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The Fillmore Museum: It All Happened on Fillmore Street
URL: http://amacord.com/fillmore/museum/

Description:
A history of a San Francisco neighborhood and some of the people who have lived or visited there. Includes a report of Allen Ginsberg's first public reading of his poem "Howl" and information about the district's role in the post-World War II jazz scene. There are also accounts of the changing ethnic makeup of the area and of the businesses that lined the street at various times.

Author:
McCarthy, Ken

Publisher:
Amacord

Extra Keywords
beat generation

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History

LII Database Information:
Record 4504 created by Martha Gifford on 11/05/2002
Last modification on 10/25/2004
Published: 11/05/2002  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4504