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Continued from San Francisco Sightseeing (Oakland, Piedmont, Clairmont)

(10th Sep 1924, Letter 4, part 5/5)

Hotel Whitcomb - San Francisco

Last night we were very tired and after a walk around after dinner retired to bed early as we have a lot to do today fixing up our trip on. We leave tomorrow morning 7.30am for Los Angeles arriving 7.30pm stay for four days and then to Grand Canyon for 1 day Colorado Springs 2 days Denver 1 day Ohamaha 3 hours and Rochester to see the Mayo's re Bill. So from there I will next write to you as we will most likely be there some time as it is not very large I will have lots of time.

Bill is very well and is enjoying himself but as we have come over for a special purpose we are not wasting much time reaching our main destination and after that we will be free to go where we like. We are not doing Yosemite Valley as it takes four days at the least and we have not the time to spare.

Of course I am having a great time and as I cannot write at length of all my doing I am jotting them down in these letter and will talk for weeks later when I can go into detail.

I am writing to NY today to send our mail to Rochester so we will have some home news when we arrive.

I have marked our room on the other side of this sheet [see bottom of this page] so you can see how we are living. We have a big wardrobe of the variety one walks into and washbasin etc built in with Hot & Cold water and a bathroom and toilet right alongside the latter also with H & C water on tap. Of course we are paying for it.

Well that is all I think for this time. Please ring Tom for me and tell him I will write from Rochester as time will not permit from here. Give him any news you think may interest him. Also the office and tell Mr McDonald I have not forgotten the lads. I will drop Chas a note [next letter].

Hope you are all well.

Love from

Gordon.

Foot of the notepaper with Harry's descriptions

our bathroom | our bedroom | auditorium seats 75,000 | City Hall | Public Library
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Statue marking 5 events
of interest in San Francisco

[The hotel appears to have been the temporary City Hall prior to being converted to a hotel in 1915]

 

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