There's some real Lydia Bennet energy here: Today in 1895, 16-year-old Belle Hara was sentenced to the SF Magdalen Asylum after she ran away with a soldier from the Presidio. Her uncle, Harding Robinson, was one of the city's early cable car operators! pic.twitter.com/pZKpXXg0CQ
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) September 1, 2022