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Olympic Club Bond

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Olympic Club Bond
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This item SOLD at 2018 Oct 22 @ 12:21UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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$500 bond. # 35. No name of who it was issued to. Signed secretary and president. Signed by trustees Rees and Newhall. Star punch cancelled. Printed by HS Crocker. "On May 6, 1860, 23 charter members founded the San Francisco Olympic Club, turning their informal gymnastics training sessions, held in the backyard of Gold Rush artists Arthur and Charles Christian Nahl, into a lasting institution. In the 1800s, the membership roster included such names as Mark Twain, William Randolph Hearst, Charles Crocker, Leland Stanford, James G. Fair and John Mackay, as well as athletes such as “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, winner of the world heavyweight title in 1892. The club sent 23 athletes to the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the largest delegation from a club. Football was king during the 1920s, and the club celebrated undefeated seasons in 1925 and 1928, even with schedules pitting its squad against local college teams. The club’s first permanent clubhouse downtown on Post Street opened in 1893, but was destroyed in the great 1906 earthquake and fire. During this dark hour, President William F. Humphrey emerged as the driving force of the club, a role he performed for almost half a century. Olympic rebuilt its clubhouse, and the doors on Post Street reopened in 1912." [Brief History of the Olympic Club online} Prag Collection City: San Francisco State: California Date: 1908 HWAC# 80419