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    Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (April 29, 1830 – August 8, 1898) was a German-American engineer, politician and philanthropist who served as the 24th mayor...
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    Francisco (1895–1897) Adolph Sutro. The structure was situated in a small beach inlet below the Cliff House, also owned by Adolph Sutro at the time. Both...
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    Tower in 2018. The tower is named after Mount Sutro. Adolph Gilbert Sutro, grandson of former mayor Adolph Sutro, built a mansion, La Avanzada, on the family...
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    acquired by Adolph Sutro in 1879, shortly after his Comstock Lode stock was bought out by his partners, the "Silver Big 4." That enabled Sutro to invest...
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    engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Adolph Sutro. The library was deeded to the State of California by Sutro's heirs with the stipulation that it never...
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    attractions along Point Lobos Avenue at the coast originally built by Adolph Sutro, a Comstock Lode silver baron, and a major land owner/developer in and...
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    mayor. Four mayors have Jewish ancestry: Washington Bartlett (Sephardi), Adolph Sutro (Ashkenazi), Dianne Feinstein (Ashkenazi), and Daniel Lurie. Fourteen...
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    in the Cripple Creek district, Colorado. The tunnel was proposed by Adolph Sutro, a Prussian Jewish mining entrepreneur, in 1860. He promoted the drainage...
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    patented their design in 1873. Adolph Sutro was the first Jewish mayor of San Francisco from 1895 until 1897. At one time Sutro owned one-twelfth of the acreage...
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    18-acre (7.3-hectare) park is on the site of the former "Sutro Heights" estate of Adolph Sutro, a Comstock Lode silver baron, and a major land owner/developer...
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  • Sutro is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abraham Sutro [de] (1784–1869), German rabbi in Gelsenkirchen Adolph Sutro (1830–1898), Mayor...
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    In 1883, after a few years of downturn, the Cliff House was bought by Adolph Sutro, who had made a fortune in silver by solving the problems of ventilating...
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    orchestral trumpet player Adolph Sutro (1830–1898), mayor of San Francisco Adolph Jacobs (1939–2014), American guitar player Adolph Joffe (1883–1927), Russian-Jewish...
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  • artifacts of Jewish families and individuals such as Judah L. Magnes; Adolph Sutro; David and Simon Lubin; Rosalie Meyer Stern; Julius Kahn; Florence Prag;...
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    geographical center of the city, and was topped off by a statue given by Adolph Sutro, the Triumph of Light, now lost. Only the statue's pedestal remains,...
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    Washington Bartlett Edward B. Pond George Henry Sanderson Levi Richard Ellert Adolph Sutro James D. Phelan Eugene Schmitz Charles Boxton Edward Robeson Taylor P...
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    people. Adolph Sutro was one of the first large-scale developers of the area. After purchasing the Cliff House in the early 1880s, he built the Sutro Baths...
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    expectancy, and earned miners the nickname of Hot Water Plugs. Adolph Sutro built the Sutro Tunnel to drain the hot spring waters to the valley below. But...
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  • Wilmington, Delaware. Scrapped at Kearny, New Jersey in December 1968. Adolph Sutro was built by Permanente Metals Corporation. Her keel was laid on 12 May...
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    Doctor of Music. She married Theodore Sutro (1845–1927), a lawyer and financier and brother of Otto Sutro and Adolph Sutro, on October 1, 1884. She thus became...
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    Baltimore, Maryland. Sutro was born to a Jewish family in Aachen, Germany. He has six brothers and three sisters. His brother Adolph Sutro became the first...
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    water removal increased as depths increased. To overcome these troubles, Adolph Sutro conceived the idea of running a drain tunnel under the Comstock Lode...
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    Washington Bartlett Edward B. Pond George Henry Sanderson Levi Richard Ellert Adolph Sutro James D. Phelan Eugene Schmitz Charles Boxton Edward Robeson Taylor P...
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    San Francisco Mayor Adolph Sutro donated 13 acres in Parnassus Heights at the base of Mount Parnassus (now known as Mount Sutro). The new site, overlooking...
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    Washington Bartlett Edward B. Pond George Henry Sanderson Levi Richard Ellert Adolph Sutro James D. Phelan Eugene Schmitz Charles Boxton Edward Robeson Taylor P...
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    Justice David S. Terry. 1863: Adolph Sutro purchases large portions of Rancho San Miguel, eventually developing Mount Sutro and surrounding areas. 1870s-1880s:...
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    Bock (1823–1899), canon and art historian Adolph von Hansemann (1826–1903), entrepreneur and banker Adolph Sutro (1830–1898), mayor of San Francisco Adam...
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    Washington Bartlett Edward B. Pond George Henry Sanderson Levi Richard Ellert Adolph Sutro James D. Phelan Eugene Schmitz Charles Boxton Edward Robeson Taylor P...
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  • assembled by former San Francisco mayor Adolph Sutro. The library was deeded to the State of California by Sutro's heirs with the stipulation that it never...
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    Washington Bartlett Edward B. Pond George Henry Sanderson Levi Richard Ellert Adolph Sutro James D. Phelan Eugene Schmitz Charles Boxton Edward Robeson Taylor P...
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