The Door Stays Open
The Door Stays Open is a podcast about San Francisco's retail past, present, and future. Join host Annie Wilson as she talks about local retail history, and has conversations with retailers, entrepreneurs, and visionaries about San Francisco's storied retail past, the state of it's pandemic present, and how it may navigate into the future.
The Door Stays Open
Prologue - The Myth of California
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Annie Wilson
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Season 1
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Episode 0
How did San Francisco come to be a hub of retail and commerce? It's in our history.
Sources:
Frank Soulé, John H. Gihon, James Nisbet, "The Annals of San Francisco", 1855
Robert O'Brien, "This is San Francisco - A Classic Portrait of the City", 1948
Louis J. Stellman, "Port O'Gold", 1922
William Martin Camp, "San Francisco Port of Gold", 1947
Stewart Edward White, "Old California in Picture and Story", 1939