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Frank McManus

The Shorn Bear of the Potrero, The Examiner, 8 January 1893, page 17.

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Whisky the Bear at Frank McManus’s Union Hotel

The Examiner’s illustrated 1893 story of the shorn bear of the Potrero.

21 Sep 2026

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