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First Cliff House Oct 1888

Wrecked South Sea Islanders on Cliff House Balcony. The British coal ship Respigadera went aground near San Pedro harbor on September 26, 1888. It had rescued a group of Gilbert Islanders before it was wrecked. In October, 1888, the islanders put on some swimming exhibitions at the Cliff House before leaving San Francisco. [CH-16] [F810 CH-007] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
A.J. McDonald (Martin Behrman Negative Collection / Courtesy of the Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives)

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