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Emperor Joshua Norton, the maybe first but at least one of the early great

eccentric of San Francisco, California.

It's possible he was one of, it's possible he was the first but it's actually kind of unlikely

if you think about it.

Yeah but it is so funny to think about the fact that this was in the 1850s and beyond

and San Francisco was still San Francisco.

Yeah.

I'd heard of this guy.

I didn't know much about him.

I just knew he was an eccentric beloved San Francisco.

When you dig into this guy it just gets better and better.

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