In 1923, a man strapped in a leather straitjacket was hoisted upside down and dangled outside The San Francisco Examiner offices at the Hearst Building on the corner of Third and Market streets, 100 feet above 30,000 people.
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International themes, past and present — from maharajahs in India to Impressionist masterworks to early 20th-century magic to contemporary sculpture — come to light at Bay Area museums this fall.
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