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Outside Lands Podcast Episode 122: Big Alma Spreckels

Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, mother of the Palace of the Legion of Honor, and a real SF character
Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast - May 16, 2015

Outside Lands Podcast Episode 122: Big Alma Spreckels Outside Lands Podcast Episode 122: Big Alma Spreckels

(above) Palace of Legion of Honor, circa 1935

Lincoln Park. Auguste Rodin's sculpture 'The Thinker' in courtyard of the Palace of the Legion of Honor.

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