Monday, June 27, 2011

1894 Letter in Envelope on Lisbon House Letterhead Pre-San Francisco Quake

1894 Letter in Envelope on Lisbon House Letterhead Pre-San Francisco Quake
Since this letter is written in Portuguese, or a variation of it, I only have a small idea what the meaning or purpose of the letter is. I am toldethere ae references to a good time well had and a thank you.
It is on un-lined letterhead of the hotel and the off-white paper shows barely any ware...only some minor yellowing on the edges and folds It is one sided and the bold logo on the top appears to list room rates, and management names. The letter does come with a pre-addressed envelope
It is on 8.5 x 11. This letter was written before the great 1906 quake in San Francisco.
I tried to find reference to the Lisbon Hotel With no success.
If anyone cares to translate this I would greatly appreciate it. Below you will find an interesting newsclip from The San Francisco call. (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, October 08, 1898, Page 14, Image 14, submitted by Kristen, who did some research on this for us. She found this on the Library of Congress Website.

It is a story that mentions the Lisbon House that apparently housed many Portuguese as workers in San Francisco. Just an interesting gossip tale...about "Filomena Leonora Mideiros, a Portuguese belle..." a mail order bride who took a few turns with different gentleman before settling down!

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