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    Docks of San Francisco is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Mary Nolan, Jason Robards Sr. and Marjorie Beebe...
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  • The San Francisco Docks is a 1940 American crime drama film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Burgess Meredith, Barry Fitzgerald, and Irene Hervey...
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    industrial development due to its proximity to the docks of San Francisco Bay, coupled with the advent of cable cars, had driven the wealthy over to Nob Hill...
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    The Port of San Francisco is a semi-independent organization that oversees the port facilities at San Francisco, California, United States. It is run by...
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    for "Embarkment") is the eastern waterfront of Port of San Francisco and a major roadway in San Francisco, California. It was constructed on reclaimed...
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    Princess leaves San Francisco after repairing dock collision damage". CBS Bay Area. Retrieved 1 December 2023. Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into...
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  • The history of the city of San Francisco, California, and its development as a center of maritime trade, were shaped by its location at the entrance to...
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    sea lions lie on wooden docks that were originally used for docking boats. Fisherman's Wharf plays host to many San Francisco events, including a firework...
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    San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the cities...
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    and docks that once provided a small village of fishermen and their families a steady living in the abundant shrimp harvest from the San Francisco Bay...
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  • back of employer resistance to unionization in Minneapolis was broken. In 1934, California Governor Frank Merriam placed the docks of San Francisco under...
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    beginning of World War II the Navy contracted with the private owners for the use of the docks. The docks provided deep-water facilities between San Diego...
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    in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill. The neighborhood is San Francisco's "Little Italy" and...
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    northwest corner of San Francisco, California, developed initially in the late 19th century. It is sometimes confused with the city of Richmond, which...
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    "Only two people in America would bring every reporter in New York to the docks to see them off. One is the President. The other is Imogene "Bubbles" Wilson...
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    Western Addition district of San Francisco, California. Japantown comprises about six city blocks and is considered one of the largest and oldest ethnic...
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    (1931) Salvation Nell (1931) The Law of the Tong (1931) Discarded Lovers (1932) Docks of San Francisco (1932) The Pride of the Legion (1932) Slightly Married...
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    on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California and is served by Golden Gate Ferry and San Francisco Bay Ferry routes. On top of the building is a 245-foot-tall...
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    Eric Hoffer (category American people of German descent)
    as a longshoreman on the docks of San Francisco in 1943. At the same time, he began to write seriously. Hoffer left the docks in 1964, and shortly after...
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    Levi Strauss" and was located at 90 Sacramento Street near to the docks of San Francisco. The world-renowned blue jeans were invented by Latvian Jew Jacob...
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    Pier 39 (category Landmarks in San Francisco)
    on a pier in San Francisco, California. At Pier 39, there are shops, restaurants, a video arcade, street performances, the Aquarium of the Bay, virtual...
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  • This is a timeline of the San Francisco Bay Area in California, events in the nine counties that border on the San Francisco Bay, and the bay itself....
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    injuries. The Loma Prieta segment of the San Andreas Fault System had been relatively inactive since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (to the degree that...
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    and offloading of small boats. A boat dock on Lake Michigan in Chicago. Docks along San Francisco Bay in Tiburon, California Floating dock at Mohonk Mountain...
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  • of Bronze (1975) Doc West (2009) Docking (2019) Docking the Boat (1965) Docks of New York (1945) The Docks of New York (1928) Docks of San Francisco (1932)...
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    Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse ðe sam maɾˈtin] ; 25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850), nicknamed "the Liberator of Argentina...
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    Drums of Jeopardy (1931) Arizona (1931) Shanghaied Love (1931) Night Beat (1931) Sally of the Subway (1932) Temptation's Workshop (1932) Docks of San Francisco...
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  • This is a list of place name etymologies in San Francisco, California. List of hills in San Francisco List of streets in San Francisco Henry C. Carlisle...
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    Frank Merriam (category Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives)
    agitation, particularly by members of the International Longshoremen's Association on the docks of San Francisco. Beginning in May 1934, longshoremen...
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  • cut through the hills of San Francisco, starting near Portsmouth Square and continuing east to the first shipping docks at Buena Vista Cove. The Barbary...
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