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NEW EXHIBITION FEATURES SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY TO CROWD-SOURCE A NEW HISTORY DURING YEAR OF THE BAY

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (April 2, 2013) – San Francisco’s venerable 142-year-old California Historical Society is embracing 21st-century technology to celebrate the Year of the Bay in 2013, by offering its extensive collections to a crowdsourcing experiment in its gallery and at yearofthebay.org. In a year that is bringing the high-profile America’s Cup yacht races to the Bay, the opening of a new Bay Bridge span, and the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Port of San Francisco, the California Historical Society is staging an experimental exhibition of many items from its

NEW EXHIBITION FEATURES 100 YEARS OF REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHS – BOTH VINTAGE PRINTS AND CONTEMPORARY WORK -- AND STORIES ABOUT LIFE IN RURAL CALIFORNIA

·      “I See Beauty in this Life: A Photographer Looks at 100 Years of Rural California” Features Photographs from the Collections of the California Historical Society Selected by Photographer Lisa M. Hamilton   ·      Five Month Exhibition Officially Launches “Curating California” – A Series of Exhibitions at the California Historical Society through which remarkable Californians explore the rich collections of CHSSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (October 30, 2012) - In many people’s experience, California consists of Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Francisco, and the highways that connect them.

CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY HONORS LEADER NANCY PELOSI AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AT ANNUAL GALA IN SAN FRANCISCO

(SAN FRANCISCO) – August 8, 2012 -- The California Historical Society (CHS) last night honored current House Democratic Leader and first female Speaker of the House, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, with its “Legends of California” Award at its 2012 Annual Recognition and Gala. The Gala also honored the League of Women Voters of California for its groundbreaking work in California’s electoral history. The California Historical Society stewards the collection of official records generated by the League of Women Voters of California and the League of Women Voters of San Francisco from 1900 to

CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO HONOR LEADER NANCY PELOSI AND THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS AT AUGUST 7TH GALA IN SAN FRANCISCO

Annual Event Brings Together Supporters of California History to Help Preserve and Share the California Historical Society’s Extensive Collection(SAN FRANCISCO) – July 26, 2012 -- The California Historical Society (CHS) will honor current House Democratic Leader and first female Speaker of the House, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, with its “Legends of California” Award on August 7, 2012 from 6 until 9 PM at its 2012 Annual Recognition and Gala. The Gala will also honor the League of Women Voters of California for its groundbreaking work in California’s electoral history. The California

CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY & SF AMATEUR RADIO CLUB CONNECT GLOBALLY ON FCC CALL SIGN W6G TO SALUTE THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE

SAN FRANCISCO (May 25, 2012) -- The San Francisco Amateur Radio Club (SFARC) in cooperation with the California Historical Society (CHS) will mark the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge by contacting other amateur radio operators throughout the world on Saturday, May 26th and Sunday, May 27th. The SFARC will operate on five amateur bands using the special Federal Communications Commission assigned call sign W6G. It will transmit from its home station located at the San Francisco Veteran’s Administration Medical Center at 42nd Avenue and Clement Street for 26 hours

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