Capt Jack Williams Spends a Week on Seal Rock
October 1889
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c.1880s Cliff House Copy Film Negative (WNPCHP
WNP136.39)
Interesting early view off the historic Cliff House with daredevil acrobat "Jack
Williams" (aka: The Human Fly). He is pictured on top of Seal Rocks
after walking on a tightrope located between the rocks and the Cliff House
terrace level. San Francisco, California.
(The above identification was supplied by the seller and is not
verified)
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"Gardner Jack Williams"
(Seller credits Gardner as the photographer)
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"CAP'T WILLIAMS AT THE SEAL ROCK HOUSE, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL."
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Aspen Evening Chronicle - Oct 10, 1889
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close-up of above photo
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The San Francisco Examiner - Sep 20 1889
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Daily Alta California - 23 September 1889
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San Francisco Chronicle - 28 Sep 1889
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Aspen Evening Chronicle - Oct 10, 1889
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Daily Alta California - 12 October 1889
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San Francisco Call - 29 March 1891
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San Francisco Call - 30 May 1893
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Los Angeles Herald - 22 October 1894
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Los Angeles Herald - 22 Dec 1895
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