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Monday, June 5, 2023

News from the Emperior Norton Trust


From the Emperior Norton Trust in San Francisco: "NEW RESEARCH — Evidence suggesting that an Emperor Norton statuette sculpted in 1877 was a fixture in San Francisco saloons — and that the Emperor himself had a copy in his apartment."

Here is the full article. 

1 comment:

Eric Wagner said...

I remember that at the 1993 World Science Fiction Convention in San Francisco they had Emperor Norton as their Dead Guest of Honor, and an actor played him throughout the convention.