interior photographs of the Mechanics' Institute's 1866 building at 37 Post Street, in San Francisco. This was Emperor Norton's most regular afternoon haunt — and the place where he wrote most of his proclamations. Source: Mechanics' Institute. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/5/17/the-eights-have-it monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1431829040134-0E7AFZ8N3XMX3KFVK64W/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Eights Have It! Cover of the November-December 1988 edition of The Shekel, the bi-monthly journal of the American Israel Numismatic Association. Source: American IsraeI Numismatic Association. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/5/8/the-snubs-of-1934 monthly 0.5 2025-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/894f96ed-93f6-4b2b-bc85-099871aae17a/Masonic_Mirror_editorial_on_Emperor_Norton_reprinted_in_SF_Chronicle_20_Apr_1872_p2.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Snubs of 1934 Editorial in the Masonic Mirror monthly, reprinted in the San Francisco Chronicle of 20 April 1872. Source: Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1431114797001-BSAMEHVBCWTMQROL01M6/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Snubs of 1934 Letter from Ernest Wiltsee, president of the Emperor Norton Memorial Association, to Herbert Priestley, Librarian of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, 21 May 1935. Included in the Ernest A. Wiltsee Papers at the Bancroft Library. Photo by Joseph Amster. Published by permission of the Bancroft Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1431118870145-E1TTFAEZ7WB81QJ6EZM9/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Snubs of 1934 Ernest Wiltsee's program from the Emperor Norton reburial ceremony at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif., on 30 June 1934. Included in the Ernest A. Wiltsee Papers of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. Photo by Joseph Amster. Published by permission of the Bancroft Library. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/5/4/a-plaque-for-the-emperor-with-his-birth-date-in-bronze monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1430759310573-1QY8XOF3VFKQSU0JMZIG/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Plaque for the Emperor (With His Birth Date in Bronze) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1430759385302-YKG55EHHFHH9XM8Q2FC7/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Plaque for the Emperor (With His Birth Date in Bronze) https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/5/3/were-now-accepting-online-donations monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1430631010310-B2IK287XOAX36MD5HV2K/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - We're Now Accepting Online Donations https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/4/24/mr-hutchinsons-mementos monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1429937921607-YD0VH9ACUHBT76RQ3GE8/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Mr. Hutchinson's Mementos Detail from Twenty-Fifth Annual Report of the Odd Fellows' Library Association of the City and County of San Francisco, for 1879-80, p. 24. | Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1429992732245-IKM4UEFKDRYB6J9QM0Q6/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Mr. Hutchinson's Mementos The Odd Fellows Temple in 1886, shortly after its completion in 1884. The Temple, at 7th and Market Streets in San Francisco, housed the library that received David Hutchinson's 1880 donation of two Emperor Norton artifacts: an original written proclamation and the Emperor's seal stamp. The building was destroyed in the earthquake and fire of 1906. | Photograph: Collection of the Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Via Mark Ellinger, Up from the Deep. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/4/9/a-jewish-memorial-for-the-emperor monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1428558987614-SAVVTQVJXS1WRC3WLS5W/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Jewish Memorial for the Emperor Detail of 1866 photograph of the newly completed second synagogue building of Congregation Emanu-El, located on Sutter Street between Powell and Stockton in San Francisco. Emperor Norton attended services here every Saturday. After the interior of the building was destroyed by fire following the earthquake of 1906, the structure was rebuilt and continued to be used by the Congregation until the present third synagogue building was dedicated in 1926. Original photo: California Views Photo Archives. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/4/7/happy-hour-with-the-emperors-niece monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1428455220491-02E56QPWXKZ5VNOAJFF3/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Happy Hour with the Emperor's Niece 1838 marriage record of Philip Norton and Anne Mary Ogilvie. Philip (b.1820) was the younger brother of Emperor Norton (b.1818) — and is the great great great grandfather of Julie Driver, the Campaign's special Happy Hour guest at Comstock Saloon, San Francisco, on 29 April. Source: 1820Settlers.com. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/4/6/the-confluence-of-market-post-montgomery-streets-sf-in-1868 monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1428354158218-QPMEGLGCM4VRDUL4R9DQ/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Confluence of Market, Post & Montgomery Streets in 1868 1868 photograph of the intersection of Market, Post and Montgomery Streets. Source: Collection of the California Historical Society. Digital version: USC Digital Library. For an extremely zoomable version of this photo, click here. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/4/6/the-proclamatorium-of-post-street monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1428285034642-26GEMZ73G89IB6U1M78N/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Proclamatorium of Post Street Photograph, by Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), of the Mechanics' Institute's building at 31 Post Street (1866-1906). Emperor Norton — who frequented the Institute "daily," according to the Morning Call newspaper — wrote many of his Proclamations in this building. Source: "Lone Mountain College Collection of Stereographs by Eadweard Muybridge, 1867-1880," Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b8faaede-d313-4188-ab42-043e43d9241c/Mechanics_Institute_31_Post_St_SF_1866.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Proclamatorium of Post Street Photograph of the Mechanics' Institute's 1866 building at 31 Post Street, San Francisco. The building was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. Collection of the Mechanics’ Institute Source: California Revealed / California State Library https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/4/1/emperor-norton-at-the-metropolitan-hotel monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1427929968395-TALG6N5JQDYXMBD1UJI9/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at the Metropolitan Hotel In the Daily Alta California of 1 April 1863: Auction-day ad for the "closing sale" of the contents of the Metropolitan Hotel. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1427930387005-I6U7ZS81WLG9V1VW8OF9/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at the Metropolitan Hotel Engraving of the newly rebuilt Rassette House, in The Annals of San Francisco (1855). The original hotel, where Joshua Norton had lived in 1852 and 1853, was destroyed by fire in May 1853. In 1858, this new building began operating as the Metropolitan Hotel; Emperor Norton lived here in 1861 and 1862. Source: Making of America Digital Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1427930124762-RG2GAGMFRUDQGXNPLJIH/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at the Metropolitan Hotel Listing for Emperor Norton in the Langley's San Francisco directory of 1862. This was the earliest edition of the directory to list Joshua Norton as "Emperor." Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1427930190645-KSVI5RU5XOFP0X7C9UGJ/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at the Metropolitan Hotel Ad for the Metropolitan Hotel in the Mariposa Gazette of 1 January 1861. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1427930248753-YT1T58TI7HG01H1J0YFY/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at the Metropolitan Hotel Ad for the Metropolitan Hotel in the Visalia Weekly Delta of 18 August 1860. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1427955443912-IF1G4051S9EIT1VSHYHP/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Emperor Norton at the Metropolitan Hotel The Cosmopolitan Hotel, at the southwest corner of Sansome and Bush Streets, San Francisco, in 1866. The hotel opened in 1864 on the site of the original Rassette House, which burned down in 1853, and the second Rassette House (later the Metropolitan Hotel), which closed and was demolished in 1863. Source: James Smith, San Francisco's Lost Landmarks (Craven Street Books, 2005). https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/3/26/joshua-norton-at-the-rassette-house monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1427320035293-RU2876ROBKDMPSZ4R8NT/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Rassette House Screenshot of Parker's San Francisco Directory for 1852-53, p. 81. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1427401934178-LE5GNXU7NUXO2ARLZWF5/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Rassette House Engraving of the "second" Rassette House, in The Annals of San Francisco (1855). The original hotel was destroyed by fire in May 1853. Source: Making of America Digital Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1427326263180-O8RTOPWDDEEI0OC1DQP1/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Rassette House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1427326336778-B385SQKJ6MNOA9ID322L/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Rassette House Images via. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1427327953041-B6DTQXRIC2P1OU1EIZ2A/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Norton at the Rassette House Advertisement for the Rassette House in The Wide West, v4 n12, 31 May 1857. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/3/15/an-emperor-norton-essay-with-legs monthly 0.5 2020-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1426489111406-A3JDJ862LKINW6I325WX/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An Emperor Norton Essay with Legs Joel GAzis-SAx, author of the 1997 essay, "The Madness of Joshua Norton." https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/3/7/angels-in-the-architecture monthly 0.5 2023-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1425775224713-M1E44MGZBRM68H3HFSR5/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Angels in the Architecture Detail of photograph of 7-paneled sculpture, San Francisco Yesterday and Today (1984), by Ruth Asawa (1926 – 2013), at the Parc 55 Hilton hotel in San Francisco. Original photo © ArtandArchitecture-SF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1425776252411-2LUKR7XOPN3Y053L7SSD/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Angels in the Architecture Detail of panel from sculpture, San Francisco Yesterday and Today (1984), by Ruth Asawa (1926 – 2013), at the Parc 55 Hilton hotel in San Francisco. Photograph: Joseph Amster. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/3/4/the-emperor-his-widow monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1425584051043-5KLEQ3LPUS15QT0RQJKA/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor & His Widow Photo: John Lumea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1425516073537-54R2M24DRI2ET21ZA8KR/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor & His Widow On Sunday 15 February 2015, the Imperial Court's 40th anniversary procession to the graves of Emperor Norton and José Sarria, the Widow Norton, gets underway. Photo: Rick Gerharter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1425516654566-7SX78HNUCDRZ163DBD1W/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor & His Widow On Sunday 15 February 2015, the Rev. Lyle Beckman of San Francisco Night Ministry offers keynote remarks at the Imperial Court's 40th anniversary pilgrimage to the graves of Emperor Norton and José Sarria, the Widow Norton. Photo: John Blackburn. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/2/24/field-talk-1-the-street-where-he-lived monthly 0.5 2022-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1424808423179-QGAWD4AZ41G45NM0HILD/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - FIELD TALK #1 | The Street Where He Lived: An Illustrated History of Emperor Norton's Commercial Street The block of Commercial Street, in San Francisco, where Emperor Norton lived from 1863 until his death in 1880. This 1888 photograph captures the view looking east from Kearny Street. Source: California Views: The Pat Hathaway Photo Collection. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/2/16/zpub-emperor-norton-records-case-study monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1424131511855-4YL2CLBVMEY8LG9KHS40/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Zpub, Emperor Norton Records & the Emperor's Birth Date Screenshot of 15 November 1996 cache of homepage of Richard Petersen's Zpub.com. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1424132232789-5DK7TVXIDGVG6FE9YA4Y/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Zpub, Emperor Norton Records & the Emperor's Birth Date Screenshot from 15 November 1996 cache of Emperor Norton page at Zpub.com. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1424132773915-5YL4ZC1T3LVVP0OI3T8R/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Zpub, Emperor Norton Records & the Emperor's Birth Date Screenshot from 2 December 1998 cache of Emperor Norton page at Zpub.com. Source: Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1424136353930-P5YG1F27LYQPMYQI9L1S/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Zpub, Emperor Norton Records & the Emperor's Birth Date Screenshot from 10 October 1999 cache of Emperor Norton bio page on the Web site of Emperor Norton Records. Source: Internet Archive. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/2/8/joshua-abraham-norton-b-4-february-1818 monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1423439349049-PDH7BBXANGR076YATDYC/Gravestone.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Abraham Norton, b. 4 February 1818 Headstone at Emperor Norton's grave in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. Photo: John Lumea (taken on Emperor Norton Day (8 January) 2015). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1624829447419-LO7IAA1OIXVWOEFG8Z93/Front_dustjacket_of_Allen_Stanley_Lane_bio_of_Emperor_Norton_1939.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Abraham Norton, b. 4 February 1818 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1423440392851-CU87IDK0C26815CLBQ67/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Abraham Norton, b. 4 February 1818 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1423441926713-UXHX608QBTCJY9ZTX1UW/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Abraham Norton, b. 4 February 1818 Robert Ernest Cowan in 1930. Source: "California Bibiographers: Father and Son," Robert G. Cowan interviewed by Joel Gardner (Regents of the University of California, 1979). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1423442525945-G7RCIANNSRZ0COJ26BBK/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Abraham Norton, b. 4 February 1818 Program for 1934 service of dedication for Emperor Norton's new resting place and gravestone at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. Source: Jewish Museum of the American West. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1423442819211-G4PRZN1KPOI6NZR1MBD4/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Abraham Norton, b. 4 February 1818 From "City Items" feature on the front page of the Daily Alta California, Saturday 4 February 1865. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1423443093862-3OTESPKHK077VJ4KJLOG/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Joshua Abraham Norton, b. 4 February 1818 From Robert E. Cowan, "Norton I: Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico," in California Historical Society Quarterly, vol. II, no. 3, October 1923. (Digital copy at JSTOR.) https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/2/6/doggies-and-pyromaniacs-for-emperor-norton monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1423257514990-P24OJSLX99FRFIHCVH8L/Doggies_day_020315_Akseth.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Doggies and Pyromaniacs for Emperor Norton! Tuesday 3 February 2015. Afternoon. The Doggie Diner heads get an early seat for The Emperor's 197th Birthday, at 518 Valencia Street in San Francisco. PHOTO: Kristian Akseth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1423257564610-AL0B9QRGDIQJ6YE03USN/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Doggies and Pyromaniacs for Emperor Norton! The Doggies welcome guests to The Emperor's 197th Birthday, as the festivities get underway at 518 Valencia, just behind them. PHOTO: Mark Hogan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1423258169762-KKNLTC15RTHZUYTWUDSE/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Doggies and Pyromaniacs for Emperor Norton! 197 candles. Count 'em —197. Before the flame. PHOTO: Kristian Akseth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1423258208829-N07XN4FUNBMQACNKKHV9/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Doggies and Pyromaniacs for Emperor Norton! As Brian Eno might say: "BAY-by's on FIEEE-YYYUHHHHH!!!" PHOTO: David Martin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1423258247940-QT0NXWQ5ERQK3BFVXGI0/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Doggies and Pyromaniacs for Emperor Norton! "Happy Birthday, Emperor Norton! Happy Birthday to you!" (l to r): Emperor's Bridge Campaign founder John Lumea; party guest; board member Joseph Amster, familiar to many for his gig playing Emperor Norton, in street clothes; and Rick Shelton, the Baker of the Cake (who also has a nice set of pipes!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1423258968025-E99C0COKVOHX9JU7HQHM/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Doggies and Pyromaniacs for Emperor Norton! Class is in session! Learning about the birth date of Emperor Norton. PHOTO: Kristian Akseth. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/1/26/the-fourth-of-february-of-the-san-francisco-of-1865 monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1422312689769-3A78T0ZSGYTFX0YUTL5A/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Fourth of February of the San Francisco of 1865 https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/1/18/the-necropolis-and-so-much-more-of-san-francisco monthly 0.5 2020-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1421620745107-GUEORJWPACSQPAMCFYYE/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Necropolis (and So Much More) of San Francisco One of the many cemeteries in Colma, Calif. | Photograph by Gabrielle Lurie © 2015 SF Weekly https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/1/11/a-good-day-with-the-clampers monthly 0.5 2020-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1421038822119-C9NM0MJRO7EZ7NB4H0DI/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Good Day With the Clampers At Emperor Norton's gravesite during the 2015 Emperor Norton Day celebration of E Clampus Vitus. Emperor Norton is played by Rick Saber. Across from the Emperor, in the white-plumed top hat, is Stephen "Scooter" Mitchell, the Noble Grand Humbug (something like the chapter president) of Yerba Buena #1, the E Clampus Vitus "mother lodge." At right (with beard) is the Campaign's own Joseph Amster, who has his own "gig" playing the Emperor. Photograph courtesy of Rick Saber. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/1/10/the-emperors-197th-birthday-a-party-presentation-of-recent-findings monthly 0.5 2020-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1420940632109-C0IPSZZFB1FSG198F1NB/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor's 197th Birthday: A Party & Presentation of Recent Findings John Tenniel's (1820-1914) illustration for the story of the Lion and the Unicorn, from Lewis Carroll's (1832-1898) novel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871). https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/1/8/in-gratitude-respect-honor-solidarity monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1420763220131-OINGFP8KP79EQ6RVGZPJ/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - In Gratitude, Respect, Honor & Solidarity The gate at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Colma, Calif., where Emperor Norton has rested peacefully since 1934. Prior to that, he was at the Masonic Cemetery in San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1420763350612-7OF8BKCH455YJFQONHEI/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - In Gratitude, Respect, Honor & Solidarity A view of the Emperor's gravestone on Emperor Norton Day, 8 January 2015. The Emperor's Bridge Campaign left the taller of the two roses. The bottle of Anchor Steam to the right still was cold when we got there. When we stopped in to raise a glass (Jameson's) at Molloy's, a half-hour later, we learned that we'd just missed the fellow who bought the bottle there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1420764061377-M7JR9WNJWFL8D3OJR49B/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - In Gratitude, Respect, Honor & Solidarity A closer view of the Emperor's stone on Emperor Norton Day, 8 January 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1420764163484-9XYSP7IBDVO26XZP6JYO/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - In Gratitude, Respect, Honor & Solidarity The rose and the note left by The Emperor's Bridge Campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1420764272383-X97QJHFCOCLIXC6I52ZW/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - In Gratitude, Respect, Honor & Solidarity The pebble for the Emperor, who was Jewish, is a sign of respect in the Jewish tradition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1420764418635-857Y5NE88Q7F499RT4SP/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - In Gratitude, Respect, Honor & Solidarity The Emperor and the more-modern legend, Jose Sarria a.k.a. The Widow Norton, who died in 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1420766693866-VO71HJ9VJLVZHLQ7U5XB/image-asset.png Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - In Gratitude, Respect, Honor & Solidarity From Emperor Norton's grave, there is a view of Sutro Tower perfectly framed between two beautiful trees. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/1/6/the-birth-of-the-bay-bridge-proclamation-no-1 monthly 0.5 2020-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1420574152879-83GEAONCMWCNBF9Q62O3/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Birth of the Bay Bridge (Proclamation No. 1) EMPEROR NORTON'S FIRST BRIDGE PROCLAMATION | The Pacific Appeal, 6 January 1872. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/1/5/remember-the-emperor-on-his-day monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1420500321202-0HD8ENKZRLAQN27FJ58I/EMPEROR+NORTON%27S+GRAVESITE+AT+WOODLAWN+CEMETERY+IN+COLMA%2C+CALIF.+%7C+Google+Map+screen+capture Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - Remember the Emperor on His Day https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2015/1/2/the-emperors-new-year-1875 monthly 0.5 2021-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1420226553177-CBQKZDCCGE8TPJ78FMQW/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor's New Year, 1875 EMPEROR NORTON'S NEW YEAR'S PROCLAMATION. | The Pacific Appeal, 2 January 1875. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2014/12/21/an-interesting-prospect monthly 0.5 2020-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1419185580199-A1KIJO0O6DTAK5GPR9TC/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - An Interesting Prospect https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2014/12/17/the-emperor-norton-moment monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1418867342766-9B3Q05ZRNZH4KG6HL5Y0/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - The Emperor Norton Moment https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2014/12/15/a-lovely-december-afternoon-with-the-emperor-the-countess-50-friends-of-the-campaign monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1418696647637-OWNF7XCPO28MLTY3QW7D/Matt_Freedman_and_John_Lumea.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Lovely December Afternoon with the Emperor, the Countess & 50 Friends of the Campaign Matt Freedman of San Francisco Steampunks with Emperor's Bridge Campaign founder John Lumea at Union Square, San Francisco, for the procession to the Campaign's 2nd Annual Tannenbaum Toast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1418696609772-QDW4WS9OM6508ZN81LM9/Lola_singing.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Lovely December Afternoon with the Emperor, the Countess & 50 Friends of the Campaign The Countess Lola Montez serenades those gathered for the procession with her rendition of "Christmas in San Francisco." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1418696976528-VRM2T6K7ZDTJUTH7FQ41/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Lovely December Afternoon with the Emperor, the Countess & 50 Friends of the Campaign The procession begins (r to l): Campaign board member Mark Hogan, Heather Miller and Kai Mactane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1418696799532-760ZCPDZXCWKRKEJSLBG/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Lovely December Afternoon with the Emperor, the Countess & 50 Friends of the Campaign Emperor Norton, played by Campaign board member Joseph Amster, leads the procession down Stockton Street (l to r): Heather Miller, Mike Cohen, Kevin Flaherty (background), Kai Mactane, the Emperor, Ali Peterson, Matt Freedman and the Countess. | PHOTO: Andy Wernette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1418697116077-FM1F9S577ZX1Y3XAQRIZ/Andy_Wernette_John_Lumea.jpg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Lovely December Afternoon with the Emperor, the Countess & 50 Friends of the Campaign Founding Member of the Campaign Andy Wernette (l) with John Lumea outside The House of Shields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1418697322423-W7K9RJP4SRZ0S8JILFRS/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - A Lovely December Afternoon with the Emperor, the Countess & 50 Friends of the Campaign Sidling up for Boothby cocktails, the toast of the Toast. https://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2014/12/11/this-sunday-join-us-for-our-annual-holiday-toast-to-the-emperor monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1418335780489-NWXHCTWRNCFAPZMA95RM/image-asset.jpeg Proclamation | Journal of The Emperor Norton Trust - THIS SUNDAY! Join Us for Our Annual Holiday Toast to the Emperor THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN UNION SQUARE, SAN FRANCISCO, 1910. 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Design and layout by Mark Hogan. https://emperornortontrust.org/projects/spsa/1 daily 0.75 2023-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1440376126148-V61BDRRWDTS6OKY1DLCO/image-asset.jpeg SPSA No. 1 | The Emperor Norton Trust SPSA No. 1: Illustration by Lois Hansom. Design and layout by Mark Hogan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1440379708945-9MOYA9TV47L3ZRUBZIT3/image-asset.jpeg SPSA No. 1 | The Emperor Norton Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1440381455543-NUBFUMF2HIHX7KRDZBJD/image-asset.jpeg SPSA No. 1 | The Emperor Norton Trust https://emperornortontrust.org/projects/perspectives/testen daily 0.75 2020-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1411531819023-NLCM49PHX6BSELURLO0A/image-asset.png FRANCESCA TESTEN: Birth of a Bridge | The Emperor Norton Trust BIRTH OF A BRIDGE | Comic created for The Emperor's Bridge Campaign © 2014 Francesca Testen and The History Twins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1411534092347-Q1FITNKRCMQ6R1LC6KRN/FT+headshot.jpg FRANCESCA TESTEN: Birth of a Bridge | The Emperor Norton Trust https://emperornortontrust.org/projects/perspectives/harvey daily 0.75 2020-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1395815020097-MKL71XDPCBRT4EN3NLS4/Emperor_Norton_Brenton_Bostwick_2006.jpg SARA M. HARVEY: Allegiance to the Underdog | The Emperor Norton Trust EMPEROR NORTON, Mixed media on canvas. Painting by Brenton Bostwick, 2006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1395852774614-9X51MGZTMIHAVZM3JLAQ/image-asset.jpeg SARA M. HARVEY: Allegiance to the Underdog | The Emperor Norton Trust https://emperornortontrust.org/projects/perspectives/wiggins daily 0.75 2020-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1395354471246-TK185ZT3CLNNWJNQCL7F/East_Bay_Crossing_Wiggins_1.jpg PAUL F. WIGGINS: Play a Fair Game and Give It a Fair Name | The Emperor Norton Trust The new East Bay Crossing of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge | Photograph by Paul F. Wiggins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1395354503380-EI5OZ4JOUCVP7J5ZJMN8/East_Bay_Crossing_Wiggins_2.jpg PAUL F. WIGGINS: Play a Fair Game and Give It a Fair Name | The Emperor Norton Trust Another view of the new East Bay Crossing | Photograph by Paul F. Wiggins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1395357518824-R7CF3O4EBJD3J9U1ERKO/Paul_Wiggins_headshot_2.jpg PAUL F. WIGGINS: Play a Fair Game and Give It a Fair Name | The Emperor Norton Trust https://emperornortontrust.org/projects/perspectives/bartholomew daily 0.75 2020-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1394850732496-A2Z9FE79O476HUN27GEQ/image-asset.png STEVE BARTHOLOMEW: Of Emperor Norton, Madness & Bridges | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from photograph of Emperor Norton taken in 1869 by Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904). The scrap propped against the fence, in front of the bicycle, is inscribed with Muybridge's pseudonym: Helios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1394846796478-CR3GWL5JE00NLG94CWYX/Steve_Bartholomew_headshot_small.jpg STEVE BARTHOLOMEW: Of Emperor Norton, Madness & Bridges | The Emperor Norton Trust https://emperornortontrust.org/projects/perspectives/crossman daily 0.75 2020-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1394486085594-0UNHWRE1XC0TL5P3LRWZ/250px-Seal_of_California.svg.png RACHEL HOPE CROSSMAN: If Norton Met Minerva | The Emperor Norton Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1394406736744-0C57VCZH763XY5IXTEXY/Looking_west_from_Berkeley_City_Club.jpg RACHEL HOPE CROSSMAN: If Norton Met Minerva | The Emperor Norton Trust VIEW OF THE BAY FROM THE BERKELEY CITY CLUB, WITH THE EAST BAY CROSSING OF THE BAY BRIDGE (L), THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE AND MARIN HEADLANDS (C & R) AND SAN FRANCISCO IN THE DISTANCE | Detail of photograph by Rachel Hope Crossman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1394402684532-VPMSM1WF4G18GVTBZ5LV/Rachel_Hope_Crossman_headshot.jpg RACHEL HOPE CROSSMAN: If Norton Met Minerva | The Emperor Norton Trust https://emperornortontrust.org/projects/perspectives/mattis daily 0.75 2020-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1394040135034-2Q75V9KAZFHARSZF4CVN/Sotomayor_mural_Palace_Hotel.jpg MICHAEL MATTIS: The Emperor & His Bridge | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from mural in San Francisco's Palace Hotel, depicting Emperor Norton, Mark Twain and Bret Harte | Painting by Antonio Sotomayor (1904-1985). Photo © Scott Cox, 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1393968727209-UFGE0MR3EKIJ1EYT0NCX/Michael_Mattis_headshot_small.jpg MICHAEL MATTIS: The Emperor & His Bridge | The Emperor Norton Trust via Dandyism.net https://emperornortontrust.org/about/faq daily 0.75 2025-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/ebac642f-12ec-41b1-b0b8-1eb993108b9a/Inside_Yerba_Buena_Tunnel_westbound.jpg FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS | The Emperor Norton Trust - Make it stand out Postcard photograph showing view to the west from inside Yerba Buena Tunnel (top deck), c.1936–40. Source: Erica Fischer https://emperornortontrust.org/support/book-of-selected-proclamations daily 0.75 2021-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1442793554097-C8H63DR5J09D51V13AUE/image-asset.jpeg Book of Selected Proclamations | The Emperor Norton Trust Typical header of a Proclamation of Emperor Norton published in the Pacific Appeal, the black-owned abolitionist weekly that was the Emperor's "imperial gazette" from 1870 to 1876. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1442793270728-CT5FQ70759HMTGNO13YR/image-asset.jpeg Book of Selected Proclamations | The Emperor Norton Trust https://emperornortontrust.org/arena daily 0.75 2025-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467852143485-EWEF5J431RDSB2XV92F7/image-asset.jpeg ARENA: ARchive of Emperor Norton in the Arts | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail of a comic, 1871, that appeared in the California Mail Bag magazine. Source: Internet Archive. https://emperornortontrust.org/arena/visual-arts daily 0.75 2026-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467852654124-0KNRDL6VAV0K8BXLEVRM/image-asset.jpeg ARENA: Visual Arts | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton I" (2005), wood engraving by Jim Westergard (b. 1939). © 2005 Jim Westergard. Source: Jim Westergard. https://emperornortontrust.org/arena/visual-arts/flat-works daily 0.75 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467838980745-GX0Q93OOLW753BPRPYT7/Lithograph+of+painting_by_T_Grob_feat_Emperor_Norton_1863_detail.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from lithograph of First Annual Encampment of the Second Bridge C.M.; Brigadier General Ellis, Commanding; Reviewed by His Excellency Gov. Stanford; Brigade Drill and Shamfight Oct. 14th 1863 (1863), by T[heodore?]. Grob. Stanford University print collection, 1862–2001. Source: Stanford. Click this image to view the full painting. Emperor Norton is seen at the bottom speaking with two others, one of whom appears to be Frederick Coombs a.k.a. George Washington II (d. 1874). [Added 7.6.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1471451835387-QHX2EH77VN522Q10Z8Y3/The_Promenade_1860s-70s_illustration_featuring_Emperor_Norton.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, c.1865, by Pascal Loomis (1826–1878). Wood engraving. The illustration, which shows Emperor Norton on the right and Frederick Coombs, the self-styled George Washington II, on the left — with the stylized inscription “PL” at bottom left — appears on the cover of the May 1865 (vol. 1, no. 7) issue of Puck (San Francisco) magazine. Puck was co-founded and -published by Loomis and James F. Swift. To learn more, see our June 2025 article here. Source: The Forgotten Characters of Old San Francisco (The Ward Richie Press, 1964); titled there as “The Promenade” and credited as being from the collection of Robert G. Cowan (1895-1993). [Added 8.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1539551915677-LZOB227VJ7OES3D3CF1O/Norton_+der_Erste_in_Die_Gartenlaube_N47_Nov_1870.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Norton der Erste, Kaiser der Vereinigten Staaten und Protector von Mexico,” illustration by Johann Carl Wilhelm Aarland (1822–1906) based on a c.1867 photograph by Bradley & Rulofson studio. Originally published in the German magazine Die Gartenlaube, No. 47, November 1870, p.791. Image source: Wikimedia Commons. Original publication: Wikisource. [Added 10.14.2018] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1770133838826-NPQUONGD0IOA7DZZ6JAQ/Emperor_Norton_promissory_note_Cuddy_and_Hughes_14_Jul_18_Norton_cut.jpeg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Engraving of Emperor Norton, most likely late 1870 but no later than January 1871. This cameo “cut” of the Emperor appears on all of his extant promissory notes from January 1871 until his death in January 1880. To learn more, and to view images of several notes that feature this engraving, see our January 2026 article here. [Added 7.7.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1766164313563-MM35JMNV1YHCGBQ2JI9G/Emperor_Norton_by_George_Holbrook_Baker_c1860s_to_1870s_mounted_on_endpaper_CSL.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Norton I / Emperor of Nord America / Protector of Mexico,” c.1860s–70s, attributed to George Holbrook Baker (1827–1906). Pencil sketch on ruled paper, later clipped and mounted on book endpaper. Appraisal for the California State Library credits Baker as the artist and dates the sketch to c.1860. But, anomalies of depiction, mounting, and inscription point to a slightly later date and raise questions about the authorship. Courtesy of the California History Room, California State Library, Sacramento, Calif. [Added 12.18.2025] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1465578248445-YCH6X8P0BHZQVZXJ6Z84/Emperor_Norton_by_Virgil_Williams_1870s_light.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Painting by Virgil Williams (1830–1886), c.1870s. Possibly a copy by Leola Hall Coggins (1881–1930). Charcoal, chalk, and ink wash, 35.3 cm x 26.4 cm. Collection of the Bancroft Library at the University of California Berkeley. Source: Calisphere. [Added 6.10.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1465589809651-CUGPR5WHCZJ5FHAUBLLI/Emperor_Norton_by_Palmer_Cox_1874.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 1874, by Palmer Cox (1840–1924). The illustration appeared in Cox's Squibs of California, or, Every-Day Life Illustrated (Mutual Publishing Company and A. Roman & Co., 1874), p. 69. Source: Internet Archive [Added 6.10.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1518401967093-PYLAFHPUQL4108ROS1GW/The_Three_Prominent_Men_of_San_Francisco_Cal_by_George_Frederick_Keller.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "The Three Prominent Men of San Francisco, Cal.", c.1873–74, by George Frederick Keller (1846–1927). Originally published in Thistleton’s Jolly Giant. Source: Portrait Collection, California Historical Society, PC-PT_00191. A modified version of the Norton illustration accompanied a piece on Norton that appeared in the San Francisco Bulletin of 20 December 1913. This later version is here. [Added 2.11.2018] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1465583512246-GNJA2VJKI76XW64HO4JE/Emperor_Norton_by_Addie_Ballou_1879.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Painting, 1877, by Addie Ballou (1838–1916). This is a portrait for which Emperor Norton is known to have sat personally. Source: Society of California Pioneers [Added 5.10.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1471458948922-WP2W2UEVCOLHAN5ZWLB4/Emperor_Norton_by_Oscar_Kunath_1879.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Painting, 1879, by Oscar Kunath (1830–1909). The two books where this painting is reproduced provide different institutional credits. One cites the California Historical Society; the other cites the Society of California Pioneers. But neither of these has a record of the painting. Source: The Forgotten Characters of Old San Francisco (The Ward Richie Press, 1964). [Added 8.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1487292122716-WSVKSUB4EQ62IMJMCSJR/Emperor_Norton_illustration_SF_Chronicle_9_Nov_1879.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration in article, "Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico; His Majesty's Manner of Life; The Humble Home and Magnificent Pretensions of a Well-Known San Francisco Character," San Francisco Chronicle, 9 November 1879. This front-page profile, based on an interview with the Emperor himself, appeared in the Chronicle two months before the Emperor's death (view here). Collection of the California State Library. © San Francisco Chronicle. [Added 2.16.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1747250246227-9Z7EXUF4U8JNVF6CWK9Y/Charles_Andrew_Gunnison_sketchbook_1879_Emperor_Norton_page_Emperor_detail.jpeg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Sketch of Emperor Norton, December 1879, by Charles Andrew Gunnison (1861–1897). Pencil. From sketchbook, 8¼” x 6⅞”. Manuscripts Collection of the Huntington Digital Library. Complete sketchbook accessible via the source link. Learn more from the Trust’s May 2025 article here. Source: The Huntington [Added 5.14.2025] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1483933059886-1N72HP47PAN4LKVRBCLD/SF_Illustrated_Wasp_17_Jan_1880_cover_by_George_Keller.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Portrait by George Frederick Keller (1846–1927). This appeared on the cover of the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp, V4 N181, 17 January 1880. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive (click here to see full cover and enlarge with greatest clarity). This work also was produced as a lithograph. [Added 1.8.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1552930005094-OBUH5A8ZBGOMVVNSE414/Emperor_Norton_woodcut_in_The_Illini_v9n6_Mar_1880_p174.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Emperor Norton I,” woodcut illustration for article, “Emperor Norton I” (Sketches of California series), in The Illini, volume 9, number 6, March 1880, p. 174. Source: Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. [Added 3.17.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1721410392556-8VAG3PX4OUQREQHLIDI5/Nortonus_Rex_scrimshaw_19th_century_Norton_view.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Nortonus Rex." Auction-listed as "19th century bone scrimshaw" but possibly a later work on resin, 6¼" x 2¾". This view of Emperor Norton is one of three engraved images on the piece — the other two being (a) a view of Norton's gravestone and (b) the Eye of Providence symbol, traditionally associated with Freemasonry. Source: Treasureseeker Auctions [Added 7.18.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1601914790189-GKL4J14S42QQCP0JNCG0/Emperor_Norton_illustration_in_SF_Examiner_2_Dec_1888_p10.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration of Emperor Norton. Published with article, “After S’Teen Years,” San Francisco Examiner, 2 December 1888, p. 10. Article reflected on changes in San Francisco in the sixteen years since 1872. Source: Newspapers.com [Added 10.5.2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1472684787454-99RA59JH2KEDR5ITZP6O/Emperor_Norton_by_Charles_W_Saalburg_1889-1892.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration by Charles William Saalburg (1865–1950). Undated but possibly published in The Wasp magazine between 1889 and 1892, when Saalburg was a staff illustrator there. Source: Charles W. Saalburg, "San Francisco of the '80s Abounded in Notables," The New York Times, 3 January 1926 (pdf). (For more about Saalburg, see this 2016 article by John Adcock.) [Added 8.31.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1471461526119-KLQZIXMX7A152FK76OGK/Emperor_Norton_illustration_Overland_Monthly_May_1892.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, Reviewing the University Battalion at Berkeley (1892), by Solly Walter (1846–1900). This originally appeared as an illustration for Francis E. Sheldon's article, "Street Characters of San Francisco," in The Overland Monthly of May 1892. Original article: Making of America. Image: Richard Schwartz, Eccentrics, Heroes, and Cutthroats of Old Berkeley (RSB Books, 2007). [Added 8.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1671406877571-QHRCZ5SY8ZPQCF3Z7ZEA/Illustration_for_article_re_musical_revue_Miss_Frisco_SF_Chronicle_6_Jun_1897_p5.png ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration for item previewing musical revue, Miss Frisco, opening at the Tivoli Opera House. San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 1897, p. 5. Source: Genealogy Bank. [Added 12.18.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1468278384012-X4YJ56ABHJ43L2K6M66O/Drawing_of_1869_Muybridge_photo_in_SF_Chronicle_9_Jul_1899.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Drawing of 1869 photograph by Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904) in San Francisco Chronicle, 9 July 1899. The drawing was an illustration for a feature "A Relic of the Later Sixties: The Later Emperor Norton on an Old-Time Velocipede." Click on image to view the full feature. Source: Newspapers.com. [Added 7.11.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1603469624244-9A4UL4ZZ1EX64HZLUDSQ/Emperor_Norton_in_The_Wasp_11_Nov_1905_p717.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, illustration, 1905. This appeared in The Wasp, 11 Nov 1905, page 717, with a brief item headlined “A ‘Benevolent Despot.’” To see the original, click here. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive. [Added 10.23.2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1469207128139-YXFYQV1B9UA1PW3JI1NM/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Call_Sun_18_Aug_1907.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "In the Reign of Emperor Norton," in the San Francisco Call newspaper of Sunday 18 August 1907. Artwork for article, "San Francisco: The City of Sulphites," by Will Scarlet. Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection. [Added 7.22.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1469212678244-BDXKNYFJWGW858A4TCNT/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_Call_Sun_27_Sep_1908.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration in the San Francisco Call newspaper of Sunday 27 September 1908. Artwork for article, "Personal Recollections of Norton I, Emperor of the United States," by Addie L. Ballou. Source: California Digital Newspaper Archive. [Added 7.22.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1623515270696-MUG2CKM6CCG67GYHH0L6/Emperor_Norton_in_Cincinnati_Enquirer_10_Jan_1914_p11_2M.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, in the Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 January 1914, p.11. New illustration for reprinted excerpt of feature that originally appeared in the San Francisco Bulletin on 20 December 1913. Inspired by the left-hand photograph of the Emperor on this 1879 cabinet card. The illustration of the Emperor himself was used 25 years later, for the front dust jacket of Allen Stanley Lane’s 1939 book, Emperor Norton: Mad Monarch of America. Source: Newspapers.com [Added 6.12.2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1465578228180-RVUZHHI5XI9C46NEM8LW/Emperor_Norton_possibly_by_Benoni_Irwin_1870s.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Cropped "cameo" single-color version of 1880 color painting by George Frederick Keller (1846–1927). This image appeared as an illustration for Robert Ernest Cowan's essay, "Norton I: Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico," in California Historical Society Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 3, October 1923. (See original version elsewhere in this gallery.) [Added 6.10.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1469215717793-MNNIJEHAYTZV0B4ZXPOJ/Emperor_Norton_in_10_Nov_1927_inscription_by_Albert_Dressler.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Drawing, 1927, by Albert Dressler (1887–1960). Part of Dressler's 10 November 1927 inscription in a presentation copy of his self-published book Emperor Norton of the United States (1927). Photograph: Lynne Taylor, as seen at Falcone Coins & Collectibles, San Jose, Calif. [Added 7.22.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1465593350903-7KS4HF7A8RGHXK0PUAA8/Emperor_Norton_at_Tommys_Joynt.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Undated and uncredited painting at the hofbrau Tommy's Joynt, in San Francisco. Photograph © Annetta Black. [Added 6.10.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1767111211910-NKXOK1F7M8HW2E68BU6O/Emperor_Norton_mural_Palace_Hotel_SF_by_Antonio_Sotomayor_1935.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Mural, 1935, by Antonio Sotomayor (1904–1985). Located in the lounge of the Pied Piper Bar of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, the mural depicts Emperor Norton, Mark Twain, Bret Harte, and other San Francisco notables of that period. Sotomayor painted the mural as part of the hotel’s new Happy Valley Room in the smaller adjacent space (now the Pied Piper’s main room), which opened in March 1935. See our March 2025 article, “Emperor Norton in the Happy Valley Room,” here. Photograph © 2014 The Loup Garou via Trip Advisor [Added 6.24.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1651705816486-07HUOX6E2LC1XBTLTTXT/Emperor_Norton_illustration_by_Lloyd_Wulf_in_Alamanac_for_Thirty-Niners_1938_1200dpi.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration of Emperor Norton, 1938, by Lloyd Wulf (1913–1965). Featured in Almanac for Thirty-Niners (James Ladd Delkin, 1938), a book by WPA writers and Wulf, a WPA artist, published in connection with the Golden Gate International Exposition, which opened in 1939. The book was funded by the Bret Harte Associates of California. [Added 5.4.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467165820041-O34HBHMP5MAS7TW7R6V4/Front_dustjacket_of_Allen_Stanley_Lane_bio_of_Emperor_Norton_1939.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Front dust jacket of Emperor Norton: Mad Monarch of America (1939), biography by Allen Stanley Lane. The illustration of the Emperor himself was adapted from an illustration that had appeared in the Cincinnati Inquirer in January 1914; see the original. © 1939 The Caxton Printers, Ltd. [Added 6.27.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1624462055493-EBG897FWCLBHUY7UYSYM/Emperor_Norton_illustration_by_Harry_Ross_Grissinger_Arizona_Republic_23_Apr_1939_Sunday_mag_Sec_5_p7_medium.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 1939, by Harry Ross Grissinger (1887–1966) for the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA). Lead illustration for feature, “America’s Own ‘Hitler,’” The Arizona Republic, 23 April 1939, Section 5 (Sunday magazine), p. 7. Source: Newspapers.com [Added 6.23.2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1471466538062-36GTJX44MS8C2XTE7W4E/Emperor_Norton_by_Pierre_Vittier_1939_cover_of_SF%27s_Emperor_Norton_I_by_Ryder.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 1939, by Pierre Vittier (1906–1998). Source: Front cover art for David Warren Ryder, San Francisco's Emperor Norton (1939). [Added 8.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1471467163274-8VRL66IIQQLNYOADDLX1/Emperor_Norton_by_Pierre_Vittier_1939_Bummer_Lazarus_illustration_in_SF%27s_Emperor_Norton_I_by_Ryder.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 1939, by Pierre Vittier (1906–1998). Source: Artwork in David Warren Ryder, San Francisco's Emperor Norton (1939). [Added 8.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1471467229584-DWZR2X8KRTY8L3J18ZUX/Emperor_Norton_by_Pierre_Vittier_1939_restaurant_illustration_in_SF%27s_Emperor_Norton_I_by_Ryder.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 1939, by Pierre Vittier (1906–1998). Source: Artwork in David Warren Ryder, San Francisco's Emperor Norton (1939). [Added 8.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1471467293543-6B8F111YP81CLBP7UX3L/Emperor_Norton_by_Pierre_Vittier_1939_bridge_illustration_in_SF%27s_Emperor_Norton_I_by_Ryder.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 1939, by Pierre Vittier (1906–1998). Source: Artwork in David Warren Ryder, San Francisco's Emperor Norton (1939). [Added 8.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1465594250177-6OTZMTIPH6KBCCHIYI5O/Emperor_Norton_by_Lois_Hanscom_1939.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 1939, by Lois Hanscom (1915–1995). Included in the tourist guide Let's Have Fun in San Francisco: A Handbook to the City (1939), by Edith Shelton and Elizabeth Field. [Added 6.10.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1576387863968-4S931FG1RN5S4ZPSTALL/Detail_of_Emperor_Norton_from_SF_Chinatown_and_Environs_Scrapbook_Map_by_Ken_Cathcart_1947.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail of “The ‘Emp’” from San Francisco Chinatown and Environs: A Scrapbook Map. By Kenneth Gwinn Cathcart (1902–1985), working from 1938 to 1958. © 2016 Schein and Schein. Source: Schein and Schein. See full map here. (Jim Schein’s book on the Cathcart map, Gold Mountain, Big City (Cameron Books), was published in March 2020. Learn more and order here.) [Added 12.15.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1725027407832-G3VYIY0V5GRFBS5TTMPM/Roos_Bros_ad_with_SF_characters_SF_Examiner_10_May_1945_p5_Emperor_Norton_detail.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, illustration, 1945. Detail from an ad for Roos Bros. clothiers, San Francisco Examiner, 10 May 1945, p.5. Full ad here. Source: Newspapers.com [Added 8.30.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1585672695014-Z7LV0RNYD3NUK4U4AVLV/Emperor+Norton_by_Nicholas_Dunphy_illustration_for+David_Warren_Ryder_Strange_Story_of_Emperor_Norton_Saturday_Evening_Post_Aug_1945.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration of Emperor Norton, 1945, by Nicholas Dunphy (1896–1955). This appeared in The Saturday Evening Post of 11 August 1945, as an illustration for an article, “The Strange Story of Emperor Norton,” by David Warren Ryder (pdf here). The text was a reprint of a piece Ryder had produced earlier in 1945 for his booklet, Storied San Francisco, published by the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company to commemorate that year’s founding of the United Nations. © The Saturday Evening Post Society. [Added 3.31.2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1573683914156-GUSQS1GTPNN7TZ2MRM1N/Emperor_Norton_by_Antonio_Sotomayor_1948.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration of Emperor Norton, pen and ink, 1948, by Antonio Sotomayor (1904–1985). This is one of Sotomayor’s illustrations for Robert O’Brien’s book, This Is San Francisco (Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill, 1948). The book is a collection of O’Brien’s “Riptides” columns for the San Francisco Chronicle. [Added 11.13.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1587341071591-4UYV0DR6DAH9EJV5APGJ/Emperor_Norton_by_Herbert_Buel_SF_Chronicle_25_Dec_1949.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, illustration, 1949, by Hubert Buel (1915–1984). Buel was the longtime staff artist, later promotions manager, for the San Francisco Chronicle. This work appeared in the Chronicle’s Sunday magazine, This World, on 25 December 1949, with “Twice-Told Tales About San Francisco,” a review of a book, San Francisco Kaleidoscope, by Samuel Dickson. © San Francisco Chronicle. [Added 4.19.2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1644423771239-GIXT55EW6PI214Y1LZ2F/Detail_from_Antonio_Sotomayor_concept_sketch_for_Emperor_Norton_ballet_SF_Examiner_8_Jul_1951_Sunday_Pictorial_Review_p21.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail of 1951 concept sketch for Emperor Norton ballet, by Antonio Sotomayor (1904–1985). The original sketches were exhibited at the Gump Galleries in July 1951. The ballet, Emperor Norton, was debuted in November 1957 by the San Francisco Ballet. This detail, from “‘Norton I’ to be Theme of Ballet?” San Francisco Examiner, 8 July 1951, Sunday Pictorial Review, p. 21. Source: Newspapers.com [Added 2.9.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1600462555137-HE9JP4JKG2FADPKNUFHI/Mural_inside_Sears_at_Geary_and_Masonic_SF_by_Eugene_A_Robinson_1951.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Mural, 1951, by Eugene Alexander Montgomery (1905–2001). This is one of a series of San Francisco-themed large-scale color murals at the Sears store at Geary and Masonic Streets in San Francisco — lining the upper portions of the walls on the first floor — from the time the store opened in 1951 apparently until the store closed in 1990. Note the depiction of Emperor Norton at bottom left. For more on the artist and the murals, visit this site. [Added 9.18.2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1585592090250-RN24DPTB5Z02MTA0L1RQ/One_Gold_Crown_note_Royal_Treasury_of_Norton_I_promotional_souvenir_SF_Chronicle_1953_front.jpeg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “One Gold Crown” note from “The Royal Treasury of Norton I,” promotional souvenir, 1953, San Francisco Chronicle. Front view. That year, the Grand Marshal of San Francisco’s Thanksgiving Day parade was “Emperor Norton,” who gave thousands of these notes to children, who could redeem them as tickets for single rides at Playland-at-the-Beach. See reverse view here. Both images courtesy of Heritage Auctions. [Added 3.30.2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1602543310707-WUSE5G6B98L8WU176UOK/Emperor_Norton_with_Bummer_and_Lazarus_by_Senter_Sacramento_Bee_21_Jun_1958_p37.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton with Bummer and Lazarus, 1958, by “Senter.” This illustration accompanied Joe Smith’s Tales of the Sierra column, “Bummer and Lazarus Were Inseparable Pals,” Sacramento Bee, 21 June 1958, p. 37. Source: Newspapers.com [Added 10.12.2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1674163806362-FTKAROEXVN4D3L7OXYAO/Emperor_Norton_by_William_H_Weber_1961_photo_by_Ken+McLaughlin_SF_Chronicle.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 1961, by William Hamilton Maximillian Weber (1920–1996). Weber did this painting for the San Francisco Chronicle while he was “director of special arts projects” for the paper. For more, see the Trust’s February 2019 article here. Photo: Ken McLaughlin. Source: San Francisco Chronicle Photo Archive. Special thanks to Chronicle writer Peter Hartlaub. [Added 1.18.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1546909701908-BECGF6LOISSCJSZ8J40T/Emperor_Norton_illustration_in_Telephone_Time_ad_NY_Daily_News_19_Aug_1956.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration in advertisement for episode of Telephone Time (CBS): “Emperor Norton’s Bridge,” Season 1, Episode 8, 1956. Ad in New York Daily News, 19 August 1956. Source: Newspapers.com. View full ad here. View episode in The Emperor’s Bridge Campaign’s digital ARchive of Emperor Norton in Art, Music & Film (ARENA) here. [Added 1.7.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1770045924512-3EFNJ8O00IJGH6D1NVE9/Joshua_Abraham_Norton_stamp_Lathrop_Local_Post_1969_a.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Ten-cent stamp depicting “Joshua Abraham Norton / Self-Styled Emperor of the United States,” 1969. This is from the long-closed Lathrop Local Post of Stanford, Calif. The Lathrop Local Post — “Lathrop,” for Leland Stanford’s wife, Jane Elizabeth Lathrop — was a private service that delivered mail only within Stanford, Calif. Like other stamps from “modern local posts,” this one was not recognized by the U.S. Postal Service. Although it could be used as a “label” attached to items delivered by the Lathrop Local Post, it was created primarily as a collectors’ item. Collection of John Lumea. [Added 2.2.2026] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1607721144470-UC3OU23SR7WFSL79E08X/Emperor_Norton_lives_Wells_Fargo_ad_SF_Chron_28_Aug_1970_p10.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Emperor Norton Lives,” Wells Fargo ad, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 August 1970, p.10. One of three teasers that appeared in the Chronicle in late August 1970 to roll out a promotional campaign based on Old West characters. The campaign and artwork were by the firm of McCann-Erickson. Source: San Francisco Public Library. [Added 12.11.2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1769277872614-GR9200Y2O6IM4KXBIAE9/Ad_for_Emperor_Norton_Birthday_Sidewalk_Sale_at_Serramonte_Center_18_and_19_Jul_1975_Pacifica_Tribune_16_Jul_1975_p3.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Ad for the “1st Annual Emperor Norton Birthday & Sidewalk Sale” at Serramonte Center, Daly City, Calif., 18–19 July 1975, Pacifica Tribune, 16 July 1975, p. 3. An Emperor Norton impersonator handed out “Official Norton I banknotes” as souvenirs. Source: Newspapers.com [Added 1.24.2026] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1652301983694-L9DCHQ4MK56ZDRVOL1VK/Emperor_Norton_sketch_by_Virginia_Ribbel_San_Diego_Union_4_Oct_1981_p122.png ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 1981, sketch by Virginia Ribbel (1913–2010). Illustration for article, “Joshua A. Norton I — The Kindliest ‘Emperor of Them All” (Yesterday in the West column), San Diego Union, 4 October 1981, Section G (Travel), p. 2. Source: Genealogy Bank. [Added 5.10.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467085008069-JLFLKN3QBXKIB1AOQCG8/Mural_at_Hilton_Union_Square_SF_photo_by_Larry_Jones_2014.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Mural at Hilton Union Square, San Francisco. Lost, 2017. Previously located in the parking garage entrance on Ellis Street near Mason. Creator and date unknown. Photograph © 2014 Larry Jones. Source: Street Art SF. [Added 6.27.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1552245661029-KAZP6QB8SDR9OUZNUTZF/Emperor_Norton_in_Jazz_Mural_by_Bill_Weber_1987.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail of "Jazz Mural" (1987; restored by the artist 2004), by Bill Weber. Located on Broadway at Grant Avenue, San Francisco. Photograph © 2019 Joseph Amster. For views of the full mural, see Bill Weber’s site here. [Added 3.10.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1655133916054-XP992S7BWCBLA69F4RPD/Emperor_Norton_by_Sharn_Hashimoto_1987.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration of Emperor Norton, 1987, by Shahn Hashimoto (1943–2019). Oil. This was the front cover art for Kazuo Sayama’s 1987 Japanese-language biography, A Story of the Man Who Became the American Emperor (Ushio Publishing). [Added 6.14.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1563390464788-860UUHUX6VKF1A6HB95M/Emperor_Norton_Days_flyer_Jul_1989_detail.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from flyer for Emperor Norton Days, July 1989 — carnival at Center Center Plaza, San Francisco, produced by the SF Police Activities League. Learn more via Campaign research here. Full flyer here. Source: Ron Quintana (Facebook). [Added 7.17.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1673453531322-CL7EO6ZN7JWHBZXYEZYK/Emperor_Norton_by_Matthew_M_1989_or_later.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Emperor Norton,” 1989 or later, by Matthew M. [last name undetermined]. A clue to the date of the painting is that the work is on a Fredrix canvas panel with a back label that features two taglines: “Since 1868” and “Serving Artists for over 120 years” — indicating that the canvas itself is from 1989 or later. Image source: Kai Wada Roath. [Added 1.10.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1642259878115-A9FAZF6LOPHIVV83T2UN/Emperor_Norton_by_Tom_Bloom_in_NYT_9_Dec_1990.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 1990, by Tom Bloom. Illustration for Jed Stevenson’s Coins column, New York Times, 9 December 1990, section 1, p.84. © New York Times [Added 1.15.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1643223373693-013A6ER5E3H9N4PYBDUF/Emperor_Norton_by_Raymond_VanTilburg_for_Congenial_VII_scifi_con_1995.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration for official t-shirt of Congenial VII, 1995, by Ray VanTilburg (b. 1951). Original artwork, pen and ink on acetate. Congenial was a annual sci-fi con held in Wisconsin (Madison or Racine) from 1989 to 1999. The con often is described as having been a “relaxacon,” as it placed more emphasis on informal networking, selling and socializing than on formal programming. Artist’s Etsy stores here and here. Source: eBay [Added 1.26.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1576136597624-0XPBORTU88W4VOGHEO9J/Emperor_Norton_poster_c2000_OMCA.jpeg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton poster (late 20th or early 21st century). Offset lithograph paper, 14” x 8.375”. All of Us or None Archive, Oakland Museum of California. Source: OMCA. [Added 12.12.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1468253917965-MQ64XSF2KBS31DQFXWM4/Bohemian_Club_Grove_Play_2002_front_cover_Arion_Press.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Front cover of the cloth edition of Emperor Norton: A Command Performance (2002), the 97th Grove Play of the Bohemian Club. Written by Howard Guy Ervin III. Book designed and produced by the Arion Press. Artwork by William C. Matthews (b. 1949). © 2002 Bohemian Club. [Added 7.11.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466019443588-GFIFH575TRJOLA7Q4WUZ/Emperor_Norton_by_Jim_Westergard_2005.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton I" (2005), wood engraving by Jim Westergard (b. 1939). Included in Oddballs (2011), a collection of Westergard's portrait engravings originally published in a limited edition of 30 by Heavenly Monkey studio. © 2005 Jim Westergard. Source: Jim Westergard. [Added 6.15.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467090699533-G770XYS1ZKZ28Z2R2OK8/Mural_at_former_HQ_of_SF_Chocolate_Factory_286_12th_St_photo_by_Larry_Jones_2014.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail of San Francisco Chocolate Factory mural (2005–6) by Jerry Warmsley, Jr., and Alyssa Morgan. Lost, 2016. Previously located at the Factory's former offices and retail shop at 286 12th Street, San Francisco. Photograph © 2014 Larry Jones. Source: Street Art SF. To view the full mural, click here. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467151214449-OCMBC2I26PJRVGLR9B71/Flyer_for_Emperor_Norton_the_Musical_Los_Angeles_2009.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Flyer for 2009 Los Angeles production of Emperor Norton: The Musical, by Kim Ohanneson and Marty Axelrod. Artwork, 2007, by Zoe Axelrod. Source: Zombie Joe's. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1586985004776-RDMLSVSXPYJRK7KRCPUJ/Emperor_Norton_by_DT_Butchino_Digital_Hero_41_Jan_2007_p9.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, line drawing with digital inks and color, 2007. By D.T. Butchino. This illustration originally appeared in Digital Hero #41 (January 2007). Digital Hero was the online magazine for Hero Games, the publisher of a generic role-playing rules set known as the Hero System. Illustration © 2007 DOJ, Inc. Source: Dave Mattingly. [Added 4.15.2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1465853018800-DGFO1YXY3MPWBHDMY8DP/Emperor_Norton_a_by_Dennis_Palmer_2008.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 2008, by Dennis Palmer (1957-2013). Artwork for 2009 CD of Gino Robair's opera, I, Norton. © 2008 Dennis Palmer. Source: Dennis Palmer. [Added 6.13.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1465853416958-IBZM2INLQBIZ75PNOX8O/Emperor_Norton_b_by_Dennis_Palmer_2008.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 2008, by Dennis Palmer (1957-2013). Artwork for 2009 CD of Gino Robair's opera, I, Norton. © 2008 Dennis Palmer. Source: Dennis Palmer. [Added 6.13.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1614647007552-WASK0OW4PSUQY43KURXX/Emperor_Norton_by_Cody_Clark_2008.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, digital, 2008, by Cody Clark (b. 1984). Source: Deviant Art (artist gallery here). © Cody Clark [Added 3.1.2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466211955634-JFGX1WIOLJACMHU9OB9I/Emperor_Norton_by_Jeremy_Fish_2008.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Painting, 2008, by Jeremy Fish (b. 1974). © 2008 Jeremy Fish. Source: Jeremy Fish. [Added 6.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1746043807702-2EQ2NB20N0BZWYCKGJFH/Norton%27s_Nights_2008_by_Brenton_Bostwick.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Norton’s Nights, 2008, by Brenton Bostwick (b.1980). Oil on canvas, 24” x 36”. © 2008 Brenton Bostwick. Source: Brenton Bostwick. [Added 6.15.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467147036941-Z2M33N9RR6MRCN5ACK9G/Detail_from_Only_in_San_Francisco_by_Guy_Colwell_2009_Pritikin_Museum.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from Only in San Francisco (2009), by Guy Colwell (b. 1945). Large-scale, multi-paneled mural at the Pritikin Museum, San Francisco. Photograph © 2014 San Francisco Chronicle. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1680888924258-M6509OZVCRRUX53P332E/Emperor_Norton_by_Buzz_Bain_2009.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2009, by Buzz Bain (b. 1954). Ink and acrylic on paper, 11” x 14”. © 2009 by Buzz Bain. Source: Flickr (254buzz). [Added 4.7.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1465614108928-F40UY5SS5SIAHBODP50P/Emperor_Norton_by_Kate_Beaton_2009.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 2009, by Kate Beaton (b. 1983). © 2009 Kate Beaton. Source: Hark! A Vagrant [Added 6.10.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466304405795-OK7M41P6HYSHV38EC0MI/Emperor_Norton_by_Josh_Ellison_for_The_Bay_Bridged_2009.gif ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from illustration, 2009, by Josh Ellingson (b. 1977) for a special issue of The Bay Bridged, a blog, podcast and event producer focusing on the San Francisco Bay Area's independent music scene. © 2009 Josh Ellingson. Source: Josh Ellingson. [Added 6.18.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466207013389-U7C5RTECKSKOBFJSVBA8/Emperor_Norton_I_by_Ned_Kane_2009.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton I" (2009), by Ned Kane. © 2009 Ned Kane. Source: Deviant Art. [Added 6.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466035086260-GHU1OGBO09RKZLL1CSO1/Emperor_Norton_by_Michael_D_Morgan_2010.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton I" (2010), by Michael D. Morgan. Originally exhibited at the 2010 Artcrank SF group show of bicycle-themed poster art. Inspired by an 1869 photograph of Emperor Norton by Eadweard Muybridge. Limited edition print on view at Emperor Norton's Boozeland, San Francisco. © 2010 Michael D. Morgan. [Added 6.15.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466187022751-A9MEUZCWMX8A43BBB86K/The_Emperor_of_America_%28Emperor_Norton%29_by_Ylva_Lundberg_2010.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "The Emperor of America" (2010), by Ylva Lundberg. Acrylics and enamel on wood. © 2010 Ylva Lundberg. Source: Armadillo Artifacts. [Added 6.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1623760877017-ENUSR4K1OM4X0QTI5VPO/Emperor_Norton_by_Angela_Smets_2010.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2010, by Angela Smets (b. 1965). Pen and ink with digital color. Illustration for online version of a radio story on Emperor Norton that aired on public radio station Bayern 2 of the Munich-based broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), in Germany. © 2010 Angela Smets (For other art by Angela Smets, see her website.) [Added 6.15.2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1468953270809-05NCDDBUFIS4VHF59OQQ/Letterpress_print_of_linoleum_carving_2011_by_Christine_Dryer_Sarigianis.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Letterpress print of linoleum carving, 2011, by Christine Dryer Sarigianis (b. 1984). Illustration for "The Proclamations of Emperor Norton," a letterpress sheet printed in an edition of 25 by the Sharp Teeth Press (now known as The Prototype Press) in Oakland, California. (Click on image to see the full sheet.) © 2011 Sharp Teeth Press. [Added 7.19.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1501446592115-MNQ26W3LG0XUBGA22QNK/Emperor_Norton_drawing_and_woodblock_print_by_Bill_Rubin_2011.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Drawing, 2011, by Bill Rubin. Woodblock print by the artist. © 2011 Source: DeviantArt [Added 7.30.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1468442777293-VXFMLO38OY1PPY6675ZY/Emperor_Norton_tattoo_2011_by_Angel_Saunders.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton tattoo, 2011, by Angel Saunders. Source: Fyeahtattoos. [Added 7.13.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466011514841-Z8RI4D2SOVPS9MQEWRTY/Emperor_Norton_and_+the_23_dollar_+bill_by_James_Fuller_2012.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton and the 23-Dollar Bill" (2012), by James Fuller. © 2012 James Fuller. Source: Originally posted at IdiotLogick.com [Added 6.15.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466118780383-PAENDDOBB29IAYSTYNQV/Emperor_Norton_by_Vincent_Sammy_2012.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton" (2012), by Vincent Sammy. Illustration for the book, Pandemonium: Lost Souls (Jurassic London). Illustration © 2012 Vincent Sammy. Source: Deviant Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1718053918212-U1N1MIBE8CYSPPEQ122R/Emperor_Norton_by_Travis_J_Dow_2012.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2012, by Travis J. Dow (b. 1982). Oil on stretched canvas, 40cm x 50cm. This work featured on the cover of the 21 February – 6 March 2013 issue of the Bay Times. It has been exhibited in Prague and now is in a private collection in Germany. Artist's website. Source: Travis J. Dow [Added 6.10.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466189673830-1ZG8BPMK0ZOC632GATHG/Emperor_Norton_by_Nathaniel_Russell_2012.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton" (2012), by Nathaniel Russell. Artwork for the musician Chuck Prophet's 2012 album, Temple Beautiful. © 2012 Nathaniel Russell. Source: Crooked Arm. [Added 6.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466207608604-MZOF4XMZ07FS1E2339V6/Emperor_Norton_by_John_Dunbar_Kilburn_2012.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 2012, by John Dunbar Kilburn (b.1978). © 2012 John Dunbar Kilburn. Source: John Dunbar Kilburn. [Added 6.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467918312405-7OPB1QFIB34W24GTMDLD/Emperor_Norton_Absinthe_Dieu_Raff_Distillerie_label_by_Auston_Design_Group_2012.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Label design, 2012, for Raff Distillerie's Emperor Norton Absinthe Dieu, by Austin Design Group. © 2012 Austin Design Group. Source: Austin Design Group. [Added 7.7.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466210783264-8Q1LJ0L3L5OMOURXEGEZ/Emperor_Norton_by_jeremy_Fish_2012.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 2012, by Jeremy Fish (b. 1974). © 2012 Jeremy Fish. Source: Fecal Face. [Added 6.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1745501154303-AKG0GKH168PJ37NXFMPB/Detail_from_Norton%27s_Nitecap_mural_by_Jim_Gleeson_2013.jpeg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from Norton’s Nitecap, 2013, by Jim Gleeson (b. 1959). Acrylic on plywood, 48” x 120”. This mural is located at Mariposa Hunters Point Yacht Club, San Francisco. Artist’s website. Source: Jim Gleeson (Added 4.24.2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1501448540572-HSA0S8CQ76WO4S8DL1HB/Emperor_Norton_drawing_by_Jeff_Heerman_2013.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Drawing, 2013, by Jeff Heermann. Pen and Ink. © 2013 Source: Art in Haste [Added 6.30.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1767024576540-26WCBMOGIA8X5LUD7UNL/Emperor_Norton_by_John_Chako_Chakravarty_2013.jpeg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “The Emperor,” 2013, by Chako (b. 1986). Ink on paper, 12” x 16”. Created as a birthday gift for the artist’s sister, who was living in the San Francisco Bay Area at the time. Artist’s website. [Added 12.28.2025] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1769275796100-9EJ2O2HLXSWU0UP6MFTU/Mrs_Norton_2013_by_Jason_Vogel.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Mrs. Norton,” 2013, by Jason Vogel. Acrylic on canvas. Private collection. [Added 1.24.2026] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1468440454786-0J5GGD9LVD8YBGNGJ3LN/Emperor_Norton_tattoo_2013_by_Thaoe_Rivas.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton tattoo, 2013, by Thaoe Rivas. Done at Cold Steel Tattoo in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco. Source: Katelyn Roberts. [Added 7.13.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1641942129217-P59NG76ZJICMUZBNER54/Emperor_Norton_by_Steve_Kupp_Jr_2013.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Emperor Norton,” 2013, by Steve Kupp, Jr. (b. 1981). Pastels on collagraph paper. Artist’s website. Etsy. © 2013 Steve Kupp, Jr. [Added 1.11.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1677511615764-3KPKHK9MH8E26QL4FZV2/Emperor_Norton_by_Ryan_Wood_Jan_2014.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2014, by Ryan Wood (b. 1972). © 2014 Ryan Wood. Artist’s Instagram. Source: Ryan Wood [Added 2.27.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466117878525-NKGN7GXMJUQKG9AIMS1B/Emperor_Norton_by_Kaytea_Petro_2014.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton" (2014), by Kaytea Petro (b. 1978). © 2014 Kaytea Petro. Source: Untitled version at ArtSpan. [Added 6.16.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466045279375-HT0OZNT933UGF5JAH5KO/Le_Roi_Est_Mort_%28Emperor_Norton%29_by_Brian_Stannard_2014.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Le Roi Est Mort" (2014), water color and India ink, by Brian Stannard. Commissioned by Emperor Norton's Boozeland, San Francisco, and on view at the bar. © 2014 Brian Stannard. Source: Brian Stannard. [Added 6.15.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466208317012-PMQF7HA5BD7EQD0PUUB6/The_Emperor_Norton_by_Rachel_Schafer_2014.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "The Emperor Norton" (2014), by Rachel Schafer. © 2014 Rachel Schafer. Source: Rachel Schafer. [Added 6.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466023542047-DO6YYIDWBYL8VJP4SV91/We_Are_All_God%27s_Children_%28Emperor_Norton%29_by_Marcia_Wilson_2014.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "We Are All God's Children" (2014), by Marcia Wilson. © 2014 Marcia Wilson. Source: Deviant Art. [Added 6.15.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466194959577-QKDCPA3XMOGN9N4HQBMS/Emperor_Norton_%28flowers%29_by_Anna_Haifisch_2014.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 2014, by Anna Haifisch (b. 1986). For Jeff Campagna's essay, "The Original San Francisco Eccentric." © 2014 Anna Haifisch. Source: Narrative.ly. [Added 6.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466195425926-67DS148ETO764DY18LHF/Emperor_Norton_%28umbrella%29_by_Anna_Haifisch_2014.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 2014, by Anna Haifisch (b. 1986). For Jeff Campagna's essay, "The Original San Francisco Eccentric." © 2014 Anna Haifisch. Source: Narrative.ly. [Added 6.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466461961646-NA2FAM0IX4BZPLVWQP84/Emperor_Norton_by_Peter_Glanting_2014.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Joshua Norton" (2014), by Peter Glanting. © 2014 Peter Glanting. Part of Glanting’s series, Eggs of History. Source: Delicate Adventures. [Added 6.20.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467153291042-3IAR4F9OC29EITA3GGSV/Detail_of_2014_mural_at_Emperor_Norton%27s_Boozeland_SF.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail of mural, 2014, by Andrei Bouzikof, at Emperor Norton's Boozeland, San Francisco. Located in the rear garden. Photograph: Emperor Norton's Boozeland. For a more complete view of the mural, click here. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466298457838-S9WROWTBYMZGDW8TLOQP/Emperor_Norton_by_Debra_Styer_2014.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton" (2014), watercolor, by Debra Styer (b. 1971). © 2014 Debra Styer. Source: Blue Hour Studio. [Added 6.18.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1469203707716-9GTRJLPHK1XE7DARN4HM/Emperor_Norton_2014_by_Mike_Gray.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2014, by Mike Gray (b. 1948). Illustration for graphic identity of a documentary-in-progress, Norton the First. © 2014 Mike Gray. Source: Jesse Chandler. [Added 7.22.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466296720158-Y9WPV3DVO11P2RXY4BVK/Emperor_Norton_by_S._Bell_%28Silver_and_Gold_webcomic%29_2015.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Drawing, 2015, by S. Bell. Detail from Web comic Silver & Gold. © 2015 Fugu Press. Source: Silver and Gold. [Added 6.18.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466811465637-S9B2C0D0LGMGPHLTR32B/Mayor_of_Proclamations_by_Jeremy_Fish_2015.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Mayor of Proclamations" (2015), by Jeremy Fish (b. 1974). Created for the show O Glorious City, on view at San Francisco City Hall from 4 November 2015 to 25 March 2016. © 2015 Jeremy Fish. Source: Jeremy Fish. [Added 6.24.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466811573385-8NC8POW3IUVZ9P2EW9Q0/Norton%27s_Tattoos_by_Jeremy_Fish_2015.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Norton's Tattoos" (2015), by Jeremy Fish (b. 1974). Created for the show O Glorious City, on view at San Francisco City Hall from 4 November 2015 to 25 March 2016. © 2015 Jeremy Fish. Source: Jeremy Fish. [Added 6.24.26] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466212198316-FLANIA9QDSLZDIH68Y1M/Emperor_Norton_by_Jeremy_Fish_2015.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Name It After Norton" (2015), by Jeremy Fish (b. 1974). Created for the show O Glorious City, on view at San Francisco City Hall from 4 November 2015 to 25 March 2016. © 2015 Jeremy Fish. Source: Jeremy Fish. [Added 6.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466903979266-SUNW6DGLOSPQTZCOG1SH/Emperor_Norton_by_RealJoeSmith_2015_detail.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Drawing, 2015, by Joe Smith (b. 1969). Pen and ink. Source: Joe Smith [Added 6/25/2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1465960182781-7VWAJD0JP2LIT1Q3A9K8/Emperor_Norton_by_DKNG_Studios_Almanac_Beer_Co._2015_detail.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 2015, by Dan Kuhlken for DKNG Studios. Bottle-printed label of Emperor Norton Ale by Almanac Beer Co. © 2015 Almanac Beer Co. Source: DKNG Studios [Added 6.14.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1490484874992-T16RW5O2JBCW8FBYBQIQ/Painting_by_Sam_Flores_2016_at_Cockscomb_restaurant_SF.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Painting, 2016, by Sam Flores (b. 1975). This piece hung in the former restaurant Cockscomb, in San Francisco, which commissioned the work. © 2016 Sam Flores. Photograph: Peter Kazanjy [Added 3.25.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1767654548906-QHKFBYUC6762NT5MIENL/Emperor_Norton_by_Josh_Ellingson_2016.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2016, by Josh Ellingson (b.1977). Expo dry erase marker on whiteboard. Source: Josh Ellingson [Added 1.4.2026] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1539296801049-5ODDV52D8UBD5PL0V6JC/His_Imperial_Majesty_Norton+I_by_Anna_Papkov_2016_detail.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “His Imperial Majesty, Norton I” (2016), by Anna Papkov (b.1981). Ink on watercolor paper, 14” x 20”. ©2016 Anna Papkov. Source: Anna Papkov. [Added 10.11.2018] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466116861794-40D8LJ7W0F8B0XX7YAH6/Emperor_Norton_by_Minae_Lee_2016.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton" (2016), by Minae Lee. © 2016 Minae Lee. Source: Minae Lee. [Added 6.16.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1683331734055-L1XYL0WU5WD6TPP2IOH8/Emperor_Norton_by_Billy_2017.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Joshua Abraham Norton,” 2017, by Heebum Chun (b. 1974). Pen and ink on a receipt. Artist’s Instagram. Source: Billyonstage [Added 5.5.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1502846798695-P3L7QJISBMMKA9ZSZ0LT/Emperor_Norton_linocut_by_Aaron_Almanza_Mar_2017.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "#Resist," March 2017, by Aaron Almanza. Linocut print. ©2017 Aaron Almanza. Source: Aaron Almanza. [Added 8.15.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1665075297679-H99GI2M6E49BZPHIPV04/Our_Emperor_by_Ariyanna_Martinez_2017.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Our Emperor,” 2017, by Ari Martinez (b.1994). Intaglio print on BFK paper, 6” x 9”. The Emperor figure is based on the c.1878 Bradley & Rulofson portrait of Emperor Norton shown here. Artists’s website and Instagram. Source: Ari Martinez [Added 10.6.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1718220040955-Y37N2T18OT1WAD9CT0MA/Emperor_Norton_by_Dio_de_Sun_for_The_Secret_Cabinet_2017.png ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2017, by Latvian artist Dio de Sun. Digital. The artwork was commissioned by Podcastnik as part of a branding program to promote its podcast The Secret Cabinet — which had done an episode on Emperor Norton in February 2016. Podcastnik merch using the artwork is here. Source: Travis J. Dow [Added 6.12.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1501295177858-GSRTBC096MEEFN5YQKWU/The_Emperor_by_Ashley_Naftule_Jul_2017.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "The Emperor" (2017), by Ashley Naftule (b.1983). Chalk on chalkboard. © 2017 Ashley Naftule. Source: Ashley Naftule. [Added 7.28.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1774202095474-LJ2RB2JJF3AERULDS8W0/Emperor_Norton_and_His_Two_Cyber_Dogs_by_Dar_Parsons_2017.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “The Emperor and His Two Cyber Dogs,” 2017, by Dar Parsons (b. 1974). Bic ink and black acrylic paint, 8½” x 11”. Created as an illustration for “The Albatross,” a short story by Chris Canary published in the anthology Whispers of a Time Forgotten (Wamingo Publishing, 2018). Artist Instagram. Source: Dar Parsons [Added 3.22.2026] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1501014141849-0MZ9JT3I9P0XW7FG4B9Y/Emperor_Norton_crest_by_Lyall_Wallerstedt_2017.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton Royal Crest, 2017, by Lyall Wallerstedt (b.1988). Mixed media, illustration and collage using National Geographic magazine clippings, Part of a series of eight. © 2017 Lyall Wallerstedt [Added 7.25.2017] Source: Lyall Wallerstedt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1509495802767-D8PGSHD0V2Z8N7VBQ6MV/Emperor_Norton_series_by_John_Griffiths_2017_poster.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration (number 1 of 6) from Emperor Norton I series by John J. Griffiths (b.1970). Digital. © 2017 John J. Griffiths. Full series at Behance. [Added 10.31.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1509497275060-ERJITPRABNE8PYIR7VOX/Emperor_Norton_series_by_John_Griffiths_2017_boneshaker.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration (number 2 of 6) from Emperor Norton I series by John J. Griffiths (b.1970). Digital. © 2017 John J. Griffiths. Full series at Behance. [Added 10.31.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1509497399513-29PRA5I4J7IEJJR0ARBU/Emperor_Norton_series_by_John_Griffiths_2017_Bulletin.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration (number 4 of 6) from Emperor Norton I series by John J. Griffiths (b.1970). Digital. © 2017 John J. Griffiths. Full series at Behance. [Added 10.31.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1509517073447-O4DDEJHPANKQE3S4I2CI/Emperor_Norton_series_by_John_Griffiths_2017_portrait_horizontal.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration (number 6 of 6) from Emperor Norton I series by John J. Griffiths (b.1970). Digital. © 2017 John J. Griffiths. Full series at Behance. [Added 10.31.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1636134093803-E00K2PC16VJ6VMA16X4L/Emperor_Norton_tattoo_by_Bryn_Taylor_Sep_2017.jpeg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Tattoo of Emperor Norton, 2017, by Bryn Taylor (b.1970). Done for Pete Bogdis at Sugarfoot Tattoo, San Mateo, Calif. Artist’s Instagram. Source: Pete Bodgis [Added 11.5.2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1683332533373-PJ5E978Q6G3DZKVC3V4Z/Emperor_Norton_by_Billy_2018.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Joshua Abraham Norton,” 2018, by Heebum Chun (b. 1974). Pen and ink on a receipt. Artist’s Instagram. Source: Billyonstage [Added 5.5.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1683298262275-TYRS9M3ZAX2T743ADW80/Emperor_Norton_by_Billy_2019.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Joshua Abraham Norton,” 2019, by Heebum Chun (b. 1974). Pen and ink on a receipt. Artist’s Instagram. Source: Billyonstage [Added 5.5.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1548135320232-OU4WVDRBOI2Z3BCAJS3R/Norton_I_sketch_by_Jacob_Chipman_2019.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Norton I” (2019), pen and ink, quick sketch by Jacob Chipman. © 2019 Jacob Chipman. Source: Jacob Chipman. Artist site: Dim Planet Gallery. [Added 1.22.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1572122206851-0REPHOC4P0LIQEGA5MND/Emperor_Norton_by_Josh_Pincus_Oct_2019.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, mixed media (ink and digital), October 2019. By Josh Pincus (b.1961). Part of the artist’s Dead Celebrity Spotlight series at his blog, Josh Pincus Is Crying. Source: “DCS: emperor norton,” Josh Pincus Is Crying. © Josh Pincus Is Crying. [Added 10.26.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1665600158254-GHLUMIGUL6OA17K1GQWW/Norton_and_Death_Jon_Hastings_2019_9MB.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Norton and Death,” 2019, by Jon Hastings (b.1967). Ink and marker, 11” x 17”. Artist’s Instagram. Source: Jon Hastings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1572573932842-COJU919XAPL7TV6CDMVS/Norton%27s_Bridge_by_Jeremy_Fish_2019.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Norton’s Bridge, acrylic on birch panel, 30” x 30”, 2019. By Jeremy Fish (b. 1974). Part of Fish’s upcoming exhibition, The Fog Lover’s Club, opening 14 December 2019 at Hashimoto Contemporary. Exhibition details here. © 2019 Jeremy Fish. [Added 10.3.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1665265625668-OPEOUJHBGO66HXKBOVZM/Almost_Continuous_Line_Drawing_of_Emperor_Norton_by_Neal_Von_Flue_2020.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “(Almost) Continuous Line Drawing of Emperor Norton,” 2020, by Neal Von Flue (b.1973). Pencil on paper, 8”x10”. Inspired by the c.1875 Bradley & Rulofson portrait of Emperor Norton shown here. Artist’s website and Instagram. Source: Neal Von Flue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1581086232564-TSSN0XM60SIT2JQDA1HN/Emperor_Norton_by_Russ_Petcoff_4_Feb_2020.JPG ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2020, by Russ Petcoff (b. 1963). Watercolor. Detail from a grouping of three “birthday” sketches Petcoff did on 4 February 2020 [image] — part of larger daily series the colorblind artist launched on 14 April 2019. “I choose people from Wikipedia’s birthday listing for each day….I try to select people who were famous or notable at one time but now forgotten.” In 7x10 Stillman & Birn Delta sketchbook. Complete series on Instagram and Flicker. Artist’s website. © 2020 Russ Petcoff [Added 2.7.2010] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1664989421841-7GBEZR04J0G22KSL9732/Joshua_Norton_another_crazy_Hebe_by_Elliot_Feldman_2021.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Joshua Norton, another crazy Hebe,” 2020, by Elliot Feldman (b.1946). Pen and ink on plain computer paper (Emperor Norton caricature), with photo image of 1870s Norton note. Part of the artist’s Instagram series of caricatures of famous people. Source: Elliot Feldman. [Added 10.5.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1584985782477-2RJGGE0VLL8JXTF060B0/Norton_I_on_His_Imperial_Throne_by_Nick_Borgert_Feb_2020.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Norton I on His Imperial Throne” (February 2020), by Nicholas Borgert (b. 1989). Digital illustration. One of a four-part series commissioned by Off the Grid (web; Instagram; Facebook). For more by Nick Borgert, see BorgertDesign.com, Instagram and Twitter. © 2020 Nicholas Borgert [Added 3.23.2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1664460110712-4SE11EAYN9CXXX7ZDHY2/Emperor_Norton_sketch_V_Salles_2020.png ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2020, by V. Salles (b. 2003). Pencil, 15cm x 20cm. Artist Instagram. [Added 9.28.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1664903397812-FXSJ65F0H41XPXYRAKU4/Emperor_Norton_by_Gary_Handman_2021.jpeg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “September 17, 1859.” by Gary Handman (b.1950). Digital cartoon with photograph of Market Street, San Francisco, early 1900s. Originally published to the artist’s Instagram on 17 September 2021 as part of his series of daily cartoons celebrating the birthdays of famous people, notable cultural and historical events and holidays. Source: Gary Handman [Added 10.4.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1632753474857-E0QEUPEQ3PMF7W4EMGXZ/Emperor_Norton_in_SF_icon_series_blue_Niana_Liu_Sep_2021.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Emperor Norton,” 2021, from San Francisco Icon series, by Misstencil. Spraypaint on paper, 24” x 36”. Stencilled using this c.1875 photograph by Bradley & Rulofson studio. For other iterations of this work, see the Public Art gallery. Artist on Instagram and Facebook. [Added 9.27.2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1633140433629-CZ7Q770A6TDIAU7J1O6C/Self_Portrait_as_Norton_I_Emperor_of_the_United_States_Gino_Robair_SFCB_Roadworks_2021.jpeg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Self-Portrait as Norton I, Emperor of the United States,” 2021, by Gino Robair (b.1963). Linocut, 11” x 14.” Created for, and printed at, the San Francisco Center for the Book’s 18th Annual Roadworks Steamroller Printing Festival, 26 September 2021. Robair is the composer of the experimental opera, I, Norton. For more about Robair’s work, see his website. [Added 10.1.2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1659486927838-9P2B71R36HQPZ1QTVN4Z/Emperor_Norton_by_Michael_Witte_California_Freemason_magazine_Summer_2022.png ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2022, by Michael Witte (b. 1944). Ink and watercolor. Illustration for article by Ian A. Stewart, “In Emperor Norton, A Legacy Lives On,” in California Freemason (magazine of the Grand Lodge of California), Summer 2022. Artist website. [Added 8.2.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1664460221976-2ND4NTFYA092IVKMFTG6/Emperor_Norton_drawing_V_Salles_2022.png ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2022, by V. Salles (b. 2003). Pencil, Nanking ink (linework) and Sharpies (colors). Artist Instagram. [Added 9.28.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1696432301423-B3NPCGLCK5WAJHOKUXDE/Subjects_of_Norton_linocut_by_David_R_Byrne_Jul_2022.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Subjects of Norton,” 2022, by David R. Byrne (b. 1980). Linocut, two-color reduction, oil-based inks on Strathmore paper, 9"x9". Edition of 7. Done for the album Suite: San Francisco, released digitally by Jazz Mafia in 2022. © 2022 Artist’s Instagram. Source: David R. Byrne [Added 10.4.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1666475945749-MCN9SFL8UOD2TY2JDRH2/Emperor_Norton_mixed_media_by_Neal_Von_Flue_2022.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2022, by Neal Von Flue (b. 1973). Mixed media, 18”x24”. Inspired by the c.1878 Bradley & Rulofson portrait of Emperor Norton shown here. Artist’s website and Instagram. Source: Neal Von Flue [Added 10.22.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1687285484806-3EODPCR7HUTI6BUU8A6P/Emperor_Norton_by_Saeha_Jang_Jan_2023.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Drawing of Emperor Norton, 2023, by Saeha Jang. Pen and ink. Artist’s Instagram. Source: Saeha Jang [Added 6.20.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1730128760069-VYPNQGVRXYN4G14YJYBQ/Emperor_Norton_2022_by_Jasmine.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Emperor Norton I,” 2022, by Jasmine. One of a series of “illustrations of 6 mysterious stories from around the world.” Artist’s Instagram. Source: Jasmine [Added 10.28.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1683332918218-UL7XJBI3TWCZCBHBY43N/Emperor_Norton_by_Billy_2023.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Joshua Abraham Norton,” 2023, by Heebum Chun (b. 1974). Pen and ink. Artist’s Instagram. Source: Billyonstage [Added 5.5.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1678808754856-YJGJOW304ELDDIR8LZD4/Emperor+Norton_2023_by_Vinicius_Salles.png ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2023, by V. Salles (b. 2003). Pencil sketch with digital (MSPaint) overlay of linework and color. Artist Instagram. [Added 3.14.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1687744567351-WGRRQHBY40SJBQJC14Y3/Emperor_Norton_by_Tom_Fowler_Mar_2023.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2023, by Tom Fowler (b. 1974). Pencil and ink on paper, 11”x17”. Artist’s Tumblr and Instagram. Source: Tom Fowler [Added 6.25.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1694190416117-QYJDORKED5RV6VTIMXCP/Emperor_Norton_in_poster_for_The_Adolescents_by_Roy_G_Biv_Jul_2023.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Poster, July 2023, by Roy G. Biv (b. 1982) for show at San Francisco bar Kilowatt headlined by Fullerton, Calif.-based band The Adolescents. Drawn in ink, colored in Photoshop, 11”x17”. The colorways echo those of the band’s 1981 self-titled debut album. Artist’s website. [Added 9.8.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1699457058496-XTKB6TOM7SZYRV5XL52Q/Norton_I_Emperor_of_the_United_States_by_Marika_Brousianou_Oct_2023.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Norton I, Emperor of the United States,” 2023, by Marika Brousianou (b. 1989). Pen and ink on Bristol paper, with touch-ups in Photoshop, 9” x 12”. Artist’s website and Instagram. Source: Marika Brousianou [Added 11.8.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1707234426315-SDWZQMGQGTHGLYGOB1IC/Study_of_Norton_I_Rob_W_Jones_12_Dec_2023.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Study of Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico,” December 2023, by Rob W. Jones (b. 1975). Exhibited in show, Dusted Tales from Ragged Roads: New work by Rob W. Jones, The Herbert Cooper Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 4 January – 31 March 2024. Artist’s Instagram. Source: Rob W. Jones [Added 2.6.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1745417824607-9S9IDY23GXIKPR23E4IT/Emperor_Norton_1st_Adam_Norton_2024.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton 1st, 2024, by Adam Norton (b. 1964, British/Australian). Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 168cm x 336cm (triptych). The artist is a 3x-great nephew of Emperor Norton. The painting was included in a survey exhibition of his work, The Signs Are Good: 20 years of painting the future, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 30 November 2024 – 2 February 2025. Artist’s website. Photo: Docqment. Source: Adam Norton (Added 4.22.2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1730940092200-TQGKLAL3NJVOQD0IIE0O/Norton_%231_2024_from_Norton_series_of_4_by_Mike_Trujillo.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Norton #1” (Norton Series), 2024, by Mike Trujillo (b. 1969). Oil on panel, 10” x 8”. Artist’s website. Source: Mike Trujillo [Added 11.6.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1730940256822-M3WS63G1ZIGBG593PJ7S/Norton_%232_2024_from_Norton_series_of_4_by_Mike_Trujillo.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Norton #2” (Norton Series), 2024, by Mike Trujillo (b. 1969). Oil on panel, 10” x 8”. Artist’s website. Source: Mike Trujillo [Added 11.6.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1730940419674-5RGOEZ2XW4Y893TQWHQ2/Norton_%233_2024_from_Norton_series_of_4_by_Mike_Trujillo.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Norton #3” (Norton Series), 2024, by Mike Trujillo (b. 1969). Oil on panel, 10” x 8”. Artist’s website. Source: Mike Trujillo [Added 11.6.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1730940550364-R69ZUZUHOQ836FK1ZZCO/Norton_%234_2024_from_Norton_series_of_4_by_Mike_Trujillo.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust “Norton #4” (Norton Series), 2024, by Mike Trujillo (b. 1969). Oil on panel, 10” x 8”. Artist’s website. Source: Mike Trujillo [Added 11.6.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1721665445569-R2G4YEH25WGUU0IQ8WZ6/Emperor_Norton_by_Andreas_aka_Heyoka_2024.jpeg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust "Norton," 2024, by Heyoka alias Andreas (b. 1973), German. Pencil, ink pens (including a brush pen), and watercolors, 148 x 210 mm. Inspired by this c.1874 photograph of Emperor Norton. Artist's website. Source: Heyoka [Added 7.22.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1730556916250-KJLWZMYBE9AYFHZ7QWEC/Emperor_Norton_2024_by_Alan_Quiros.jpg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2024, by Alan Quiros (b. 1970). Pencil, 2” x 2”. Originally an illustration for an Instagram promotion of fall Open Studios at 1890 Bryant Street Studios, San Francisco, September 2024. Artist’s website and Instagram. Source: Alan Quiros [Added 11.2.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1751903522880-AHDQHSUPJQH5DL5WI9JR/Emperor_Norton_2025_by_LeCanarde.jpeg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Icon of The First Emperor of the United States Joshua Norton I, 2025, by “LeCanard.” Digital. Source: LeCanard [Added 7.7.2025] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1758302552424-81URD6EV3JLNJTA0N7UV/Emperor_Norton_at_Home_quadtych_mural_at_652_Commercial_St_SF_Sep_2025_by_Misstencil.jpeg ARENA: Engravings, Paintings & Drawings | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton at Home, 2025, by Misstencil. Stencil and spraypaint. Multi-panel mural at 652 Commercial Street, San Francisco, completed September 2025. Source: Misstencil [Added 9.18.2025] https://emperornortontrust.org/arena/visual-arts/comics daily 0.75 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1711134410206-9K9575B437XGR89LL37U/Tompson_in_a_Quandary_1862_Benjamin_Franklin_Butler_lithographer.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust “Tompson in a Quandary,” 1861 or 1862 (possibly between September 1861 and September 1862), by R.M. Evans. Benjamin Franklin Butler (1819–1865), lithographer (not to be confused with the Civil War general and politician of the same name and overlapping dates (1818–1893)). The Tompson of the title is James Tompson, a well-known bill poster of the day. Collection of the Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections [Added 3.21.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1732943056965-91EDRTTFZBDQ4E8SUSMP/Three_Bummers_by_Edward_Jump_Feb_1863_Bancroft.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Free-lunch scene featuring Emperor Norton with the dogs Bummer and Lazarus, February 1863, by Edward Jump (1832–1883). Collection of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. Source: Berkeley Library Digital Collections [Added 6.25.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466891119550-IX2X6DC0KN9AARRCGO55/Ambling_Down_Montgomery_Street_by_Edward_Jump_c1861-63.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Montgomery Street scene featuring Emperor Norton; Bummer and Lazarus; and George Washington II (later titled “Stock Brokers; And Still They Are Marching On”), 1863 (possibly between February and September 1863), by Edward Jump (1832–1883). Collection of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. Source: Online Archive of California [Added 6.25.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466896924390-EOD8UD2F11HYHX59GZWS/Funeral_of_Lazarus_by_Edward_Jump_1863.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust "Funeral of Lazarus," October or November 1863, by Edward Jump (1832–1883). Collection of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. Source: Wikipedia [Added 6.25.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1628793592675-XGXE7TKB0NEYLF2SVXSN/Poor_Old_Bummer_by_George_Holbrook_Baker_aka_Snooks_Jr_1865.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Poor Old Bummer!! (1865), by George Holcomb Baker (1827–1906), nom d’art “Snooks Jr.” As published in Albert Dressler’s book Emperor Norton: Life and Experiences of a Notable Character in San Francisco, 1849–1880 (1927). Source: Internet Archive [Added 8.12.2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1502729079051-8WVHQ0QJ4EVW6PDM4G8R/San_Francisco_Swimming_Bath_by_Edward_Jump_Feb_1866.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust "San Francisco Swimming Bath," February 1866, by Edward Jump (1832–1883). Emperor Norton is seen conferring with Freddie Coombs a.k.a. George Washington II at the bottom center left of the comic. Collection of the California Historical Society. Source: TwainQuotes.com [Added 8.14.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466899025553-WBUYE2C2J01BKRUXO2EM/Steamer_Day_in_San_Francisco_by_Edward_Jump_c1866.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust "Steamer Day in San Francisco," April 1866, by Edward Jump (1832–1883). Steamer Day — which occurred twice a month, once toward the middle of the month and once toward the end — was the day when bills were to be paid. Hence, the humor that Jump found in depicting Emperor Norton showing empty pockets to an onlooking official. Collection of the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. Source: Calisphere [Added 6.25.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466899248827-QZY8955I2BG1VYL44WVX/Steamer_Day_in_San_Francisco_by_Edward_Jump_c1866_color_tint_1926.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust "Steamer Day in San Francisco," April 1866, by Edward Jump (1832–1883). Color tinting, 1926. Source: The Old Print Shop (New York City) [Added 6.25.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1557960900578-PP8DVBEUIOCGRFLBU2RZ/The_Humorist_SF_17_Jun_1871_Emperor_Norton_illustration_p5.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Cartoon illustration of Emperor Norton (right) and the Great Unknown, from the debut issue of the San Francisco Humorist, 17 June 1871, p. 5. Possibly by Rudolf Eitner (c.1844–1917). From a photostat copy in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society. Digital copy courtesy of the AAS. To learn more, see our 15 May 2019 research article here. [Added 5.13.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1550374019832-NGI3RODVRLWAG16WK0QL/The_Gubernatorial_Polling_Places_comic_SF_Chronicle_23_July_1871_p1.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust “The Gubernatorial Polling Places,” comic illustrating front-page feature in the San Francisco Chronicle, 23 July 1871. For full front page, click here. Source: Newspapers.com [Added 2.16.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467923777943-3RDIVGZKM5DJWJF5SV1A/Sketch_by_John_Steinberg_in_California_Mail_Bag_1871_graphic.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Comic, 1871, by John Steinberg. The comic appeared in a late 1871 issue of Frederick Marriott's California Mail Bag magazine, as part of a group of Steinberg's "Humorous Sketches of the War in Amador." Click image for the illustration with original captions. Photo: Taryn Edwards (from original document in the California State Library). Digital source: Internet Archive [Added 7.7.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1739140078035-PQGDTORX6GVI0TGRU7QW/Emperor_Norton_in_cartoon_by_GF_Keller_SF_Wasp_9_Sep_1876_p48_back_cover.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton in cartoon, “The Patrons of ‘Lotta Fountain’ Observe the Civil Rights Bill Without Constraint,” by George Frederick Keller (1846–c.1927), The Wasp, 9 September 1876, p. 46 (back cover). Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive [Added 2.10.2025] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1472756396172-GAYJY8DLQT3J83G57VBB/The_Wasp_9_Dec_1876_cover_detail.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail of comic, 1876, by George Frederick Keller (1846–c.1927). The comic appeared on the cover of the 9 December 1876 issue of The Wasp magazine. Click on image for the full cover, comic and captions. Source: Internet Archive [Added 9.1.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1704125617000-0KAQI4KONBGGXXW1PVUH/Emperor_Norton_in_Thistleton%27s_Illustrated_Jolly_Giant_V8N1_6_Jan_1877_p11.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, cartoon, 1877, artist unknown. This appeared in Thistleton’s Illustrated Jolly Giant, vol. 8, no. 1, 6 January 1877, p. 11. The work appeared in at least two other issues of the weekly — the 3rd and the 24th of February 1877 — suggesting that it was an ad or that it was being used as filler. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive [Added 12.30.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1483989660154-WUCIF6PMIOYFRRQYPTTB/SF_Illustrated_Wasp_16_Feb_1878_cover_by_George_Keller.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust There Was a Reaper, and His Name Was Death, comic by George Frederick Keller (1846–1927). Cover illustration for the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp, V2 N81, 16 February 1878. Collection of the California State Library. Source: Internet Archive (click here for full cover and to enlarge with greatest clarity) [Added 1.9.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1566500379555-UG9O8WEFOJ2TULC970UT/Emperor_Norton_and_Denis_Kearny_by_GF_Keller_SF_Wasp_6_Dec_1879.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust “Chronic Cronies — Harmlessly Armed,” cartoon by George Frederick Keller (1846–1927). The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp, vol. 4, no. 175, 6 December 1879, back cover, p.320. Source: Internet Archive [Added 8.17.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1702481937449-WWXOMGTF5KP8BHFK1022/Cover_of_SF_Illustrated_Wasp_Christmas_special_25_Dec_1879_by_GF_Keller_Norton_detail_large.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from cover of San Francisco Illustrated Wasp, V4 N178, 25 December 1879, by George Frederick Keller (1846–c.1927). Collection of Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Full cover. Source: Calisphere [Added 12.14.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466924482824-5V8WTMGWWJKFVAOCRSJ1/Strange_As_It_Seems_comic_by_John_Hix_Sun_22_Apr_1934_Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 1934, by John Hix (1907–1944). Part of a Strange As It Seems comic published on 22 April 1934 — shown here as it appeared on that date in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Comic created and drawn by John Hix. This image © 2016 Newspapers.com [Added 6.26.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1571539751086-J39WZURXKC1ONA9C81BV/Cartoon_of_Emperor_Norton_by_William_Kolliker_SF_Examiner_American_Weekly_Sun_25_Feb_1940_p2.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Cartoon of Emperor Norton by William Augustin Kolliker (1905–1995). Pen and ink, 1940. Illustration for article, “Thought He Was King of America,” on page 2 of The American Weekly, the Sunday magazine insert of the San Francisco Examiner, 25 February 1940. Full article, here, notes plans to place in a prominent San Francisco location a statue of Emperor Norton by Peter Macchiarini (1909–2001). © 1940 by American Weekly, Inc. [Added 10.19.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1470850519405-OI1LQQ0ICSIKPMNWP1OR/Emperor_Norton_by_Robert_Ripley_5_Nov_1945.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration, 1945, by Robert Ripley (1890-1949). Part of a Believe It Or Not comic published on 5 November 1945. Comic created and drawn by Robert Ripley. © 1945 King Features Syndicate, Inc. Image: eBay [Added 8.10.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1733768483022-G0EPB4F0AIADEJJQVSKG/Emperor_Norton_in_Sure_as_Shootin_story_Desperado_No_4_Oct_1948_p2_by_Claude_Moore.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton in one-page feature “Sure as Shootin,’” Desperado No. 4, October 1948 (Lev Gleason Publications), p. 2. By Claude Moore. Source: Digital Comics Museum [Added 10.22.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1733857429719-OO80D5KB8BD2RSNDXZNZ/Emperor_Norton_in_It_Happened_in_California_feature_by_James_W_Masterson_Redwood_City_Tribune_9_Sep_1949.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Illustration of Emperor Norton, 1949, by James W. Masterson (1894–1970). For “It Happened in California” feature, Redwood City Tribune, 9 September 1949. p. 2. Source: Newspapers.com [Added 5.30.2023] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1729518537508-PLGIHV0SVAALHT5CW6JK/Detail_from_Emperor_Norton_panel_in_Norton_story_Dead_Eye_Western_Comics_V1N6_Oct_Nov_1948_p23.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from panel in final page of story, “Emperor of the United States, Dead-Eye Western comics, V1 N6, Oct–Nov 1949, p. 23. Full page here. Source: Digital Comic Museum [Added 10.21.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1730069261340-DOX4Z0FOPK2DX2MQK0MY/Emperor_of_the_United_States_Highlights_of_History_comic_by_Frank_Bolle_and_Morris_Epstein_World_Over_27_Dec_1957_detail.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Panel from “Highlights of History” story “Emperor of the United States” in World Over, 27 December 1957. Art by Frank Bolle (1924–2020). World Over was a biweekly “magazine for Jewish Boys and Girls.” Full Norton story here. Magnes Collection of Jewish Art & Life, UC Berkeley. Source: Magnes (Flickr) [Added 10.26.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1764689533777-M9L37JDN60WTO3EM6F7Y/Norton_II_The_Emperor_Strikes_Back_1_of_2_by_David_Wiley_Miller_aka_Wiley_SF_Examiner_22_Feb_1987_p4_intro.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Introductory “banner” for “Norton II: The Emperor Strikes Back,” 1987, by David Wiley Miller (b. 1951), nom de comic “Wiley.” This was for a 2-part comic story that ran in the San Francisco Examiner on 22–23 February 1987 (pdfs of part 1 and part 2). Source: Newspapers.com (Added 12.2.2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466994413255-V0H5P7EHO4GHP6PSVN3O/Detail_from_Three_Septembers_and_a_January_Sandman_V2N31_Oct_1991.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from the comic book, "Three Septembers and a January" (Sandman v2 n31, October 1991), written by Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) and drawn by Shawn McManus (b. 1958). © 1991 DC Comics. Source: Comic Vine [Added 6.26.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1626980495878-WQAHEDEBA82UNE7C5E4C/Detail_from_Three_Septembers_and_a_January_Sandman_V2N31_Oct_1991_Shawn_McManus.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from the comic book, "Three Septembers and a January" (Sandman v2 n31, October 1991), written by Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) and drawn by Shawn McManus (b. 1958). © 1991 DC Comics. Source: The Avocado [Added 7.22.2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466996298779-XFQ8FKXX5PX3HRIRUK2X/Scene_from_Three_Septembers_and_a_January_Sandman_V2N31_Oct_1991.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Scene from the comic book "Three Septembers and a January" (Sandman v2 n31, October 1991), written by Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) and drawn by Shawn McManus (b. 1958). © 1991 DC Comics. Source: Rachel Anne Calabia [Added 6.26.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466981457555-7LRRQI5BF6Z2KDTMAHQR/Detail_from_Farley_comic_by_Phil_Frank_13_Sep_2004.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from Farley comic by Phil Frank (1943–2007), published on 13 September 2004 by the San Francisco Chronicle. © 2004 Phil Frank. For Frank's full 2004-5 series of Farley comics about Emperor Norton and the Bay Bridge, click here. [Added 6.26.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466989314038-5U1XVNJC5QBEQWKKVERF/Thinkin_Lincoln_comic_by_Miles_Grover_2006.gif ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton," #184 in the Thinkin' Lincoln Webcomic series by Miles Grover. Other episodes featuring Emperor Norton are here. © 2006 Miles Grover. Source: Thinkin' Lincoln [Added 6.26.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466980712329-ZEH0L143T5YKGZD4NY1U/Comic_by_Kate_Beaton_2007.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Comic, 2007, by Kate Beaton (b. 1983). © 2007 Kate Beaton. Source: Hark! A Vagrant [Added 6.26.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466987257851-YL9U3XL9K6Q7FCE8RHWP/New_Adventures_of+Queen_Victoria_comic_by_Pab_Sungenis_6_Feb_2016.gif ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Webcomic, 6 February 2016, for The New Adventures of Queen Victoria strip by Pab Sungenis (b. 1969). Emperor Norton is an occasionally recurring character in the comic, which is published here. © 2016 Creative Features Source: Go Comics. [Added 6.26.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467096821094-5OOD7PTM5F7ZIL3JPD0E/Poster_for_2014_Alternative_Press_Expo_by_Karl_Christian_Krumpholz.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust Poster for 2014 Alternative Press Expo (2014), by Karl Christian Krumpholz. © 2014 Karl Christian Krumpholz. Source: Karl Christian Krumpholz [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1466992833155-LVKA7NHRXUNQ8YVPRUBF/Birth_of_a_Bridge_by_Francesca_Testen_2014.jpg ARENA: Comics | The Emperor Norton Trust "Birth of a Bridge" (2014), by Francesca Testen (b. 2000). Commissioned by The Emperor's Bridge Campaign in connection with Testen's piece for the Campaign's Perspectives series. Testen's earlier "Emperor Norton" series for her webcomic The History Twins is here. © 2014 Francesca Testen. Source: The Emperor's Bridge Campaign [Added 6.26.2016] https://emperornortontrust.org/arena/visual-arts/sculptures-and-fabrications daily 0.75 2025-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467145328196-BF2EW3NEUTOKJ994AN74/Emperor_Norton_figurine_c1875_de_Young_Museum.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton statuette, 1877, by Herman J. Brand (1837–1914). Plaster with metal walking stick, 22” x 7” x 7”. Collection of the Society of California Pioneers. Photograph: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. For more, see our May 2023 article here. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1471460578304-YEBFFQ5187T69SZXWC77/Emperor_Norton_figurine_c1875_Wells_Fargo_History_Museum_SF.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton statuette, 1877, by Herman J. Brand (1837–1914). Plaster, 22” x 7” x 7”. Collection of the Wells Fargo HIstory Museum, San Francisco. Source: The Forgotten Characters of Old San Francisco (The Ward Ritchie Press, 1964). For more, see our May 2023 article here. [Added 8.17.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467011280814-Q7D8Q5Y2ALX6DIW67LQ5/Emperor_Norton_in_tophat_by_Peter_Macchiarini_1936.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Maquette of Emperor Norton in tophat (1936), by Peter Macchiarini (1909–2001). Source: Macchiarini Creative Design [Added 6.27.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467009786307-KJGK4WMUOBF9ZREIIWMF/Emperor_Norton_in_Union_cap_by_Peter_Macchiarini_1936.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Maquette of Emperor Norton in Union cap (original plaster sculpture, 1936; bronze casting shown here, late 1970s), by Peter Macchiarini (1909–2001). Photograph: Mike Leon. Source: SF Weekly [Added 6.27.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1577728741811-MC35MS04FSI6MVFOFJK1/Emperor_Norton_bas_relief_ceramic_tile_c1938_by_William_Gordon_Huff.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Plaque, ceramic, c.1938, by William Gordon Huff (1903–1993). Probably a test casting for the Emperor Norton figure in Huff’s 1939 bronze plaque detailed here and seen in the following slide. Collection of the Mowers-Goheen Museum at the Peña Adobe Historical Society. Source: University of California Museum of Paleontology [Added 12.30.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1577727355586-M6I0S4H9YYKG7NY0G53S/Emperor_Norton_plaque_ECV_1939_restored_2018.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Plaque, bronze, 1939, by William Gordon Huff (1903–1993). Learn more about the history of the plaque and its 2018 restoration. Photograph © 2018 Kai Wada Roath. [Added 11.7.2018] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1655307403393-OYXP9AJ96L5J6BOOJS3S/Emperor_Norton_Treasure_Hunt_bronze_medallion_1953_front_large.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Medallion for Emperor Norton Treasure Hunt, 7” diameter, 1953. Collection of Dan Sullivan. Photo: Dan Sullivan. For additional information and photographs, see The Emperor Norton Trust’s articles here and here. [Added 3.29.2020; current photo added 6.14.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467174592491-3L5B24JVJT6J6YKGSDS9/Gold_medallion_from_SF_Chronicle%27s_Emperor_Norton_Treasure_Hunt_1953_front.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Grand Order of the West medallion, 14K gold, 1953. Gifted by the San Francisco Chronicle to the winner of the Chronicle’s Emperor Norton Treasure Hunt that year (possibly to the winner’s spouse). Front view. Struck by Shreve and Co. jewelers. To learn more, see The Emperor Norton Trust’s article here. Photograph © John Kraljevich. Source: Numismatic Bibliomania Society. To see reverse of medallion, click here. [Added 6.29.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1672410917501-KN6LYY8V81D27Y5JJZ91/Grand_Order_of_the_West_Knight_Companion_medal_Gregg_and_Michelle_Philipson_Collection.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Grand Order of the West medal, unknown date. 7 1/2” long (including ribbon), 3 3/4” wide. Secondary texts: “Knight Companion” and “Grand Bingelheimer.” Norton artwork the same as for this promotional souvenir produced by the San Francisco Chronicle in 1953. Additional views and more information in our April 2020 article here. Gregg and Michelle Philipson Collection. Source: Gregg Philipson. [Added 3.30.2020] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1673570065371-BO7JAVD9UAB5XA65W635/Emperor_Norton_token_reverse_possibly_1960s_or_1970s.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Token, unidentified, possibly 1960s–70s, reverse. Aluminum, 22.4 mm diameter, 1.6 mm thick, 1.45 g. Obverse features the name “Emperor Norton’s” and a rendering of the Golden Gate Bridge (see). Also made with a bronze finish. Source: Numista [Added 1.16.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1483990795516-8WYEABLL52NMXGZPTX6D/Emperor_Norton_figurine_1968_by_Elwin_Millerick.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton figurine, chalkware, c.1985, from a 1968 wood original by Elwin Millerick (1911–1997). 12"h, including base 3.5"w x 5"d. Collection of Joseph Amster. (A photograph of Millerick with his original carving is in the 1985 newspaper article here.) [Added 1.9.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467003789597-HS8Y1PRIR0N3NU30JT6A/Figurehead_of_Harbor_Emperor_cruise_vessel_photo_by_Paul_Sullivan_2012.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Figurehead of cruise vessel Harbor Emperor, San Francisco, 1968, wood, by Elwin Millerick (1911–1997). Built in 1968, the Harbor Emperor is part of the Blue & Gold Fleet of cruise vessels. Photograph © 2012 Paul Sullivan. [Added 6.27.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467094178758-TLXWHX75HTQHSS4K6EMY/Entry_transom_at_Emperor_Norton_Inn_SF_photo_by_D_Huw_Richardson_2010.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Glass etching in entry transom at the Emperor Norton Inn, 615 Post Street, San Francisco. Creator and date unknown. Photograph © 2010 D. Huw Richardson. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1501286616865-ZIXJC1W153OII7BIA4X0/Emperor_Norton_art_bar_silver_Coin_Galleries_of_San_Francisco_1973.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton art bar, .999 fine silver, 1973. Minted by Coin Galleries of San Francisco. Edition of 2,500. Source: Silver Art Collector. [Added 6.28.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1664748927491-EDWUVXXPVEAERZ3ZNJ8T/Emperor_Norton_giant_puppet_Pier_39_SF_1978.jpeg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton giant puppet, 1978. This 12- to 15-foot-tall puppet — built by the props shop of Northern California Renaissance Faire (Black Point) and controlled by a human operator inside — was an early fixture at Pier 39, San Francisco, and debuted there when the retail / food / entertainment complex opened in October 1978. Some version of the puppet is documented to have been at Pier 39 as late as 1986, but by 1984 it had been modified into a stationary figure. Photo courtesy of Randy Carpadus. [Added 10.1.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1644293164506-ZN901V1HZEXD63P7PJZ6/Emperor_Norton_figure_at_Pier_39_San_Francisco_SF_Examiner_16_Sep_1984_Sunday_Punch_p5.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton figure. This 12- to 15-foot-tall figure was an early fixture at Pier 39, San Francisco, and debuted there when the retail / food / entertainment complex opened in October 1978. Built by the props shop of Northern California Renaissance Faire (Black Point) as a giant puppet with a human operator inside, the puppet had been modified to this stationary wood-base figure by 1984. It is documented to have been at Pier 39 between as late as 1986. Source: San Francisco Examiner, 16 September 1984, Sunday Punch magazine, p. 5. Photo: Brant Ward. [Added 2.6.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1506374502151-3XJCP44MWNMGDNWZ1QDH/Emperor_Norton_by_Karin_Roper_1982_b.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton" (1982), by Karin Roper (b. 1963). Polymer clay. Roper created this piece at the request of her father, the late Edward Roper, a Norton fan and San Francisco and California history buff who taught middle-school history in San Francisco for 30 years. She gifted it to him on Father's Day 1982. © 1982 Karin Roper. Photograph courtesy of Karin Roper. [Added 9.25.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467144442823-62C665LWLD3IDT71O3MW/Detail_from_San_Francisco_Yesterday_and_Today_by_Ruth_Asawa_1984.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from San Francisco Yesterday and Today (1984), by Ruth Asawa (1926–2013). Located in the driveway of the Parc 55 Hilton, San Francisco. Photograph © 2015 Joseph Amster. For more photos of the complete 7-paneled sculpture, click here. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1519080915927-94LNENCAQZWF261L8P8Q/Emperor_Joshua_Norton_1984_by_Tom_Jackson_collection_of_California_Historical_Society.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Joshua Norton (1984), clay, by Tom Jackson (b. 1931). Collection of the California Historical Society; gift of the artist. [Added 2.19.2018] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467166394981-H3FNM6YGUSJDQ0TYGUXI/Emperor_Norton_puppet_by_Mona_Caron_1997.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton puppet, 1997, by Mona Caron. For 1997 San Francisco Carnival parade. Source: Mona Caron. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467166688153-F8EPYVF4QYZ2PFXOPXLS/Head_of_Emperor_Norton_puppet_by_Mona_Caron_1997.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Head of Emperor Norton puppet, 1997, by Mona Caron. For 1997 San Francisco Carnival parade. Source: Mona Caron. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1555020662310-A47CCTMTI5X0U03TAF9H/Emperor_Norton_by_Larry_Krames_2002.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust “Emperor Norton” (2002), by Larry Krames (b.1940). Terra cotta, 10” tall. © 2002 Larry Krames. For more of Larry Krames’ work, see his Instagram. [Added 4.11.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1509724546288-Y3FZQQBRY02W8E8Y2GU2/Emperor_Norton_medal_for_participants_in_Bohemian_Grove_Play_July_2002.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Medal, Bohemian Club, 2002. Designed by Larry Krames (b. 1940). The Bohemian Club presented this medal, as a gift of thanks, to each member of the cast of Emperor Norton: A Command Performance, the 2002 Grove Play, performed on 26 July 2002. An item mentioning the medal appeared in the August 2002 newsletter of the Redwood Empire Chinese Association, here. Source: eBay. [Added 11.3.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467005351329-R4NV7P3X446M4MFUBFKC/Emperor_Norton_Award_given_annually_by_Tachyon_Publications_and_Borderlands_Books.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust The Emperor Norton Award, known as "the Joshua," originally designed and sculpted in 2003 by Paul Groendes. Created by Tachyon Publications and Borderland Books, two of these Awards were presented annually from 2003 to 2011 to honor works of science fiction / fantasy / horror, writers of these works and other distinguished contributors to the field. Statuettes were produced until 2008. Source: Jack Vance [Added 6.27.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1468274149587-NM8K53XLRODAG9JKKS7O/Gay_Dollar_2005_by_GayDollarSF_Norton_side.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Gay Dollar, 2005 (reverse side). Designed and minted by GayDollarSF to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Imperial Court by drag performer Jose Sarria (1922–2013), the first openly gay person to run for public office in the United States. The front of the coin, which can be viewed here, featured a depiction of Sarria in his persona as The Widow Norton. Source: Nancy Niche. [Added 7.11.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1468427447870-GPKQKQ6KHGNO0D13QH2R/Emperor_Norton_I_2009_by_Dan_Barrett.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton I" (2009), by Dan Barrett. Cut and pasted watercolor paper. © 2009 Dan Barrett. Source: Deviant Art. [Added 7.13.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467007478468-SV9FCGNSQKA239OQ1YUU/2010_casting_of_Emperor_Norton_sculpture_by_Peter_Macchiarini_c.1930s_front.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Sculpture of Emperor Norton, 2010, by Daniel Macchiarini (b.1953) and his daughter, Emma Macchiarini. Based on one of two 21" maquettes of Emperor Norton sculpted c.1936–40 by Dan’s father, Peter Macchiarini (1909–2001). This casting, by Piero Mussi at Artworks Foundry in Berkeley, Calif., presides over the main bar at Comstock Saloon, San Francisco. Source: Gianni's North Beach [Added 6.27.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467008896216-EJVLAQ38SNEJW0WY8W6D/2010_casting_of_Emperor_Norton_sculpture_by_Peter_Macchiarini_c.1930s_right.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Sculpture of Emperor Norton, 2010, by Daniel Macchiarini (b.1953) and his daughter, Emma Macchiarini. Based on one of two 21" maquettes of Emperor Norton sculpted c.1936–40 by Dan’s father, Peter Macchiarini (1909–2001). This casting, by Piero Mussi at Artworks Foundry in Berkeley, Calif., presides over the main bar at Comstock Saloon, San Francisco. Source: Macchiarini Creative Design [Added 6.27.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467006721328-FBYWME9TIPO5E3LESEXV/Emperor_Norton_by_Robert_Cooper_2011.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton (2011), by Robert Cooper. © 2011 Robert Cooper. Source: Robert Cooper [Added 6.27.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467099965870-KYPKRS6NZZJYVTHIAPCC/Mural_by_Scott_Bowers_2011_photo_by_Dave_Schweisguth_2011.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Mural in bottle caps, 2011, by Scott Bowers. Lost, 2020. Previously located at 2785 Bryant Street, San Francisco. Photograph © 2011 Dave Schweisguth. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625150859328-UCJ6NHKDKLKAEQ6SI0JH/Emperor_Norton_doll_by_Cheyanne_Dise_Payne_aka_Kook_Teflon_2011.JPG ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton doll, 2011, by Kook Teflon (b. 1973). Hand-stitched cotton textile, vintage fabrics, acrylic paint. 15”h x 8”w. Part of the artist’s installation, A Century of Barbary Eccentrics, at 1035 Guerrero Street, San Francisco, 26 February–1 April 2011 (see here, here and here). Kook Teflon’s website. [Added 7.1.2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1626474147352-ES0E564C4A9MSQQR0LOD/Emperor_Norton_sculpture_by_Jeremy_Fish_2012.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton" (2012), by Jeremy Fish (b. 1974). Located in the "upper room" at Emperor Norton's Boozeland, San Francisco. Photograph: Fifty24SF (“Jeremy Fish New Works @ Fify24SF & Upper Playground,” 18 August 2012) [Added 6.30.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625438108221-2UAC6I9KXLKSA5S71W0N/Emperor_Norton_bas_relief_by_Kaytea_Petro_2014.JPG ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, 2014, by Kaytea Petro (b. 1978). Bas-relief. Image courtesy of the artist. Artist’s website. [Added 7.4.2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467321269055-VHDQ3DD8VLGD28OBLMNO/Nortoning_miniature_by+Aaron_Almanza_2016.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust A miniature in the Nortoning series, 2016, by Aaron Almanza. © 2016 Aaron Almanza. Source: Aaron Almanza. [Added 6.30.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1625435074818-SXYOLJLB7GMFVCW4B74F/Royal_Wedding_by_Kaytea_Petro_2017.jpeg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Royal Wedding, 2017, by Kaytea Petro (b. 1978). High fire stoneware with underglaze and decals. This piece imagining the union of Emperor Norton and “the Empress Dowager Norton” (José Sarria) is part of Petro’s Sanctuary City series. Detail view here. Photographs by the artist. Petro’s website. [Added 7.4.2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1728309741613-UNQCWZN3Q7XEIGOV1EYT/Emperor_Norton_bust_by_Stephen_Pettifer_of_Coade_2024.jpg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Bust of Emperor Norton, 2024, by Stephen Pettifer (b. 1972). Coade stone, "life size" per the sculptor. Photograph © 2024 Coade Studio. Source: Coade [Added 10.6.2024] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1746901069281-8BF8BW2D5R8SL24ZCDFP/Emperor_Norton_centerpiece_of_Macchiarini_Creative_Design_parklet_enclosure_by_Daniel_Macchiarini.jpeg ARENA: Sculptures & Fabrications | The Emperor Norton Trust Centerpiece of parklet enclosure, 2024, by Daniel Macchiarini (b. 1953). Emperor Norton and Bummer & Lazarus figures cast in Hydrocal. The parklet is located at Macchiarini Creative Design, 1544 Grant Avenue, San Francisco. The Norton figure is based on a maquette that Macchiarini’s father, Peter Macchiarini (1909–2001), sculpted in 1936. Photo © 2025 by Mike Fusello. [Added 5.10.2025] https://emperornortontrust.org/arena/visual-arts/public-art daily 0.75 2025-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467260229474-7LMWWSEIE7KQJG9C1MXF/Emperor_Norton_at_Tommys_Joynt.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Undated and uncredited painting at the hofbrau Tommy's Joynt, in San Francisco. Photograph © Annetta Black. [Added 6.10.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467260352550-HWSHY1B05I3NDNN6KBFY/Emperor_Norton_in_mural_by_Antonio_Sotomayor_c1930s.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from mural, 1935, by Antonio Sotomayor (1904–1985). Located in the Pied Piper Bar of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, the mural depicts Emperor Norton, Mark Twain, Bret Harte and other San Francisco notables of that period. Sotomayor painted the mural as part of the hotel’s new Happy Valley Room in this space, which opened in March 1935. See description in A Survey of Art Work in the City and County of San Francisco, SF Art Commission, 1953, here. Photograph © 2011 Scott Cox. [Added 6.24.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1626449691047-3L84SN94TUW4JQOU08OA/Emperor_Norton_plaque_ECV_1939_restored_2018.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Plaque, bronze, 1939, by William Gordon Huff (1903–1993). Currently on display inside Molloy’s Tavern, Colma, Callf. Learn more about the history of the plaque and its 2018 restoration. Photograph © 2018 Kai Wada Roath. [Added 11.7.2018] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467261350704-CMLWSGACV3XYVQWO82NI/Figurehead_of_Harbor_Emperor_cruise_vessel_photo_by_Paul_Sullivan_2012.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Figurehead of cruise vessel Harbor Emperor, San Francisco, 1968, wood, by Elwin Millerick (1911–1997). Built in 1968, the Harbor Emperor is part of the Blue & Gold Fleet of cruise vessels. Photograph © 2012 Paul Sullivan. [Added 6.27.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467261306273-UF39QXEGK4PV4EDR09SS/Entry_transom_at_Emperor_Norton_Inn_SF_photo_by_D_Huw_Richardson_2010.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Glass etching in entry transom at the Emperor Norton Inn, 615 Post Street, San Francisco. Creator and date unknown. Photograph © 2010 D. Huw Richardson. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467261445943-ALF8J6GJC75O63O4WHB1/Detail_from_San_Francisco_Yesterday_and_Today_by_Ruth_Asawa_1984.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from San Francisco Yesterday and Today (1984), by Ruth Asawa (1926–2013). Located in the driveway of the Parc 55 Hilton, San Francisco. Photograph © 2015 Joseph Amster. For more photos of the complete 7-paneled sculpture, click here. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1552246338153-61DEYACFCM7RK6YJFAJC/Emperor_Norton_in_Jazz_Mural_by_Bill_Weber_1987.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail of "Jazz Mural" (1987; restored by the artist 2004), by Bill Weber. Located on Broadway at Grant Avenue, San Francisco. Photograph © 2019 Joseph Amster. For views of the full mural, see Bill Weber’s site here. [Added 3.10.2019] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467346497106-PMO4DGWKDV8KIXG800IJ/Emperor_Norton_puppet_by_Mona_Caron_1997.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton puppet, 1997, by Mona Caron. For 1997 San Francisco Carnival parade. Source: Mona Caron. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467346551635-2HZ38UAX7YQ17XWTV2LN/Head_of_Emperor_Norton_puppet_by_Mona_Caron_1997.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Head of Emperor Norton puppet, 1997, by Mona Caron. For 1997 San Francisco Carnival parade. Source: Mona Caron. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467260648750-86XTLEEPQWYPBXCLOBP7/Mural_at_former_HQ_of_SF_Chocolate_Factory_286_12th_St_photo_by_Larry_Jones_2014.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail of San Francisco Chocolate Factory mural (2005–6) by Jerry Warmsley, Jr., and Alyssa Morgan. Lost, 2016. Previously located at the Factory's former offices and retail shop at 286 12th Street, San Francisco. Photograph © 2014 Larry Jones. Source: Street Art SF. To view the full mural, click here. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467261069020-FIPCR0UBJ9K14IGQI6AY/Mural_at_Hilton_Union_Square_SF_photo_by_Larry_Jones_2014.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Mural at Hilton Union Square, San Francisco. Lost, 2017. Previously located in the parking garage entrance on Ellis Street near Mason. Creator and date unknown. Photograph © 2014 Larry Jones. Source: Street Art SF. [Added 6.27.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467260733048-649CE3S458MNFRCMTXL4/Detail_from_Only_in_San_Francisco_by_Guy_Colwell_2009_Pritikin_Museum.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from Only in San Francisco (2009), by Guy Colwell (b. 1945). Large-scale, multi-paneled mural at the Pritikin Museum, San Francisco. Photograph © 2014 San Francisco Chronicle [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467261161614-DODXHMQW4C3KXT0SR184/2010_casting_of_Emperor_Norton_sculpture_by_Peter_Macchiarini_c.1930s_front.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Sculpture of Emperor Norton, 2010, by Daniel Macchiarini (b.1953) and his daughter, Emma Macchiarini. Based on one of two 21" maquettes of Emperor Norton sculpted c.1936–40 by Dan’s father, Peter Macchiarini (1909–2001). This casting, by Piero Mussi at Artworks Foundry in Berkeley, Calif., presides over the main bar at Comstock Saloon, San Francisco. Source: Gianni's North Beach [Added 6.27.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467261200734-26I75EFOJVVX7I1O144M/2010_casting_of_Emperor_Norton_sculpture_by_Peter_Macchiarini_c.1930s_right.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Sculpture of Emperor Norton, 2010, by Daniel Macchiarini (b.1953) and his daughter, Emma Macchiarini. Based on one of two 21" maquettes of Emperor Norton sculpted c.1936–40 by Dan’s father, Peter Macchiarini (1909–2001). This casting, by Piero Mussi at Artworks Foundry in Berkeley, Calif., presides over the main bar at Comstock Saloon, San Francisco. Source: Macchiarini Creative Design [Added 6.27.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467260835554-11CX31E2F1LAOXP8CN2Z/Emperor_Norton_by_Michael_D_Morgan_2010.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton I" (2010), by Michael D. Morgan. Originally exhibited at the 2010 Artcrank SF group show of bicycle-themed poster art. Inspired by an 1869 photograph of Emperor Norton by Eadweard Muybridge. Limited edition print on view at Emperor Norton's Boozeland, San Francisco. © 2010 Michael D. Morgan [Added 6.15.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467261401966-ACSH1H0C2U8138WAZ0TS/Mural_by_Scott_Bowers_2011_photo_by_Dave_Schweisguth_2011.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Mural in bottle caps, 2011, by Scott Bowers. Lost, 2020. Previously located at 2785 Bryant Street, San Francisco. Photograph © 2011 Dave Schweisguth [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467261260132-U9NHRDFA5E1L7O323NI6/Emperor_Norton_by_Jeremy_Fish_2012.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust "Emperor Norton" (2012), by Jeremy Fish (b. 1974). Located in the "upper room" at Emperor Norton's Boozeland, San Francisco. Photograph: Emperor Norton's Boozeland [Added 6.30.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467260991509-FJDYBLOREBO1I670OJCY/Le_Roi_Est_Mort_%28Emperor_Norton%29_by_Brian_Stannard_2014.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust "Le Roi Est Mort" (2014), by Brian Stannard. Commissioned by Emperor Norton's Boozeland, San Francisco, and on view at the bar. © 2014 Brian Stannard. Source: Brian Stannard [Added 6.15.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1467346436676-YGPQESI7XFPANKQ1K0FA/Detail_of_2014_mural_at_Emperor_Norton%27s_Boozeland_SF.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail of mural, 2014, by Andrei Bouzikof, at Emperor Norton's Boozeland, San Francisco. Located in the rear garden. Photograph: Emperor Norton's Boozeland. For a more complete view of the mural, click here. [Added 6.28.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1769186160282-U7GZ505R74BLSCRWV3PS/Scene_from_Emperor_Norton%27s_Mail_In_Engineering_Academy_2015_by_Kasey_Smith.jpeg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Scene from Emperor Norton’s Mail-In Engineering Academy, March 2015, by Kasey Smith. This was an immersive box-truck environment staged in Rincon Park, San Francisco and produced in collaboration with SFMOMA’s On the Go Family Programming for Sunday Streets. To learn more, visit here. [Added 1.22.2026] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1490485559891-335A216SWYT93Z1LYZ9Z/Painting_by_Sam_Flores_2016_at_Cockscomb_restaurant_SF.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Painting, 2016, by Sam Flores (b. 1975). This piece hangs in the restaurant Cockscomb, in San Francisco, which commissioned the work. © 2016 Sam Flores. Photograph: Peter Kazanjy. [Added 3.25.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1650485475846-2BJWG7HF7NK21D5SR2ZC/Stencil_of_c1875_photo_of_Emperor_Norton_650_652_Commercial_St_SF_Niana_Liu_Mar_2022.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust “Emperor Norton,” 2021, from San Francisco Icon series, by Misstencil. Lost, 2024. Stencilled using this c.1875 photograph by Bradley & Rulofson studio. Original stencil, September 2021. This spray painting at 650–54 Commercial Street, San Francisco, done March 2022. Artist on Instagram and Facebook. [Added 4.20.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1650485425632-QB0FKVV5822JKYIF5MEB/Stencil_of_c1875_photo_of_Emperor_Norton_632_Commercial_St_SF_Niana_Liu_Mar_2022.jpg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust “Emperor Norton,” 2021, from San Francisco Icon series, by Misstencil. Lost, 2024. Stencilled using this c.1875 photograph by Bradley & Rulofson studio. Original stencil, September 2021. This spray painting at 632 Commercial Street, San Francisco, done March 2022. Artist on Instagram and Facebook. [Added 4.20.2022] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1746902391567-RGY9GD62WMVK3Y1SO82X/Emperor_Norton_centerpiece_of_Macchiarini_Creative_Design_parklet_enclosure_by_Daniel_Macchiarini.jpeg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Centerpiece of parklet enclosure, 2024, by Daniel Macchiarini (b. 1953). Emperor Norton and Bummer & Lazarus figures cast in Hydrocal. The parklet is located at Macchiarini Creative Design, 1544 Grant Avenue, San Francisco. The Norton figure is based on a maquette that Macchiarini’s father, Peter Macchiarini (1909–2001), sculpted in 1936. Photo © 2025 by Mike Fusello. [Added 5.10.2025] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1758303260677-K6G6BLARUIN2D4JN854A/Emperor_Norton_at_Home_quadtych_mural_at_652_Commercial_St_SF_Sep_2025_by_Misstencil.jpeg ARENA: Public Art | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton at Home, 2025, by Misstencil. Stencil and spraypaint. Multi-panel mural at 652 Commercial Street, San Francisco, completed September 2025. Source: Misstencil [Added 9.18.2025] https://emperornortontrust.org/about/newsletters daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1469934654995-ZJVIA8J6M8WW2HW14WNE/image-asset.jpeg Newsletter Archive | The Emperor Norton Trust Newspaper header of original Proclamation by Emperor Norton. https://emperornortontrust.org/bridge/historical-efforts daily 0.75 2023-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1481862705402-CRLAY1ZM0JN4BSZ94BMQ/image-asset.jpeg EMPEROR NORTON BRIDGE: Historical Efforts | The Emperor Norton Trust Detail from Phil Frank's comic strip, Farley, published in the San Francisco Chronicle on 13 September 2004. © Phil Frank https://emperornortontrust.org/events/previous-years daily 0.75 2024-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/9fc21ee8-65d4-49f5-86ce-bdc954251cbd/2022_Emissary_card_front.jpg Previous Years' Events https://emperornortontrust.org/emperor/intro daily 0.75 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/b333870d-920a-4a61-a275-90b0d1e43cfe/Emperor_Norton_c1878_by_Bradley_and_Rulofson_California_Historical_Society_Collection_at_Stanford.jpg EMPEROR NORTON: Intro | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, c.1878, by Bradley & Rulofson studio, 429 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Cabinet card. California Historical Society Collection at Stanford. https://emperornortontrust.org/emperor/bicentennial daily 0.75 2019-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1519669856838-88M3J4RJQTWY5T30KSAT/Emperor-Norton-1870s-a.jpg 2018: Bicentennial of Norton's Birth | THE EMPEROR NORTON TRUST Emperor Norton, between spring 1871 and spring 1872. From carte de visite by Tuttle & Johnson studio, 523 Kearny Street, "Heliographic Artists." 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1492294322166-17OE42C2UB9DMFI63YVC/image-asset.jpeg ARENA: Film | The Emperor Norton Trust Still from The Story of Norton I (Columbia Pictures / Screen Classics, 1936). https://emperornortontrust.org/arena/film/the-story-of-norton-i-1936 daily 0.75 2025-04-05 https://emperornortontrust.org/arena/film/emperor-nortons-bridge-telephone-time-1956 daily 0.75 2025-04-05 https://emperornortontrust.org/arena/film/emperor-norton-death-valley-days-1956 daily 0.75 2025-04-05 https://emperornortontrust.org/arena/film/the-emperor-norton-bonanza-1966 daily 0.75 2025-04-05 https://emperornortontrust.org/emperor/map daily 0.75 2025-11-04 https://emperornortontrust.org/arena/visual-arts/design-postproduction daily 0.75 2025-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1623789476162-KRDG3QH5VKWHGK4GNSUB/Emperor_Norton_frontispiece_in_Albert_Dressler_1927.jpg ARENA: Design, Post-Production & Remix | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton, frontispiece in Albert Dressler’s 1927 book, Emperor Norton: Life and Experiences of a Notable Character in San Francisco, 1849–1880. Colorized version of the Bradley & Rulofson studio’s 1864 photograph of the Emperor here. See the image in its original book context here. Source: Kolbe & Fanning [Added 6.15.2021] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1626975345479-NAH9D6RNO9A53CQYXBD8/Emperor_Norton_Live_Like_Him_poster_1970_Greg_Hill.jpg ARENA: Design, Post-Production & Remix | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton "Live Like Him" Discordian poster (1970), by Greg Hill (1941–2000) a.k.a. Malaclypse the Younger. Uses original Emperor Norton artwork from 1970 Wells Fargo ad created by the firm of McCann-Erickson (here).Source: Fédération internationale des centres d’études et de documentation libertaires. (For further validation of the date, click here to see the poster printed in the 15 February 1971 issue of The Rag, an underground paper published in Austin, Texas, from 1966 to 1977.) [Added 7.14.2016] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1502498121155-PNY9XQ9EU8YOFA3U1LB2/Emperor_Norton_poster_2006_by_Joe_Angiulo.jpg ARENA: Design, Post-Production & Remix | The Emperor Norton Trust Emperor Norton poster (2006), by Joe Angiulo. This piece uses a detail from the c.1878 photograph here. (For more on the photo, see the description in our gallery here.) On view at Emperor Norton's Boozeland, San Francisco. © 2006 Joe Angiulo. Source: Joe Angiulo. [Added 8.11.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1502498407059-0V8BI9959KPQJXO0Q7BQ/Norton_Dollar_by_Deborah_Hayner.jpg ARENA: Design, Post-Production & Remix | The Emperor Norton Trust Collage, c.2014, by Deborah Hayner (b. 1952) for Norton Dollars project of Richard Petersen. This artwork, used for a prototype Norton Dollars card, is a detail from one of Hayner's earlier concepts, which envisioned Norton Dollars as paper bills. The piece uses a detail from the late 1870s photograph here. (For more on the photo, see the description in our gallery here.)© Deborah Hayner. Source: Norton Dollars [Added 8.11.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1502498625013-ARBYFWDQWYA8WGZ6U1E6/Emperor_Norton_by_Keith_Tamkei_Sunday_Times_South_Africa_mag_8_Mar_2015.jpg ARENA: Design, Post-Production & Remix | The Emperor Norton Trust Photo illustration, 2015, by Keith Tamkei. This piece is based on the c.1871–72 photograph here. (For more on the photo, see the description in our gallery here.) The illustration appeared on the cover of the 8 March 2015 issue of the Lifestyle Magazine of the Sunday Times of South Africa. The cover story, by Hagen Engler, was "How Africa Gave America Its Emperor." © 2015 Times Media Group [Added 8.11.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1502498945017-I82XK3AT1VZPWWGTOVJQ/Emperor_Norton_by_The_Wall_Street_Journal_12_August_2015.jpg ARENA: Design, Post-Production & Remix | The Emperor Norton Trust Photo illustration of Emperor Norton, 2015, by The Wall Street Journal. This illustration (which is based on the photograph here) appeared with an article that ran in the paper's 12 August 2015 print edition under the headline "In San Francisco, Subjects Still Long for Ersatz Emperor of Yore." (To view the print article, click here.) © 2015 Dow Jones & Co. [Added 8.11.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1502499173633-CJTQGHH0ZCZAGBY5S7SR/Emperor_Norton_by_Jordan_Brighton_2016.jpg ARENA: Design, Post-Production & Remix | The Emperor Norton Trust Photo illustration, 2016, by Jordan Brighton. This piece is based on the c.1871–72 photograph here. (For more on the photo, see the description in our gallery here.) © 2016 Jordan Brighton [Added 8.11.2017] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1503083097784-HTXZ0MKGOM6LKL5GK9IX/Emperor_Norton_pin_by_Aaron+Almanza_Feb_2017.jpg ARENA: Design, Post-Production & Remix | The Emperor Norton Trust "Build Bridges Not Walls" pin, February 2017, by Aaron Almanza. This pin features a colorized detail of an illustration of Emperor Norton, viewable here, that originally accompanied a front-page profile of the Emperor that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on 9 November 1879. © 2017 Aaron Almanza. 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Storia favolosa del vagabondo che si fece re (UTET, 2022), by Errico Buonanno (Amazon Italy). Art based on c.1875 photograph by Bradley & Rulofson studio. Artist's website. [Added 6.14.2022] https://emperornortontrust.org/bridge/california-state-bridges-with-multiple-names daily 0.75 2022-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1510533504762-Z6GS3DUPVTVTYZWZH1GG/Bay_Bridge_by_Ayush_Shrestha_2_Jun_2016.jpg EMPEROR NORTON BRIDGE: CA Naming Precedents | The Emperor Norton Trust San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. 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Source: San Francisco Public Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/57774836-0d5f-4ed7-8832-0fe1d059eb0c/Change_dot_org_logo.jpg EMPEROR NORTON TUNNEL Proposal | The Emperor Norton Trust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/540a96bb-9bbf-4eb0-9adb-66ba757fd8ac/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_Pacific_Appeal_6_Jan_1872_p1.jpg EMPEROR NORTON TUNNEL Proposal | The Emperor Norton Trust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/27def4c0-cb8d-440b-921d-a6ca3ebafe76/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_Pacific_Appeal_23_Mar_1872_p1.jpg EMPEROR NORTON TUNNEL Proposal | The Emperor Norton Trust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/eacf37bb-ba89-4561-ae02-9dad4052ba8f/Emperor_Norton_proclamation_Pacific_Appeal_21_Sep_1872.jpg EMPEROR NORTON TUNNEL Proposal | The Emperor Norton Trust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/019e436a-40f9-4253-84fc-ca02af28c2cb/Aerial_of_Yerba_Buena_Island_1970_sfm005-00188.jpg EMPEROR NORTON TUNNEL Proposal | The Emperor Norton Trust - Make it stand out Aerial view of Yerba Buena Island, 1970. Source: SFMemory.org / sfm005–00188 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/1c7f440e-3423-4eef-85c2-3d95ed0078eb/Listing_for_Yerba_Buena_Tunnel_in_Caltrans_2022_Named_Freeways_Highways_Structures_Etc_in_California_p199.jpg EMPEROR NORTON TUNNEL Proposal | The Emperor Norton Trust - Make it stand out Listing for Yerba Buena Tunnel in the 2022 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures, and Other Appurtenances in California, Caltrans (California Department of Transportation), 2023, p. 199. Source: Caltrans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/446ef08f-c2cd-4ad6-b59d-893acac0d78a/Groundbreaking_for_SF_Oakland_Bay_Bridge_Yerba_Buena_Island_9_Jul_1933_wnp14.10275.jpg EMPEROR NORTON TUNNEL Proposal | The Emperor Norton Trust - Make it stand out Scene from the Yerba Buena Island groundbreaking ceremony for the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, 9 July 1933. In the top hat is California governor James Rolph. To Rolph’s immediate right is former president Herbert Hoover followed by San Francisco mayor Angelo Rossi. Source: OpenSFHistory / wnp14.10275 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/07e48ae7-ac9f-44d4-958d-1f21f86fdb80/Panarama_Park_on_Yerba_Buena_Island_view_to_SF_by_Hood_Design.jpeg EMPEROR NORTON TUNNEL Proposal | The Emperor Norton Trust - Make it stand out Aerial view of Panorama Park, on Yerba Buena Island, looking to the west. Source: Hood Design Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/74a673d6-300d-4191-a72b-2f43ca4f2cb3/Yerba_Buena_Tunnel_westbound_entrance_with_sign_two_stack.jpg EMPEROR NORTON TUNNEL Proposal | The Emperor Norton Trust - Make it stand out Concept for “Emperor Norton Tunnel” sign at westbound entrance of tunnel through Yerba Buena Island (upper deck). Image: The Emperor Norton Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/f090d11f-1eb1-4cca-b455-3fed3fd57556/Yerba_Buena_Tunnel_eastbound_entrance_with_sign_two_stack.jpg EMPEROR NORTON TUNNEL Proposal | The Emperor Norton Trust - Make it stand out Concept for “Emperor Norton Tunnel” sign at eastbound entrance of tunnel through Yerba Buena Island (lower deck). Image: The Emperor Norton Trust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52b7952ee4b07e8bce6a436c/29a180f4-97c7-4512-a18e-976e06a55397/Detail_of_aerial_view_of_Yerba_Buena_Island_and_Treasure_Island_2023_by_Dick_Lyon.jpg EMPEROR NORTON TUNNEL Proposal | The Emperor Norton Trust - Make it stand out Detail from aerial photograph of Yerba Buena Island and Treasure Island, 2023. Original photo by Dick Lyon. CC BY–SA 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons