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George Derby House, 4017 Harney Street, San Diego, San Diego County, CA
Summary
Significance: This house was the home of Lt. George Horatio Derby, 1835-55, when, writing (during his leisure time) for the San Diego Herald under the pen names of John P. Squibb and John Pheonix, he introduced a form of Western humor which caused him to be recognized as the "father of the mid-19th century school of far Western humor and America's first wit," which greatly influenced writers such as Mark Twain and Lewis Grayland Clark...
Survey number: HABS CA-430
Building/structure dates: 1851 Initial Construction
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Bandini, Juan
Location
Azure Vista, 32.75303, -117.19466
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
