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Tom Maguire: An Irish Impresario in 19th Century San Francisco

Mechanics' Institute 3rd Floor Library 57 Post Street , San Francisco

In partnership with Hinterland. Glen Gendzel, San Jose State University historian, looks at the rollercoaster career of Tom Maguire, son of New York Irish pre-Famine immigrants. Maguire was an illiterate taxi driver when he joined the California Gold Rush. He then rose to the top of the theater business in…

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Slow Printing in a Digital World

Mechanics' Institute 3rd Floor Library 57 Post Street , San Francisco

In partnership with Hinterland. In 2017, the town of Kells inherited a mothballed printing works in which lurked some rare and precious 19th century offset machines. They are now at the centre of The Printworks (a Mark Smith project) where 21st century types (pun intended) will come to learn and…

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