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MARCH 26, 1871: The San Francisco Art Association, today known as the San Francisco Art Institute, was established. 

MARCH 26, 1871: The San Francisco Art Association, today known as the San Francisco Art Institute, was established. 

The San Francisco Art Association (SFAA) was established in 1871 by American painter Virgil Macey Williams. Consisting of a small group of artists and writers,…

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MARCH 15, 1993: Construction began on the new San Francisco Main Library. 

MARCH 15, 1993: Construction began on the new San Francisco Main Library. 

San Francisco’s first free public library was opened in 1852 in a room in What Cheer House, a men’s temperance hotel at the corner of…

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