Harned, Richard

Author Richard Harned, a San Francisco resident for the past 20 years, has been a history buff ever since he chose that as a major at the University of California, Berkeley. His love affair with the Palace Hotel began in 2002 when he first started giving historical tours of the hotel as a San Francisco city guide. Drawing from the archives of the Palace Hotel and the San Francisco Public Libraryas historic photograph collection, these images show the hotelas splendors, both architectural and personal, for the first time in any book.