Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/114

1901

Phoebe Hearst

• The Lowie Museum of Anthropology is established in San Francisco by patron Phoebe Hearst (pictured), to house items for the University of California, Berkeley.
• The Family, a private club in San Francisco, California, is formed by newspapermen who had left the Bohemian Club
• The California Society of Artists is founded in San Francisco by Xavier Martínez, Maynard Dixon, Gottardo Piazzoni, Matteo Sandona and other artists disaffected with the San Francisco Art Association
• YMCA Evening College in San Francisco opens its law school, becoming a full fledged college
• The Paul Masson Mountain Winery is established by Paul Masson in Saratoga
• The SS City of Rio de Janeiro shipwrecks off the shores of San Francisco at the Golden Gate
• A light bulb is installed at a Livermore fire station