April 30, 2026
Tag: Three Tragic Lives
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Three Tragic Lives
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Three women of extraordinary beauty, talent, and wealth whose lives could be the outline for an anthology of tragic short stories are portrayed in this remembrance. Two were dead before age 50, the other shunned by the world. Helene Held, Nance O’Neil, and Gaynor Rowlands are forgotten today but postcard collectors know their faces and…
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May 7, 2023 4 Comments
The history of Angel Island, the largest of several islands within San Francisco Bay is extensive. Historians often make comparisons to places familiar to their audience. Angel Island we are told was the west coast immigration station similar in many ways to Ellis Island.