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Andrew spins a yarn about 19th century San Francisco weirdos Joshua Norton and Frederick Coombs. The boys also accidentally repeat a joke from episode 0 (sorry, won't happen again, we promise)
Follow us on Instagram @yourenotgonnalikethispod
Andrew's sources for this episode
Norton:
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/norton.html
https://www.history.com/news/the-strange-case-of-emperor-norton-i-of-the-united-states
http://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/8/30/oofty-goofty-wore-a-leather-pad-in-his-pants (a great blog with info about a wide array of characters that lived in mid to late 19th century San Francisco
Coombs:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18366605/frederick_coombs/
https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/cdv-of-california-eccentric-frederick-coombs-as-the-union-matrimonial-promoter-168002
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Andrew spins a yarn about 19th century San Francisco weirdos Joshua Norton and Frederick Coombs. The boys also accidentally repeat a joke from episode 0 (sorry, won't happen again, we promise)
Follow us on Instagram @yourenotgonnalikethispod
Andrew's sources for this episode
Norton:
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/norton.html
https://www.history.com/news/the-strange-case-of-emperor-norton-i-of-the-united-states
http://emperornortontrust.org/blog/2019/8/30/oofty-goofty-wore-a-leather-pad-in-his-pants (a great blog with info about a wide array of characters that lived in mid to late 19th century San Francisco
Coombs:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18366605/frederick_coombs/
https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/cdv-of-california-eccentric-frederick-coombs-as-the-union-matrimonial-promoter-168002