Author: The Family [San Francisco Social Club]; The Shamrock Entertainment Committee with Fred Thompson as "BRIDGET.
Title: The Family: Whist
Description: San Francisco: The Family [Social Club], [ca. 1940]. Single Folded Printed Sheet, Letterpress On Wove With Deckled Edge, Green Ink, 15 x 22 cm. Good marginal tears, creasing. The Family is a private club in San Francisco, California, formed in 1901 by newspapermen who left the Bohemian Club after Hearst published a piece presaging the assassination of President McKinley. The club maintains a clubhouse in the City as well as rural property 35 miles to the south in Woodside. An exclusive, invitation only, all-male club, it calls new members "Babies", regular members "Children" and the club president "Father." Masters of Ceremonies for each event listed are named "mother-in-law." Famous members included: Ty Cobb, Henry J. Crocker, Arthur Fiedler, Peter E. Haas, William Randolph Hearst, Herbert Hoover, John J. Pershing Timothy Pflueger, William Saroyan. The announcements for their events are elegantly printed by Grabhorn, Kennedy and other fine printers. .

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