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Accessory Transit Company, steamship line by Nica- ragua Route, I, 290.
Actors, see Amusements.
Agitators, sand lot orators, echo press, II, 512.
Agriculture, not attractive to early settlers, I, 33; early prospects of, I, 112; development of, I, 247; capacity of soil undervalued, I, 279; development accelerated, I, 322; value of farm products in the fifties, I, 323 ; diversification of, I, 323; diversification continues, I, 398; condition of in early sixties, I, 401; crop failure 1876-7, II, 511; resources of San Joaquin Valley, II, 659; falling prices injure farmers, II, 668 ; changed character of production, II, 672; great prog- ress in horticulture, II, 672; enormous development, II, 735; raisin growing, II, 736; Chronicle inaugu- rates weather warnings, II, 795; increasing produc- tion, II, 940.
Alaska, Russian occupation of, I, 127; codfisheries of controlled by San Franciscans, I, 392; acquired by United States, I, 392; Seward's good bargain, I, 393; San Franciscans obtain fur seal contract, I, 401; growing importance of its trade, II, 671; effects of Klondike gold discovery upon, II, 732; growth of trade, II, 931.
Alcaldes, sale of lands by, I, 149; powers of limited by General Kearny, I, 180; first American, I, 180. Alemany, Joseph Sadoc, Bishop of San Francisco, I, 238.
Alliance, association of employers of labor, II, 687; deal with striking teamsters, II, 689.
"Alta California," first Pacific Coast daily paper, I, 296; during the sixties, I, 463.
Amusements, at Russ Gardens, I, 262; the willows, I, 262; the circus, I, 262; drama in pioneer days, I, 263; music hall erected by Harry Meiggs, I, 264; balls and church fairs, I, 264; Woodwards Gardens, I, 433; grand opera in pioneer days, I, 433; the pronounced taste for, I, 433; heavy operas in favor, I, 434; opera in the sixties, I, 434; favorite opera singers, I, 434; popularity of concerts, I, 435; reign of the minstrel, I, 435; minstrelsy during the sixties, I, 436; actors of pioneer days, I, 436; drama during the sixties, I, 437; actors close to the people, I, 437; popularity of Lotta, I, 437; benefit performances, I, 438; Edwin Forrest held in high regard, I, 438; John McCullough's career, I, 439; Edward Harrigan's start in San Francisco, I, 439; popularity of Irish
melodrama, I, 439; actors made much of, I, 440; early vaudeville, I, 440; location of theaters in pioneer days, I, 440; first dramatic performance, I, 441; amateur theatricals, I, 444; erection of Baldwin Thea- ter, II, 573; Salmi Morse's Passion Play, II, 606; Authors' carnivals, II, 607; wave of minstrelsy, II, 610; popularity of opera bouffe, II, 610; revival of taste for grand opera, II, 611; first production of Pinafore in America, II, 611; Pinafore craze in San Francisco, II, 611 ; change in taste for drama, II, 612; Tivoli first all year around opera performances in America, II, 612; visits of stars during the seventies, II, 612; Baldwin Stock Company, II, 613; long runs at Tivoli, II, 613; benefits for Chicago fire sufferers, II, 614; decline of theater going habit, II, 788 ; foreign novelties produced by local stock company, II, 788; greatest stars visit city, II, 789; theater center moves westward, II, 789; theater and balls in seventies, II, 789; minstrelsy ceases to attract, II, 790; critical character of San Francisco audiences, II, 790; Patti at Grand Opera House, II, 791; stranded opera companies from Latin America, II, 792; growing popularity of light opera, II, 792; theater center in 1905, II, 793; after theater supper parties, II, 793; moving picture shows suggested by horse in motion pictures, II, 795; San Francisco a school for the drama, II, 805; last performance in Grand Opera House, II, 827; return of theaters to down town center, II, 910; shows immediately after great fire of 1906, II, 910; numerous vandeville and moving picture places, II, 910; excellent construction of new theaters, II, 910; Prima Donna Tetrazzini sings in open air on Christmas Eve in front of Chronicle office, II, 911.
Americans, successfully trade with native Californians, I, 94; attempt to prejudice Californians against, I, 75; criticise native Californians, I, 66; first emigrants to California, I, 69; Missourians form advance guard of, I, 69; objects of emigrants from United States, I, 69; observant of lukewarmness of natives toward Mexico, I, 74; United States war vessels enter San Francisco Bay, I, 122.
American Protective Association, attempt to revive in- tolerance, II, 778.
Anarchism, societies in San Francisco to promote, II, 683. Anian, the search for, I, 6; revival of interest in search
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for northwest passage, I, 7; hope of discovery still existant, I, 11;
Aoza, starts in search of supposed estuary, I, 16; or- dered to occupy port of San Francisco, I, 15; expe- dition under starts in 1774, I, 15.
Apartment houses, great numbers constructed, II, 904; number of in 1912, II, 906.
Architecture, of the missions, I, 32; domestic of native Californians, I, 54; mission buildings, I, 117; a flimsily constructed city, I, 139; good specimens of pioneer days, I, 142; early architects, I, 142; mission style not favored by pioneers, I, 144; an iron front innovation, I, 414; bank buildings in the seventies, II, 526; of United States mint, II, 527; contracted fire limits, II, 569; Palace Hotel, II, 572; Baldwin Hotel, II, 573; business buildings, II, 573; mansions of railroad magnates, II, 579; first steel frame struc- ture in San Francisco, II, 754; improved character of buildings after big fire, II, 754; fireproof build- ings before conflagration of 1906, II, 755; uniformity of domestic types of before fire, II, 755; criticisms of appearance of city, II, 756; home building, II, 766; buildings of city in 1905, II, 826; building to guard against tremors, II, 851; many apartment houses erected, II, 904; superior class of amusement build- ings, II, 910; numerous tall, modern office buildings, II, 935; millions expended for new school houses, II, 937-
Argonaut, founded by Pixley in 1877, I, 464.
Art, in the sixties, I, 464; interior decoration in the sixties, I, 465; growth of taste, I, 465; influence of photographs of horse in motion on artists, II, 615; legislature seeks to encourage, II, 634; artists in city during the seventies, II, 635; taste for during sev- enties, II, 635; Lotta's gift to the city, II, 639.
Artisans, brought from Mexico, I, 87; many capable workers in pioneer days, I, 143.
Associated charities, the work of, II, 786.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R. R., secures terminal facilities in S. F., II, 657.
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, projected rival line, I, 364.
"Atmosphere," San Francisco temperament, I, 224; early attempts to discover its existence, I, 244; determina- tion of the poetic to find, II, 908.
Auctioneers, subjected to special license tax, I, 195. Auditorium, to be erected in civic center, II, 917. Authors' carnivals, success of, II, 607.
Automobiles, advent of, II, 799; part played by during the earthquake, II, 842; garages on Van Ness ave- nue, II, 908.
Australia, California miners rush to, I, 272; commer- cial relations with, II, 591; trade with, II, 744. Australian Ballot, adopted in California, II, 704-
Baker, Colonel E. D., pronounces oration over Brod- erick's remains, I, 317; career of, II, 626.
Balboa, crosses Isthmus of Darien, I, 3.
Baldwin Theater, maintains excellent stock company, II, 788.
Bancroft, Hubert H., his Pacific Coast histories, II, 642.
Bandits, Vasquez's band the last of, II, 620.
"Bank Crowd," group of Bank of California specu- lators, II, 499.
Banking, cause of early troubles, I, 282; first banks established in city, I, 282; illiberal laws, I, 347; results of bad laws, I, 348; first savings and loan society, I, 349 ; creation of clearing house antagonized, I, 390; clearing house established 1876, I, 390; center in the sixties, I, 414; failure of Bank of California, II, 504; failure of Bank of California due to absence of supervision, II, 507; Nevada bank started, II, 508; banks accept Pinney's worthless securities, II, 522; banks ruined by Pinney's speculations, II, 524; gross mismanagement of savings institutions, II, 524; eight banks closed by commissioners, II, 525; bank com- mission created in 1878, II, 525; operations of sav- ings banks in the seventies, II, 525; clearings during seventies, II, 526; buildings of banks in seventies, II, 526; a granger's experiment that failed, II, 528; a twice despoiled bank, II, 621; "Steamer day" col- lections and bank checks, II, 667; clearings during early eighties and nineties, II, 667; improved methods under surveillance, II, 676; clearings in 1905, II, 726; increase of savings deposits, II, 726; enlarged resources of commercial banks, II, 727 ; great increase of clearings, II, 823; financial expedients after fire of 1906, II, 871; clearings in the nineties, II, 933; clearing house certificates, II, 933; great increase of resources, II, 933; center in 1912, II, 934.
Bank of California, failure of, II, 504; cause of failure, II, 505; contest with Flood and O'Brien, II, 507; rehabilitation of by Sharon, II, 507.
Bar of San Francisco, neglects a duty, II, 625; char- acter of, II, 625.
Barbary Coast, frequenters of, II, 624.
Barnes, W. H. L., decorated for defending sailors, II, 622.
Battle ship fleet visits San Francisco, May, 1908, II, 912.
Bay of San Francisco, discovered by Portolo's party, I, 14; Spaniards fail to utilize, I, 29; Verger recog- nizes its value, I, 35; prediction of a padre, I, 36; neglected by early settlers, I, 37; first schooners navigate, I, 37; extolled by visiting ship captains, I, 38; Arguello fails to recognize its importance, I, 39; visited by American ships, I, 40; rumor of its seizure by Americans in 1826, I, 67; ignorance concerning its value, I, 121 ; surrounded by a wilder- ness, I, 122; shipping in 1847, I, 122; Golden Gate named by Fremont, I, 122; entrance to, I, 124; early
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accounts of, I, 124; area of, I, 125; appearance on eve of gold discovery, I, 125; Cove of Yerba Buena, I, 126; first steam vessels on its waters, I, 126; wharf facilities created, I, 128; crowded with shipping in 1850, I, 128; dumping sand hills into, I, 160; filling in the cove, I, 160; waters of encroach upon, I, 164; legislature tries to change water front line, I, 196; state seeks to derive revenues from harbor, I, 196; long wharf built by Meiggs, I, 197; legislature and harbor control, I, 320; railroad tries to monopolize, I, 367; railroad gets big slice Oakland water front, I, 367; business of port of San Francisco rapidly expanding, I, 391; ferry service in 1871, I, 417; creation of Harbor Commission, I, 417; sea wall construction authorized, I, 418 ; bulkhead line defined, I, 418; Hunter's Point dry dock, I, 419; removal of Blossom Rock, I, 419; pilot laws, I, 419; growth of the port of San Francisco, II, 590; first tramp steamer enters, II, 591 ; desertion of ships, II, 623; treatment of sailors, II, 622; Sunrise case, II, 622; China Basin given to Santa Fe Railroad, II, 657; development of harbor of San Francisco, II, 741; citizens' committee make plans for developing harbor, II, 742; harbors and cities on, II, 746; yachting on, II, 799; trans-bay transportation facilities greatly increased, II, 924 ; projected improvements for San Francisco water front, II, 927; commerce of port of San Francisco, II, 930; status of port of San Francisco, II, 932.
Bear Flag movement on eve of occupation, I, 105. Bell, Thomas, his mysterious death, II, 811. Benefits for Chicago fire sufferers, II, 614.
Benhayon, Henry, his mysterious death, II, 813.
Benton, Thomas, his transcontinental railroad project, I, 356.
Bicycle, great vogue of, II, 794.
Big Bonanza, discovery of ore body on Comstock, II, 491.
Biggy, William J., chief of police, tragic death of, II, 891.
Blythe, Thomas, contests for his estate, II, 814.
Boarding houses, numerous in pioneer days, I, 226.
Board of Equalization, Supreme Court curtails its powers, II, 544.
Bohemian Club, its performances in the Redwoods, II, 806.
Booth, Newton, vetoes bill condoning crimes of Henry Meiggs, I, 198; denounces railroad monopoly, II, 478. Bowers, J. Milton, wife poisoner, II, 813.
Bossism, Broderick's methods, I, 214; during the sev- enties, II, 519; a recognized institution, II, 561 ; day of the small boss, II, 561; railroad the real boss, II, 562; W. W. Stow, the railroads manager, II, 562; rise of Chris Buckley, II, 563; Ruef's methods not novel, II, 695; extraordinary power wielded by Buckley, II, 697; Buckley the champion of dollar limit of taxation, II, 699; bosses and the shallow primary law, II, 705; bosses profit by dividing vote
of respectable element, II, 707; conditions that con- tributed to Ruef's success, II, 821:
Boycott, employment of by trades unions, II, 682.
Brannan, Samuel, his connection with Vigilance com- mittee, I, 201.
Broderick, David C., as a boss, I, 214; relations with Vigilance committee, I, 214; his political career, I, 214; his fight for the senatorship, I, 216; champion of free labor, I, 313; arraigns President Buchanan, I, 314; disregards legislative instructions, I, 314; republicans make overtures to, I, 314; resents being called an abolitionist, I, 315; is challenged by David S. Terry, I, 316; killed by Terry in a duel, I, 316; legislature authorizes erection of monument to, I, 338 ; monument to in San Francisco, I, 449.
Brokers, prosperous during Comstock deal, I, 384; ex- tensive operations of, II, 499; professional integrity of, II, 500; large rewards of, II, 500.
Bryce, James, criticises constitution of 1879, II, 480; his one-sided account of sand lot trouble, II, 536; revises his earlier judgment, II, 558.
Bubonic plague, alleged to exist in city, II, 782 ; allega- tion investigated by a state commission, II, 783.
Buckley, Chris, becomes a municipal boss, II, 563; compared with Broderick, II, 564; power of, II, 696; profits by exposure, II, 697; and emotional politics, II, 697; the Moses of the democratic party, II, 698; blackmails corporations, II, 698; traffics in municipal offices, II, 698; avarice of, II, 699.
Building (see also Architecture), improved methods of construction, I, 141 ; first stone structure in San Fran- cisco, I, 142; activity in, I, 142; materials costly, I, 143; early instances of Jerry building, I, 144; activity during the sixties, I, 410; homes created, I, 411; appearance of city close of the sixties, I, 414; opposition to extension of fire limits, II, 827; to guard against tremors, II, 851; Geological Survey report on character of construction, II, 851 ; hasty construc- tion after fire of 1906, II, 864; ruins of present scene of confusion, II, 865; better character of in new Chinese quarter, II, 903.
Building and Loan Associations flourish and decline, II, 766.
Bull fights, of native Californians, I, 58.
Bulletin, career of during sixties, I, 462; influence of, II, 631; during the eighties, II, 807.
Burnett, Peter H., first governor of California, II, 627. Burns, Wm. J., detective, traps supervisors, II, 882. Burnham, David H., plans for a city beautiful, II, 767. Butler, Anthony, reports in favor of acquisition of California, I, 38.
Cabrillo, discovers San Diego harbor, I, 6.
Calhoun, Patrick, attitude of community toward in 1905, II, 879; offered up as a vicarious sacrifice, II, 880; explains trolley permit transaction, II, 885; cases against him dismissed, II, 893.
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Calaveras cow pastures, derided as a source of water, II, 584.
California, settlement of ordered, I, 6; supposed to be an island, I, 10; false impressions concerning, I, 11 ; reduction of ordered, I, 11; not highly regarded by officials, I, 65; resemblance to Spain, I, 66; cost of Spanish government of, I, 73; myths concerning, I, 103; origin of name of, I, 123; slaveholders seek support of, I, 215.
California Pacific Railroad, absorbed by Central Pa- cific, I, 422.
Call, its characteristic features, I, 462; during the seventies, II, 632; during the eighties, II, 807.
Campbell, Alexander, legal career, II, 628.
Canals, Nicaragua ship canal project, I, 290; visions of an interoceanic canal, II, 592. (See also Panama Canal.)
Capital, high interest rates, I, 347; illiberal banking laws, I, 348; small amount invested in first trans- continental railroad, I, 357; real estate a favorite form of investment, I, 411; urged to invest in street railways, II, 577; interest rates greatly lowered, II, 666; San Franciscans let go street railways, II, 762.
Carriages, maintenance of a mark of social distinc- tion, II, 800.
Casey, James P., shoots James King of Willow, editor of Bulletin, I, 205; exposure of his record, I, 205.
Catholic Church, position of, I, 237; Irish colonists ask for a bishop, I, 237; division of the pious fund, I, 238; growth of under Bishop Alemany, I, 238; first cathedral erected, I, 239; Latin American Cath- olics, I, 239; Sisters of Mercy and their charity work, I, 253.
Cemeteries, intra mural burial prohibited, II, 770; proposal to disinter bodies, II, 918.
Central Trades Assembly, formation and collapse of, I, 372.
Cereals, dependence on wheat exports, I, 323; growth of wheat export trade, I, 397; increased production of wheat, II, 489; volume of exports of wheat in 1882, II, 489; good prices for wheat, II, 511; decline of wheat export trade, II, 745.
Cermeño, searches for a safe harbor, I, 40.
Charles V., interested in project to cut through Isthmus of Darien, I, 3.
Charters, San Francisco's first municipal in 1850, I, 189; a second in 1851, I, 191; rejection of a third in 1853, I, 194; several rejected instruments, II, 554; at- tempt to reenact consolidation act, II, 556; causes of rejection of several instruments, II, 556; strong desire for a new organic law, II, 701; organic law finally adopted in 1898, II, 702; nineteen years of effort, II, 702; increased powers of mayor a stum- bling block, II, 703; changes worked by charter 1898, II, 709; that of 1898 fails to effect economies,
II, 710; futility of reductions, II, 710; blundering attempts at regulation of interest rates, II, 712. Children, outdoor life of in San Francisco, II, 617. China Basin, Santa Fe Railroad secures for terminal purposes, II, 659.
Chronicle, beginnings of, I, 461; pioneer's newspaper illustration, I, 462; exposes Federal ring, II, 522; prosecuted by Federal officials for making exposures, II, 524; during the seventies, II, 632; proprietor constructs first tall steel frame building in San Fran- cisco, II, 754.
Churches (see also Religion), number of on eve of great fire, II, 825.
Charities, pioneer efforts to ameliorate suffering, I, 251 ; activities of the charitable, I, 454; authors' carnivals, II, 607; care of orphans and sick, II, 785; neighbor- hood settlements and uplift work, II, 758; work of the associated, II, 786; adoption of an indorsement system, II, 787; taking care of earthquake sufferers, II, 847.
Chinese, Rezanoff suggests introduction into California, I, 78; Catholic attempts at conversion, I, 239; influx of, I, 246; quarter in pioneer days, I, 261; trades unions and, in 1867, I, 375; presence causes anxiety at early date, I, 376; Mexican hatred of, I, 376; legislative report on immigration of in 1852, I, 377; San Franciscans tolerant, I, 377; miners' license tax imposed on, I, 377; railroad encourages immigration of, I, 378; regarded as a necessary evil, I, 378; for- bidden employment on public works, I, 379; their labor not required, I, 380; land owners desire, I, 427 ; workingmen aud, II, 482; characteristics understood by San Franciscans, II, 483; early demands for ex- clusion, II, 483; non-partisan character of demand for exclusion, II, 484; advocated because regarded as servile, II, 484; attempt of mob to burn mail dock in anti-Chinese riot, II, 532; not badly treated in San Francisco, II, 597; investigation of, II, 597; first exclusion bill, II, 597; engage in manufacturing, II, 682; number in country diminishing, II, 682; attempts to boycott fail, II, 682 ; question of no longer a live one, II, 779; lepers in the city, II, 779; their quarter in city a sore spot, II, 780; special commis- sion cleans up Chinatown, II, 783; Little Pete, a noted criminal, II, 816; crimes of, II, 816; new quar- ter after fire more presentable, II, 903; reestablish themselves in old section, II, 903.
Circus, popularity of in pioneer days, I, 263.
"City Beautiful," plans of David H. Burnham for, II, 767; practical views prevail after big fire, II, 867. City Hall, commission created, I, 406; built on install- ment plan, I, 406; wasteful mode of construction, II, 516; changes in plans of architects, II, 516; blunders of commission, II, 517; construction pro- ceeds slowly, II, 571; plans again changed, II, 712; designs for new hall on civic center, II, 917. City limits, contraction of, in early days, I, 274.
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Civic bodies, flouted by graft prosecution, II, 889.
Civic center, proposed establishment of, in 1905, II, 767 ; to contain a grand opera house, II, 912; plans for civic center adopted 1912, II, 917.
Civicism, see Incivicism.
Civil Service, in operation, II, 715; value of the merit system, II, 716.
Civil War, ante bellum business troubles, I, 293 ; causes trade depression, I, 327; doubts concerning attitude of San Francisco, I, 330; news of firing on Fort Sumter, I, 332; loyalty to the Union, I, 333; clergy on side of Union, I, 333; call for volunteers, I, 334; operations of Confederates in New Mexico and Ari- zona, I, 334; news from the front, I, 335; Merrimac and Monitor battle causes uneasiness, I, 335; Cali- fornia's contribution to the sanitary commission, I, 336; a tribute to San Francisco generosity, I, 336; open advocacy of secession, I, 337; Southern sympathizers, I, 337; attempt to make port a base for privateering, I, 337; land piracies of secession sympathizers, I, 337 ; a great change of sentiment, I, 338; war promotes trade in San Francisco, I, 340.
Clearing House Certificates, freely accepted in 1907, II, 933.
Cliff House in the seventies, II, 617.
Climate (see also Meteorology), transmuted into coin, II, 730; peculiarities of San Francisco weather, II, 796; great prima donna sings in open air on Christ- mas eve, 1909, II, 911; open air celebrations on New Year's eve, II, 914.
Clipper Ships, performances of, I, 290.
Clubs, many social, formed, II, 787; housed in fine buildings, II, 905.
Coal, trade in, II, 745.
Coinage, private, in early days, I, 283.
College of the Pacific founded, I, 237.
Colton trial, widow of David brings suit against man- agers of Central Pacific Railroad, I, 366; disclosure of railroad iniquities, II, 589.
Colonization, Galvez's project, I, 12; Mexican laws dealing with, I, 68.
Combination, an early instance of, I, 289.
Commerce (see also Trade), uncommercial character of native Californians, I, 35; of Yerba Buena in 1847, I, 115; of San Francisco in 1848, I, 128; food stuffs imported, I, 247; shipping tonnage in 1859, I, 292; of port in seventies, II, 487; imports prior to 1870, II, 489; trade relations with Australia, II, 591; decline of wheat export trade, II, 745; exports of oil, II, 746; of port in 1912, II, 930; trade with "non-contiguous" territory, II, 931; status of port of San Francisco, II, 932.
Commercial and training schools established, II, 802. Commissions, corruption of first railroad, II, 649; ruling
of Railroad Commission in Fresno rate case, II, 651 ; in Bakersfield oil case, II, 652.
Committee of Fifty, organized to deal with earthquake trouble in 1906, II, 836; its membership, II, 838. Comstock lode, discovery of, I, 325.
Communication, California in touch with whole world, I, 401.
Conflagrations (see also Fires), first big fire in 1849, I, 140; second and third big fires, I, 141; the fifth big fire of pioneer days, I, 141.
Congress, debauched by Southern Pacific lobby, I, 366; Colton letters disclose corruption of members, II, 589. Conservation, of timber urged in 1839, I, 88; of gold suggested by Mason, I, 133.
Conservatism, San Francisco not prone to innovation, I, 389; adherence to cautious programme, II, 588. Consolidation Act, passed in 1856, I, 311; its rigid requirements, I, 311; effects economics, I, 311; effect of its restraints, I, 448; attempt to reenact as a charter, II, 556; promoted lobbying, II, 561.
Constitution of 1849, election of delegates, I, 184; vote on adoption, I, 186.
Constitution of 1879, not a sand lot instrument, II, 512; biased views of, II, 513; agitation for a new instru- ment, II, 529; convention ordered by popular vote, II, 530; delegates to convention elected in 1878, II, 542; the men who framed the instrument, II, 542; workingmen not an influential factor, II, 542; pro- visions of new instrument, II, 543; arguments urged against, II, 544; corporations hostile to, II, 545; pro- visions thoroughly discussed by people, II, 547; vote on adoption of, II, 547; provisions are not enforced, II, 550; nullified by courts, II, 554; lawyers in the convention, II, 631.
Contract and Finance Company of Central Pacific Railroad, I, 365.
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